10- tiday, December 30, 1994 ~ North Shore News f NEWS photo Cindy Goodman A RAZORBACK ball carrier sprints through the Huskies’ backfield during a November meeting of the two teams in Gordon Strutridge League (GSL) action. On 19-13 in overtime to claim the 1994 GSL Championship. JAN. 15: North Shore high school wrestlers pin down top spots at the Capiatno Invitational. | Carson Graham’s boys’ squad takes top honors in their division; with 54 kg. class wrestler, Ken Lee named out- ne a NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge NORTH VANCOUVER runner Charmaine Crooks won silver in the 800m event, at the Victoria Commonwealth Games in August. ‘APRIL, 24: The North standing wrestler. of the meet. Balmoral's girls team, ranked num- ber one going into the tourney, win the girls’ team title. The Barons’ junior boys’ team was second in their. division, with = Amir Gharamen leading the way with a win in the 38 kg division. ° f 3 FEB. 3: The province of . B.C. awards the 1996 B.C. Winter Games to North Vancouver. The annual ‘games attract over 3,000 athletes in 30 sports, and will take place Feb. 22-25 in 1996, FEB. 19: Cleveland Elementary's girls’ basketball] team wins the Christian: Elementary Girls” Tournament with an 18-8. victory in the final. MARCH 12: Perennial champs St. Thomas Aquinas win the boys’ sin- gle-A provincial basketball final. MARCH 18: Windor’s senior boys’ basketball tam is fourth in > the B.C. triple-A tournament. MARCH 27: Hollyburn Country Club’s bantam A hockey team wins B.C. championships in Grand Forks. Shore Amazons win the . girls’ -U-19 Coastal Premier Cup in soccer with a 1-0 win over Burnaby Selects. The North Shore Selects U-!9 boys squad also win the Coastal Cup, with a 2-1 overtime win over s Burnaby Selcets. APRIL 24: ‘The Capilano junior rugby side claim their third provin- cial title in-four years with a 15-10 win over the University of Victoria. | Nov. 20, the Bears beat the Falcons MAY 1: The West Vancouver Superstars win Safeway Coastal Cup with a3-l win over Gordon Head Sports Photography in girls* - under-19 soccer action, JUNE 1; Master athlete Hans Weickardt shatters the world recard in the master mile (80-84 age divi- sion) with a time of 7:16.16 minutes atthe Harry Jerome Classic. JUNE 5: North Vancouver tennis phenom Sonya Jeyaseelan makes it to the junior women’s final of the French Gpen before losing 6-3, 6-1. JULY. 23: The North Shore Royals* bantam boys fastpitch team win the gold medal at the B.C. Summer Games with a 5-4 win over Williams Lake. JULY 28: Two boys’ baseball teams from Lynn Valley qualify to repre- sent B.C. at the nationals. Lynn Valley Majors defeat Laritz 5-3 to advance = to, the Canadian Championships, while the juniors qualify by making the finals in the Little League Provincial tourney. AUG. 18-28: Ten local athletes compete at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, winning seven medals in all. Paige | Gordon won two silvers in diving, while runner Charmaine Crooks won siiver and bronze. The biggest surprise was Curtis Heywood, who won silver in the men’s pole vault. *Tronman NEWS photo Mike Wakefield THE SENIOR boys’ North Shore basketball final in March saw the Windsor Dukes (in white) defeat. the West Vancouver Highlanders 75-62. SEPT 5: The + over-55 Saltchuckers’ win gold medals: at the B.C. Senior Games, with a 7-2 win over Fort St. John in the final. SEPT. 9: The baseball stadium at North Vancouver’s Mahon Park. is named after North Shore soccer and baseball builder Fen Burdett. beak Sets OCT. 15: Three North Shore triath- letes compete in the ‘infamous Triathlon in Hawaii. Marlies Torrance, Rod Aylwin and Melanie Higgins qualify for the event with top finishes in Penticton. NOV. 5: Cap College soccer teams win bronze (women) and: silver eis ena} airtat aes Cee eake aa ts een ee vlc ga SUE ee (men) at the BCCAA provincials. NO NOY. 21: North Vancouver sailor Tine. Moberg-Parker is named the Canadian Female Athlete of the Year by the Canadian Yachting Assoc. | . NOV. 25: Windsor Dukes finish “2nd in B.C. in senior football after losing in the single-A final, The fin- ish marks the Dukes best showing. WEN f Z AA DEC. 4: Handsworth and West Vancouver finish second and fourth respectively in the girls volleyball B.C. triple-A tournament. Sentinel is. eighth. In double-A_ provincial action, St. Thomas Aquinas placed seventh in the province. NEWS photo Mike Wakefield WINDSOR DUKE Ray Lewis (right) takes on St. Thomas Aquinas | defender Neville Collett during their senior boys’ high school. game in October. The Fighting Saints won the game 1-0,