ALPINE SKIING... Grouse Mountain skier Aimee-Noel Hartley was leading the Western Capendish Cup series‘as of Dec. 14, after winning the Giant Slalom > event at Panorama. Hartley placed first and third during weckend racing against a strong “eid, marking her FIS debut as 4 memorable onc. INDOOR . SOCCER... Flamengo defeated’ El Salvador 5-4 in the champi- - ‘ onship round final to win the Futsal league standings. The championship round was held at Capilano College last ‘Friday. In another tight game, second place went to _ Pt. Grey Dunbar. Legion, who edged the North Shore ” Sharks, 7-6. Playing only” half a game due to a schedul- “ing mix-up, NVDFC was : blanked 7-0 by Cliff Avenue © in the third-place contest.. The Cavaliers beat Pegasus .-927 for fourth. Maurico = Cepeda (Flamengo) lead all.” “league goal-scorers with !5, followed by Craig Richards (Cliff) with 14, : FOOTBALL... . North Vancouver's Matt Burchill won a Saskatchewan provin- cial gold medal recently as a- member of the Notre Dame. Hounds, 3A Provincial high”; school champions.’ Burchill, 16, ‘played his first’ season for .-:.|/ Athol: 1 Murray’ College of J Notre Dame this year. “After. ~~all the blood, sweat and tears “it took to win the champi-" ““onship. we learned that: ‘pain’. - is temperate, but pride is for- . ever’," quipped the Grade.1) ~ ~ student following the game. “RUGBY.: Capilano fi rsts and seconds’ next Knockout -.Cup match is scheduled: for . Saturday, Jan. 24, The firsts .) will take on VRC, while thé ~ seconds travel to Vancouver :. Island to take on UVic. ” Freshman coach of Cap Lady Blues a proven winner A LIFELONG passion for bas- ketball has taken Lori Chizik from high school to. university to another continent. CAPILANO COLLEGE ATHLETICS by A.P. McCredie _ And now the West Vancouver ‘resident has taken on her latest cager challenge: coaching the Capilano Lady Blues. An All-Canadian forward when ‘playing with the University of Alberta in the late 1970s, Chizik spent most of the next decade in Australia, coaching club ‘teams of all _ levels. °- “Basketball isn’t played in schools down 6@ Chizik steadily Community College. But their 2-2 league record does . not concern Chizik, who sees every experience, win or lose, as valuable. Also of value to Chizik, who is expecting her second child at the beginning of March — coinciding, incidentally, with the playoffs — is the importance of sport-teaching- life lessons. “I think we need as many women in coaching positions as possible in Canada,” she says. “Role models of women coaches, with families, working at a high level, need to he promoted.” As for persona! role models when she was a budding athlete, Chizik says she just watched any basketball she could lay eyes on. Another challenge for Chizik has there,” says climbed the coaching. been coaching . Chizik, retax-. ing..-in - her coach’s office following a practice recent- ly. “They use _ the club system to promote leagues, like “soccer © and -- rugby”. in ~ Canada. 7! Chizik. steadily climbed the coaching ladder while in the city of Melbourne, eventually working as _|\.:assistant of a‘national-level team ‘that boasted four Olympic: team ‘members... * Along’ with coaching: experience, » Chilzik’ also, gained:a husband while .. Down Under.’ The couple, along |. with their newbom daughter, moved :, to West Vancouver i in August of last ‘-Chizik spent last season as an~ i with, the women’ s UBC The change toa head coaching : position: at Capilano College, according’ to Chizik, was a good | one.” cs ‘Tm glad I made the decision to- take the head coaching job over an assistant job,” Chizik says. “I’ve always had aspirations to head coach at a high ievel, and this posi- tion is ideal for me right now.” The freshman coach sat down with her team to set goals for the season. -’ The first was to make the playoffs, : _ something a Lady Blues team has not done in some time. _ Another goal was to be 3-1 at © this point in the season. Following an impressive two- game road winning streak, the Lady Blues ran into problems at home. dropping games to the always- tough teams from University of Fraser Valley and Vancouver f ladder while in the city of Melbourne, “The chal- Australia... 99 students —- a first for the Alberta native. lenge | here (Cap College) is that’ this group is a dif- ferent standard and age group : than I’ve ever coached,” Chizik observes.:“I some-. times forget that players are also - dealing with classes and exams’ and all the Pressures that go with being students.” Two key players are. returning in “the new year to the Lady Blues, and _Chizik is upbeat about the team’s “upcoming league games. : -.The Blues have‘a young team ‘with three of the starting five — -Kamloops’ Kelly Olynk, captain ' - Carla King of Coquitlam,.and West - Vancouver guard Lori: Hallstrom — _ being first-year players, *..°. .” '’ The Lady Blues’ next home game is against Malaspina on Friday, Jan. 14 at 4 p.m. NORTE VAN CURLING CLUB Sunday Socail Novice League. $39 for 8 weeks Mark 986-5719 Joyce 983-6417 — a NEWS photo Noll Luoenie CAPILANO COLLEGE women’ 8 pasketball coach Lori. Chizik |: works the bench during a recent gamo.at the Sportsplex.’ The — freshman coach is getting the most out of her’ young feam, set- from all the staff at TAKaya Golf Centre x | HOLIDAY HOURS | Christmas Eve 9:30am-4: 30pm Christmas Day Closed Boxing Day 12:00 noon-8:00pm - New Year s sr 12:00 noon. TAKaya Golf Centre Bourn Jen aan BUARARD INET ON, OUR CHRISTMAS HAS oven BEEN WHITER. EVENTS * Breakfast with Santa - December 24. * Moonlight Dine and Ski - Deceniber 28. * New Year's Eve in Pika's - December 31. * Men's and Women’s World Cup Downhill Righ naw we're cnoving the best early. ~.. season ski conditions in years, with skiing right to the valley at both the Whistler Village and Creekside bases, (By the way, the Peak Chair and our five alpine bowls are also open). For now is definitely the time. It’s just $39 (plus GST), includes your first day of skiing and Saves you up to $ 10 every’ day of the season. The Whistler Mountain Ski Card is available at . 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