22 - Wednesday, February 3, 1988 - North Shore News

‘ATTEMPTING TO qualify for the B.C. finals for the Lower
Mainland zone of ihe Pepsi-Cola Giant Slalom is Jason Burnside, 14,
of the Tyee Ski Club. Fellow club members Dan Charlesworth, Adam

‘Gray, Martin Suchy, Shane Ito and Jean Pierre Raulot-Lapointe
qualified for the finals, which start Feb. 6 in Vernon. .

WV football tackle

to play in U.S.A.

WEST. VANCOUVER Secondary
School football player Konrad
Pimiskern, 17, is going south of
the border to play college football
with Washington State Cougers.

At 6°5" and weighing in at 245
‘pounds, the West | Vancouver
tackie boasts an impressive list of
credentials for his years there: the
school -record of :20

for three years running, Pimiskern
was also selected this year to the
first provincial all-star team,
among other honors.

‘*T. want to play with the best,"*
Pimiskern told the News during a
lunchtime break. ‘‘The (Pac 10)
league I think is the best in the
States. Going up against that level
of competition will make me a bet-
ter player.””

Playing football since Grade 9,
the tackle credits top coaching for

‘his success. But he, too, is respon-

sible for his award-winning foot-
bal! showing.
“‘’'m a natural athlete. I play

’ with intensity and have a lot of fun

WEST. -Vancouver Secondary

School athlete Konrad
’Pimiskern...to play with the

Washington State Cougars.

sacks, 88 tackles, 78 assists and
four fumble recoveries.
League all-star provincial tackle

Local tennis

NORTH SHORE junior tennis
players Sonya Jeyaseelan, Alex
“Klimek and Ramin Pejan scored

impressive victories recently at the
B.C. Junior Indoor Winter Circuit
Tennis Tournament number two.

North Vancouver’s Jeyaseelan,

.seeded number one, won the

under-14 championship, easily
defeating Martina Nejeciy of
Richmond 6-0, 6-1.

At the Tennis B.C.-sanctioned
tournament, . Jeyaseelan - also
reached the finals of the under-16
event, only to be defeated by the
number one seed Kim Frost of
Vancouver 6-3, 6-3. .

One of the most promising

out there getting into the mind
games,’’ said Pimiskern, who will
major in business.

“If there’s a pro career there
that would be great. Getting
money for something I love would
be great,”’ he said of playing foot-
ball after college.

““He has the heart of a lion,”
said West Vancouver Secondary
football coach Gary Schwertfegers.

“There is no quit in him. Beside

his physical and mental ability, he
possesses the drive, intensity and
leadership to succeed."”

players win

junior players in the country, Frost
is currently ranked number four in
Canada.

West Vancouver's Klimek and
Pejan also posted easy victories.

Klimek defeated Paul Minn of
Burnaby 6-2, 6-4 for the under-14
championship, and Pejan
eliminated doubles partner Chris
Santoso of Vancouver 6-4, 6-3 for
the under-12 title.

The finals were held at the UBC
Tennis Centre Jan. 24.

Boys
Under-18: Brad Morgan (Burnaby) def.
Ryan Ctark (West Vancouver) 6-3, 6-1;
under-16: Jamie Buchanan (Abbotsford) def.
Stan Puskas (West Vancouver) 62, 6-4.

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Cap men’s soccer
team defeated 2-1

IN EXHIBITION college soccer
action over the weekend, the
Capilano College Blues lost to
Team §.C., going dewn 2-1 to the
under-19 select team.

Capilano College did well in the
first half, with veteran players
from last semester hoiding on to a
1-1 tie.

“We played well in the first
half, but we had some problems in
the second,’’ said coach Joe
lacobellis. ‘‘We were trying out
some new kids (and) their
goalkeeper was hot — he made
some really good saves."”

The lone Capilano goal came
from first-year player Randy
Celebrini.

The Blues will be going to

Tacoma next weekend to play an
indoor soccer match in the Tacoma
Dome against the Wings, the
reserve squad for the Tacoma Stars
professional team.

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