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AA TOURNAMENT

ON NOVEMBER 28-30, the
Sentinel. Spartans senior girls
volleyball team took the
silver medal in the B.C.
‘*AA’'’ High School
Volleyball Championships at
UBC.

Sentinel, representing the

‘North Shore Zone, started

slowly in the final dropping
the first two games against
Port Alberni 10-15, 3-15.
They came back to win 15-13
in the third game, only to
fall behind 0-10 and 4-13 in
the fourth game. They eve .-
tually lost 11-15.

‘The Spartans began the
tournament at a torrid pace,

~ scoring straight set victories
“over Winston Churchill 15-9,

15-11, Centennial 15-12,

“15.13 and Chilliwack 15-4.

15-13. .
‘Against Nelson's  L.V,

. Rogers, . ranked fourth in

B.C., the Spartans rallied

- “. from. a one-game deficit to
~ win’ 15-17, 15-5, 15-J1, and
» ;/ended the. first day’s play
‘.- Sporting an unbeaten 4-0 re-
“cord.
On Friday, the team ran
.-into. a red-hot Port Alberni

team and lost 9-15, 7-15.
Still licking the wounds in-
flicted in that defeat, Sen-
tinel then dropped a match
to Penticton 12-15, 4-15,

In Friday’s last match,
the Spartans recovered to
crush Vancouver Tech 15-5,
15-5. The victory left Sen-
tinel with a 5-2 record in
round robin play and a
second-place finish in their
eight-team pool.

The top four teams in
each pool then advanced in-
to Saturday’s quarter final
round.

Sentinel handily dispatch-
ed Burnaby South 15-11,
15-6, then ran into B.C.'s
number one ranked team
John Oliver in the semi-
finals.

In by far the most exciting
match of the tournament,
John Oliver won the first
game 15-9. The Spartans
came. back in the second
posting a 15-7 victory. John
Oliver, on the strength of its
serving, went ahead 14-7 in
the thizd game. Faced with
elimination, Sentinel dug in
and began the long csin-
eback.

With . excellent blocking
and some incredible defen-
sive plays, the Spartans
fought back to a 16-14 vic-
tory.

The win placed them in

the final against Port Alber-
ni.
Throughout the tourna-
ment Sentinel displayed a
well-balanced team with all
players making major con-
tributions.

Three players were award-
ed all-star recognition.

Sarah Pike was named to
the first all-star team. Elaine
Wai and Sara McGladdery
were named to the second
all-star team.

By winning the silver
medal, the West Vancouver
school became the first
North Shore school ever to
win a medal in the B.C.
“AA” Championships.

Also, Sentinel became the
highest placing Single ‘‘A’”’
school in the history of the
B.C. ‘AA’? Championships.
This performance follows up
the Spartans gold-medal
performance in last year’s
single ‘‘A’’ Championships.

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CANUCKS
BREAK
FLAMES
JINX

VANCOUVER CANUCKS’
goaltender Richard Brodeur
searches desperately behind
the net for the puck while
. Brent Peterson (10) and Rick
- Lanz keep their eyes on the

centred disc. In an otherwise
' dull season to date, the

Canucks shone over. the

Calgary Flames Saturday,
. edging their. Smythe Division
rivals 4-3.

entinel bounces home with silver

NEWS photo Stuart Davis

MEMBERS of Sentinel’s volleyball dive for the ball during a recent tournament match
against Sutherland,
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