aw PAG FRED PAGE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT Counsellor comes to emotional rescue E 41 13 - Wednesday, January 10, 1990 - North Shore News Spirit takes AAA’s to runner-up spot TEAM SPIRIT took the host North Shore Winter Club Midget AAA‘s to the runner-up slot in the four-day Annual Fred Page Hockey Tournament. The local team lost 4-2 to Purt Alberni in the finals, atter edging out Portland 5-4, Burnaby Minor 7-2, and Saanich 4-1 in the semi- finals. **We were playing emotionally — we were teally high. The guys were showing team spirit they haven't while playing all year,”’ said coach Mike Parker. Scoring for the Winter Club in the final game was centre Ryan Donovan and right wing Scott Huater with John Anderson in goal. ‘It was a close game. We failed to capitalize on our scoring oppor- tunities,’’ Parker said, adding that the Winter Club outshot Port Alberni 29-24, Centre Jeff Herman, left wing Kirk Humphreys and Anderson were selected to the tournament All-Star Team. The tournament may have been the boost the North Shore team needed. They are presently 12-7 in Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey League play after playing under 500 going into the tourney. NEWS photo Paul McGrath A PORTLAND Chief (in black) takes a shot on the North Shore Winter Club goal while left wing Pat Kosela (No. 14) and right wing Bret Schillebeeckx (No. 17) move in to help goaltender Scott Whyte. The local team squeaked by Portland 5-4 in the Annual Midget AAA tourney the Winter Club hosted over the Christmas holidays. W. Shore basketball teams fight it out THE NORTH Shore Firefighters’ high school invitational basketball tournament is set for Jan. 1! to 13 at four North Shore schools. Windsor, home of the defending B.C. AAA champion Dukes and currently top-ranked AAA team in the province, is the stage for most of the 16-team tourney including eight Saturday games beginning at 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. semi-finals, and on to the 8:15 p.m. championship tip off. Sentinel’s Spartans, along with Windsor, host Friday’s second round with games from 2 p.m., 3:45 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. Carson Graham Eagles and West Vancouver Highlanders are the other hosts for the firefighter- sponsored event. Defending champions are the Salmon Arm Jewels who are back again as one of eight ‘“‘AAA” entries presently tated in the top ten plus honorable mentions. Ranked behind Windsor is Ab- botsford Panthers, Richmond Colts third, Centennial Centaurs of Coquitlam fifth, Killarney Cougars from Vancouver sixth, Salmon Arm tenth and honorable mentions Steveston Packers and Terry Fox Ravers of Port Co- quitlam. Add to them three tradi- tionally-strong AA schools in Lambrick Park of Victoria (defen- ding B.C. AA champs and current- ly ranked first), Holy Cross of Surrey and Vanderhoof, plus Kelvin of Winnipeg, and there isn’t one weak team among them all. Thursday’s opening round: At Sentinel: 3:30 p.m.- Richmond vs Sentinel; 5:15 p.m.-Abbotsford vs Steveston. At Carson Graham: 3:30 p.m.- Salmon Arm vs Carson Graham; 5:15 p.m.-Killarney vs Holy Cross. At West Van: 3:30 p.m.- Lambrick Park vs West Van; 5:15 p.m.-Centennial vs Cowichan. At Windsor: 3:30 p.m.- Vanderhoof vs Windsor; 5:15 p.m.-Kelvin vs Terry Fox. Old-Timers thrash Ravens THE COACHES Soccer League resumed play Sunday after the Christmas break with week 16 of the schedule. Upsets were the order of the day as both division leaders were beaten. Mt. Seymour Ravens pulled off the biggest surprise by thrashing Norvan Old-Timers 4-0 while Ac- countemps ambushed Nordic 2-1. Both games were hotly contested and the referees had to resort to the red card in cach. Midas Rangers were still in a generous holiday mood as they spotted Foster's Pacific a 3-1 half-time lead before roaring back in the last 15 minutes to grab a 3-3 draw, which was the same result that Molson's and Candia Taverna settled for. in other action, Rogers Pro Sports out-scored Castlemaine XXXX 4-3, Olympia Galdcaps trounced Sailor Hagar’s 6-1, and O.K. Tires downed F.C. Germania 4-1, SIGNS 2-YEAR CONTRACT Martino returns to Lions NEWS ~hoto Neil Lucente NORTH SHORE athiete Tony Martine, pictured here at the B.C. Lions June 1988 training camp, will be getting another crack at pro- fessional bail after the Lions signed him on for two years. ON AGAIN, off again football player Tony Mar- tino is on again with the B.C. Lions. The 671’’, 190-pound kicker/ punter has just signed a two-year contract with the Lions after be- ing released from an earlier con- tract after the 1989 pre-season. Martino was a first round draft pick in 1988. ROCKY ROAD “It was a rocky road, I guess, but it’s starting to smooth out now. I just happened to have a good camp and got back in the swing of it,’’ Martino said of his return to the Lions. He declined to reveal how much he signed for, saying ‘‘I just want to play.”’ The 23-year-old West Van- couver native will be heading to training camp in June where he'll be looking to a position as punter or preferably kicker, keeping company with veteran kicker Lui Passaglia. TWO KICKERS “Whichever job [| won, I[ would take,’’ Martino said. ‘*From the sounds of it, they want to have two kickers.”’ Martino remains undaunted by the Lions’ poor season last year. “There’s new management, new coaches. I seems like there’s a positive attitude.”