" SIDELINES BASKETBALL B.C.... Two North Shore basketball players have been named to their vespective provincial under-19 teams. ° Julie Harris, a 5°11” for- ward with the Sentinel Spartans this past year, is onc of five high school players on the 12-team — under-19 women’s provincial team. Capilano College guard Gerald Cole was selected to the under-19 men’s team. The squad is being coached by Blues’ head coach Phil Langley, who is preparing to embark on his sophomore sea- son at Cap in September. Both teams will be compet- ing at the Junior Nationals in Waterloo, Ontario, in the last week of July. GOLF... West Vancouver golfer Pip Roberts finished sixth at last week’s B.C. Senior Ladies ‘Championships at the Quilchena Golf and Country Club in Richmond. . The Capilano Golf club member shot 253 (82, 85, 86), 15 shots off the leading pace set by Victoria’s Dorothy Wilks and Vernon’s Karen . Hassard. Wilks won the tour- nament on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. Capilano member Joan Barter shot a 261 (87 each day), good for 12th spot. SAILING... North Vancouver sailor Time Moberg-Parker continues her World Cup dominance in Europe Class Dingy competitions. Last weekend, the Canadian National team mem- ber won the Kieler Woche World Cup Sailing Regatta in Kiel, Germany. The ‘victory was the fifth straight for Moberg-Parker, who will compete in France next week for the World Championships. In 1991, the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club coach won the worlds. The event in Germany featured 126 of the world’s top competitors. Beth Catkin, also of North Vancouver, fin- ished 83rd. eee TRAMPOLINE AND TUM- BLING... West Vancouver gymnast Shannon Lee, I|1, won two junior medals at the National Trampoline and Tumbling championships ear- lier this month at Simon Fraser University. Lee, a member of the West Coast Dynamos, placed sec- ond in the double-mini tram- poline event for 11- and 12- year-olds, and third on the trampoline: The podium appearances qualified Lee to compete as a member of the Canadian team at the World Age Group Championships in October. Other West Coast Dynamo gymnasts competing at the nationals included: Emily Solsberg, 14. with seventh, 13th and 15th placings; Erin Frederick, 12. an eighth and a 17th finish; and Karen Gill, 14, who placed eight in senior national power tumbling. and 14th in the junior national double mini-trampoline event. S Indians sink Lakers in one- sided matchup AN EVER so slight ray of hope shined through the North Shore Indians’ bleak playoff outlook at Lonsdale Arena last Monday night as the Burnaby Lakers suffered through a convincing 14-5 thrashing, Indians’ -style. By Robert Galster Contributing Writer “We always have Burnaby's number,” said coach Lance Baker. “We always come up big against them, for some reason. | think it’s just a rivalry we have from Senior B that’s carried over.” The Indians didn’t take long to establish their domination over the outgunned Burnaby squad, which looked and played every bit their fifth-place part. Just 13: minutes into the game, the Indians were leading >. 1 on goals by Todd Katanchik, Tod Racine, Chris George, Dean Cecconi and Chris Driscoll. The Indians didn’t wait long to acquaint themselves with the Lakers’ replacement goalie as Driscoll scored his second goal of the game just 28 seconds after the starter was yanked. By the end of the first period the score was a lopsided 6-1 North Shore lead with the Indians leading in the shots- on-goal category by a 22-7 mar- gin. - The second period opened with another quick goal by Driscoll, his third of the game, and a brilliant display of defensive play by the home side. Their close-checking style forced the Lakers into making numerous ili-fated passes which were picked off and turned into fast breaks. “We realized we were thinking too much offensively and kind of lacking in the defensive zone, so we thought it was time to turn around and start from our-defence out,” said Katanchik, who finished the game with three goals and an assist, the game’s third star. Although the second period ended with an 8-3 score, the Lakers were never able to put a consistent attack on the floor. And, for once, everything fell into place for the maligned Indians team. Goaltender Dwight Maetche wasn’t peppered with shots — as he and fellow goalie Dennis Joseph have been all season — and he came up big on the few quality chances the Lakers man- aged to muster. Also, the Indians’ powerplay looked sharp and threatened to - score on numerous occasions. To the Indians’ relief. no offici- ating controversy was spawned during the game, but several non- calls irked the Indians’ coaching staff. Chief among those were delay tactics used by the Lakers’ replacement goalie Matt Popowitz. During numerous North Shore possessions the Lakers’ net mysteriously came off its moor- ings without a player from either team within three metres of it. “I can’t see why the referee didn’t call it.” said coach Baker. “I can see one or two, but three, four, five in a row is pretty obvious.” The victory leaves the Indians with six points and a record of three wins and 11] losses. That constitutes an eight-point gap between themselves and the last playoff spot currently held by the Coquitlam Adanacs. “I'm exhilarated,” said a hope- ful general manager Frank Kirby. “I'm relieved we finally got a. win under our belts and I think it just might mushroom into some- thing.” Bridging the gap A.P. NicCredie VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS IN TODAY'S youth culture, the transition from teen to adult is a hard one. But, Young Offender Act hyper- bole aside. probably not any more so than the coming-of-age pains of previous generations. An éducation at a post-sec- ondary school institution does it for many. Others choose to rent their first apartment with a friend, a'step thax usually tests that friendship and one’s parents’ sense of humour. (Both usually survive.) A group of North Shore boys are currently on a similar voyage, and like thousands before them, they are bridging the gap through sport. T refer to these 17- to 19-year- olds as boys simply because the journey, though started, is not yet complete. “The dream of the league (the North Shore Softball Association) has always been to build a team that will eventually play at the elite level,” said Reynolds last week. The North Shore Merchants rep- resent the culmination of that dream. The Merchants are a midget ".4" fastball team from North Vancouver who have just spent a successful season playing in 2 league stocked . with some of the best adult male players in the province. The roster of the team is littered with names that frequently appear in these pages, in sports as diverse as basketball, golf, hockey and ten- nis. Pure athletes. NORTH SHORE realtor Joe Lloyd stares down a high ball during the Realtors’ Baseball Tournament fast Friday at Kinsman Field in North Vancouver. Junior baseball tournament set for Ambleside Park diamonds THE DISTRICT Five Little League is holding its annual Junior District tournament this weekend at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver. The boy’s hardball tournament ‘kicks off at noon on Saturday, July 2, with Highlands taking on Forest Hills. Mt. Seymour and Lynn Valley play at 3 p.m., followed by N.V. Central and Cypress Park at 6 p.m. through Since the demise ofa men’s North Shore fastball league, midget “A” teams have had to go further afield to find a field. The Merchants were no exception. (Note: Fastball is the game played with an underarm, windmill- style pitch. The North Shore Softball Association is a league that encompasses several age groups and styles of baseball. Canada has produced some of the best fastball players in the world.) Merchants’ field boss John Reynolds approached the venerable South Hill Sports’ major men’s league, a 40-year institution that continues to improve its quality of play. The first step on the boy's jour- ney was complete when the team was accepted into the men’s league. Frior to the season, the Merchants displayed early promise as they went undefeated in three pre-season Midget tournaments. In May, the team travelled to Abbotsford and finished second in the prestigious Kevin Miller Tournament. The steps were becoming more fréquent. The neat one is a biggie. The playoffs continue on Sunday (same times as Saturday) and each night (6 s.m.)} next week. The final will be at | p.m. on Saturday, July 9, or if necessary, on Sunday, July 10 at 1 p.m. The winner of. the tournament will represent the district at the - junior provincials on Saturday, July 16 in White Rock. There.is no charge to watch any of the games. baseball The Merchants will travel to Williams Lake, B.C., in mid-July to “compete for the midget “A” provin- cial championships. From there, the tear will either play in the nation- als (the top two provincial teams qualify), or accept an invitation to take part in an international tourna- ment in Salt Lake City, Utah. But, like Napoleon’s armies, baseball teams travel on their stom- achs. The trip to the nationals, in St. Antoine, New Brunswick, will not be cheap — $10,000 if they win the provincials, $20,000 if they come in second (Softball B.C. helps fund the provincial champs). The team has covered the cost of going to Williams Lake through the pre-requisite car washes and other grassroots’ fundraising schemes. Also, a number of local businesses sponsor the team, including the Lynn Valley Legion. “We’re going somewhere, that’s ali | know.” Reynolds says of the team’s post-provincial future. The hard-working coach may have been referring to boys playing baseball games. He was also talking about what awaits these young men off the field.