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WY Trot

C.J. Thomas
Contributing Writer
ACCORDING to an

old sports cliché, soccer
is a game of inches.

That was definitely true this
Sunday when West Van
Trollers keeper Rick Turner
got a finger Op to a penalty shot
thete then bounced off the
inside of the po. * and out.

That save ended a dramat-
ic shootout, as the Trollers
upset Metro Premier league
leaders Vancouver Westside, 3
2, in the Imperial Cup quarter
final. The win not only put
West Van into the semi’s but
also booked them a spot in the
Provincial Cup next month.

The Trollers, who were rel-
egated from Premier last year,
matched Westside every step of
the way.

“P thought one thing we
lacked last season was charac-
ter.” Trollers’ coach Derek

_Possee said after the match.
“But we have that part of our
game back, and today was a
great example of what character

Wednesday, March 18, 1998 —

North Shore News

Royal champs

HANDSWORTH Royals Juvenile girls basketball team (above) won the Vancouver & District championships
with a 56-48 win over New Westminster. Team mernbers include: Cory Cameron, Danielle Cocomile, Lauren
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can do for your side.”

Swiker James Possee gave
his dad's squad a 1-0 lead after
15 minutes, converting a Steve
Lake cross trom the lett wing.
The lead was short lived how-
ever as Westside defender
Gregor Young potted the
equalizer five minutes later.

The second half saw the
match tum scrappy for a period
as both sides gor in some heavy
tackles and several yellow cards
had to be shown.

The match finished tied at
one after ninery minutes, and
went to thirty minutes of extra
time. West Van was forced to
play most of that shorthanded
after forward Simon Daniels
was shown a red card. That's

when the character test intensi-
fied.

Striker Steve Lake gave the
Trollers a one goal lead: with
fourteen minutes left in over-
time (not sudden death) after
he scored on a partial break-
away, but again Westside came
right back to tie, thanks to a
Colin Pettingale header.

After four shooters cach,
hoth teams had scored owice,
with one shot lett per side.
Trollers detender, jeff D"Auria,
was elected to shoot,

“Twas too tired to think,”
said D'Auria, meaning the
pressure didn’t get to him. “I
was) more worried about
cramping | just wanted to take
the shot.”

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lers upset Wesiside

D'Auria scored, and Turner
saved the last Westside shor to
win the game. Shane Carphin
and Kevin Colbow also found
the back of the net for West
Van in the shootout win.

“That's the type of game we
need to play if we move back to
Premier next year,” says
Possee. The Trollers are likely
to move back to the top
Vancouver league as they lead
their half of division one with 2
couple games left co play.

The Imperial Cup is a single
game knockout competition
involving 110 Vancouver
Metro league teams and dates
back to 1913.

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GRADE: 12
SPORT: Sr. basketball
POSITION: Guard
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