NAME: Karin Osberg
SCHOOL: West
Vancouver

GRADE: 11

SPORT: Sr. basketball
POSITION: Guard
forward

COACHES: Shaun
McGuiness and Stefan
Huskilson

THE SCOOP: Karin
carned the MVP award at
the Firefighters’ tournament
fast weekend alter draining
five of six attempts from
three-point range in the
wax: final games — often at criti-
cal times — as the host
Highlanders disposed of
Centennial 59-48. And as a
defendez, Karin was instru-
mental in holding
Riverside’s Shauna Flynn to
a season-low nine points in
the semis.

NAME: Jonathan Norrish
SCHOOL: Carson
Graham

GRADE: 10

SPORT: Sr. curling
POSITION: Skip
COACHES: Fio
Patterson and Nancy
Vodette

THE SCOOP: Jonathan
skipped the Eagles to tive
straight wins in the B.C.
zone competition at the
North Shore Winter Club
last weekend to qualify the
young rink for the provin-
cial high school champi-
onships. He capped it off in
the last game versus
Elphinstone with one in the
seventh end to tie it at 5-5,
and his superb final rock in
the cighth clinched the
Eagles’ 7-5 victory.

Selections are made by the North
Shore Secondary Schools’ Athletic
Association based on outstanding
performances in school competition.

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OKAY, it’s time to
jook in the mirror and
rethink that New
Year’s resolution you
made about changing
your lifestyle.

Realizing the clock keeps
on ticking, you finally com-
mitted to a physical wellness
program to Improve the
quality of your life and with
any luck the quantity.

Problem is vou tind it
really boring and are now
looking tor any excuse to
avoid staying the course.

T penned a column some-
time ago about how unique
we all are, as a result of
which we are motivated dif-
ferently.

It started out with a para-
ble: A scorpion was travelling
across land when he came
upon a stream.

Not being able to swim
he approached a frog and
asked him if he would con-
sider offering a lift by climb-
ing on his back while the
frog waded across the body
of water,

The frog looked at the
scorpion with caution: “If I
carry you on my back how
do T know you won "rt sting,
me and kill me?”

The scorpion said that he
wouldn't be foolish enough
to do that because if he
stung the trog, he too would
drown and die.

This made sense to the
frog so the scorpion hopped
on and off they set.

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scorpion indeed stung che
frog and as he was dving the
frog blurted out “Why
would you do such a thing,
now we will both surely die!

The scorpion looked sadly
into the frogs” eyes. and said,
“It’s in my nature!”

The point of this story is
to illustrare how we are
genctically programmed to
have certain character and
personalicy traits which allow
us to be more or less happy
in the endeavours we choose
to involve ourselves in —
including sport, health and
exercise.

I’m convinced the person
who believes thar everything
in moderation is appropriate,
can probably live thac lifestyle
because he or she is most
comfortable with that attitude.

There are also those that
feel everything in moderation
— including moderation —
is more their lifestyle and this
will often be retlected in the
sports they most enjoy.

Right at the end of the
seale are the people who
believe thar anything worth
doing is worth overdoing
and you will often find these
individuals spending their
sporting lives immersed in
very demanding physical
challenges like the fronman-
Triathion or other ultra
endurance events.

The point is nor to get
involved in a sport or pas-
time for fitness if it doesn’t
mirror your own sense of
yourself,

Decide on the level of
energy you are really com-
fortable expending on a reg-
ular basis and start from that
point.

For some, it may be three
aerobics workouts per week -
ora five km run mixed up
with a little weight training.
Others will need a more chal-
lenging goal i in order to get
their “fix” and that’s just fine.

If you do adopt this con-

thing in moderati

cept in your training vou are
much more likely to make
the commitment a life-long
habit and are going to

enjoy the journey as much

as or more than the goal
itself.

It’s interesting to note
that individuals who start out
with moderate goals often
leapfrog into more and more
demanding events until they
finally arrive at the level most
suited to their physiological
and psycholetical state.

Wherever you are on this
emotional jadder is irrele-
vant. What matters is that
you are aware of your
threshold and that you get
involved with a program
that will enhance and build
your health and wellness
rather than breaking it
down.

And on a closing note, it
may be worth reminding
ourselves that people get
most tired when standing
around doing nothing!

~~ Shane Collins is a physi-
cal trainer and athletic conch
as well asan accomplished
ultra endurence runner and
marathon svinuner.

Caps host Buckercos today

The Nor-Wes Caps junior B hockey
team will be out to avenge a recent
3-2 loss to the Port Coq
Buckeroos this afternoon at Londsale

Arena.

The Caps were 4-29 in the Pacific

itlam

heading into a game in Abbotsford wwe days
ago (score was unavailable to press time).

With just seven games left in the season the
Caps have no mathematical chance of climbing
out of the league cellar, and certainly no hope

of making the playoffs.

International Junior Hockey League standings - p.m.

Look for our feature
on Wednesday Jan. 27

Game time for today’s tilt is slated for 2:15