48 — Wednesday, August 20, 1997 — North Shore News

Shamrocks’
luck runs out

Royals win silver at B.C. Games

THE North Shore Royale captured the sliver medal as the Zone 5 representative at the recent 8.C. Games.
; i team include: (front row, left to right) Andrew Camp, Nick Duran, Corey Gosnell,
:. Ryan Kojima, Eric Baldwin and Goard Sellars; (back row, left to right) Roger Camp (assistant coach), Andrew"
Stewart, Lee Fulsher, Sean Rustemeyer, Lars Jungclaus, Gregg Martin, Russell Soanes; Kevin Mah and
Evelyn Strometski (coach). The Royals were defeated by Kelowna in the goid medal game. |

Members of the bo

» HOCKEY... Two North
~ Shore boys were members of
the Pacific Vipers team that
won ‘the Brick Invitational
Super Novice Tournament
held earlier this month at
West Edmonton Mall’s Ice
Palace in Alberta.
<. ‘Teams from across North
— - America contested the eighth
. ‘annual. tournament for 10-
“year-olds, but it was the
. Lower Mainland’s ‘Vipers that
. won the gold with a 5-3 win
we The |: over’ the Detroit
‘elbrook®:.: - . - Basketball" Honcybaked. North Van’s
sociation is set to tip-offits . Gilbert Brule and Michael
‘son its September. ’ Wilson are members of the
he*newly formed league .15-member elite squad, and
zum; organized divisions Brule’s talented play carned

By Robert Galster

News Reporter
robert@nsnews.com
THE North Shore
Indians salvaged a pro-
longed gag out of a
near-choke Monday
night as the Victoria
Shamrocks transformed.
a blow-out into a ncil-
biter. |

The Indians withstood a
furious third-period rally by the

_ visiting Shamrocks to hang on

to a series-tying victory by a
15-12 score.

Down one game to none in
their best-of-seven Western
Lacrosse

Association final, the”

Indians opened up a 4-3 first-
period lead. oo,
In the second, the home

“squad built on that lead and
seemingly broke the game |

open with six straight goals,
stretching their lead to 10-3
and chasing Victoria netminder
Marty O'Neil, who gave way
to back-up Bob Heyes.

Two men. down, the
Indians sagged and gave up
two quick shorthanded goals.
The teams exchanged goals

shordy thereafter, but played
the remaining cight minutes of
the period without a single
marker.

The Indians led 11-6 at the
start of the third and final
frame, and must have thought
the game was in the bag. Not
so, as it turned out. Sull, the
Indians waited until the last
possible moment. before snap-
ping out of their offensive
funk.

Nearly 16 minutes without
a goal almost cost them the
game. But with the Indians up
13-12 and Victoria pressing,
Jamey Bowen provided a
much-needed cushion. Only
the clock and Dwight Mactche,
who finished the game with 47
saves, held the tired Indians in
it as the Shamrocks pressed for
the equalizer. - Ce,

Paul Gait, the game’s first

star, added a last-second empty

netter to bring his night’s total
to six goals. Indian Jamey.
Bowen was picked as: the
game’s third star for his break-
out. effort of two goals and

in Victoria tonight and returns
to the North Shore Saturday,

Aug. .23 at 8 p.m. for game
four.

boys and girls born ‘ia
‘1983/84, (1985/86 and
: 1987/88.
“A two-hour. assessment
is being held prior to
“the :DBA season, and team
-. Rosters will be filled out fol-
- lowing the camp. All range of
abilities’ and experience are
welcome.
— oY Player commitments
include a one-hour practice
each week, and a 1.5-hour
‘game cach weekend. All
games will be held at the
Delbrook Recreation Centre,
and practices will be held at
the rec centre or at Griffin
rqaggation centre.

_ The DBA is a volunteer-
operated league with certified
coaches and qualified referees.
The. league is looking. to
recruit and train coaches for
thevupcoming season.

Registration is now open.

Call 987-7529 for informa-

. , tion. For mare information
: about the DBA call Kathy at
986-5174 or Val at 987-

him. tournament MVP hon-
ors.

. Earlier this year, the Vipers
> won the Burnaby 8 Rinks
Challenge Cup, the Pacific
Vipers triple-A tournament
and the Calgary Scampede
Challenge Tournament. The
Vipers are coached by
Christian Brule.

' ROLLER HOCKEY... The
North Shore Stars went
undefeated en route to the
NHL Breakout Hockey
Tournament Under-14 title in
Richmond.

Led by outstanding goal-
keeping by Ryan McLellan
and the offensive prowess of
Johan Josefsson, Mike
Pietrobon and Malcolm
Smith, the Stars dominated
their competition. The Stars,
coached by Sean Mara, are a
select team from the high-
calibre North Shore
Kinsmen In-Line Hockey

0564. League.

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