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Squamish woman

brings high speed
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Small-town Seeley also an academic

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small town,” Squamish's Denise Seeley is the fine repis

Since joining the Capilano
College Blues women’s soccer
team this fal. the 22-sear-old
former track star has tamed
opposing ostirkers with her
sprinting ability. while gaining
the friendship oof her team-
mates with her open nature. As
if that wasn’ enough, she has
managed to excel in her
studies,

The newcomer from Howe
Sound, who is) studying ad-
ministrative omamigement at
Cap, had to make a major ad-
justment to win her starting
spot at right fullback.

“Vve never played defence
before,” she notes.

Despite starving at a strange
position after a two tlayorf
from soccer, Seeley is already
attracting atention around the
league. In a 3-0 Blues loss to
defending champions Langara
Falcons, rival coach Doug
Gordon singled her out for
praise. The rookie defender,
who won several sprinting
awards in high schecol,
repeatedly cut off star
Christina Milakovich on breaks
down the left Mank.

The match was Seeley’s se-
cond of the day: she played
earlier with the Squamish
Hunters, a second-division
team in the Vancouver league.
Blues coach Frank Pupp pulled
out his tired fullback midway
through the second half. ‘if
I'd known it was going to be
uhat tough | would have never
played that morning,’’ she
laughs. Pupp was not as amus-
ed

Though he may not like his
rookis prospect to split her
energy between two teams,
Pupp values her role on the
Blues. He prizes her obvious
speed and positioning sense,
and judees her technical skill as
“*middle of the road.” but

By Guido Marziali
Contibuting Writer

“improving very taste
praises her willingness to take
instruction, Coaches, he sass,
“would Uke to hase all dhe
plavers dike | Denise.”

More omtadest, Seeley calls
herself Sta quiet member of the
team." creditine =~ Courtenay
Matheson for helping her on
defence, and Christ) Kesland
for taking charge an the back
four.

This year Seeley is) getting
help with tuition in the form of
# soccer scholarship. Academ-
ies and the team ase her
priorities, but the combination
af seven courses und the soccer
season means that cin the
winter time your social fife
dies.* Last vear Seeley gave up
soceer To concentrate on her
studies, and putled an A-
average.

“1 love school."* she says.
“You can never learn enough
we TL will always be going back
to school, even if (only for) a
night course."’ Anthropology is
her favorite subject, but she’s
anxious to distinguish it from
archaeology.

“} hate it when you tell peo-
ple and they say, *Oh, you like
io dig up dead people.’ | like
the living side of anthropolo-

A

In what leisure time she has,
Seeley listens to The Cowboy
Junkies and reads Michael On-
daatje and “Stephen king, of
course."”

Finally, when prodded about
her achievements, she reluc-
tantly admits to participating in
the 1987 PNE Pageant as Miss
Squamish. She’s much more
forthcoming in adding that her
younger sister Yvonne won the
same honor this year.

WATERFRONT BISTRO Bandit quarterback Jason Brown kicks the ball as Burnaby Raiders defender
Ross Cavanaugh attempts a block to no avail. The Bandits squashed the Raiders 30-0 Sunday dur-
ing North Shore division one action of B.C. Touch Football.

NEWS photo Neil Lucente

SQUAMISH import Denise Seeley brings speed and agility to the Capitano College Blues
women's soccer team.

| Bistro Bandits team

trashes the Raiders

North Shore touch football division play

THE NORTH Shore division one
oF BoC. Eouch Football saw the
Waterfront Bistro Bandits dese-
crate the Barnaby Raiders 30-0
hist weekend,

With both teams sporting 2 and
Poeceords, if was a fight for se.
cond place inthe division,

Whe win was sceured in’ the
fourth quarter as Jason Brown
thre for two touchdowns and
ranip for at chive,

Rw. Beery helped stun the Bur-
pabs Ratdet otfensive with two
Interceptions tor the Banalits,

Meamshile, the North Shore
Twist Pops came trom: behind to
overcame the Nerth Van Cobras
30-42.

Phe Cobras scored tuest with oa
Savard pass and rim play from
Htears Ehuber to John Wilson.

fhe Pwist Pops rebounded with

three fouchdowas thrown by Mats
Rehn — the last going to Rod
Melivaine to secure the win,

In oother action, the Queens
Cross thurricanes put their 3-0 re-
cord on the Tine. taking on the
North Van Paathers.

the Panthers lec at die hall but
(wo hite-in-the-game touchdown
passes from Tim) Ferris to Mike
Bear put the game away for the
Hurricanes.

Other games saw the cross rows
rivals Vancouver Rowdies and the
Rusts Gall Saiots battle it out toa
2-120 draw. The Saints’ Gaes
Dianiduh threw oso touchdowns to
Cass Bennett for the tie.

Games are plitsed at Windsor
School on Sundays at FO aim.
Any teams interested in playing in
the spring schedule are usked ta
call Garry Renwick at 876-7202,