22 — Sunday, January 4, 1998 — North Shore News cd JANUARE | - Jan. 18: Three North Shore high school wrestlers win gold) medals ar the Capilano Invite. Carson Graham's Ryan Fulton and Emily Richardson and Balmoral’s Mike Hardie win their respective weight divisions. Jan. 26: West Vancouver Otter Ryan Laurin swims a lightning quick 50m treestvle to chim) gold oar sthe = B.C. Senior Championships at the UBC Aquatic Centre. “.) FEBRUARY Feb. 8: North Van's Keyla Ohs_ places fourth in the senior women's competition at the Canadian Championships at GM Place. The top tive placing earns the then} S-vear-ald a place on the Canadian team. Feb. 22; The Windsor Dukes girls gym- nastic team cdyges Handsworth to win the 26th annual North Shore High School Championships. A month later ar the provin- cials, Handsworth places second while the Dukes finish seventh. Feb. 28: Capilano College girls basketball coach Greg Zavediuk is named B.C. College women’s basketball coach of the year. Feb. 28: The Argyle Pipers beat Carson ‘Graham 85-66 to win the North Shore senior bovs basketball title. March 1: Kelly Ringstad skis to her best- ever World Cup result as she places fifth ata dual mogul event in Switzerland. March 2: West Vancouver wresticr Tanya Momeni wins the provincial title in the 63 kg class, and Carson Graham’s Kristin McFee claims gold in the 57 kg division at the B.C. Championships. March 15: Team Skyline edges the Deep Cove Beavers 2-1 to win the 2nd annual Millar Memorial Soccer Cup. March 25: Three-time mountain bike world champion and Olympic silver medallist Alison Sydor is named the Canadian Female Athlete of the Year. March 31: Jenny Rauh is named the University of British Columbia’s top female athlete for the 1996-97 season. The North Van native helps lead the women’s volleyball team to second-place at the Nationals. April 3: Two-sport athlete Lynn Westerman is named Capilano College Athlete of the Year for her contributions to the North Van college's soccer and basketball programs. April 6: The Begg-Smith brothers of West Van earn berths on the B.C. mogul team after medal-winning performances ac the B.C, NEWS photo Grad Ledwidge RACY YEAR — David Rutledge finds a ride for three KOOL/TOYOTA Atlantic races in 1997, Including one for the Vancouver indy weekend. On the downtown street course on August 31, the West Vancouver 19-year-old places 13th, while North Van's Frank Allers pilots the Keen Engineering Atlantic entry to an 11th place finish. Mogul Championships. Dale places first in the youth division and second in the overall Grand Prix standings, while David finishes third in the junior ci 0. April G2: The U-l4 North Shore Scorpions sara the U-13 West Vancouver Bravehearts win their respective Coastal Challenge Cups in girl's soccer action. May 11: North Shore Pegasus blank Vancouver ICSF Inter 1-nil in men's soccer action to capture the Province Cup for the sce- ond time in uiree years. May 18: Flicka Club gymnast Breanne King wins the Canadian Novice championship and leads the B.C. Novice teant to second place honors at the Nationals in Ottawa. Flick team- mate Yuki Sudo wins gold in the balance beam, and places cighth ia the overall Junior High Performance competition. May 21: West Vancouver Highlanders capture the team title ar the 37th annual North Shore Track and Field Championships. Sentinel is second, Handsworth third. May 21; Gordon Trousdell breaks a six- year senior boys racewalk record at the North NEWS photo Cindy Goodman “HOCKEY NIGHT IN WEST VAN — The North Shore Griffins hit the West Van Arena ice on Sept. 8 for their first-ever game. One of two expansion teams to join the Pacific Junior International Hockey League in 1997, the Griffins have struggled against established teams, but are looking for improved play in 1988. Shore Track and Field Championships. The Handsworth Grade 11) student: covers the 1500m distance in a time of 7:45.86. May 29: Sentinel Spartans. successfully defend their B.C. triple-A team tennis crown with oa 6-2 victory) over — Little Flower/Vancouver College. Sentinel's teary of Michelle Neveklovska and Preston Woo are named the B.C."s most-outstanding mixed doubles team. May 30-31: West Vancouver Highlanders place second at the 3st annual B.C. Track and Field Championships, the best showing for a North Shore high school since 1990 (when West Van finished second). The Highlanders’ Dave Milne is named most inspiranonal ath- lete, as he wins the 3000in and 1500m races and places second in the 2000m steeplechase. May 31: In the first-ever B-C. triple-A girls” soccer final to tearure nwo schools trom the same district, the Argyle Pipers bear the Handsworth Royals 3-1 as Rosalyn Hicks scores DWice iD Overtinie. May 31: Two North Shore high schools finish in the top three at the B.C. Boys Rugby Championships. The Collingwood Cavaliers place second in the double-A competition, while the Carson Graham Eagles finished June P2: West Van's Monica Meier and North Van's Katie Dunn are nanied to the National Junior Ski Team and the National Alpine Senior Ski Team. June 28: North Van's Blythe Hartley, 15, places sinth in the womens three-metre diving competition atthe Vienna Grand Priy. June 29: Margaret Langford wins a bronze medat ata World Cup whitewarer kavak event in Bjorbo, Sweden. The result by the 27- year-old Lions Bay Olympian is only the see- ond medal ever won by a Canadian woman on the World Cup circuit. June 29: Four North Shore snow boarders — Jeff Keetley, Jorli and Maélle Ricker and Roberta Rodger -~- are named to the 27- member 1997-98 Canadian — Haltpipe Snowboard Team. July 6: North Shore U-15 Phoenix ouccore their three opponents 9-nil en route to the girls’ Provincial Challenge Cup champi- onship. July 15: The Lynn Valley Majors beat Cypress Park 12-2 to win the District 5 Little League championship (for 12-year-olds). July 22: A tight 8-5 win over White Rock gives the Mt. Seymour Little League team provincial championship honors (for nine- and 10-vear-olds). July 26: The U-16 North Shore Selects win the B.C. Girls Premier A Cup for the sec- ond straight year. July 26: The U-i+4 North Shore Selects score three unanswered goals in overtime to win the Provincial A Cup soccer championship. * AUGUST 2 - Aug. 3: Lions Gate Capilano soccer team beats the Kelowna Warriors in a shootout to win the U-13 Gold B.C. championship. Aug. 3: The North Shore White Spot Babe Ruth team dominates Fraser Valley 16- 0, 10-3 to win the U-16 Provincial Babe Ruth Baseball Championship. Aug. 10: Despite a nagging shoulder injury, Alison Sydor rides to first place in the National Cross-Country Championships. Aug. 10: Lions Bav kayaker Margaret Langford wins the Canadian whitewater championships tor the second straight vear. Aug. 17: The North Shore Royals win the B.C. Squirt B Softball tide with a 5-2 win over Victoria’s View Royal. Aug. 24: Three-time Canadian champion Mark Bates, of North Vancouver, places sec- ond at the fronman Canada Triathlon. Aug. 31: North Van's Rishan Kuruppu NEWS photo Paut McGrath POWERFUL CAVS — The Collingwood field hockey team captured the B.C. dou- ble-A crown on Nov. 1 with a 2-1 win over Kelowna’s KLO Secondary. The Cavaliers also won the prestigious Bridgeman Cup (in photo), the Seven-A-Side tournament and the Independent Schoo! Association tournament.