53 ~ Sunday, December 20, 1987 - North Shore News

oys’ pasketball season

THE NORTH Shore high school
senior boys’ basketball league is
anticipated to have a wide-open
anybody’s race type of season.

Here’s the rundown on the 10
teams.

Argyle Pipers, currently given
honorable mention ranking among
B.C. “AA” schools, have three
key Grade IIs — Darin Burr,
Shipho Riopel and Stuart Howe —
up from tast year’s North Shore
junior champions to augment
plenty of returnees from last year’s
highly-iated senior team.

Included among the Grade 12s
are 6'8"’ Brian Pomeroy, a North
Shore first all-star last season;
Chris Sargent, Mark Shtenko and
Vince Pollock.

Coach Peter Therrien is in his
sixth year with the senior Pipers,
who sport a 3-] won-lost league
record going into the Christmas
break.

Carson Graham Eagles, with a
4-2 league mark, also have several
mainstay players back for their
Grade 12 year, notably 6°7"’ Troy
Millington, Fabio Walker, Brent
Black, Lane Oscen and Rob
Bouchette. David Hoskins is the
best of those up from the junior
team.

Coach Vern Porter, 12 years
at the helm of the Eagles, took last
year’s squad to the Howe Sound
“AA” zone final. His assistant is
Jerry Donohoe.

Handsworth Royals are coached
by Ed Pedersen, the league’s
veteran with 26 years behind him
at North Vancouver and Hand-
sworth, and Len Corben, whose
juniors were second on the North
Shore last season.

The Royals, also 4-2, have Tom
Atkins, Ian Bird and Paul Pepin
among those returning, plus last
year’s junior starters: Rusty Cor-

ben, Chris Loewen, Derck Gor-
don, Dave Torrance and Warren
Barker.

Hillside Highwaymen, under
B.C. provincial under-16 boys’
coach Randy Young in his sixth
season with the school’s seniors,
look to Grade 12s Chris Jeffery,
Graham Brink, Kenny Campbell
and Paul Haagenson plus Grade 11
John Topping.

Nicest surprise, however, is the
play of two Grade 10s — Brett
Eaton from Ontario and Paul
Zuccato. Hillside is 0-1 in league
play.

Howe Sound Sounders, 1-2 at
the break, have a run and gun club
under conches Bill Rizun, who
moves up with the best of his
1986-87 juniors like Frank
Fedorak, Chris Bowcock and
Mark Oord; and Doug Sheffield,
who has coached the seniors on
and off since 1979.

Paul Wiles and 6'7” Travis
Moyle, who didn’t play basketball
last year, are both in Grade 12.

St. Thomas Aquinas Saints, 0-4
to date and playing senior ball for
the first time since 1964, have the
league’s tallest player in 6’8%"
Grade 11 Raffaele Panzetta.

Coach Chris Sumner, in his first
year at STA after an excellent
coaching record at Holy Trinity
Elementary, starts two other Grade
lls in Danny Bernier and Aaron
Bruce, who has been on and off
with a persistent ankle injury.
Terence McGee, Rob Perdue and
Marcel Le Beche are the key Grade
12s.

Sentinel Spartans, 4-1, are cur-
rently an honorable mention B.C.
“AA” pick after its pepulation in-
crease put the school over the
limits for ‘SA’ participation this
fall.

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North Shore second all-star as a
Grade {0 student last year; Mark
Watson, a B.C. tournament first
all-star when the Spartans finished
second in the B.C. ‘‘A” finals, and
Frank Catala, Andy Fieming and
Kent Bubbs are all back. Add to
this Mark Pearmain, fun Henson,
and Luke Meyer from a good
junior team.

Coaches are again Ken Sherk
and Digby Leigh.

Sutherland Sabres, currently 0-4,
is coahet by former University
Hill mentor George Jolly who is in
his first ‘season 7 the North
Shore.

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mixture of Grade J0 to 12 players,
few with much hoop experience,
the Sabres will rely on strength on
the boards led by Brad Baker.

West Vancouver Highlanders are
coached by first-year senior
coaches Bruce Holmes and Jan
Miller, who have moved up with
last year’s junior team along with
outstanding players Nigel Parish,
Adam Ashurt and Brooks Findlay
among others.

The Hightanders are also blessed
with a good array of returning
seniors like Chris \Weitzal, Ross
Gurney, Mike Hodges, Glenn
Johnson and Don Hughes. Their
0-3 record is deceptive.

Windsor Dukes, last year’s
North Shore champions and now
the only unbeaten team at 4-0, are
made up of the Langley family and
supporting cast.

Coach Phil Langley, into season
number six with Windsor’s seniors
after shorter stints at Sentinel and
Argyle, has both his sons in the
starting lincup.

Paul, in Grade 12, was the
league's top player last year. Todd
is only in Grade 10. Other impor-
tant cogs are Duane Gartman,
Brent Bradshaw, David McCuirns,
Geoff Bowering and Steve Hardy.

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