Dukes to move t is iNgiG-s. in 1995 SOME observations from Saturday's B.C. high school football championships: @ With their second straht B.C. victory on Saterday. the Windsor Dukes continued their tive-vear double-A dom slance of provineral roothall. Over that period the North Vancouver school’s senior a) fron the I cheap seats squad has plaved in evere B.C. championship game, winning three and losing two. That dominance will come to an end next year, however, as the Dukes, along with the Handsworth Rovals, move up to triple-A ball. The newly- formed conterence will feature the Dukes and the Royals, Carson Graham, West Vancouver and Notre Dame. & Critics of high school sports — especially foorball — would have had their views challenged if they were in the Dukes’ locker-room following Saturday's championship. Head coach Jay Prepchuk gave an impassioned post- game specch to his team, sin- gling out players who may not have contributed on the field as much as others this past season, but who had over- come injuries and other obsta- cles. Prepchuk spoke of things near and dear to any parent's heart: teamwork, commitment and setting goals. Likewise, in Sentinel’s locker-room, Dave Ruzviki told his players to hold their heads high. Who says kids don’t learn anything on a Saturday? @ One has to wonder about the B.C. Lions’ marketing braintrust. Saturday's B.C. high school championships was a made-to-order event for the CFL team to give both its profile and its image a shot in the arm. Hundreds of high school students and their par- ents braved miserable weather to come and watch the games, vet the Lions were nowhere in sight (apart from a page or nwo in the program). The strength of the CFL has abvays been its grassroots, and on Saturday the Lions fum- bled a major opportunity to seed their plot (maybe they've plaved on Astroturf! too Jong). And aiinal note to th: Lower Mainland Emergenes Disaster Response team: [ta Winter-season power filere threatens the area’s perishable goods, crack open B.C. Place for Jong-term storage. A White Elephant? No way. As chilled tans from Saturday's games will tell you, B.C. Place is the world’s largest walk-in retrigeratos. Wednesday. December 9. 1998 - North Shore News - 44 north shore news & SPORTS : SRE 8 ee ea! Dan Toutgoet photos courtesy of Richmond News WINDSOR quarterback David Borys cradles the 8.C. double-A trophy during the wild post-game celebration following the Dukes 7-0 win over Sentine! Saturday at 8.C. Place Stadium. Team manager Danielie Sadler (with camera) looks on. GC. d GAME MVP Shawn Krimmer (with ball) tries to shake off Sentinel defenders during Saturday’s B.C. final. The Spartans did a great job containing the Windsor running back, but it still wasn’t enough to beat the North Vancouver powerhouse. Andrew McCredie Sports Editor andrew@nsnews.com FOR a game with just one scor- ing play, the B.C. double-A. final packed an emo- tional punch. The Windsor Dukes beat the Sentinel Spartans 7-0 before a raucous crowd Saturday night at B.C. Piace in down- town Vancouver. Not surprisingly, the Dukes celebrated their second straight provincial crown with hoots and hollers, fingers and helmets raised in the air. Conversely, the Sentinel Spartans took their second straight B.C. tinal loss to the Dukes hard, with players throwing their helmets to the artificial turf and staring wet eved at the dome’s ceiling. Windsor beat the Spartans in the provinical championship fast year and many of this vear’s Sentinel players played on last season's team. “It's unbelievable.” a sweat-soaked and grinning Shawn Krimmer said fol- lowing the game. “To end off my high school football career like this ts) just awesome, Two in a row. Pretty awe- some.” Windsor’s Krimmer was arguably the best running back in B.C. this season, and though he didn’t have one of his 200-vard games against the Spartans, he was named the game's most valuable player. But it was detence, not offence, which woukd rule the day. Sentinel in parucular played very soiid on defence, holding the powerful Krimmer to just 76 yards on 19 carries. Duke quarterback David Borys scored the game's only major on a two yard keeper midway through the first quarter. “They're a really good team on defence,” admitted Windsor head coach Jav Prepchuk, “It’s just exciting to see it all succeed like this, especially against a yreat team like Sentinel.” Prepehuk gave full credit ta his coaching staff. “Alot of our players have been with us since Grade 8, and the coaches have just moved up with them,” Prepehuk noted. For Sentinel head coach Pave Ruzyiki, the loss to Windsor was a tough one to take. Foliowing last year’s heartbreaking 28-27 loss in the B.C. final to the Dukes, Ruzviki, his staff and players set about to avenge that loss. Minutes following Sarurday’s game, Ruzviki was still trying to figure out what went wrong. “We turned the ball over in the first quarter four tines, and unfortunately when you do that you're not going to come out on the right side of the ball,” he said. *Full credit to Windsor; they did evervthing we actually thought they would do.” Ruzyiki said his ream was prepared tor the Dukes, but added he thought some of his players may have fost their focus heading into the game. “In a game like this they may have been so keyed up that they forgot some ot the basics,” he said. Prepchuk said he has nothing bur admiration for both Ruzyiki and the Sentinel football program. “Eve got alot of respect tor Dave and the Sentinel kids,” the Duke head coach said, “They're really nice kids. | watched lots of film on them this vear, and | real- ly appreciate the kind of chemistry the Dave Ruzviki has with his players.” Extra points... Windsor’s junior tam last 38-7 to St. Thomas More in the B.C. championship game plaved just prior to the senior double-A tlt. Duke renning back Dallas Moore scored Windsor’s sole major on a five- yard run.