SKETBALL... iw senior girls’ bas: ketball team from Collingwood moved back to the aumber one ranking among B.C. single-A schools last week after win- ning their own Cavalier Invitational with three — straight win The Cavs defeated Abbotsford Christian (10th in double-A rankings) 44-35 in the ‘+ tournament final. - Earlier, Collingwood beat Victoria’s Pacific Christian 49-47 and Langley’s Christian — previous- fy the number one ranked single-A squad, 36-26. Stephanie Hume, of Collingwood, was selected the tourna- ment’s ‘most valuable player. Hume’s ream- mate Laura Hill was selected as a tourna- ment all-star. oe 6 RUGBY... The West Yan Secondary senior rugby team is once again raising funds for : a trip to Asia by hold- ing a Mushroom Manure sale. The door-to-door sale will take place prior to March 1 in West Vancouver, and an on-site sale is scheduled for Saturday, March 1 at the Park-and-Ride lot near Gleneagles Golf Course (6190 Marine Dr.).Cost per bag is $5, or five bags for $20 (including deliv- ery). SKIATHON... The Heart of Gold Skiathon skates into Cypress Bowl Sunday as hundreds of cross- country skiers are expected to take part in the annual Heart & Stroke Foundatio: fundraiser. Skicrs raise money for the foundation by skiing the trails of the Cypress Bow] Cross- Country area from 9 am. to 2 p.m. this Sunday, Feb. 16. In addition to skiing, participants will cake part in a silent auc- tion, face painting, prize giveaways and a Wheel of Fortune. For more informa- tion and for sponsor sheets call 922-0825. SOFTBALL... The West Vancouver Eagles women’s soft- bal] ream has openings for girls interested in playing Rep softball in the 1997 season. Positions are open for girls born in 1982 and 1983. For more information call Eagles’ team manager Barbara) Wright at 924-1456. Credo - 4&0 — Wednesday, February 12, 1997 - North Shore News NEWS phote Cindy Goodman MORE at home stalking the gridiron sidelines than the painted hardwood, Sutherland Sabres senior girls' basketball coach Wally Fawkes huddies with the Sabres’ starting five (left to right) Joey Pelletier, Sian Bagshaw, Melissa Moore, Jennifer Rees and Megan Rowe. Fawkes, a longtime Windsor football assistant, took over the struggling Sabres two years ago when no other prospective coaches came forward. ere’s always next year By Andrew McCredie Sports Editor OVER the course of from-behind 42-34 win over foretold opponent _ free- the next month you will read countless sto- ries about B.C.’s best high school basketball teains contesting vari- ous provincial crowns. This story is not about one of those teams. The Sutherland Sabres senior girls’ team finished their season fast Wednesday night with a tirilling come- Howe Sound. The victory gave Sutherland a 4-5 season record, And no playoff berth. An uninformed spectator in Sutherland’s gym last Wednesday would probably be surprised if told the Sabres were playing a game that did- n’t count for much. With only a handful of parents in the gaping bleachers, the bench served as cheerleader section for their on-court counter- parts. Catcalls and whistles throws; wild clapping and high-fivin’ Sutherland buck- cts. Why such emotion from a team with no playoff hopes? Just look to the team’s biggest cheerleader of them all, head coach Wally Fawk “First year I took the team over nobody wanted it,” the B.C. Transit maintenance department employee says. “If they didn’t find a coach they wouldn’t have a team.” Blues keep on re Women cagers tear. up the college ranks By Andrew McCredie Sports Editor SENIOR year for college students is a bittersweet time — the end of school is in sight, but the special friends and special moments founc only in college are soon to be left behind. For student athletes this is particularly truc. Capilano College seniors Catherine Olson and Carla King capped their final regular season basketball games with the Blues in fine, and memorable, sryle Jast weekend. two home games, Olsen scored 47 ind King 32 as the Blues improved their season record to 11-5 en more an’ players and as the season is prog ag their leadership on and off the court is making the difference,” says Blues” head coach Greg Zavediuk. On Friday night at the Sportsplex the Blues dumped University Cellege of the Cariboo 85- ling 68. Just 24 hours later, Capilano dominated again on the Sportsplex hardwood, this time a 88-56 win over the College of New Caledoni The Blues’ final league games take place this Friday against Okanagan University College in Kelowna and Saturday in Mission versus the ae ne Fraser Valley —- the current leage swith a 15-1 record. The men’s team continues to struggle as they dropped a pair of home games last weekend. On Friday the Blues lost to Cariboo College 89-69, and on Saturday dropped a heart-breaker in overtime 104-94 to New Caledonia. The men’s team also travels to the interior this week- end, but unlike the women’s team do not look forward to the playofis — their 821 record has them in the bottom of league standings. eos Capilano’s women’s volleyball team returned from Kamloops with three wins to clinch a berth in the BCCAA playoffs. “This is our first intercollegiate season since 1990, and we are very pleased with the ” said fiest year head coach Shannon Ma CARLA King (left) drives to the basket tast Friday night at the Capilano Coliege Sportsplex as the Biues beat Cariboo College 85-68. Sutherland Sabres sink teeth into rebuilding That was owo years ago, and in that time Fawkes — a self-confessed “football guy”— has read and watched all the basketball instructional material he could lay his hands on. “He (Wally) stresses team play and he makes sure every- one works as a team,” says Sabre guard Sian Bagshawe. “We're not the most skilled, like Argyle or West Van, but we work just as hard.” Sutherland junior and juvenile teams are strong, so Wally and the teams’ hard werk could be bearing fruit, if nut provincial champions, ion to the five starters pictured above, team members include: Sanna Abou-Khaazal, Alison Cousins, Katie Docile, Tiffany Holman, Katie Hudson, Jamie Mling, Wendy McGill, Rachel Patmore, Kala Sommerville and Chelan Tulk. Team managers: Cindy Bennett and = Michelle Simpson. — andrew@nsnews.com NEWS photo Mike Wakefield