B.C. LIONS' FREE AGENT TRYOUT CAMP... Looking to relive the glory days of high school? (And the bruises?) The B.C. Lions are holding their annual free-agent tryout camp on Saturday, May 21, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., al the CFL team’s Surrey home-base (10605 135th St., Surrey). Players discovered at such camps in previous years include former Lion pivot Joe Papao, centre Matt Clarke, receiver Spencer McLennan and linebacker Doug Hocking. The camp is open to everyone. Registration takes place at 8:30 a.m. For more information call the Leos at 1- 583-7747, NORTH SHORE BIG LEAGUE, TIER TWO BASEBALL... Mount Seymour/North Van Central maintained a perfect record of six wins and no losses to keep a strong hold on first place over Forest Hili/Highland. The first-place squad has scored-a league-leading 54 runs to. date, while allowing ‘only 19. (For more baseball’ scores see nage 16.) » ROLLER HOCKEY... In the season-opener of the West “Vancouver Roller Hockey league, the Brownstone’s ‘Billiards: Blades scored five . ‘unanswered goals in the third period ‘to defeat, Malone’s 10- SstAlso’recording wins:in ‘opening. games :of the five- ‘team league'were Custom sLease Rollers and the Vipers. ny “SATLIN ‘wo open’ spots ‘on the: Canadian National ‘Sailing“Féam-were filled by “North Vancouver sailors last -weekend -at' the, Canadian’ ‘Team: qualifying ‘round ‘at ° “Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. ” : Tine -Moberg-Parker won. . ‘eight’ of the nine Europe Class races, easily claiming a spot ‘jon the national squad. The North Shore sweep was com- _pleted by Beth Calkin, who won the race Moberg-Parker ‘didn’t, and finished second ‘seven times. Both racers, members of. the Royal Vancoliver club, will be repre-" senting Canada at the world ‘championships in France in July. SOCCER SCHOOL... Capilano College women’s soccer coach Metro Gerela is holding his annual soccer school at Silver Star Resort in Vernon, B.C., in August. The boys’ session goes from Monday, Aug. § to Friday, Aug, 12, while the girls’ week runs from Monday, Aug. 15 10 Friday, Aug. 19. According to Gerela, the high altitude of the resort will afford players an ideal conditioning environ- ment. Also, the resort is muk- ing their indoor pools, hot tubs, mountian bikes and roller blades available to every soc- cer student. For more informa- tion call Metro or David Smith at 929.9162. THE NORTH Shore Indians entered their first season of Senior A lacrosse last week, promising their fans a compet- itive team and exciting action. By A.P. McCredie Sports Reporter And even though the team came up one goal short, it made good on both promises at its home-opener on Monday night at Lonsdale Arena. In a game marred by question- able officiating, the Indians lost a 13-12 squeaker to the Surrey Burrards. The Indians jumped to an early 3-0 lead during a 21-second offen- sive frenzy three minutes into the game at Lonsdale Arena. Shaun Springette, Dean Cecconi and Chuck Martin scored on well- worked passing plays. © At the defensive. end of things, the Indians saw a solid performance by Dennis Joseph. Tae first period was the widest open of the three, with both teams scoring on breakaway chances and two-on-ones. Indian Jamey Bowen .. .deked the Burrard goalie late in the period to give the Indians a 7-6 lead + heading into the first intermission. 8 +, ‘The second period belonged to “the officials, who seemed to have ‘found their whistles.in the locker- ‘room during the break and took every opportunity to‘use them. . The Indians were hit with a number‘of:penalties in the second that betrayed the officiating pace of “the first. Sophomore star Todd’ . Katanchik was handed a cross- checkiiig call early in the period on ‘aclean hit, then was tagged with two more minutes when he com- “plained about the call. : The pace of the game, and scor- ing, slowed to a crawl in the sec- ond, but the Indians managed to draw even with Surrey when Martin scored in the dying seconds of the Leave the LAST SUNDAY afternoon in hockey-mad Lotus Land, two vastly different ways of deciding an overtime hockey ee nae anee a Caan ace ees, ome-open Ea eee pee eda ene . NEWS photo Paul McGrath NORTH SHORE Indian Chris Driscoll (dark jersey) fends off Surrey Burrard player Andy Bethel during the Indians’ Senior A home-opener on Monday night at Lonsdale Arena. Aithough the | Indians lost 13-12, fans were treated to an exciting and skilled lacrosse game. The team’s next home game Is Monday, May 16, at 8 p.m. (For more on the Indians, see page 17.) | - period to knot it at nine apiece. The third period was when the Indians made good on their pre-sea- son promise of exciting, fast-paced action. With the score 13-12 in the Burrards’ favor with five minutes to play, the Indians swarmed Surrey’s net, but failed to convert. The Indians’ next home game is against the Burmaby Lakers next Monday night at Lonsdale Arena. Game time is 8 p.m. shootout to the history teachers game were played out on God’s Green Earth. (You'll find that with the continued success of the Canucks deep into the playoffs, sport pages will be littered with refer- ences to Him, Shakespeare, and no doubt, even Elvis.) Just minutes prior to the drop of the puck at Pacilic Coliseum for the fourth game of the Canucks*-Stars* second-round playoff series last Sunday, Team Canada defeated Finland in a final-game shootout at the world hockey championships. The ragtag team of NHL second- season castaways brought the title back to the land of hockey after a 33-year absence. But the overtime shootout left a bittersweet taste in many observers’ mouths. Canada’s backstop for the shooteut, Bill Ranford, said of the game-deciding format: “I don’t like shootouts because hockey is a team game and they put a team's success or failure on the shoulders of just one or two players.” The goalie, of course, is one of those players. Recent expansion of the NHL has brought into the ownership fold proprietors who are, safe to say, hockey neaphytes. And us such, these owners have become vocal supporters of the shootout. “Good for the fans,” they chortle from their well-appointed suites, Memories of Lillehammer, where Canada settled for Olympic silver ina shootout loss to Sweden, and the recent world championships don’t reflect thal gate-receipl-driven philosophy. “Good for the fans” is edge-of- your-seat overtime hockey, where’ disciplined and well-coached teams can prove their metile as a team — not as individuals playing out a scene better suited to a Hockey Night in Canada intermissien. Which brings us back to the Canucks. Currently boasting a four-game playoff winning streak in overtime, Vancouver is now approaching extra-time frames as opportunities, not as impending disaster. Kirk Mclean has made his most spectacular stops of the playoffs in overtime. Sergio Momesso went from whipping boy to fan favorite with one swoop of his big stick in overtime. Pavel Bure added further fodder to his imminent legend in overtime. Trevor Linden and Geoff Courtnall the same. Last season on their march to yet another Stanley Cup, the Montreal Canadiens won a record-setting 10 games in the playoffs, each win’ adding another glob of glue to the team’s cohesiveness. Such is the stuff of playoff histo- ry. save shootout history where it belongs — in the dusty streets in the Old West.