NAME: Meredith McLeod
SCHOOL: West Vancouver
GRADE: 12

SPORT: Sr. rugby
POSITION: Various
COACHES: Rebecca
Rowicy, Mike Smith,

Asuka Kusano and Sonja
Stein

THE SCOOP: Slotted into
such diverse positions as
scrum half flanker, flanker,
wing and standoff this season,
Meredith has a sixth sense
that puts her in the right place
at the right time regardless of
the position she happens to
be playing. That’s been a key
ingredient in the Highlands
four straight league wins,
including a 25-5 victory over
Sutherland Tuesday.

NAME: Sean Rupka
SCHOOL: Collingwood
GRADE: 12

SPORT: Sr. rugby
POSITION: Flanker
COACHES: Roger Hatch
and Dave Speirs

THE SCOOP: Praiscd by
coaches as tenacious in the
rucks and mauls, and a great
leader as the Cavaliers’ cap-
tain. Sean was named player of
the game in two of
Collingwood’s three wins
during the school’s recent
five-game cour of Australia.
Sean had two tries in the Cavs"
33-5 win over New South
Wales’ Blue Mountain, and
helped lead Collingwood to a
27-7 win over Southport of
Surter’s Paradise.

indians make history

THE 1936 North
Shore Indians lacrosse
team is still making
history decades after
thrilling standing-room
only crowds at Denman
Arena.

Later this month the team
will become the first aborigi-
nal team or individual to be

Botly &

inducted into the B.C. Sports
Hall of Fame. Chief Simon
Baker is the last surviving
member of that fabled team.
Now 88, Baker joined the
{Indians when he was a 2]-
year-old, and along with the
fabulous Baker Boys (there
were six Bakers on the leg-
endary Indians) — thrilled
Depression-Era crowds in
excess of 10,000 people.

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National coach, Canada « Wushu (Martial Art) Chait,

BASKETBALL... Delbrook
Ice is one of LO teams taking
part in the Under-13) Girls
Club Championship this week-

end at UBC.
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FIELD HOCKEY... Christie
Johnstone has been selected to
take part in the inaugural U.S.
Scholar Games in June.

The Collingwood student,

age 15, is one af 1,600 high
school student athletes: chosen
to attend the seven-day Gantes
in Rhode Island.

Participants will be randum-
ly placed on teams for competi-
tion, Phe Games wik alse
include daily forums in the fol-
lowing areas: ethics and sports-
manship, community service
and global responsibility in rhe
21st century,

Johnstone was a member on

Sunday, Apri! 11, 1999 — North Shore News - 44

two Collingwood teams which
won provincial tiles. She has
alo been involved in the 30-
Hour Famine, Jump Rope For
Heart and othe West Van
school’s H.O.LE group.

TRACK & FIELD... North
Vancouver’s Vanessa Fryer
placed first in the 100m bisrdles
at fast weekend's Western

Slicing Sabre

SUTHERLAND Sabre Gil Hilliard siices through the West Vancouver tiie during senior girls’ high schoo! rugby
action Tuesday. The host Highlanders won the game 25-5, extendi:ig their season record to four wins in as
many games. West Van meets powerful Carson Graham Wednesday April 21 in the final requiar season game.

Washington University Quad
Meet.

The result: qualitied the
Simon) Fraser University stu-
dent for the NALA Outdoor
Nationar Championships in
Florida. Fryer also. won the
100m dash at the Bellingham
meet last weekend.

North Van's Adam Perrins,
abo at SFU, placed second in
the men’s 400m hurdies.

— Andrew McCredie

NEWS photo Terry Peters

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