BOWLING... North Vancouver’s Jack Major, his son Rent and) Delta's: Greg Rinning teamed up ta take fit place at last weekend’s Western Bowling Asocianon Thos Tournament at Top Gun Lanes tn Rochmond. ‘The sactory earned the ino SYOD, and was Jack’s 13th WBA title. ea @e FIELD HOCKEY... Arevic Pipers came within jst one game of repeating as B.C. girls tipk-A champion. The Pipers were edged 1-0 by Hugh MeRoberts Strikers in the provincial tinal at Livingstone Park in down- town Vancouver. In their two Previous meetings this season the teams played tua scoreless: and a de} tie. Handsworth Placed 13th in’ the tourna- ment, winning their final wo ganies, En route to the cham- pionship game, the Pipers outscored their five opponents 26-1. The Pipers overall sea- son record was 28-6-5. eee NOR-WES CAPS... Things aren’t getting: mucit better for the North Shore’s junior boys hockey club as the Caps dropped a pair of games this past week. On Friday nigh: the Caps were shutout by Ridge Meadows 6-@ in Maple Ridge, and on Sunday afternoon Nor-Wes Jost 8-3 to Richmond at Lonsdate Arena The two loses dropped Nor- Wes deeper into fast place in Pacific International Junior Hockey League standings with a 2-2] season mark. The Caps raext game is this Sunday against = Port Coquitlam at Lonsdale Arena. Game time is 2:15 p.m. ees LAURIN SWIMMING... West Van Otter Swims Club member Ryan Laurin broke a nine- year-old Canadian record last weekend en route to the 50- metre freestyle gold medal at the World Cup in Edmonton. “lame to this meet to show that I’m the fastest freestyler in Canada,” the 23- year-old said. “I was very dis- appointed at not making the Commonwealth team.” In addition to the gold medal performance — his time of 22.15 shaved .18 sec- onds off the previous mark — Laurin won a bronze medal in * the 160-metre freestyle. His preliminary round time of 49.15 was the third quickest ever recorded by 2 Canadian. “EP want to serve warning that anyone wishing to a national team spot in the 50 or 100-metre freestyle will have to beat me,” he said. — Andrew McCredie Je: HANCSWORTH pleyers Jeff Williams dying seconds of their 16-6 loss to Spartans this Saturday under the dome in a rematch of last year’s provin | Jukes, S North Shore teams prepare for B.C. double-A rematch Andrew McCredie Sports Editor andrew@nsnews.com IT’S not often that a high school football team gets an opportunity to avenge a Joss in the B.C. finals. But tollawing double-A semi-tinal action at B.C. Place Stadium last ¢ Saturday, the Sentinel Spartans will get just chat chance. This Sarurday under the dome in downtown Vancouver the Spartans play the Windsor Dukes in a rematch of last year’s provincial tilt — a game Windsor won 28-27, And a game Sentinel head coach Dave Ruzyiki has been thinking about for the past 12 Jong months. “I don’t like to use the*® word revenge, because the kids can get caught up in all of that and sert of lose their.focus,” said Ruzyiki. “Let's just say we've thought about that loss and replayed that game over in our heads many times.” Only a handful of players from fast year's Spartans were in Grade 12, so many of the Sentinel players on the field this Sacurday will have a definite sense of deja pit. “There’s not many times in life you get a second chance, and this is the only time Tve seen a football team get_a second chance to actually rewrite history,” the Spartan coach said. Ruzyiki added his coaching statf has watched game film of fast year’s B.C. double-A final many times, and believes they have the right game plan for the Dukes this time around. rey Wednesday, December 2, 1998- North Snore News — 47 north shore news ee ee ee ABOVE LEFT: Windsor running back Shawn Krimm Dukes’ 16-6 win over Handsworth Saturday afternoo (with ball) muscles into the Seaquam endzone duri And in case Spartan players needed a little bit more motivation, Sentinel coaches also posted newspaper clip- pings trom last year’s B.C. final loss in the weight room this season. “These kids have really earned their place; nothing was given to them,” Ruzyiki added. “The two key things that have brought us success this year are the commitment of the kids and the coaching staff I have right now.” The following are recaps of last Saturday's B.C. double-A semi-finais: Sentinel 34 Seaquam 6 Ruzyiki called this game a “tale of two halves.” “In the first half we moved the ball * well, but when we got in the red zone (inside Seaquam’s 20-yard line) we had problems executing,” — the Sentinel head coach said. Despite the miscues, the Spartans took an 8-0 lead into the locker room at half. Whatever the coaching staff 0 told them seemed to work in the see- ond, “The kids set forth a game plan for the second half and they executed it well,” Ruzyiki said. Windsor 16 Handsworth 6 This all-North Shore semi-final featured longtime North Vancouver rivals Windsor and Handsworth, coached by Jay Prepchuk and Joe Bell respectively. (Bell coached Prepchuk when Jay starred at Handsworth). “It was a real defensive bacrle,” Prepchuk said of the Dukes win over the Royals. “Our kids really showed their character by scoring nwo touch- downs in the last quarter.” The key to the game, Windsor’s head coach added, was his ream'’s defensive play. The key for che Dukes going into the game was stoppin Handsworth Williams — and they did just thar, holding the talented Grade 12 to just 78 yards on 25 carries. running back Jeff Brian Howell photos (left) and Mike Pringle feel the pain of defeat Saturday afternoon at BC Place Stadium during the the Windsor Dukes in B.C. double-A football serni-final action. The Dukes play the Sentinel cial double-A final. Windsor edged Sentinel last year 28-27. er (far right) cuts through a hole during the n. Above right: Sentinel ball carrier Chris Port ing the Spartans’ 34-6 win over the Seahawks. As to this Saturday's rematch against the Spartans, Prepehuk says defense will again carry the day. “(Sentinel) has got a lot of kids back trom last year, and Dave Ruzviki has done a really good job with them in the off-season,” he said. The Dukes and Spartans play this Saturday at B.C. Place Stadium. Kickoff is at 4 p.m. Prior to that game the Dukes’ junior squad will play for the B.C. junior championship in a game against St. Thomas More. Kickoff is 1:30 p.m. EXTRA POINTS... Sentinel defen- sive end Alex Sevensma has been named the B.C. outstanding defenisve player for 1998. And six North Shore players have been named double-A 1998 Pepsi Provincial High School All-Stars: Sentinel’s Damian Pearson, Chris Port, and Andrew Yadegari; Windsor’s Shawn Krimmer and Doug Remington; and Handsworth’s Mark McElligort.