FOOTBALL... Windsor
Duke football player Dan
Rootes has signed to attend
the University of British
Columbia in the fall.

DAN ROOTES: Duke to
becorne Thunderbird

The all-province senior
was - selecled as the
Outstanding Defensive
Back at the recent Senior
Bowl, and also picked up a
Jim) Young Foundation
Scholarship. Rootes was
one of a handful of talented
seniors who Jed the Dukes
to the B.C. single-A finals
Jast November, Windsor lost
to a powerful North Delta
quad 41-6,

The Thunderbirds ulso
signed Handsworth’s
skilled receiver Andrew
Newton. The T-Birds, under
freshman head coach Casey
Smith, open training camp
on August 18.

GYMNASTICS... North
Shore gymnasts Kaleigh
Mellveen und Catie. Stone
won four gold medals each
in Kip IJ competition at the
recent Flicka Invitational!
Gymnastics Meet.

Also carning medals at
the North Vancouver-based
club mect were Sarah
Bunting (three golds, one
silver — Kip D, Courtney
Szaho (three golds, one sil-
ver —. Kip 1), Carmen
Dennis (one gold — C

* Tyre) and Lorena Steeves
“ (one gold — A Argo).

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lege athletes honored

Soccer players Artuso and Pashalidas get Athlete of Year nod

ON-FIELD AND in-classroom
excellence were the themes of
the night fast Thursday as
Capilano College student ath-
Jetes were acknowledged at the
school’s annual — Athletic
Awards Banquet.

By Andrew McCredie
Sports Reporter

‘Top honors: went to soceer stars
Melissa Artuso and John
Pashalidas, cach named as the
North Vancouver college's Athlews
of the Year for 1994-95, Both were
also presented awards for being
selected to their respective first-
team BCCAA all-star squads.

In addition, Vancouver 86er
coach Carl Valentine presented both
Aruso and Pashatidas awards for
being (wo of 22 Canadian callege
athletes elected for Canadian
Colleges” Athletic Association Al-
Canadian Honours, Lady Blues
soccer player Dian VanDrimmeten
was also an All-Canadian Honours
selection.

With soccer dominating the
Athlete of the Year awards
Capilano Badminton players spiked
the Scholar Athlete of the Year
competition, Karen Lee and Steve
Spence were selected the Scholar
Athletes of the Year, acknowledging
athletes that have achieved academ-
ic excellence while representing the

Cap sides
advance

CLUB HISTORY was made by the
Capilano Rugby Club last week-

_ end as both its 3rd Division teams

played one another in the opening
round of league playoffs.

With both teams playing to stay
alive — and for club pride -~ a hard
fought game ensued, as the JAs
downed the 3Bs 20-7,

In fourth division — action,
Capilano defeated the Rowing
Club 13-8 to advance in the play-
offs. Caps second division team, up
22-nil at the half, lost an overtime
shocker to the Rowing Club 23.22,

The Cap Ists meanwhile, had lit-
de trouble advaneing with a 33-8
drubbing of the Kats,

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college on an athletic team. Both
were ase chosen for Atiletic
Scholastic Awards.

A long-time corporate supporter
of athletics at Capilano College,
Rucanor handed out five
Endowment Scholarships to. stu
dents who achieved a high level of
performance in athletics und: their
Held of study during the year, and
will he returning to the college next
year, Winners included: Aristotle
Beris (soccer); Sherlan John (bas-
ketball; Madeleine Lemaire (bas-
kethalls Kevin Leong (bad.
mintonds and Sheri ‘Tarnowski
(saccer).

Other winners:

Distinction Awards (eam
MVPs) — Sue Sutherland/Carla
King 9 (women’s basketball);
Dominic Zimmerman (me's bie

ketbath: Lyan
(woren’s saceer}: Aaron Hertve
(men’s soecer): Kim Ogden
(women's volleyball: Anna Chan
(women's badminton); and Colin
Neg (iien's basketball)

BCCAA lirst-team) honors =
Melissa Artuso (soccer): Harry’
Sandhu (saceer, David) Mori
(soccer); John Pashalidas (sovcer);
and Dian VanDrimmedlen (soeeer),
BCCAA second-team honors

Michelle Artuso (soccer);
Aaron Bruce (soccer); Gerald Cole
(basketbalD; Carla King (basket-
balls Chris Reimer (basketball);
and Lynn Westerman (soccer),

Athletic Scholastic Awards —
Badminton: Justin talowaty,
Karen Lee, Kevin Leong, Steve
Spence and Michael Wa, Werien's
basketball: Madeleine Lemaire,

Westerman:

Shelley Sung, Women's soccer:
Tara Lansdell, Sheri Tarnowski
and Dian VanDrimmelen, Men's
soccer: Darren Lum ond Sean
Plekaar, Women's volleyball:
Anne Buch and Megan Geiffith,

The women's buskethall team,
making the playotfs for the first
time in four years this season under
head coach Lori Chizik, won the
‘Team Academie Achievement
Award, given to the tea that posts
the highest average GPA in the fall
tert of studies,

Long-tinie women’s © coach
Frank Rupp, now retired, was hon-
ored for Its years of Comanititient (0
both the college and its successful
soccer pragcanis with att
Appreciation Award. Shaw Cable
alsa received an Appreciation
Award.

Photo submitted

STRIKING MOUNT Seymour gold ... The Lions Gate Highlanders won the gold medal in the
14th-annual Mount Seymour invitational soccer tournament's Under-12 Group One division
with a record of three wins and one tie. Team members: Front row (left to right) Don Wilson,
Ben Ainscough, Alex lalamov, Ben Decosse and Scott Evans; Back row (loft to right) Andrew
Cameron, Sean Regan, Chris Pizzinate, Fraser Blanchette, Robert Grant, Connor Renshaw and
Tyler Ross. Coaches: Tom Evans (left) and Grig Cameron.

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