CYCLING... North Van-
couver cyclist Alison Sydor
finished first at the National
Road Cycling race in Bran-
don, Manitoba last weekend.
Splitting her time between
-road and mountain bike rac-
ing this season, Sydor’s
strong return to road circuit
racing after a second-place
World Cup Mountain Bike
“effort in’ Quebec demon-
strated once again her
world-class ability.

DIVING... Paige Gordon, of
West Vancouver, placed _se-
cond in the tiree-metre event
.at the University World
Games in Buffalo, N.Y. with
a combined score of 292.68.
“First place went to Germany’s
Brita Baldus, who finished -
‘the event with a 295.56 score.
-Team Canada finisiied second
overall’ in. the final’ medal
“standings with 40 medals —
12 gold, 14 silver and 14°
-bronze.. The United States.
‘placed first with 70 medals.

- SOCCER... Two North Shore
‘ girls’ .soccer teams recently’
competed for. provincial titles’
‘vat’ the. Interior -Chaitenge. in
’ Kamloops... Coached by Terry
* Rowe and Patti Matheson,
"the ‘under-14 Nerth Shore.
“Hurricanes lost to the
under-14 Kelowna Selects by
“a score of 2-0. "In ‘under-16
‘action. the North’.Shore -
- Skooting. Stars’ — coached: by
‘Britt. Arnold’ and John
“Kootstra:“— scored aff six
“goals in-a‘5-1 victory. over the
! under-16" - Kelowna © Selects.
“After , opening’ the’ scoring.
:iwith ‘a goal in their-own net, .
the Shooting Stars — led by .
‘Safeway . Soccer | Girl-of-the-
+ Year’ Kelly“ Donatdson’s : hat
“trick .—-.scored ‘five
unanswered. goals. The_pro-
: vincial title is the second in as
many years for the Shooting
‘Stars, who.went on to be the
under-14 National : champs
“last year. Since there is no
national -tournament for
“wnder-16- girls’ soccer, the
. Shooting Stars are done for
the season, In other action, or
| inaction, the under-15 Nerth
“) Shore Crusaders were. not
chailenged at the Interior
: Cup, automatically granting
“them the B.C. | title,. and
qualifying them for the Na-
; tionals .in Quebec City in’
October. _

‘-match-up between
’ skilled teams did produce a winner

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Tulloch strikes out five to an

squad reach five-team provincials

A SEASON-long battle
between ‘Vest Vancouver/
Cypress and North Van-
couver Central/Forest Hills
came down to the - final
game in the District 5 Junior
All-Star tournament (13-
year-old: boys) at Ambleside
Park last Wedrcsday, July
14...

By A.P. McCredie

Sports Reporter

The winning team would go to

the five-team provincials in Van-
couver this weekend. The losing

team would have a winter to get

over the loss.

One of the unfortunate realities
of sport — at any level — is that
one team has to lose. The final
these two

and a loser, ‘but~only after both
teams played their. hearts out. in
innings. West Vancouver
edged out North Vancouver 4-3 at
the bottom of the cighth.

Both squads ‘had 4-1 tourna-
ment records going into the final,
with: North Vancouver holding a
slight psychological .edge after
dealing West. Vancouver their only
loss earlier in the 10-day tourna-
ment.

Though there were a number of
heroic performances ‘in the ex-
citing - final, West Vancouver
pitcher Ross Tulloch was a stand-
out, going the distance in a bid
for his first victory over the North
Vancouver team this season.

. Tulloch couldn’t have picked a

better time to shine, striking out

five North Vancouver batters and-
’ playing some great defence.

North Vancouver pitcher John
Broderick ‘was no slouch either,
getting a tournament-high 11
strike outs. .

North Vancouver came out of
the blocks fast, scoring all three of
their runs in the first inning. Cody
Beatall, Jimmy Watker and
Broderick scored.

West Vancouver added one in
the third, then two in the fifth —
a Tulloch single scored one — to
knot the score.

After seven innings — a regular
game — the score was still 3-3, In
the top of the eighth, a spec-
tacular shoe-string catch by West

Vancouver left fielder Ian Rice
gave West Vancouver its first out.
Proving he is as dangerous at

the plate as on the mound, North .

Vancouver pitcher Broderick
smacked a triple into the field.
With one out and a man on third,
West Vancouver’s next batter,
Murphy Parvis, laid down a bunt,
hoping to score Broderick on a
sacrifice.

Instead, North. Vancouver first
baseman Tyler Blair — in what
was certainly the defensive play of
the game — scooped up the bunt,
checked the runner at third, faked
a throw to first, then turned and
gunned down Broderick who
bought the fake and was two steps
off the bag.

The third out came on a routine
fly bali to the outfield. .

West Vancouver started’ the
bottom of the eighth with'a walk
to Jordan Sieffert. Broderick
struck the next batter out, -but

gave up a single to Tyler Galan,’

advancing Sieffert to second.

Craig Bessie, the next West

Vancouver . batter, hit a single to~

load the bases for Matt Sarison.

totaal b ker SL!

Samson won the game for West

Vancouver when. he drove

’ Broderick’s pitch into left field;

scoring Seiffert. . Ge

This’ year’s tournament — ac-
cording to- tireless
director Lou Blair — was the most
successful ever for this age group..

“Usually, this tournament is all -

but forgotten,’’ said Blair after

some much-deserved post-tour- .

nament rest. ‘‘The kids younger
(10-year-olds) and older (15-

_year-olds and seniors) usually get”

the biggest support, but this year
was a great one for the 13-year-
olds.”’

Not only were the stands teem-
ing with fans for each game, but
over $2,500 was raised for
baseball in B.C.

“Everybody who was. involved
— from the municipality to the
recreation commission, to all. our
sponsors —- made this event. the
huge success it was,’’ added Blair,

The sponsors of the tournament
were the Bread Garden, CIBC,
McDonald’s, Sutton Group and
North Vancouver Suzuki.

West Vancouver/Cypress Park
open the B.C. provincials this
Saturday, July 24 at 3 p.m. at
Chaldecott Park in Vancouver
(Wallace Street and West King
Edward).

ack Lonsdale’s clinch first

~NORTH SHORE MEN'S

. BASEBALL LEAGUE... JACK
LONSDALE’S clinched first place
in the regular season for the se-
cond consecutive year, with Sun-
._. day, July 18’s 8-3 win ‘over
_” Skylights Only.

The win gives Jack’s a 15-6-2
- record with one game remaining in
the regular season's schedule.

Des Joseph hit a double and a

:- triple for three RBIs and Drew
“Shacker hit a pair of singles to
provide the offence while Dennis
‘ Burgess pitched a complete game,
_ striking out eight. Le
Earlier in the week, Eric
Zaepernick’s deep double in the

THE HOT BOX
by Kevin Gillies

fifth inning was the difference as
Jack's edged the Black Sox 4-3.

The second-place Pirates (14-
8-1] and 1% games out of first)
prevented Yorkton from clinching
a playoff spot by beating them
6-1 Sunday afternoon.

Scott Russell pitched a three-
hitter, striking out five and con-
tributing at the plate with two
hits.

Colin McCarty a hit a pair of
triples for two RBIs.

In a busy week for the Pirates,
they also beat the Keg 6-0,
Skylights Only 7-4, and lost to the
Queen’s Cross 2-1.

The Queen’s Cross finished the
week 24% games back from first
with their win over the Pirates and
an 8-0 win over the Keg. Out-
standing defensive plays from Kaz
Mizuno and Chris Keirstead along
with four-hit pitching from Dave
Readhead helped keep the Keg off
of the scoreboard.

Bob Kennedy and Shiko
Ichihara each had two hits for the
Cross.

The league’s playoff tournament
gets under way this Thursday
night with games going on, both
diamonds at Inter-River Park.

tournament °

"MEWS phote Nell Lucenta

WEST VANCOUVERICypioss 'P Park. pitcher Ross Tulloch ‘struck |”
out five and batied.in one run as his team defeated North: Van~-.-
couver/Forest Hills.to win the District 5) All-Star. tournament (13-
-year-oid boys): at ‘Ambleside Park last. ‘Wednesday night. woe o

Soccer ref clinic scheduled

THE BRITISH Columbia Soccer
Association will hold its fall entry
level referee's clinic for aspiring

soccer referees on the weekend of.

September 24, 25 and 26.
The successful completion of

the clinic will qualify. participants. .

to register with the B.C.. Soccer
Referees’ Association as a Class 3
referee.

The -registration fee for the
weekend clinic is $60,. which in-
cludes the cost of a clinic training
package and all materials.

This clinic is open to both men
and women and. will include
classroom and on-field instruction.

Minimum age is 16." - .
The clinic will be ‘held. at the:
B.C,
(BCIT), 3700 Willingdon,
naby, BC (Willingdon & Canada
Way). :

will be 8:30am to Spm. 1

Pre-registration is necessary. “To :
register or obtain additional in- .
formation, contact | the
B.C. Soccer Association at 299-.
6401. Registrations . will be - ac-
cepted up ta Friday, September
17,

with weekend win

Game time is 6:30 p.m.

There will be another two games
on Friday evering and games all.
day Saturday before the final is
set for Sunday, July 25, at 1 p.m.
on the north diamond.

SENIOR LITTLE LEAGUE...
Team Highlands, who won the
little league season and playoffs,
will merge its roster with North
Vancouver Central to represent
North Vancouver in the Provincial
Championships next week at
Ambleside Park.

The 14--and 15-year-old boys
play their first game of the double
knock-out tournament Monday,

‘LYNN

July 26 at 6 p.m.

The tournament runs to August
6 with the two finalists playing. a:
best-of-three final.

The North Vancouver squad
will be coached by Highlands
coach Ed White.

VALLEY MIXED. SLO-
PITCH TOURNAMENT... The
Mohawk Oilers lost two .‘con-
secutive games to Burnaby’s Dirty
Dozen to finish second. in the
tournament's A division.

The Raiders beat Jack Lons-.
dale’s Dorades twice in the final :
to claim the B division.

Institute of: Technology. .
Bur- -.

_ The first session commences at : 7
7pm, Friday, September 24. ae
+: Sessions.on Saturday and Sunday