"Andrew McCredie Sports Editor audrew@usnews.com * THE boys are back. After an absence of two decades competi- tive men's volleyball has returned to Capilano College. mAl that time high school didn’t promote men’s. vollevball very mech so we didn’t get many students interested in playing,” Capilano “College athletic dirceror Joe lacobellis said of the game's demise at the North Vancouver campus. . 7 And Hacobellis, should know — he was the ‘coach of the men's team back then. When a high school boy's volleyball pro- gram was established in North Shore schools in the late eighties, Tacobellis knew it would just be a matter of time before the college res- urreeted the men’s team, Last. year the school took che first step towards getting back in the game with the appointment of Petr Neveklovsky as men’s head coach. The team plaved’a season of club games with the idea to case itself back into league play. This season the Blues are full-fledged mem- bers of the B.C. College League, and while lacobellis says it will rake a little while for the progrant to develop, he has high hopes: tor men's. volleyball: at the college. The team Wednesday, November 11, 1998 ~ North Shore News — 44 north shore news @ SPORTS squa boasts a talented core and abo a truly interna- denal thivour -- players hail trom South America, Russia and China no less. Sutherland graduate Craig Rockwell adds focal flavour to the team. While lacobellis will be patient: with the men’s team but the Blues women’s volleys ball team should be a competitive toree this season he says. West Vancouver Secondary yrads Shannon MeGregor and Meghan ‘Thompson are the early league leaders in average kills and average Aces respectively, and Argvle's Amber Primrose and Sentinel’s Ruzica Laus will add further homegrown talent to the Blues starting lineup. Another bright sport tor the women Blues is - new head coach Wendy Wheeler, a former UBC coach and standout player with Queen's University. In the mid-eighties the Cap women’s team went to three national championships over a four-year period. lacobellis ‘says he hired the talented Wheeler specitically with the goal of rerurning to the national stage in mind. For an early season look at both Capilano volleyball teams, check out action: at the Sportsplex this Friday night when Okanagan University College comes calling. The men plav at 6 p.m, followed by the women’s game at 8 p.m. Roger's Cable will broadcast the womert's match. NEWS photo Grad Ledwidge CAPILANO College and Malaspina Mariners served up some double-court vol- teyball action at the Sportsplex recently, marking the return of competitive men's. college volleyball to the North Vancouver schoo! after a 20-year absence. B.C.A.A. - A.R.A. APPROVED CENTRE rr , ALL MAKE COLLISION REPAIRS “LIFETIME. GUARANTEE” Alternative transportation arranged TALKING x Estimates x YELLOW PAGES 4 , 299-9000 Consultation « LZ141515.. 985-7455 chilling news in today’s paper. NEWS photo Cindy Goodman MICHEL’ tbrahim (right) ‘and West Vancouver Soccer Club members Ken Savage (centre) and Tom Fetterley “hold up. some of the items the club has donated to Ibrahim's hometown soccer club in Lebanon. Aeoping their best foot forward “A West Vancouver man’s dream OF bringing soccer ta his home- town continues to flourish under the hot Lebanese sky. Three: ‘years ago Michel Ibrahi m, a “West Vancouver: barber, ‘flew. home. to Lebanon with’a: few soccer boots. and strips so the local lads could bring some “organization and pride to their loose-knit - and bare bones — soccer community. Today, thanks to the efforts of Ebrahim “and a number of North Shore individuals,’ _ businesses and the West Van Soccer Club, the Alwadi Soccer Club boasts three fully" “ soutfitted junior teams and a senior team “that just hosted its first-ever tournament. “The trophy for the ‘eight-teany tourney “was donated by Scott Macey of: Macey"s Sports in North Van. Over 3,000 villagers showed up for the tournament. [brahim has raised money for his pas- sionate pursuit through cut-a-thons and other fundraising events. In August he lost $2,500 ina concert event at the Millennium Club in Vancouver. But he remains forever optimistic. “I'm spending a lot of time and money bur when [ went this vear it was good he said of his recent 15 day visit ro “the small rown in the Lebanese country: side. OW hat’ s next-for Torahim and his cager soceer helpers? “There is no such’ thing, a8 a soccer team for girls in my province so next year 1 want to: establish -a. girts’ sunder-10 team,” Ibrahim says, adding he'd like to . tind a permanent pitch for his cub. They: currently play games ona converted mar- ket parking | lor. — Andrew McCredie ~ Fi onuatey, there's aha at §-paye NovemBRRR Sale flyer, which is full uf comfort: ways to deal with winter chills. If your copy’s Ri lease call 1-800-663-6275. = ‘Wearhouse Clothes That Work.