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THREE TEAMS from the North Shore Vancouver Division —- all members of the Flicka North Van- couver Gymnastic Club in North Vancouver -— will compete this year at the North Shore Invita- tional tournament at BCIT from Jan. 30 to 31.

The North Shore team of Dawn Geil, 14, Catherine Geekle, 12, Kristina Lonquist, 15, and Aparna Ray, 13, is expecting tough com- petition from the Panthers Gym Club from Winnipeg, Man.

The Panthers are bringing na- tional team member Lyaette Wit- tmeter, 17, sister of the Olympian and North Shore resident Bonnie Wittmeier, as well as Suzanne Villeneuve, 16, a top national gymnast.

Other usually strong teams are from the National Academy of Ar- tistic Gymnastics in Eugene, Ore., and a team from the Hillington Gym School near London, England.

Local competition for the North

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IN TWO hotly contested garnes,

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Club Flames stretched their win- lose record to 25 and 6 as they edged the Whaters 5-3 Jan. 23 and then scored a come-from-behind 5-4 overtime victory over the Nor- thwest Americans the next day.

The 5-3 win at home against the Whalers — in sharp contrast to the wide open penalty-filled encounter in White Rock the previous week when the Flames breezed to 2 9-4 win — was a close, tight-checking and relatively clean contest.

The Flames accounted for the only scoring in the first period with Dave Payne scoring from Dave Port and Ken Savage on a power- play goal at the 13:39 mark.

Two minutes into the second period, Port produced the first of his two goals of the night, taking Andrew Merilees’ pass just outside the Whaler blueline and then put- ting the puck past the White Rock netminder for the score.

The Whalers pulled to within a goal just over two minutes later.

But before the period ended the Flames took command again — Port scoring on the power play from Savage and Kelly Lawrence and then with just 28 seconds re- maining Justin George scoring what would prove to be the game winner as the Flames took a 4-1 lead at the end of two.

White Rock gave the hometowners some anxious mo- ments in the final frame, scoring two unanswered goals — the first on the power play at 5:41 and the second at 16.52 — to leave them trailing only 4-3.

The Whalers pulled their goaltender in a bid for the equalizer, but were thwarted in their efforts by Flames netminder

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Shore tcams will also come from the Omega Gymnastic Academy in Port Moody, which has some of the top younger gymnasts in the province.

The North Shore team of Kim Gilbert, 12, Jody Jacques, Stacey Ogilvie, 14, and Kathy Udorovic, 14, will follow on the heels of the first team.

Other North Shore gymnasts competing for the first time are MicheHNe Hutchinson, Briony Lecky and Paula G'Froerer, mak- ing up the third North Shore team.

This year the competition is spread over two days with team competition in two sessions Jan. 30 from noon to 6 p.m. The showcase event finals will be Jan. 31 from 10 a.m. to noon.

Some top North Shore gymnasts will not be competing at the meet, as they are training in Czechoslovakia. Tracy Wiison, a top local gymnast, is now training at the University of Florida and not available for the competition.

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Mike Palma, who had held steady throughout the night.

Wade Bartok added the Flames’ final goal, scoring into an empty net with 14 seconds remaining.

Over the three periods the Flames outshot the Whalers 40-31.

In Seattle Jan. 24, Savage’s winning goal 3:43 into overtime provided the encore for his 4-4 game equalizer on the power play late in the third period.

The win was an appropriate reward for the Flames, who came up with one of their grittiest team efforts of the season. Netminder Gary Knight turned in a sparkling — and at times spectacular — per- formance.

After trading goals just 20 se- conds apart early in the first period — Jeff Lee tallying from Port and George at 3:35 and Seattle at 3:55 — the Flames closed out the scor- ing in the period at 15:48 on a goal by Kevin Buhr from Port for a 2-1 lead.

Seattle outscored the Flames 2-1! in the second period, with the Flames’ only goal coming on a

power play with Lawrence scoring |

from Ray Stonehouse and Payne to leave the two teams deadlocked at three heading into the third period.

The Americans went ahead 4-3 with a power-play goal just under five minutes into the final frame and held the lead until Savage's goal at 14:19, also on the power play, forced overtime.

Savage’s game-winner was set up by John Cox, who carried the puck deep into the Seattle zone and then worked it out to Steve Harris who in turn fed Savage for the goal.

The two rivals meet again Jan. 30 in a rematch at the North Shore Winter Club at 8:45 p.m.

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THE CAPILANO College Blues men's dasketball squad beat the UBC junior varsity team 98-81 Jan. 22. Here, a Cap pisyer is on his way to racking up two points.

Men’s bball team wins 98-31

IN EXHIBITION men’s college basketball play, the Capilano College Blues powered to a 98- 81 win over the UBC junior varsity squad recently.

Following the half — when Capilano was leading 54-35 — the local team experienced a rash of injuries. Two inside players suffered minor injuries and two inside players fouled out of the game, leaving the Cap squad playing with guards.

“In the second half we started pulling people out of their positions (to fill holes left by injured players),’’ said coach Neil Chester.

In men’s basketball action the previous week, the Blues

men were defeated 66-59 after a see-saw battle with the VCC Falcons:

The Blues started slowly, having trouble with their out- side shooting and trailed 34-25 at the half.

But the Blues started the se- cond half in spirited fashion, with the inside shooting of Matt

momentum stalled, and. Mills was forced to leave the game with foul trouble. The Falcons fastbreak — which plagued the Blues all night — again caught fire.

The rebounding of Dan Sigurdson and the shooting of Si Huynh kept Capilano in the game, but the Blues missed

CAP WORIEN’S BASKETBALL RESULTS: SEE PAGE 17

Burns and the ball-control of Tim Mills leading the way.

The Blues eventually took the Jead, and extended it to 10 points mid-way through the se- cond half.

The Falcons regained the lead late in the game. The Biues’

three foul shots in a row at the end of the game that put the game out of reach.

Top scorers for the Blues were Burns with 14 points, Huynh with 12 points and Sigurdson and Alberto Soverigno with seven points.