TWO WEEKS ago it seemed

that Christmas would come

sooner than the day when Capilano College Blues teams

could celebrate.

But on Saturday the beleaguered men basketball Blues flayed visiting Fraser Valley Col- tege 117-97, while the women edg- ed their counterparts 67-64 based on teamwork, defence, and new- found character.

Earlier in the day at the Cap field, the men’s soccer club played well enough to tie but instead sur- rendered a tainted 2-1 decision to the B.C. group of the national under-20 team.

Saturday’s soccer match was Capilano’s second in the spring's inter-collegiate league, in which various varsity and select teams play each other under the ‘‘club °’ designation. In the first half hour of the game, visiting rightback Riki Hikada mounted several at- tacks up the flank: Capilano looked complacent but were saved by the right-side linesman, who repeatedly flagged down the visitors for offside.

Eventually Capilano woke up, though not before collecting a yellow card. Forgetting that St. Valentine’s Day had _ passed, Frank Lore hugged Gareth Morgan to keep him from the ball. Like most of his teammates, Lore is not match fit yet, and on Saturday he struggled to keep up.

Capilano’s Leone Corra finally broke the stalemate with a pretty scissors kick off a fee by Mike Dodd. Bad luck, however, cost Capilano its 1-0 lead. The Na- tionals’ Nite Thompson was set to take a corner kick when some Capilano players noticed the ball was misplaced. While they tried to catch the referee’s attention, Thompson curled a cross into the net. The goal stood and seconds later came the halftime whistle.

The badly timed equalizer stole Capilano’s concentration. Early in

SIX NORTH Shore Winter Club ringette players will represent B.C. at the Canada Winter Games in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island from Feb. 24 to March 2.

The girls will play ringette as part of Team B.C. at the Games and will also compete in the belle division of the na- tionals in Hull, Quebec.

The NSWC players and their positions are:

eJodi Rogers, 16, Grade 11 Handsworth student, blue/ white stick;

eAlana Gray, 16, Grade 11 Handsworth student, blue stick;

eMichelle McLeary, 17, Grade 12 Handsworth student, red stick;

¢ Erica Molinski, 16, Grade 11 Windsor student, red stick:

*Leanne Ross, 16, Grade 1] Handsworth student, goalie;

eand Dana Alderson, 16, Grade 13 Handsworth student, red stick.

Veterans at the game, the girls’ ringette experience ranges from six to 11 years.

By Guido Marziali Contributing Writer

the second half Corra ran an off- side trap that caught only himself, and Thompson capitalized on the marking error with his second tal- ly. Capilano coach Joe lacobellis reckoned it took 25 minutes for his players to regain their com- posure, which left them little time in which to try for the tie. They controlled the play in the last 15 minutes, but the score remained 2-1.

The college’s fortunes rose later on Saturday when the basketball Blues took to the Delbrock floor against Fraser Valley College, though at first the night shaped up as another debacle.

The women Blues fell behind 39-54 after three quarters, but this time cool heads and teamwork helped them to fight back. While the Cascades worked the ball predictably to their tail post, T. Macleod, the Blues worked the ball around.

In the end, Macleod went cold and all the Blues got hot. When the normally timid Jenny Ander- son ducked to the baseline and drove hard for a hoop and a last-minute 64-62 lead, it became obvious the Blues were not going to let this one get away.

Key baskets notwithstanding, it was defence that won it for the Blues as guards Chery} Kinton, Heidi Maida, and Allison Snelgrove forced some critical turnovers late in the game. In the dying seconds Maida and Kizton were knocked around by flustered Cascades needing a foul tu stop the clock, Kinton hitting her head violently against the floor.

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NEWS THE NATIONAL. under 20-team goaltender dives for the ball as a Capilano College player evades him Saturday on the Capilano field. Cap was eventually defeeted 2-7.

Cascades coach Mike Hind lived up to his name by berating the referee and ignoring Kinton while she writhed on the court in front of him.

Taken to the hospital for a suspected concussion, Kinton left as the Blues’ top scorer with 22, fellowed by Maida with 15 and Micelle Renville with 12. Renville played an outstanding all-around game and added leadership: slight- ly older, she has become a player

around which the other Blues ral- ly.

In the game following, the men Blues had an easier time, playing consistently for the first time in months.

Said coach Ken Sherk: ‘I got some guys out there that I think wanted to play more than some other guys. If | had to go with five guys the whole game, or six

l was going to, I didn't

NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

STICKS IN hand, these North Shore Winter Club Ringette players are Prince Edward ‘sland bound to represent B.C. in the Canada Winter Games. Pictured are: Jodi Rogers, Alana Gray,

Michelle McLeary, Erica Molinski, Leanne Ross and Dana Alderson.

eee North Vancouver’s Flicka Gymnastics Club is also sen- ding a strong contingent to the Canada Winter Games at P.E.L. On Sunday it was officially

announced that six of the seven gymnasts forming Team B.C. are from Flicka.

The gymnasts are Jody Jac- ques, 16, Aparna Ray, 16, Jenny Campbell, I4, Marlies Ernst, 14, Angela Orange, 12,

and Lisa Nakano, 13. Kristi Marder, 15, from the Omega Gym Club in Port Moody will also be competing.

Flicka ccach Janice Roddie Fowler will also coach Team B.C. The girls leave this Satur-

And those guys were Mike Anastasi, Mark Bunting, Frank Fedorak, Darryl Lawes, Massimo Segato and, to a lesser extent, Nigel Parish. Lawes and Bunting finished with 34 and 30 points respectively.

The men’s record is now 3-8 but amazingly they may still have a shot at the playoffs. The women, who also won on Friday, are 4-7 and still in the hunt.

Ringette players head for Canada Winter Games

day for the competition which starts Feb. 26.

Meanwhile, Flicka’s Catharine Shanke! leaves tomorrow to compete at the B.C. Winter Games in Duncan. The 13-year-old from West Vancouver is competing in the provincial ‘A’ category.

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Other North Shore athletes involved in the Canada Winter Games include Paul Kariya who carried the B.C. flag into the opening ceremonies.

Kariya captains the B.C. hockey team at the Winter Games. North Vancouver's Andrew Kemper is also on the hockey team roster.

Competition in some sports started Feb. 18 and will con- tinue until March 2. Women’s hockey, ringette, squash and biathlon are making their Canada Games debut at Charlottetown while skiing has been excluded because of inad- equate facilities. Other sports include badminton, women’s curling, fencing, judo, rhythmic gymnastics, squash and synchronized swimming.