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Football trophy

‘returns to N.Van

IT TOOK an months, but the Windsor Dukes finally achieved their goal of a senior provincial -football championship.

. By Bob Mackin | Contributing Writer

“The Dukes brought the - Gary . ~-Scott:Cup to the North ‘Shore ‘

Saturday night after a 38-12 win over the North Kamloops Saints at _B. C.- Place Stadium. “Carson Graham was ‘the last : “North Shore high schoo! to win the cup when-it beat Holy Cross 25-0 ‘in the 1993 final’ . Last year, the Dukes lost the sin-

“'gle-A championship 41-6 to ‘North’

"Delta Huskies, this year’s double A “champion. oa “Last year was really demoraliz- ing,” said quarterback and champi- “ onship' most valuable player Cam , Watson. “We had.a fot of -guys returning: so we looked forward to «Betting ready for this game.” :, "Watson eamed’ MVP._ honors as

he ‘completed 11 of 17 passes for ..

“201. yards and . a pair of touch- : down

2 “We've got an 1 individual at QB.

“who is’ an outstanding and intelli- “ gent :student:.of. the game,” said “coach Jay Prepchuk.)

; Prepchuk.: said. the key to “Windsor’s success was minimizing

the’ number. of turnovers and capi--

alizing on the Saints’ penalties. “They ended up getting a lot of “penalties through the playoffs. But that’s th game right there,” he: said:

[WHEN KEN Black returned to “Vancouver after winning the 1939

extra 12

a chance, until some unviecessary penalties caused them to lose com: 7 posure,

Windsor kicked the ball: away °

ona 4th and 29 situation. The ball |.

was downed by Windsor defenders around the NorKam 40 yard line.

But Watson was decked behind the play by a NorKam defender so the ball was moved back almost: 30. yards. A throw by Saints: quarter-. back Jesse Mitchell — who:

replaced the injured Jessy Minhas”

4 .—— was intercepted by linebacker...

; NORTH VANCOUVER'S ‘S Windsor Dukes senior football team celebrates its first provincial single

A high school championship Saturday night at B.C. Place Stadium. The Dukes beat.the North

Kamloops Saints 38-12. Quarterback Cam Watson was named ‘most valuable Player. He ted the Dukes with 201 yards passing and two touchdowns. : :

Running. back’ Trent - Orton opened scoring for the Dukes with a 24-yard touchdown run just under | halfway ‘into the first quarter. _

-On the Dukes” sec- ond — +. possession, Watson eluded -three Saints’ defenders on a. fourth down, gamble’- in NorKam ‘territory, - His toss to receiver Phil ‘Harwood .in | the end ‘zone: was. ruled incomplete. . as Harwood landed. out of bounds. But’ a ‘subsequent roughing the passer penalty. was

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allowed Windsor to retain posses- sion. This led to Mike Vilimek’s, three yard touchdown run early in

the second quarter.

Vilimek was also in on the third ; galled against NorKam, which Windsor touchdown. ‘Watson hand: |

"And now, more than half a century after -

becoming the first ever westerner to win the.

Canadian Amateur golf championship at.

Mount St. Bruno, Que., this i is how he |

“Delegations from Vancouver City Council and

the Provincial Legislature met him at the airport. Riding in an open car, he became part of a proces- sion through city streets. Two brass bands joined: ‘the’ procession when i it reached Granville and _

national championship, Black has passed on, He died last. week, aged 83, at his son's home i in’ Oakville, Ont...

He moved there from West Vancouver fast year, shortly after his wife of 56 years, Mayne, * died. They were married in 1938, the year Black became member 001 at the then brand new ©: ° Capilano, Golf Club. ;

Smithe. ye .

Then it was north on 1 Granville . through showers of streamers and“ “_ ticker tape to a celebrity-studded .. luncheon at the Pacific Athletic '

Club. Doug Roxborough, who won 7

© four national amateur titles in the

‘1970s and *80s, might get.a kick out’:

of learning this. His championships.

barely caused a rippled in these here -

The Lions. Gate bridge w Was still under. con.

“ed him the ball and he launched’a

“arms of receiver Phil Pauli. Pauli . was all alone ° and

waltzed into the end ..

zone.

by - ending | the Dukes". shutout. bid with a TD run ona faked punt a few plays later.

its 19-6 halftime lead with: an. Watson pass to tight end Alan Nicholson with five min- utes gone in the third quarter.

‘struction, so to get to, the house he was building

alongside the seventh fairway, he drove from his.: downtown job over the old Second Narrows rail- ° way bridge. Somewhat inconvenient, but then there weren’t any traffic jams back then. Ss In the 1930s he certainly was Vancouver's most famous sports personality..Three times win- ner of the B.C. Amateur, and still the only golfer

“to win one of those tiles and the B B.C; Open in’ the.

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" first B.C al attempts . at. the helm:of:. both 50-yard bomb into the outstretched *

uO 2" NorKam_ respond- 66 Last year was s really demoralizing. ed. We had a lot of guys returning so.we © ‘looked forward to this. game. “99

_ ~ Windsor quarterback Cam Watson Windsor added 0

eight-yard |

NorKam, trailing 25-6. still had’

Geoff Woolley. Woolley bounded into the end zone to make the score 31-6 with two minutes left i in. the

- third.

Watson ran the ball in r his.

team’s final TD with four’ minutes.

gone in the final quarter... Third-string . NorKam” quarter-

back Conrad Lauzon threw an 18-

yard. TD. but failed in a two ‘point’

_convert attempt. The score was'38- : “12, but it was too late for’ a come

back. Prepohuk was elated over: his: ; Championship after sever- :

Windsor and. Vancouver College. “It’s finally over,” he said’of th drought. “F'm-tired and:it’s been a long season. We're playing football : into December. I'm. lucky to:.be with a bunch of good kids and the put it all together... Despite. . the -championship Prepchuk | said’ :-Windsor: hasn

_ plans to move to: the double A co! - ference.

Windsor’ won the championshi with’ a. scant. 22 - players ‘and: Prepchuk doesn't expect enrolmen to increase substantially in 1996.

' Meanwhile,: Windsor's grade

“squad lost .18-6.. to: Mancouv ‘ College i in an v earlier game. ;