Sports opsports@siwash.be.ca What are you callin’? Everybody’s a critic by Jonathan D. Chapman hy is it when I go to the game and everybody thinks that they can do a better job than the Refs? Most of the people have no idea what the Refs ar ecallin’ because they don’t take the time to learn the rules. People‘just want to have someone blame for their favorite team’s problems. What about the Refs? How do you think they feel? Well I'll tell you! Frankly most Refs think that you people are crazy and full of BS. Most of the allegations that the people make about the Refs. “Hey Ref give your head a shake cause your eyes are stuck,” or “Hey Hollywood pull out your comb!” These comments are tolerated because Refs choose not to hear them. Why can’t people understand that the Ref is the sole judge of what goes on in the game, not all of the people out there that think they know and see all. Just. once I would love to see that big huge fat guy in the second row stuffing his face with popcorn and sucking back a beer enjoy the game quietly, without constantly telling the Ref how to do his job. Somedays, I wish the Ref would just climb over the boards, give his whistle to to the guy and say, “Let’s see how well you can officiate this game.” The only thing the big guy could say is no. You’ve gotta think about what the Refs have to go through to get to this level of Reffing. They not only have to have a good knowl- edge of the rules and good posi- tioning, but they have to be in top physical shape. For example everybody thinks Don Koharski, a NHL Referee with the nickname Donut, is some old fat guy that’s out there to get under everybody’s skin. If you’ve ever had the chance to meet Koho in person, he might be big, but he is all muscle with hardly any body fat. You must remember that the Refs have a job to do! This job shouldn’t concern all you spoilt fans. And just because you’re a spectator doesn’t mean there can be a Ref. You can’t have 20 000 Refs. There’s just one Ref. So when you go to the game sit back and enjoy, but don’t blame things on the Ref. Leave the poor guy alone and let him do his job. MEN’S BASKETBALL On Friday November 29, the Fraser Valley Cascades traveled to Douglas to take on the Royals. Douglas was without three of its top players due to injury and illness; forward Lee Craven has a stress fracture in his foot and will be out 4-6 weeks. Centre David Shannon and forward Jeremy Birnbaum also missed the game due to illness. “We had to change the game plan, no doubt. We had an extremely small lineup out there and so we had to play more of an up-tempo type of game.” Fraser Valley jumped out to an early 29-18 lead, but some hot shooting by Bijan Jiany and Kevin Kundarevich keyed a 29-15 run by Douglas to end the half, as the Royals led 47-44 at the break. Sports Report “We did an excellent job in the second half of pushing the ball and forcing their big men to get into foul trouble.” Douglas went on a 21-2 run to take a 68-49 lead with 13 minutes remaining. Fraser Valley closed the gap to 77—71, but some key three point shooting put the game out of reach as Douglas went on to a 104-84 victory. “Shooting was the key for us tonight. We shot 59% from the floor and connected on 15 of 23 three pointers.” Kundarevich had a career high with 25 points (8 of 10 three pointers), while Jiany had 24 points (5 of 7 three pointers) and 7 assists. Alex Zabori had 19 points and 9 rebounds. Jon Fast added 15 points and 12 rebounds. Saturday November 30, the Okanagan University College Lakers came to Douglas looking for a win. Okanagan jumped out an early 27-21 lead, but an 11-3 tun by the Royals gave them a 3 30 lead at the half. OUC scored first 9 points of the half to take t lead , but Douglas tightened up their defense and forced OUC int a plethora of unforced turnovers. The Royals went onto a 86-67 victory to improve their record to 8-5 on the season and 4-3 in BCCAA league play. Bijan Jiany led the way with 6 points and 5 assists, but the real hero was Ale Zabori who came away with 10 points and a career high 16 rebounds. “Alex really stepped it up for us on the defensive glass.” Carl Lewis had 14 points and Jon Fast also hit double figures with 1 points and 11 rebounds. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The Douglas College Women ‘s Basketball team faced some tough competition Friday night as they took on the University College of the Fraser Valley Cascades. Home court advantage wasn’t enough as the Royals fell short, losing 57—S6. An all around solid effort was ’ displayed by Janice MacKintosh as he shot 67% from the field scoring 11 points; she also grabbed two steals. Andrea Dufva netted 12 points and took charge late into the game closing the gap to two points. Jasmine Foreman led all scorers with 18 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. Saturday saw the squad hosting the Okanagan University College Lakers. The Royals got off to a good start and were up by 10 at the 12 minute mark. Unfortunately things went sour in the second hal as efforts were spread out among the Douglas squad as Jocelyn Stendal and Janice MacKintosh scored 14 each, while Jasmine Foreman led all Douglas scorers with 15 points and 5 rebounds. With the pair of losses the team now sits in a 4 way tie for 3rd place with a 4 and 3 record. 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For further program information call Steve Sharlow at (604) 528-5531. 8:30am - 4:30pm $145.00 715 McBride Boulevard, New Westminster, BC V3L 5T4 M7925 WoMEN’s VOLLEYBALL The Lady Royals completed the first half of their 1996-97 BCCAA schedule with a convinc- ing 3-0 (15-8, 15-6, 15-0) victory over the visiting Camosun Chargers. Douglas came out somewhat sluggish in the first game but picked up as the match went along. In the third and final game Becki Kosinski served for all 15 points as Douglas shutout the Chargers. Leading the way was first year Penticton native Ashley Cooper with 7 kills, whil Vesna Rukavina had 5 kills, 5 blocks, and 1 service ace. Stace Dupuis added 4 kills, 4 blocks and 3 service aces. Kosinski had kills, but also added 6 of the teams 12 service aces for the da MEN’s VOLLEYBALL On December 1, the Douglas College Men’s Volleyball team took on the visiting Camosun Chargers from Victoria. The Royals extended their undefeated record in league play to 5—0, beating the overmatched Chargers 3-0 (15-4, 15-7 15-12). Regular starters Alan Goodall and Ken Kilpatrick were both out with nagging injuries, so Jason Friesen and Tom MacLellan filled in at setter and middle, respectively as the talented Royals didn’t miss a beat. The Douglas offense breezed through the first two games, performing like a well oiled machine, thanks to pinpoint passing and even set distribution. However, in the third game the Royals relaxed and let their guar down, eventually outlasting the visitors 15—12. Afterwards, coack Brain Newman was displeased with the team’s efforts, and pointed out that several simple ai inexcusable mistakes were made throughout the match. Jody Whit commented that, “When playing weaker teams, it’s important to stay focused for the entire match and not just for one or two game We must learn to play a complet match.” Leading the Douglas atta was Darren Ettles with 8 kills, while Ken Kliendienst and Cam Secret both added 7 kills each. WRESTLING Douglas College Wrestling participated this weekend in the Annual Pacific University Tournament in Forest Grove, Oregon. Daniel Igali defeated Chris Perrk of Pacific and Luigi Bianco of SFU in the finals win the championships at 163 lbs. Other Douglas results were: Miles Thibault, 2nd at 190 Ibs. and Ma . Udell, 4th at 142 lbs. 8 January 61997 The Other Press