INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / FEBRUARY 19, 1991

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lak Johal lines up a jumpshot for the
Douglas College Royals.

Coaching Clinic First
at College

Softball coaches from across British Columbia
gathered at Douglas College recently to get some
coaching themselves. Softball has become so
popular in Canada that another level of coaching
certification had to be developed by Softball
Canada. The Level III clinics were presented in for
| the first time in Canada at Douglas College.
“There is a great demand for qualiaty coach-

ing,” says Penny Gardner, program co-ordinator of
Softball B.C. “These people take softball seriously,
and they take their prepartion as coaches serious-
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Many of the participants use the clinics as the
first step into careers as coaches.

 

 

Royals Rout a Record

he same weekend the NBA Allstar millionaires

were quagmired in a 116-114 defensive struggle,
the Douglas Royals were putting some stratosphere-
serious numbers on the board. In fact, even without
resorting to the press, the Royals still snagged the ball
enough times to set a new school record by crushing
the Capilano Blues 146-88 in BCAA play on Feb. 9.

The record-breaker highlighted a successful
weekend in which three Douglas teams continued
their conference-leading pace. In other basketball ac-
tion, Douglas defeated Trinity Western 87-73 while
the women’s team beat Capilano College 85-74. In
women’s volleyball, Douglas swept their three games
at the BCIT tournament while the men posted a 2-1
mark playing in Prince George.

In North Vancouver, Douglas faced a Capilano
squad discouraged by news that they would not be
hosting the upcoming nationals as scheduled, due to
a suspension to coach Neil Chester. The Blues ran of-
fensively but shied away from physical defence, al-
lowing 10 Douglas players into double figures. Lak
Johal and Dave Gill each scored 19 points to pace the
Royals, who piled 77 points after building a 69-40
halftime lead.

Douglas needed to work harder for its home-
court victory the following night, building a 41-34
halftime lead over third-place Trinity Western.
Former Royal Jason Wubbs scored 16 for TWU while
Onkar Hayre paced Douglas with 22 points and Steve
Patrick added 14.

In women’s basketball, Douglas led Capilano by
only 76-74 with three minutes remaining before final-
ly stopping the Blues with a 9-0 run. “We didn’t do
anything different, Capilano was doing all its shoot-
ing from the perimeter and they just went cold,” said
Royals coach Richard Norman,

Royals’ Carrie Carlsen led all scorers with 33
points while teammate Lorraine Denis added 18.

The women’s volleyball team improved its con-
ference-leading pace to 14-1 after overcoming one of
its major challenges this season. After sweeping host
BCIT 3-0, hard-working CNC from Prince George
posted a 2-0 lead before Douglas rallied to win 8-15,
15-17, 15-5, 15-6, and 15-13. Tanya Hall led the Royals
with 18 kills while Sandra Boffo and Teresa Ascoli
added 17 points each.

Royals men moved their volleyball record to 10-4
in Prince George, defeating CNC 3-1 and sweeping
Malaspina before losing 3-0 to second-place BCIT.

In upcoming action at Douglas: men’s basketball
(VCC), Feb. 22 at 8:15pm; women’s basketball (VCC),
Feb. 22 at 6:30pm; men’s volleyball tournament
on Feb. 23; badminton (BCAA championships), on
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