Lillooet Park

> Women’s soccer draw even with Blues

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Davie Wong
Sports Editor

 

or some teams, an extended

break can be a bit of a trap.
While the rest is nice, the lack of
competition may dull a team or
slow their momentum. For the
Royals, that was their biggest fear
coming into Sunday. However,
unlike last week, the schedule was
on their side this time.

Their opponent, the Capilano
Blues, had a tough week going
into their bout against the Royals
on Sunday. An away game against
the VIU Mariners ensured the
team was tired and a bit worn
out when they came home on
Sunday. The Mariners did the
due diligence and put the Blues
through the bells and whistles
during their game. It took an
exceptional Blues’ effort to even
bring the game to a tie. So going

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into Sunday, it was safe to say that
the Royals had a bit of an edge.
Nonetheless, it was always going
to bea heavyweight tilt when the
two teams finally met up on the
field.

The game started off as
advertised. The two wills of the
team clashed on the field and
in air. The battle looked like
a perfect equilibrium as every
Royals possession and chance
was matched by a Blues run and
chance. Neither team could find
a leg up on the other in the first
half of play.

However, that momentum
changed right out of the door
after the halftime break. Royals
striker Mikayla Hamilton slotted
in a wonderful shot that gave the
Royals the lead. But the Blues also
came out of the gate swinging.
Much to the disdain of the Royals,
not more than three minutes
after they seized the lead, the

Photo by Davie Wong

Blues came storming back and
equalized that game.

The action was constant
after that mark. Shots from both
teams tested their respective
goalkeepers and very close
chances flew just a little wide.
At the end of go, the 2 goals that
started the half would end up
being the only ones to end up in
the net.

Although a tie is surely not
what Chris Laxton was looking
for when he and his team
ventured up to Lillooet Field,
it’s a result that they won't have
a bitter time taking. The result
puts them right up there in the
standing, at five points with one
win, one loss and two ties. To be
precise, the team sits at third in
the standings, with one point
separating them from the Blues,
who sit just above them. The VIU
Mariners sit below them at fourth
with four ties in four matches.

The beer pong world series

> Event in Las Vegas offers $50,000 for first place winners

Chandler Walter
Assistant Editor

 

B™ Pong. You may have played
it some drunk night out at
a friend’s house, participated
in a buy-in tournament at your
local pub, or maybe you have
absolutely no idea how ping-pong
balls and beer could have any
relation whatsoever.

When brought down to the
very brass tacks of the game,
it’s about throwing a ball into
a cup. Think ping-pong meets
basketball, or competitive
drinking meets chess. The
strategy involved in defence,
offence, house rules, and
unwritten courtesies would more
than fill up this page, so let’s just
leave it at its basics. Two teams
of two stand at opposing ends

of a long table, with a triangle of
red solo cups in front of them (it
could be a different colour, but
red is always the preference).

The teams take turns throwing a
ping-pong ball into the opposing
team’s cups, and if they do so, the
other team drinks that cup. Once
all the cups are gone, it’s game
over.

Though many may just see
beer pong as some drinking game
played at a party to combat the
awkwardness of just having a
conversation, it has also found
itself being played at a higher,
more competitive level. Many
pubs and bars, or backyards, as
entrepreneurial players such as
me have done, host beer pong
tournaments. They charge a buy-
in that would cover beer, and
offer the potential of prestige,
glory, and sometimes even a cash

prize.

Take this to the extreme, and
you have the World Series of Beer
Pong, a five-day event hosted in
Las Vegas during the summer,
which offers a $50,000 cash prize
and the title of “World Beer Pong
Champions” to the winning team.
This past July, the champions of
the 1th annual tournament who
took home the cash prize was
the team History in The Making,
made up of Michael Popielarski
and Brandon Clarke. It was
Popielarski’s third win of the
World Series. There were roughly
600 competitors from around the
globe who came out to compete
in the event.

Cash prizes ranging from
$300-5,000 were awarded to the
2nd-16th place finishers. That’s
nota bad payoff for being skilled
at throwing a ball into a cup.

(¥Y Meet your captain: Antony McCullough

(¥ Introducing Jeff Ross

(¥ Women's soccer preview: September 24-25

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INSTITUTION CONF PTS
LANGARA 2-0-2 8
CAPILANO 1-03 6
DOUGLAS 1-1-2 5
VIU 0-0-4 4
QUEST 0-3-1 1

MEN'S SOCCER

INSTITUTION CONF PTS
CAPILANO 3-0-1 10
DOUGLAS 2-1-1 7
VIU 2-1-1 7
QUEST 13 3
LANGARA 0-3-1 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

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