Page 6 February 4, 1987 Orher Press’ —Orther Sports DC curlers Totem champs By Veronica Blok Things are sliding right along for Douglas College’s mixed curling team. The team took the Totem League championship title, held in Nelson this past weekend, swe- eping a best of three series 9-6, 9-8 against host Selkirk College. The win qualifies the team to compete in the National Championships, to be held March 25-28 at Assinibo- ine College in Brandon, Manitoba. Head coach Tim Frick was very pleased with his team’s perform- ance, especially that of Skip Norm McCallan. “Norm called a ‘take- out” game because the ice was quite slow, and he stuck to that strategy. He made a lot of fantastic shots to win.” ; The women’s Basketball team was narrowly defeated by Fraser Valley College last friday night at Douglas col- lege. It was a close game as the midway and final scores indicate. At half time the Douglas College Royals were be- hind 31-34. The women managed to pull within one point of Fraser Valley but failed to put the game away. At the final buzzer the scoreboard read Doug- las College 61 - Fraser Valley College 62. Top point-getters for the Royals in- cluded Roslyn Bowers with twelve points, and Sharlene Jefferson and Lorainne Marken with eleven points a Frick commended the members of the team for outstanding indi- vidual and team effort. “Lead Leanne Caillier, set up our strategy for the end. She constantly put the other team in trouble.” Frick noted Second Dominic Brookes who “came through with a fine job of sweeping,” and em- phasized the importance of the play of Third, Penny Leake. “Pen- ny made a big difference in our victory. She outplayed the oppos- ing Third from Selkirk on most every shot,” he said. Although the team has qualified for the Nationals, a lot of work has yet to be done. According to Frick, “What we need now is vigorous practice and lots of fundrais- ing...No funds, no trip!” The Douglas College Women's Volleyball team won only one match at a tournament at Capilano College last Saturday, but Head coach Phil Ekstedt still sounds confident. “The women are starting to pull together as a team. That’s what we're looking for this sea- son. They're starting to become con- tenders,” he said. The women won their match against Royal Roads Academy, at last Satur- day’s tournament,and lost matches against V.C.C., Cariboo College, and BREET, The team plays again on St. Valent- ine’s Day, at Selkirk College, in Castlegar. piece. 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Winning here sends Douglas to national championships By Veronica Blok The Douglas College Royals are now 6-0 in Totem Conference play. The men’s Basketball team beat Totem Conference leader Fra- ser Valley College 70-63 last friday night, spoiling F.V.C.’s perfect 5-0 record. Although the Royals have won every game thus far in the Totem Conference they are not included in the standings. The team was put on probation by the league for al- leged use of ineligible players. The game on Friday night was fast paced and often frustratingly exciting for the rather large contin- gent of fans. End to end looping passes were often missed by the intended receiver. Balls were re- bounded so many times on_ the same play that the fans’ bodies were in danger of acquiring seri- ous muscle strain from _ repeated tensing and relaxing in such rapid succession. The half time score had the Royals ahead by ten points (43- 33). Fraser Valley College rallied in the second half, closing the point gap, but Douglas College eventu- ally won the game with a 70-63 final score. Although he was pleased with the overall performance of his team, Royals head coach Steve Wrestlers pin Royal Roads The Douglas College Wrestlers pinned their way to a 7-1 team vic- tory against Royal Roads of Victo- ria at a dual meet hosted by Doug- las on Saturday, January 31. “We completely dominated them,” said Douglas’s Head coach Tony Della Matia. “Some of our guys competed in a higher weight class than they usually wrestle in and did very well.” Douglas College Wrestlers Scott Vere and Rob Elliot both competed in heavier weight classes. Vere won two matches in the 62 kilo class while Elliot placed first in the 82 kilo class. Other Douglas College winners include: Dean Misko with two wins in the 74 kilo class, Jay Dutton with one win in the 74 kilo class and head coach and_ teammate Tony Della Matia with one win in the 68 kilo class. The next big tournament for the Douglas College Wrestlers is the Canadian Junior Championship coming up in March. Hockey team hopeful Terry Kirstein’s coaching _ phi- losophy is one of total teamwork. Kerstein is head coach of the Douglas College Royals Hockey team. “I don’t want to build a team around a few super-stars. I want twenty guys working one hundred percent!” he emphasized. Kirstein is counting on this phi- losophy to carry his team to the National College Hockey Champi- onships. The Royals are now preparing for an important weekend series with Cariboo College. The out- come will determine who will be seeded number one in the play offs. “The play-offs will be held in Kamloops on February 21 and 22. The top seed usually gets a bye in the first round. The winner at Kamloops will be B.C.’s rep. team for the National Championships,” explained Kirstein. He added that fan support would be appreciated for the weekend series against Cariboo College. F.V.C. falls to Royals Beauchamp expressed mild _ dis- satisfaction at his players’ mental attitude during the second half of the game. “In the second half we became a little complacent at times. We needed a bit of spark in the last 4 minutes. The guys dug down deep and we got it then. It wasn’t pretty though,” he said. The Douglas College Royals are back in action tonight. They will take on B.C.I.T. at 8:15 pm. Coach Beauchamp has great expectations for his players. “We beat them (B.C.1.T.) last time by fourty points. I’ll go out on a limb and say we'll win that one.” he stated.