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Well, this marks the last
sports section of the season,

 

by Martin
Hemerick

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however it has been quite a
season. Heck, as a matter of
fact it has been the best sea-
son Douglas has ever had.

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Let’s take a look at some of
the highlights. The D.C.
Men’s Basketball team comes
immediately to mind. By far,
they were indeed the highlight
of the year. From being the
Totem Conference’s doormat
last year with only one victory,
they shot up this season, eclip-

 

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sing all previous seasons with
an unprecedented 10 and 6
record and qualified for a play-
off spot on the second to last
weekend of the season with a
pair of clutch victories over
Selkirk College. They were
picked by the Sports Depart-
ment of the O.P. as unan-
imous choice for the Douglas
‘Team of the Year’’.

The Women’s team also gets
favorable mention. Having a
nucleus comprised of only sey-
en players, as compared to ten
or twelve for most other
teams, they all had to give
more-than was justified to ask
and they certainly rose to the
occasion.

The D.C. Women’s Volley-
ball team came within a whis-
ker of making the playoffs.
Their last game was a heart-
breaking 16 to 14 loss to V.C.
C. which dropped them to fifth
place overall.

How about those Psycho-
paths? The inter-departmental
sottball league’s playotts are
being held this weekend. My
money is on them to take it all
this year. They have an out-
standing center fielder (who
also, quite by chance I might
add, writes sports for this pa-
per) who easily ranks as one of
the best players in the league.
Special mention goes to Dawn-
Dougall, Sheryl Eccles and es-
pecially Kerry ‘Dutchyn who
made softball at Douglas a re-
ality. I sincerely hope that it
will be carried on in the years
to come.

Speaking of years to come,
the future of Douglas Athletics
rests with you. The Athletic
Department is crying out for
more people. So if you are
unemployed this summer or
only working part time or even
if you’ve got a full time job,
get some exercise in and put
yourself in a better level of
fitness. Then when you come
back in September try out for
some of our teams. We need
you badly! This school has a
great many plans for the fu-
ture; make yourself a part of
them because, to quote a fam-
ous fast food chain, they do it
all for YOU.

Thanks go out to Betty Lou
‘Hayes, the Douglas. Athletic
‘Director, who always found
the time to supply me with
stories and provided me with
innumerable leads to follow.
Sean Valentini, who trans-

formed overnight at the begin-

ning of *this semester to an
above par sports photograph-
er. And as for that March 2nd
four page sports section I am
deeply indebted to Caroline
Hardon who somehow helped
to make it possible when even
I thought it couldn’t be done.
Above all my thanks go out to
all The Other Pressers who
showed me the ropes and con-
stantly helped me to make the
sports section a better one
than ever before.