© theother press e Sports 'E OP Sports Editor, © /’ Flash Gordon is looking for sports writers and opinionated 1% sports fans to contribut ews articles to the weekly Fall The Financial Aid Fall 2003 Information Sessions To be held at the New Westminster campus 700 Royal Avenue Wed — October 29 3-5pm Room 2201 Wed November 19 5-8pm Room 2804 Mon December 1 3-5pm Room 1606 Free to all information session participants: A copy of Murray Baker's book The Debt Free Graduate HOW TO SURVIVE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY WITHOUT GOING BROKE We offer information and options to help college students balance their budgets. Budgeting is spending in a way that gets the things you really need and want without ruining your finances. You can learn about Financial Aid options ranging from loans to bursaries and scholarships, and all stops in between. THE OTHER PRESS IS HIRING! The OP is loo Heavy lifti vehicle ma and Coquitla email at hundi We're always looking for new writers! Contact Editor Kerry Evans for details at (604) 525-3542 ; eas Page 22 e http://www.otherpress.ca October 29, 2003 Cariboo Desert Classic Tourney Results Bodes Well For Season Men’s Basketball ‘Thursday, October 16 Friday, October 17 Saturday, October 18 Douglas64 UotA9I Douglas 91 OUC 63 Douglas 80 =NAIT 87 Flash Gordon Sports Editor The men’s basketball team returned to Vancouver this weekend after a road trip to play at the UCC Sun Demons tournament in Kamloops. Tournament draw matched the Royals up against the University of Alberta, Okanagan University College, and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. In their first game, Douglas played the University of Alberta Golden Bears. U of A finished in third place at last years CIS Championships. Alberta brought a strong and heavily loaded roster of veterans. Douglas remains the antithesis of Alberta with an almost entirely different team than last year under the helm of Dave Munro. The Royals raised their level of performance to the Golden Bears and even held a one-point lead, ten minutes into the first half. “Pressure and depth” began to break down the Royals’ enthusiasm as the game went on. At the half, the lead had evaporated and the Golden Bears rained vengeance down upon the Royals to a score of 41-26. Second half action was quite sloppy and the Royals allowed the lead to get to 32 points. The final score ended up being a small consolation of 91-64. Cody Berg scored 18 points helping to lead his team in the sec- ond half. Donald Burton came out big in Friday's game against OUC. He scored 27 in Douglas’ 91-63 victory over the Lakers. They led by 19 at the half, and then pulled away, never to look back. In their final game of the tournament, Douglas faced last year’s Canadian College Athletic Association national champions from NAIT. The Ooks, yes I said the Ooks. If you don’t believe me check out their website . It’s an owl of some sort. You'd never guess with a name like that. How are you supposed to pronounce that anyway? It must be a Northern Alberta thing...or rather an Edmonton thing. Strange folk up that way. Douglas played hard against the team with a strange name. The opportunity to measure themselves against last year’s national champs wasn’t lost on the Royals. At the half they were only down by two baskets. Omar Ganief finished the game with 16 points to go along with his five fouls. Two other Royals also fouled out of the game. In the end NAIT won by seven 87-80. In reflection of the tournament performance, McGilligan said, “While no coach likes to lose two out of three games, I could not have been hap- pier with the team’s performance this past weekend. We played two of the best teams we are going to face all year and at no point did we back down.” The Royals will rest for two weeks before playing their first league game against the University College of the Fraser Valley in Chilliwack on Friday, October 31, Halloween night. Royals Meet Capilano in Provincial Finals Men’s Soccer Flash Gordon Sports Editor Kris Peterson led his team in one of the Royals most convincing wins of the year over the UCC Sun Demons. Obviously the Demons were out of their element facing the red hot Royals. According to defensemen Allen Hewitt, his teammates were winning every tackle, every challenge, and scoring on the right opportunities. Douglas gave up few opportunities and maintained control. They must have been inspired by the chance to play rivals Capilano in the final. On October 18, Douglas ravaged UCC in a whooping. The goals were made by CJ Greenside, Emmanuel Ayiku, and sniper foot Matt Ormerod. Goalie, Andy Singh played exceptionally well and only gave up a goal in the final minutes of play. To finish the tournament, Douglas squares off against Capilano. By the time this article is published, the Royals will have beaten the loathsome Blues.