SBT EE RO TE BI TY ITE Pe EE PN A NY Se ee ee re or — FEBRUARY 9, 1983 THE OTHER PRESS Basketball Black Eye by Martin Hemertk A scandal has rocked the Totem Conference in men’s basketball. Okanagan Col- lege, with a 5 and 1 record," has been using an ineligible player. Ron Bartel, a star on the team, was discovered to have used up his three years of eligibility having previous- ly played at Trinity College. As a result, Okanagan must forfeit all games played with Bartel which include two vic- ories over Douglas, two over Selkirk and one over Capil- ano. More importantly, this will vault Douglas into the playoffs slated for mid Valiant by Martin Hemerik The Douglas College wom- en’s basketball team played two games this past weekend and unfortunately dropped both of them. On Friday night they were trounced by VCC, who incidentally have one of the best women’s . team in the nation, 77-33. On Saturday night it was a dif- ferent ballgame against Cap- ilano College. In the first half the Douglas team looked flu- stered and played poorly. They ended up the half trail- ing by 21 points and every- body thought it was going to be another blowout. They ended up losing the game 69- 50. But the story of the game had to be the second half. Now I suppose you wonder- ing, how could they have played so well if they lost by 19 points. For the answer all you had to do was look on the bench. Douglas only had two subs, Capilano had six. On top of that, one of the subs, Tracy Rayson had a knee that was operating at only about Totem Conference MEN: V.C.C. W7, LO, P14 Malaspina W6, L2, P12 Capilano W6, Li P12 Douglas W5, L5 P10 Selkirk W4, L4, P8 Cariboo W1, L5, P2 Okanagan W1, L7, P2 Royal Roads W1, L8, P2 WOMEN V.C.C. W6, Lo, P12 Cariboo W4, LO, P8” Capilano W3, L1, P6é Selkirk W2, L2, P4 Douglas W1, L6, P2 Malaspina WO, L7, Po” effort by March. The story, which makes Days of our Lives look like a kiddie show, unfolds thusly: on January 8, Ken Klassen, coach of the Douglas team questioned Brock Tully, O- kanagan’s coach, about Bartel. Nothing came of it and on January 14, moments before their game against Okanagan, Klassen confronted him -again and received the same result. Douglas’ Athletic Director, Betty Lou Hayes, then contac- ted Neil Chester, head of the Grievance Committee, who had been previously 80 per cent and two of the starters, Sharri Crosswaller and Wendy Ellis had back and knee problems respect- ively. In the second half I saw the team make some mistakes, not through bad play, but simply through sheer exhaustion and yet they outhustled and out- played Capilano in every res- pect. Wendy Ellis fed the Douglas scorers with 16 points. Special mention goes investigating the matter. He found proof suppor- ting Klassen’s claim and submitted a report to Murray Hall, the Basket- ball Convenor. The ruling was in Douglas’ favour. In a letter to Ms. Hayes, Okanagan says they will ap- peal the decision. The appeal 1s based on the grounds that the investigation wasn’t car- ried out ‘through official channels and Okanagan wasn’t given enough time to defend Bartel. They do have a valid point, but the appeal won't do them much good because either the guy is eligible or he isn’t. And I'll bet you thought men’s basketball was boring!!!! women to Sharri Crosswaller who played an outstanding game end scored 11 points. Don’t let their 1 and 6 record fool you: the Douglas team, coached by Richard Norman, has potential and is a team of character and poise that des- erve a lot better than their record. PAGE 11: Fitastic Presents Fitness Classes Monday:6:30-7:30(Christine), 17:30-18:30(Peter) Tuesday: 6:30-7:30(Christine), 12:00-13:15(Heather), 16:30-17:15(Connie), 17:30-18:30(J eanette) Wednesday: 12:00-13:00(Sonya), 16:30-17:30(Hea -ther), 17:30-18:30(Peter) Lhursday: 12:00-13:00(Sonya, 16:30-17:15(Connie) Friday: 12:00-13:00(Heather) 12:00-13:00(Jeanette), Drop in fee of $1.00. Slow Stretch Classes : -wind down at the end of the day with Connie Tuesdays and Thursdays at 16:30 -Tuesdays 12-12:30 stretch class with Heather (par- ticipants are welcome to remain for the following aerobics class 12:30-13:15) -Stretch out, relax, release daily tensions Aerobics -Sonya, Heather, and Jeanette offer intermediate to advanced aerobic classes combining 1) warm up, 2) pre-aerobics, 3) aerobics, 4) floor exercise, 5) cool down Conditioning -Peter and Christine offer a combination of slow stretch, aerobics and general conditioning. *Note: Due to increased demand there will be more classes added. Check the poster outside the gym for more details.