much, Conspicuous with a strong
first half was NBA rookie of the year,
Tim Duncan, though he faded in the
second half. Avery Johnson was pretty
amazing, as well, racking up some
decent numbers.

Then, the Grizz turned it up. They
closed the gap a little in the second
and in the third quarter got as close
as one point to the visitors from
exas. The game got so intense that
ven players—who have the best seats
in the house—stood up to watch, AD

and Bobby Hurley in particular jump-
ing and screaming from their seats.

But the Spurs slowly pulled away,
and the Grizzlies lost it in the fourth,
once again. Their inability to keep the
heat on, and their late season trey-
phobia really made itself known. The
team seemed to go out of its way to
avoid three pointers. But at least the
evening was a new variation on an old
pattern, start weak, kill them in the
middle, then choke at the end.

The Grizzlies walked off the

court, disappointed, having wanted to
score 20 wins in a season for the first
time in three years. They seemed to
think they were stuck at 18. (Though
three days later they would beat the
Los Angeles Clippers, led by a career
high 34-point night for Massenburg.
The Grizzlies ended at 19-61.) The
announcer thanked the crowd, and
reminded them about next season.
No presentation, no further acknowl-
edgement. An anti-climactic end, even
for the Grizzlies.

Men’s Basketball

Ps College was proud to announce

ummer sport shorts Mens Basketbal

Dumas will %; suiting up for the men’s basketball team in
the 1998—99 season.

The S’II point guard averaged 18 points, 6 assists and
3 steals per game, leading the Knights of STMC to a
berth in the BC Boys AAA Provincial Championships.
Dumas participated in the provincial all-star game in
March and was selected as a McDonalds’ BEST

Scholarship recipient for his outstanding contributions

both on the court and in the classroom.
“We are cunrernehy excited to have Vinny in our
program,’ said Douglas oe basketball head
coach David Munro. “He is the one player

that we wanted to add to our backcourt. I am

Women’s Soccer

Women’s soccer at Douglas College is getting an early
start on next season as the Royals welcome new head
coach John Judd. “We're thrilled that someone of John’s
caliber is joining the College team,” says Centre for
Sport, Recreation & Wellness Director Lou Rene

Legge.

With over 20 years of experience, Judd has .
addition to winning the PNWAC conference in
1995 and 1997,

As head coach, he led the UBC alumni senior women
to win the provincial championships in 1996 and 1997
and the nationals in 1996. He also took the BC under-
17s to triumph at the Canadian Western Championships
in 1996, and scored a gold medal with the Canada Games

BC Team in 1997.

We're looking forward to working with John on secur-

coached all levels of men’s and women’s soccer
through provincial, national and international com-
petitions. As assistant coach for the SFU women's
program, he saw his team become NAIA national

champions in 1996 and runners-up in 1997 in Pr. about working with him over the next couple of

years. Vinny is a quality person and will add a lot to our
club, both on and off the court.”

Dumas was the MVP at the 1998 Catholic High
School Tournament and a first team all-star at the Lower
Mainland Championships. “Vinny does a great job of dis-
tributing the basketball. Couple that with his ability to
knock down the outside shot and I think he has a lot of

potential at this level.”

  
  
    

Dumas was a high school teammate of Douglas C
ing a place for women’s soccer in our crown,” says Legge,

who's proud of the Royals’ second straight BCCAA aggre-
gate varsity win as well as Douglas College’s ongoing com-
mitment to women in sport.

guard Adrian Lenahan, who finished his first season as
member of the Royals and was also named the team’s

Most Improved player. Dumas and L will once