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Royals Roundup

L” weekend was a busy

one for the Douglas College
Royals volleyball teams, as

they both participated in the
PacWest Provincial tournament
in Cranbrook. The Royals men’s
team—who hold the Provincial
Championship title from last
year’s playoffs—took on the
Capilano Blues in the semifinals
last Friday night. The Royals
started off strong taking the first
set 25-23 to only be answered by
the Blues in the second set 27-25.
They went on to dominate in the
third set 25-17, lose in the fourth
set 26-28 and ultimately lost in
the fifth set 16-14. The Royals lost
in the Bronze medal match on
Saturday against the Camosun
Chargers 3-2. As for the Blues,
they went on to the Gold medal
game and defeated the VIU
Mariners with ease, 3-2.

The women’s volleyball
team, ranked sixth overall in the
standings, faced off against the
third-seeded CBC Bearcats last
Thursday night. The Royals lost
3-0 (25-23, 27-25, 25-18), ending
their season and playoff hopes.
The CBC Bearcats went onto face

 

the UFV Cascades in the finals
and lost 3-0.

The Douglas College
badminton team cleaned up two
weeks ago in the Badminton
Provincial championships,
having a dominating presence
in the tournament and winning
three gold championships of the
five events. RuiLin Huang of the
Royals took home a gold in the
women’s singles, Charmagne
Yeung and Amy Leung finished
with Gold in the women’s
doubles, Nathan Choi and Luo
Wei won the gold in men’s
doubles.

The Royals will be travelling
to Barrie, Ontario, to take
part in the CCAA National
Championships this weekend.

The men and women’s
basketball teams are in Provincial
action this Thursday at Camosun
College in Victoria, BC. The
fourth-seeded men’s team will
face the fifth-seeded Capilano
Blues at 3 p.m. and the third-
seeded women’s team will
play against the sixth-seeded
Camosun Chargers at 6 p.m.

 

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Daniica Patrick | www.pendleton-gazette.com

Danica Patrick makes
NASCAR history

Secures pole at Daytona

By Aidan Mouellic, Contributor

anica Patrick had already made

history when she became one of
the only women to race at the elite level
in motorsports. But now she’s made
history again as the first woman to get a
pole position in a NASCAR sprint cup
race.

The 30-year-old driver, who drives
for the GoDaddy racing team, took
victory in qualifying for Daytona 500 on
February 17 with a lap speed of 196.434
mph, beating such favourites as Jeff
Gordon and Tony Stewart. Patrick has
previously raced in British open wheel
racing, the open wheel Indy Car series,
and was the first female to win an Indy
Car race at the Indy Japan 300 in 2008.

While Patrick has been a

controversial staple in the male-
dominated sport, with some people
saying she has no place in the sport,
others, such as venerable favourite
Stewart, have claimed that she is good
for the sport and brings fresh eyes to
the races. There is no doubt that Patrick
has used her position as a female driver
to raise her profile and make her a more
marketable star. She has appeared in
widespread ad campaigns and has even
dabbled into modeling as well. The
people who have long claimed that she
is just a pretty face behind a steering
wheel can no longer doubt her talent—
she has a growing résumé of racing
achievements and has beaten many of
the top male talents in her sport.

Sunday’s action-packed Daytona
500 was led off by Patrick on the pole
and was eventually won by Jimmie
Johnson. Out of 43 racers, Patrick
finished in eighth.

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