Page 6 March 4, 1987 Orther Press -—Orher Sports Centennial champs ~ By Veronica Blok The whistle blew, and all action stopped. It is quite a normal occurence for a referee to call a foul in a basket- ball game and to award the oppos- ing team two foul shots. But the game played at Douglas College on February 28th was not _ just any ordinary basketball game. It was the championship game of the 35th-Annual Fraser Valley Secondary School “AA” Tourna- ment - a tied game, with only one second left in regulation play. The tournament, up until that very last -second, had _ basically progressed as expected. The num- ber 1 Regional A team - the Cen- tennial Centaurs - was pitted against. the number 1 Regional B team - the Seaquam Seahawks - in the championship game. And a championship game in_ every sense of the word it was. About 1400 people jammed into the Douglas College Gym to wit- ness a very intensely played bas- ketball game. Neither team gave the other any sort of a chance to build a substan- tial lead. Instead, Centennial and Seaquam traded small _leads through out the game - leads that never amounted to more _ than seven points. At the end of the Ist quarter Seaquam lead 17-15. Cen- tennial had taken over by half time 38-37, but Seaquam came back to lead 52-50 by the 3/4 mark of the game. After all that battling about, the score was tied at 65 points a piece with approximately 15 seconds left to play in the game. The next play determined the outcome of the game. A Seaquam player went up for a shot under the Centaurs’ net. The ball failed to go in. Centennial regained possession of the ball and the ensuing heat of play Seahawk Rick Gill fouled the Centaurs’ Greg Bowie. The referee called Gill for an intentional foul - his Sth and disqualifying one. There was only one second left on the clock. Bowie lined up for his two foul shots. He sank the ffirst one, missed the second. But one point was all the jubillant Centennial Centaurs needed for a win. The final score was Centennial 66 - Seaquam 65. High scorers for Centennial were Cam Arentz - named tournament MVP - with 37 points and Don Men’s basketball team takes bronze By Veronica Blok A bronze medal now belongs to a very proud Douglas College Men’s Basketball team. The Royals were chosen to rep- resent B.C. in the Canada Winter Games held in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Over the weekend, the Royals took the bronze medal after beat- ing Ontario 82-80, in one very in- tense and closely fought game. The Royals, down by 9 points with four and a half minutes left in the game, battled back, outscoring Ontario 9-3. With 20 seconds remaining in regulation play, and the score tied at 80, Royals’ Ryan Brown in- tercepted the ball and put it in the basket for 2 points. Brown’s shot was the last basket made in the game for either team. The Royals played out the remaining 20 sec- onds, making sure that Ontario never got a clean break for the bas- ket. Royal’s Head Coach Steve Beau- champ was extremely proud of his team. “The guys gave a lot throughout the whole tourna- ment. They played a real team game,” he said. Beauchamp had extra words of praise for team member Rick Mes- sage, “Rick played solid basketball throughout, even though he was playing hurt.” F High scorers in the bronze med- al game for Douglas College were Randy Stephens with 18 points, Ryan Brown scoring 17 points, and Glen Cote with 13 points. Stephens was also top scorer for the tournament. Royals’ Paul Verret and Glen Cote also shone in the Games. Verret was top re- bounder of the tournament, and Cote was second in rebounds. The Royals emerged from the Canada winter Games with a 5-2 win-loss_ record in tournament play. “We lost 2 games, one to gold medal winner Nova Scotia, and the other to silver medal winner Quebec, which is kind of appro- priate,” explained Royals’coach Beauchamp. The Douglas College Womens Basketball team also _ represented B.C. in the Canada Winter Games. The women placed seventh out of ten teams. Quebec won the gold, Silver went to Ontario, and bronze to Saskatchewan. In final standings for the Games, British Columbia placed third with 179 points - 15 gold medals, 14 silver, and 19 bronze. Ontario was first over all with 211 points and Quebec sec- ond with 210 points. Towers with 12 points. Top scorers for Seaquam were Rick Gill and Dave Hughs with 14 points a piece, and Blair Maundrell with 12 points. A word about Seaquam’s Rick Gill, in case any one is pegging the man as scapegoat for the Sea- hawks loss. It must be said that Gill, a grade 11 student, not only contributed to his team’s advance- ment to the championship game, but was top scorer for his team in that game, and was also named to the tournament’s Ist All-Star team. This young man, from all accounts, has a bright future ahead of him. He can most certainly be forgiven for an error in judgement. ’ This championship victory for the Centaurs marks the 4th time that Centennial has won the Fraser Valley ° Secondary School “AA” Tournament in it’s 35 year history. In the consolation round, M.E.I. beat Abbotsford 66 - 61. M.E.I. was awarded the Spirit and Pro- motion award. The Championship game was definitely a “gut-wrencher”, but it will be remembered for a while to come, won’t it? ¢ Men’s volleyball in top 4 The Douglas College Men’s Vol- leyball team is all set to compete in the Totem Volleyball Champion- ships this Saturday at Douglas College. Only the top 4 teams in the lea- gue are eligible to compete for the Championship. The semi-final round begins at noon, with V.C.C._ taking on Cariboo. The other semi-final match up between Douglas Col- lege and Selkirk will begin at 2:00pm. The womens Championships take place this Saturday as well at Capilano College. The Douglas College womens team did not qualify. , Aquarius s Sta By Cre x the iealager Aries March 21 - April 19 Feeling burnt out aren’t you? Don’t say you weren’t warned. The stars are merciful. You are going to have a quiet weekend if you like it or not. The star know what’s good for you. Taurus April 20 - May 20 This is a good week to take a good hard look at where you’re going in life. Make plans, visit old friends and get a haircut will you? Gemini May 21 - June 20 } Your dual personality could be a source of anguish this week, Gemini. You will have many tough decisions to make. As_ usual you'll pretend your problems don’t exist. Flip a coin if you have to! Make a decision. You will feel much better afterwards. — Cancer June 21 - July 22 If a Scorpio offers you a gift refuse it. It + .\ will only cause you trouble. Avoid Scorpio altogether if you can. Go visit Taurus, in- stead. Leo July 23 - August 22 Got into trouble with that little stunt you pulled last week, didn’t you Leo? When will you learn? All the world may be a stage but that doesn’t mean that you have to be on it all the time. Wait in the wings for a while. Virgo August 23 - September 22 You’ve had a tough week. Reward yourself for successfully surviving it. Celebrate a little - go dancing or something. _ Avoid pizza, pasta and pineapples. You will be prone to indigestion. Libra September 23 - October 22 Your life will take a turn for the bizzarre this week. You know those little white lies you’ve been telling everyone? Every single one will be exposed. This will be a good week to apply to a university in Ontario. Make travel plans, you’ll need to. Scorpio October 23 - November 21 Try harder to be nice to people this week. You can’t live with your back to the wall for- ever. Be especially nice to Libra. After this week Libras will need all the friends they can get. Go dancing with a Virgo. Sagittarius November 22 - December 21 The stars just don’t know what do with you, Sagittarius. You keep getting into the complicated situations and expect the stars to bail you out. Well, okay, but just once more. Consider yourself warned. Capricorn December 22 - January 19 It will be all sweetness and light for you this weekend. Take advantage of it. Stop being so suspicious. Okay, so the good times won’t last forever. Enjoy while you can. Wash your car. January 20 - February 18 You know that problem you’ve been try- ing to solve? Well you won’t solve it this week, either. But your financial _ situation will improve. It couldn’t get much worse, could it? Pisces February 19 - March 20 Remember all those people you gave your number to last weekend? You don’t? Try to behave yourself. Change your phone number. Ask Libra about universities in Ontario. Try to be inconspicuous.