Wednesday,February 29,1984 On February 17th and 18th Douglas Men played back’ to back away games by MARTIN HEMERIK } against the Selkirk Saints and came away with two impressive victories. ’ On the 17th they buried the Saints 79-38. The game marked Douglas’ largest margin of victory in league play. They also allowed the fewest points in any one game. “~~ Brent Henderson, the lanky Douglas center who plays his best games on the road, scored 18 points, Brian Brown 16 and Steve Mitten had 14. Mitton and Hender- son had 7 and 6 rebounds respectively. The key to the large margin of victory were turn- overs and recoveries. Doug- las committed only 14 while they recovered 24. It marked the first time that Douglas had more recoveries than turnovers. The next day was a whole new ballgame as the Saints, with revenge in their eyes, came marching in. That, coupled with sloppy play by the Royals enabled Selkirk ‘THE OTHER PRESS Douglas Marches Over to take a 36-35 lead to the locker room at half time. Although Brian Brown and Brent Henderson played their best games of the season, it was. Steve mitton who brough the team to life. Early in the second half Selkirk went ahead 42-39 and looked like they might upset the lifeless Royals when Mitten, on a fast break went in and it was downtown Charlie Brown with a two handed slam dunk. From then on the Douglas machine breathed fire as they went on to defeat Selkirk 77-60.* The win moved the Royals in a tie with Fraser Valley College in the Tatem Conference with identical 6 and 5 re- cords. Sain page 11 ts” Brian Brown had 2 points and Brent Hendersn added _18 more. Henderson also pulled in an impressive 12 rebounds. Steve Mitten brough down 8. | Fourth Place The Douglas College men’s basketball team had their hopes of finishing third in the Totem Conference dashed this past weekend with a pair of losses to Fraser Valley College. On February 24th they Generally the runner wishes to have a maximal lean body mass to fat ratio. The lean body. mass_ of Reprinted From The Silouette importance to the runner is naturally the muscles. The muscles act to propel the body and in doing so utilize a great deal of energy. Fat however is ‘‘dead weight’ exertion on the working muscles as well as being a metabolically active tissue (i.e. requires energy). For these reasons one would like to keep fat at a minimum as well as for aesthetic rea- sons. The average male has about 16 per cent body fat while the average female’s body fat content is about 3 to 4 per cent higher while elite male runners are usu- ally under 8 per cent and females about 2to 3 per cent higher. The easiest way to measure body fat clinically is a skin fold method that measures the thickness of the sub-cutaneous (skin) fat in various areas and esti- mates total body fat. Any serious athlete should have this procedure done several times per year to monitor changes. If one is interested in losing fat it should be done gradually over many weeks by slightly reducing caloric intake and increasing physical activity. The weight loss should not exceed 1 to 1.5 pounds per week. Not only does the athlete wish to have a lower percen- tage body fat but they also need a nutritious and balan- ced diet. ‘‘Canada’s Food Guide’‘recommends that a variety of foods be con- sumed from four groups: 1. Milk and milk products- unners milk, yogurt, cheese, 3-4 servings. 2. Meat, fish, poultry- also peanut butter, eggs, cheese, 2 servings. 3. Bread and cereals- also pasta, muffins, 3 to 5 ser- vings. 4. Fruits and vegetables- apple, orange, carrots and such, 4 to 5 servings. Generally, the above food for it is both as added groups supply energy in the form of ome of the three major biochemical compo- nents:1. carbohydrates, 2. proteins and 3. fats. Con- tained within each of the three food groups are also one or more of the many vitamins which a biochemi- cal reaction helps essential and Die to extracting energy as well as various minerals also essential to many biological processes. Protein can be found in the milk , meat and bread categories. Fat is pre- sent in milk and meat cate- gories. Finally carbohydra- tes are present in bread and fruit groups. The average Canadian tends to eat too much fat and protein and should ‘cut down while in- creasing the proportion of . \ / \ \ ao \S carbohydrates. The carbo- hydrates that should be sub- stituted should be the ones that are fruit and vegetable associated and darker breads (with fibre). Fibre is plant material that cannot be digested and absorbed by humans. For this reason it acts as roughage and acts to clean out the digestive sys- tem by increasing the bowel transit time. Carbohydrates are also important for the fuel to power a runner’s muscles, primarily __ gly- cogen. The frequency of eating. should also be increased. Try 4-5 smaller meals per’ day rather than 2-3 large ones.” The body tends. to mobilize for a longer period of time. On the morning of the competition one wants to eat carbohydrates with minimal fats and proteins. They re- quire a lot of digestive processing and thus remain in the stomach for a long period of time. This has drawbacks which we have all experienced as cramps or even vomiting. Sugar is ano- ther product to avoid. The pure sugars raise the blood glucose levels very quickly which stimulates glucose uptake via a hormone, insul- in, which results in a re- bound hypoglycemia leaving the runner weak. Thus the ideal meal should be high in carbohydrates, low in fat and protein, be accom- panied by several glasses of fluid and should commence about three hours prior to the competition. Runners and athletes whose events take more than one hour to complete will also benefit by glycogen loading. This pro- cess involves a high fat protein diet for 2 days, one week prior to a race followed by several days of very high carbohydrates to load the muscles with glycogen. . This si a basic outline. For a more in depth discussion one may receive a copy of Canada’s Food Guide from Health and Welfare Canada lost a squeeker in Chilliwack In the first half Douglas fought back from an early deficit of 11 points to tie the game at 39 at the end of the half. In the second half the lead seesawed back and forth with no team leading by more than 4 points. The Royal’s poor second half rebounding and a couple of key missed shots enabled the Fraser Valley Cascades to be up by 4 points with 10 seconds left in the game. Douglas scored but couldn’t get the equalizer. Steve Mitton hit for 15 points, with Brian Brown scoring 14 and Brian Eng- lund 12. Brent Henderson gathered up 8 rebounds. The second game played at Douglas saw our beloved team die in the second half and blow a 16 point lead. They started off the game playing inspired basketball. The defense was solid and good shooting enabled the Royals to build a 45-31 lead. Silly mistakes and 15 turnovers in the second (they only had 14 in the whole last game) caused the Royals to blow the game. They almost pulled it out of the fire with 23 seconds left in the game Douglas was set to take the last shot but committed a costly turnover and two free throws by the Cascades with 5 seconds left sealed the Douglas fate. Brian Brown sank 17 points with Dan Glavind, Steve Mitton and Brent Henderson scoring 13, 10 and 10 respectively. With the losses to Fraser Valley and one week left in the season Douglas will fin- ish in fourth place. The playoff system works with one playing four and two playing three. Last Friday Capilano beat V.C.C. by 15 points in one of the biggest upsets of the season. The win puts Cap in first’ place and V.C.C. in second. This is good news for Douglas. They can_ beat Capilano but not V.C.C. Vancouver Community Col- lege beat the Royals by no less than 20 points but Capilano squeeked by Doug- las by 2 points. It promises to be interesting.