Nov. 10, 1986 Page 18 The Other Press Halloween Challenge: STANFORD DEFEAT The Bestever °88 men’s volleyball team soundly _ defeated top-ranked Stanford University Cardinals last Friday night at Douglas College. B.C., led by former National Team player Greg Russell, outplayed their American opponents to win the best of five “Halloween Challenge” match _ three games to one. In the first game of the match, ex-professional setter Keith Gallicano set up numerous offensive plays that allowed the B.C. spikers to easily penetrate the Cardinal defense. The Cardinals came back to win the second game largely due to the spiking and block- ing of the U.S. Olympic team hopeful Scott Fortune. Games three and four went to B.C. as Russell. and U.B.C. - star Greg Williscroft domina- ted the play. Game scores were 15-12, 14-16, 15-8 and 15-3. Labatt Breweries of B.C. provided both teams with souvenir caps and MVP Athletic Supplies _ provi- ded game balls for the Royal Classic The Third annual Royal Classic men’s _ basketball tournament was held at Douglas between October 24 and 25. Douglas College defeated Univer- sity of Victoria JV’s (79-64) and Medicine Hat Rattlers (77-62) to advance to the championship round. The last game was a repeat of last year’s gold medal round as Douglas College met the Vancouver City Police with one large dif- ference - last year the Police won; this year, Douglas College was the winner (85-66). Vancouver City Police was second in the tourna- ment, Trinity Western University was third and Fraser Valley College pla- ced fourth. Tournament All-Stars were: Carl Mattei (TWU), Bill Matthews (DC), Rick Mesich (DC), Gil Pruder (VCP), and Richard Cohee (Medicine Hat). M.V.P. for the tournament was Douglas College’s Randy Stevens. The Douglas College women’s basketball team travelled to Grand Prairie on October 24-25 to att- end the Grand Prairie} tournament. Douglas College defeated NAIT, Cariboo and Grand Prairie to win their first tourna- | ment of the year. Tournament Standings were: Ist - Douglas College 2nd - NAIT 3rd - Cariboo 4th - Grand Prairie Tournament All-Stars for Douglas were Mirjana Jurcic and Joanne Taylor. The. Ms. Basketball Award (inspirational) went to Ethel Atte. Intramural Fun By Jackie Klaren Thursday afternoon in- tramurals are almost finished as the response has been good. Sixteen teams are involved with approximately 180 students participating. Each team plays four games throughout a_ 10 week playing schedule. Games are held between 12 - 2 pm on Thursdays. There are four sections, each section comprised of four teams. Playoffs start in week 9 and the action should be exciting. The concourse gymnasium _—__ doors are Other Sports———— match. The MVP. players were Steve Blue of Stan- ford and Greg Russell of B.C. They were chosen. by reigning Totem confer- ence champion Douglas College Royals volleyball players. The next power volley- ball action at Douglas College will be a Totem Conference qualifying tournament for the men’s team on January 31. The Totem Champions _ the Royals also host the championship tourna- ment which will be held on March 7. Photo Courtesy of Douglas College B.C.’s Bestever 88’s Greg Williscroft spikes ball vs. Stanford University _ between basketball — a fo! | members Despite their lack of strong coaching ability, Alumni ’86 One of the most enter- taining games that the Douglas College Royals men’s basketball team played this season took place on Halloween night. played | Alumni °86 at Douglas College. It was a contest _ current The Royals D.C.’s »: 6 cor Royal Alumni ‘86 offered the Royals one of _ their strongest challenges yet. Both teams played an aggressively minded game with neither team completely dominating the other. But it was finally Royal’s Bill Mathews, with 2 seconds left in the game scoring a lay-up which won_ the game for the Royals 65-64. The Canada competition will February. tournament. — Schedule: Friday, November 14. Royals in CWG Qualifying Tourney Winter tournament for men’s and women’s basket- ball is being held at Douglas College on November 13, 14 and 15. The winners of this represent Canada Winter Games in Nova Scotia next Event organizer, Betty Lou Hayes says that because this is a round robin competion the best games could come at any time during the The teams entered are Douglas College, Capilano, VCC, and Richmond. Game times are 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm each day. Admission is $2.00 per day. Thursday, November 13. 2:00 Douglas v. Capilano (W) 4:00 Douglas v. Capilano (M) 2:00 Fraser Valley v. Douglas (W) 4:00 Fraser Valler v. Douglas (M) Saturday, November 15. 6:00 Douglas v. V.C.C. (W) 8:00 Douglas v. Richmond Selects (M) Games _ qualifying B:C.. at the open to the fans to cheer the teams on. Suggestions for next semester’s intramural activity are being accep- ted. If you have a sugges- tion contact Betty Lou Hayes at 520-5400, ext. 5338 or Jackie Klaren before the semester’s over. Royals Undefeated Hockey is a_ winning game for Douglas. The Royal’s men’s _ hockey team continued their un- defeated streak to 6 with games against the White Rock Whalers and _ the Western Washington Vikings. The Royals played White Rock on October A a re en Hm a a tm a 25th at Port Moody. Despite being behind in the first period 1-3 to the Whalers, the Royals came back to win the game 8-4. Chris Klovan led the scor- ing with 3 points. The Western ington Vikings Douglas’ next The Royals Wash- weré opponents. suppressed x fo nt a lan Viking scoring, winning the game 6-0 which in- creased their streak to 6- 0-0. Scoring was dis- persed between Six Royals. In both games, goaltending was _ shared by Brian Weber and Randy Smith. D.C. Games Split By Rob Hancock Douglas College women’s basketball team downed U. Vic. JV’s 61-21 in the first of two games played Halloween night at D.C. gymnasium. Lead- ing the scoring for Douglas was Kim Phipps with 14 points while Jo Ann Taylor and Lorraine Marken both added 8 each. The following evening, the Royals fell before a well disciplined Senior A team that included — the likes of Debbie Hubard, member of the Canadian National team. Final score was 84-55. The women’s overall record stands at 5 Nas» Saag earpiece aan Se at eR and 2. The Royals goal _ this year is to repeat last year’s championship season. / Their biggest opponent to their championship bid, is Fraser Valley College who Douglas meets in league play on January 30.