TheReview Wednesday, March 6, 1991 — A13 CROWDING AROUND A Spectrum forward, members of the Parkland Panthers« senior girls’ basketball feam make life difficult for their hapless opponent in league action, Parkland boys end baskeiball The 1990-91 senior boys’ bas- ketball season is over at Parkland School following the team’s elim- ination from qualifying for the Island championship playoffs. “We ended up on the golf course a bit early,’ coach Joe Milligan said. The Panthers suffered a squeak- ing 65-61 defeat to Belmont Feb. 28. “They beat us in the last couple plays of the game by four points.” March 1 the team played its last § game, taking another close loss, this time 50-46 to Mt. Doug. To sum up the season, Milligan said it was probably one of the toughest leagues in Greater Victor- | ia high school basketball history. “There were nine teams in it and each of the nine could beat each other on any given day,” he said. “When you go into games against big teams and lose by 20 points, those are th, years when you're just not good enough,” Milligan said. “But not this year. We lost some games to the big schools by. two or four points.” Rugby season siarts with exhibition maiches cs oy Feb. 21. Giving high school rugby teams a choice of two divisions is the oS intent behind a six-game exhibi- tion season that started Thursday for the Stelly’s Stingers senior boys. Facing the Mt. Doug Rams, the Stingers were edged out with a 6-4 loss at home in a slow season start. Coach Mark Wyatt said that in the last few weeks “push came to shove’ in the school’s drive to get players on the practise field. “We've given up a month and a half of practise time,” Wyatt said. Regardless, the team took to the field for its first match Thursday and it turned out to be a tradition- ally scrappy affair. “They were a little bit bigger, particularly in the backfield, and they carved us down every time we tried to run the ball,’ Wyatt said. “(However) it was a spirited display with lots of aggression.” The Stingers are looking good for the coming season with nine retuming players, only three rook- ies and a few juniors. The first game was not played with strict rules and coaches were allowed to stay on the field throughout the match) giving direction to individual players and reinforcing rules. “We stopped at problem areas and each of us spoke to the teams,” Wyatt said about himself and the Mt. Doug coach. The Stingers’ backfield is one area that needs considerable atten- tion, he said. WARMING UP FOR competition at the B.C. Winter Games Feb. 22 Is Brentwood powerlifter “We couldn’t compete with the likes of Oak Bay (1), Claremont or St. Michaels but we'll give the rest of the league a fairly good go,” Wyatt said. The exhibition portion of the season continues until mid-April when teams will have the opportu- nity to choose between the higher- calibre Howard Russell division and the Col. Hodgins division. “We gave a few weeks left to declare,” he said. The season con- tinues tomorrow away at Glen Lyon-Norfolk, then at Claremont March 12, then a double header against Belmont March 19 and March 26, both at home. April 15 the team will make a bid for one of the two divisions. oe Rachel Delecretaz, who can deadlift 236 pounds, which is more than Gouble her own weight. The Peninsula Kapteyns ladies’ Division 3 field hockey team drop- ped a 2-0 loss to the Victoria- based Renegades, Feb. 23. Kapteyns spokesman Joan McKimm said the Renegades came on strong in the first half with a very physical style of play that paid off with two goals. “They. had some strong hitters and we were a bit intimidated,” she said. But the Kapteyns rallied back in the second half to win much of the run of play and to create some Kapteyns drop physical maich good scoring chances. “We pulled it together in the second half and things went better for us,” McKimm said. “We had lots of opportunities to score but it just wouldn’t go in.” Despite stepping up the pres- sure, the Kapteyns offence was held in check by the determined Renegades defenders. The younger and more ageres- sive Renegades team was able to hang on for a win that dislodged the Kapteyns from their second place standing in the league. 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