Sports ane victories and U.S visitors ¢ by Paul Wyke The Review The Parkland Panthers boys’ basketball team is on a winning streak, coach Joe Milligan says. The squad has been improving since Dec. 15, when the Panthers hosted their first league game of the Greater Victoria Triple “A’ season at home against Oak Bay. With the help of a 27-point game from Brian DeLisle, the Panthers chalked up their first official victory with a 63-53 final score. The second game, last Thursday at Parkland School, again saw the young Panthers pounce, this time against Claremont with an over- whelming 63-37 victory. DeLisle had a 25-point showing, as did Nathaniel Stoffelsma in coming up with 12 points, coach Milligan said. Last weekend, the Parkland squad ventured to Victoria where they competed in the 1991 CAN- AM Challenge Series. Unlike a conventional tourna- ment, “The CAN-AM is an oppor- tunity for our local teams to com- pete against athletes from the US.,” Milligan said. Second Wave swimmers grab ribbons Members of the Sidney Second Wave Swim Club showcased their strokes at the 12th Annual Nan- aimo Masters Swim Meet on Dec. 5 Eleven swimmers aged 25-49 were in competition and everyone came home with a ribbon, club spokesman Lise Ede said. In the mens’ 20-24 age group, Trevor Mead-Robbins touched the wall for first in the 25-m freestyle and also captured second-place in the 50-m breastroke and 50-m freestyle. In the womens’ 25-29 age group, Lise Ede came up with three first-place finishes. Ede won the 25-m breast, the 50-m breast and 25-m free. In the mens’ 30-34 age group, Ellis Whalen had a great meet as he came home with four first- place ribbons. Pee Wee Eagles prepared for Christmas action The Peninsula Patterson and Kaercher Construction Pee Wee B Eagles faced-off against some tough competition in two exhibi- tion hockey games last weekend. On Saturday, the Eagles ven- tured to Parksville where they salvaged a 3-3 draw in a game against an Oceanville All-Star team. Throughout the game, the Eagles had to continually fight back from a one-goal deficit, team spokesman Ray Johnson said Monday. The team trailed the first two periods of play by scores of 1-0 and 2-1 respectively before out- scoring their opponents in the third. The hero of the night for the Eagles was forward Darcy Grympa, who scored all three markers for his team. Meanwhile, in the Eagles’s 7-3 loss against the Racquet Club Kings on Sunday, the story was quite different, Johnson said. Both teams traded goals in the second before the Kings gained control and scored three unan- swered markers in the third, John- son said. The exhibition games were played in preparation for a Chnist- mas tournament being played in Victoria during the school break. Although formal standings weren't part of the series, the Panthers won two out of the three games they played. The first on Friday, against Robron from up-Island, was a real nail-biter as the Parkland squad won by a 64-60 final, Milligan recalled. At halftime, the teams went to their respective dressing rooms in a 29-29 deadlock. Early in the third, the Panthers took what seemed to be a com- manding 13-point lead but Robron battled back. “This was a good win for us. Robron recently soundly defeated us in the Peninsula tournament,” Milligan said Monday. On Saturday at Lambrick Park, the Panthers were pitted against G.P. Vanier from Courtenay but lost a 72-37 to the tough squad. Although the score at halftime only had the Panthers down 32-21 the team seemed to run out of gas in the final two quarters, Milligan said. “Vanier really play a wide open full-court game and we got tired. We were also a little short-staffed because of players leaving early for Christmas holidays,” he said. Whalen grabbed first in the 25-m butterfly, 50-m free, 25-m free and 25-m breast. Tim Pfiefer also had a good showing at the Nanaimo meet. Pfiefer finished third in the 200- m choice event, second in the 50-m breast and sixth in the 100- m individual medley race. In the womens’ 40-44 age group, Jackie Farris finished first in 200-m free and 25-m breast Taces. Farris also claimed second in the 25-m fly and third in the 100-m individual medley races. In the mens’ individual medley for the 40-44 year-olds, Jack Pan- nekoek finished fifth, Wayne Coulson came sixth and Richard Wey came away with eighth-place. In the 50-m fly, Pannekoek fin- ished third with Wey right behind with a fourth-place finish. ™Review Wednesday, December 23, 1992 — A24 And on Sunday, the Panthers got a taste of U.S. basketball as they (i played to a 51-49 last-second vic- tory against Vashon Island from Washington State. The entire game was a close Matchup throughout with the lead changing hands frequently, Milli- gan said. ‘ “The Americans really like to ! score aS much as possible on | you.” f With 22 seconds left on the |f clock, Vashon Island hit two free — throws to tie the game at 49-49. The Panthers were awarded the ball and tried to run the clock down. With three seconds left, starting point guard Peter Carmichael lofted one up for the hoop. SS “Tt swished as the horn went and we won. It almost looked like a planned play but it was really a case of players not making any, mistakes in the final seconds,” Milligan said. The Panthers are off until Jan. 4 when they will host two touring Australian basketball teams. oom easons Greetings and many, many good wishes for the coming. Year. Parkland will play one team and Stelly’s School will play the other. In the 50-m breast, Terry Morphy touched the wall for first- place and Coulson swam away with third. 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