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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - North Shore News - A45
YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Injury dampens fast start
Blues in first place but leading scorer goes down
Andy Prest aprest@nsnews.com
TWO North Shore football teams are heading to provincial quarterfinals after scoring opening round playoff wins on the weekend.
Andy Prest aprest@nsnews.com
THE Capilano Blues women’s basketball team continued their sizzling start to the season with a victory over Columbia Bible College Saturday night but the celebration was muted by an injury to an emerging star.
NORTH SHORE SCORES FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS AA Nov. 9 Windsor - 21 Belmont - 14 Carson Graham - 10 South Delta - 46 AAA Nov. 10 West Van - 31 Rutland - 13
Through the team’s first three games — all wins — second year forward Hayley Boulier established herself as one of the Pacwest league’s dominant post players, averaging 15.3 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. Against CBC on Saturday the six-footone Windsor secondary grad was all over the court, making steals to spark fast breaks, sealing defenders to score easy hoops and dominating the glass. On one play late in the third quarter she showed her athleticism, sprinting ahead of the pack on a fast break, catching a lobbed pass at full speed and twisting to lay it in with a deft touch. In just 18 minutes of play she collected 14 points on six for eight shooting, adding six rebounds and four steals. With 4:57 left in the fourth quarter, however, the Capilano season turned on a play all too familiar to people who watch a lot of women’s basketball. Fighting for a rebound in traffic, Boulier jumped and then crashed to the ground with See Capilano page 46
Windsor and West Van score football playoff Ws
NEWS photo Paul McGrath
CAPILANO’S Jennafer Palma (left) scraps with Kwantlen’s Jessica Villadiego Friday at the Sportsplex. Capilano is 3-0 but may have lost their top scorer and rebounder Hayley Boulier to injury. Visit Photo Galleries at nsnews.com for more images.
At the AAA level the West Vancouver Highlanders ran away with a 31-13 win over Kelowna’s Rutland VooDoos Saturday at BC Place while in AA the Windsor Dukes traveled to Victoria’s Goudy Field Friday to score a 21-14 win over Belmont. WestVancouverquarterback Johnny Franklin continued his stellar play, throwing three touchdown passes and rushing for another in the Highlanders’ win. His day also included a 99-yard touchdown run that was called back on a penalty. James Oswald opened the scoring with a six-yard touchdown run before Franklin went to work, throwing touchdown passes to Tommy Lee, Marcus Schwandner and Declan Mcgovern. Franklin finished with 172 yards rushing and 129 yards passing. The win earned the Highlanders a date with the No. 1-ranked W.J. Mouat Hawks from Abbotsford. The two teams met to open the regular season Sept. 28 with Mouat scoring a 47-33 win. They’ll meet again Friday with a berth in the provincial semifinals on the line. Game time is 8 p.m. Friday at UBC’s Thunderbird Stadium. See Playoffs page 46
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