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Sinister trapfound onsports field

Richmond RCMP are appealing for help after a sinistertrap was found embedded in a school sports field.Police responded to a report around noon on Sunday

of a trap — packed full of large nails protruding upwards— discovered by a student on the grounds of Steveston-London secondary.The device, which is homemade according to police,

is understood to have a plastic base, and is about fourcentimetres deep, wide and long. It was partially concealedby the grass on the field.Police are taking the matter very seriously, as they say

the device was placed in such a way to cause significantharm to anyone who stepped or fell on it.“It was purposely concealed with grass and placed in a

busy foot traffic area,” said acting Corp. Dennis Hwang, ofRichmond RCMP.

Records fall at Harry Jerome Indoor Trackand Field Meet at Richmond Olympic Oval.

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Jasmine Torbie, (AKA ‘party girl’) centre, makes a mask at the Richmond Cultural Centre during Family Day on Mondayas part of the seventh annual Children’s Arts Festival. Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News ! More photos on page 18

Trailblazers

City’s high earners top B.C.

The City of Richmond has 13employees making more than $200,000,according to public sector salariesreleased by the B.C. government andpublished by the Vancouver Sun.The only local government agency

in B.C. with more $200,000-plusremunerations was TransLink, whichtipped the scales with 14.Richmond’s 13, $200,00-plus

employees are two more than Surrey,a city 2.5 times more populousthan Richmond and one more thanVancouver, a city three times more

populous, with an operating budgetfive times greater. Burnaby, a citywith a similar population but slightlygreater operating budget, has just fouremployees earning over $200,000.Richmond’s deputy chief

administrative officer, Joe Erceg, tookhome $345,600 while CAO GeorgeDuncan banked $308,300, $31,000 lessthan his Vancouver counterpart.Salaries included payments, such as

vacation payouts and bonuses.Andrew Nazareth, the city’s general

manager of finance and corporateservices, and Robert Gonzalez, the city’sgeneral manager of engineering andpublic works, nearly tipped the $300,000mark with payouts of $298,000 and

$294,600, respectively.Two high-paid positions involve

the Richmond Olympic Oval. Its chiefoperating officer, John Mills, was paid$229,500, while Shana Turner, theOval’s director of finances and corporateservices, was paid $244,000.According to the Oval’s 2014 budget,

the facility generates about $7.5 millionin revenue along with a $2.2 milliongrant and $3.2 million subsidy from theCity of Richmond.Phyllis Carlyle received $256,200

as Richmond’s general manager of lawand community safety, while 2014 citycouncil election hopeful Dave Sempleraked in $244,900 as general managerof parks.

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Alan CampbellStaff [email protected]

CRIME

Homemade device with nailssticking out planted next toSteveston-London secondary

This nail-encrustedtrap wasfoundplanted ina sportsfield. RCMPphoto

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Students baking for a Change

The driver behind the wheelof a transit bus, which veered offthe road Saturday and smashedinto a power pole, suffered a“medical emergency,” according toTransLink.The bus wasn’t in service and

had no passengers on board, whenthe maintenance mechanic drivingit around 9 a.m. crashed on No. 3Road near Steveston Highway.Richmond RCMP said Tuesday

the incident was not being treated

as a criminal matter and thereforecouldn’t release any further details.TransLink, which operates the bus

service, said the driver, who willnow have to clear a medical beforedriving again, was not injuredduring the incident.More than 5,000 hydro customers

in Richmond were withoutelectricity for most of Saturday afterthe bus left No. 3 Road just beforeSteveston Highway.About 5,298 B.C. Hydro

customers were expected to waituntil 6:30 p.m. to get power backfollowing the accident.

Power was eventually back on at7:52 p.m., according to BC Hydro’swebsite.The accident also caused traffic

lights along Steveston Highway,in the Ironwood Plaza area, tomalfunction, leading to congestiongetting on and off Highway 99.Witnesses nearby described seeing

a pole snapped in half, with the tophalf still hanging above the road.First responders were on scene

redirecting traffic, while crewsworked to secure the fallen wires.

—With a file from The Province

EDUCATION

Errington elementary’s Grade 6 and 7 students will be baking up a storm on Friday toraise money for Third World families. Photo by Alan Campbell/Richmond News

With Valentine’s Day fast approaching,Grade 6 and 7 students at Erringtonelementary are putting all their love into avery special, charity bake sale.In aid of families in Third World

countries, the school’s 30 or so-strongstudent council is putting on a We Bakefor Change event on Friday, Feb. 13, withhundreds of tasty treats expected to raisefunds for the worthy cause.“We can buy or make the cakes and

bring them into the school on Friday,” saidone of the organizers, Hedy Fu, 12.While Fu’s fellow student council

member, Simran Sidhu, also 12, said hersister was “very good at baking” and hopedto enlist her help before Friday.Both students said they were inspired

to organize the event by the many“great speakers” they heard at We Dayin Vancouver, which is part of a globalmovement to motivate children to enactsocial change around the planet.In addition to the bake sale, students

have the opportunity to help their bakesales go even further, with the “Baking aDifference” Awards.By taking a photo of their baking party

or bake sale, sharing why this was a specialmoment and applying online, they will beentered to win up to $5,000 to donate to theAdopt a Village country of their choice.



The crash scene on Saturday morning, with the bus cominga stop just beyond the stricken pole. Twitter photo

Bus driver took ill seconds before power pole smash

“It’s the safety of the people andpets that use this area that concernus. If you come across any similartraps in any schools or parks, pleasecontact police. Do not remove ordisturb the trap.”The area was being swept by a

school district grounds crew onTuesday to ensure no other suchcontraptions were lying in wait forstudents or anyone using the fields.Richmond School District

spokesperson David Sadler toldthe News that PE classes fromSteveston-London secondary would

not be taking place until the areawas deemed safe.At the moment, police have no

leads on suspects or a motive andare asking anyone with informationto contact Const. Thomas Boyce atRichmond RCMP on 604-278-1212.Sadler added that, as is the case

with Richmond RCMP, the schooland its principal couldn’t thinkof a reason why someone woulddeliberately place such a harmfuldevice on a sports field.Richmond RCMP say the incident

could be the first of its kind in thecity.

Grade 6s and 7s hosting pre-Valentine’s Day event toraise funds for Third World families

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Senior Richmond’sfirst road fatality

Personal safety on the job is not just arequirement in today’s workplace, it’s also theresponsibility of every worker.

That’s the message Mark Johnson tells highschool students he talks to — like those atHugh Boyd secondary on last week — duringone of his presentations. And it’s one the28-year-old wished he’dreceived and taken heedof eight years ago.

That’s when anaccident during thegraveyard shift at a MapleRidge sawmill damagedhis left arm so severelythat it left him with nofeeling and virtually nomovement in the limb.

“Spending five minutesis not worth losing the use of your arm,” saidJohnson, a Maple Ridge resident who’s partof WorkSafeBC’s speakers program. “Fiveminutes to ask a question or use the rightsafety procedures was all it would have takenfor me to be safe.”

Johnson said he often bypassed safetymeasures in his job, thinking it was unlikelyhe’d get injured.

“But on that day, my mind was elsewhere.It was my first day back at work on thegraveyard shift, and I was thinking moreabout playing baseball when it happened,” hesaid.

While cleaning out a wood chipper,Johnson’s arm got caught in a conveyor,damaging it badly, but not enough to to loseit.

Now, it’s a constant reminder of thedecision he failed to make.

“It was my fault. Mills are pretty safe places

to work these days,” he said. “But I didn’t takethe time or care to make the right decision.”

It’s a lesson that has some sobering statisticsfrom WorkSafeBC that shows while the injuryrate for young workers has improved, the rateat which young males are injured continues tobe higher than the provincial average.

According to WorkSafeBC, in 2013, 6,540young workers were injured — on average 26per day — and six young workers were killed

on the job.“Kids have to know

that while work placesare safer today thanwhen I was working,they have to payattention and be selfaware,” he said. “Ifyou don’t feel safe, askquestions, ask for extratraining. There’s reallyno reason for you to get

hurt on the job.”After his accident, Johnson said he

descended into a deep depression for sixmonths where he literally shut out the outsideworld. What made him resurface was anunexpected call from a slo-pitch coach whoasked him to come back out and help with theteam.

Johnson said that was like a lifeline as helearned to play one-handed, developing hishitting and throwing to the point where hebecame one of the better players in the localMaple Ridge league.

“When I tell the kids that, they seempretty impressed,” he said, adding it’s anaccomplishment he’s proud of, although itcame with a price.

But that, in turn, has opened the door totell his story.

“It was something I knew I wanted toshare,” Johnson said.

TRAFFIC

An 80-year-old pedestrian, who wasstruck by a vehicle in Richmond just over aweek ago, has become the city’s first vehicle-related fatality of 2015.

Police were called to the intersection ofCambie and Garden City roads just after 8p.m. on Jan. 31 after reports of a pedestrianbeing hit.

The man, a Delta resident, was rushedto Vancouver General Hospital, but hesuccumbed to his injuries a few days later.His name is not being released out of respectfor the family.

The 31-year-old driver of the vehicle, aRichmond resident, who struck the man

initially left the scene of the collision, butreturned and has cooperated with police.Speed and alcohol were not factors in thecollision.

The Richmond RCMP Roadside SafetyUnit is actively investigating.

“When crossing the street, use designatedcrosswalks and make positive eye contactwith drivers before crossing the street,” saidRichmond RCMP acting corporal DennisHwang.

“And avoid any distractions like cellphones or listening to music. Be active andalert.”

Witnesses to the accident are asked tocontact Const. Jimm Janson at 604-278-1212. To leave a tip on this or any other,email [email protected].

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Injured worker talksjob safety at Boyd

Mark Johnson lost the use of his left arm after an accident at a Maple Ridge sawmill. The28 year old now speaks to students about safety at the work place. Photo submitted.

But on that day, mymind was elsewhere... I wasthinking more aboutplaying baseball when ithappened .- Mark Johnson


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Home break-ins spike

Home break-and-enters hit an all-time highin Richmond in 2014 as overall propertycrime increased 20.5 per cent and overallcriminal code offences spiked by 17 per cent.Last year saw 981 homes being targeted

by burglars, the most recorded since 2008when RCMP started filing crime data to citycouncil. The previous record was 748 in2011.Since 2008, Richmond has seen a general

downward trend in overall crime.But Richmondites experienced more crime

in 2014 than any other year since 2010.The 17 per cent hike in overall offences

is largely a result of 2013 being a particulargood year for crime prevention (a seven yearlow of 10,180 recorded overall offences).In 2014, several property offences saw

a spike over 2013: There were 345 vehiclethefts (50 per cent), 2,487 thefts fromvehicles (38 per cent) and 405 businessbreak-and-enters (13 per cent).The city also experienced an increase

in cases of serious crimes that have lowoverall annual numbers. For instance, sexualoffences went from 54 to 94 and arson from51 to 65.On a positive note, drug offences fell for

the fifth straight year; in 2014 there were 649cases whereas in 2013 there were 781.

Some other categories saw a decrease inevents, as well: Robberies were down 10 percent, assaults were down seven per cent andshoplifting was down 17 per cent.

Cops’ pedestrian focusMeanwhile, Richmond RCMP Supt.

Rendall Nesset outlined the RCMP’s topthree priorities for 2015.In a report to the city’s community safety

committee this week he recommended thatpedestrian safety be the city’s top communitypolicing priority.“The bulk of recent traffic fatalities in

Richmond have been pedestrian related.Consequently, a continued focus onreducing pedestrian fatalities and injuries iswarranted,” said Nesset. The second priorityshould be reducing break and enters andthefts from vehicles.“A rise in these offences is affecting

policing jurisdictions across the LowerMainland,” he said.Finally, a plan to better serve those with

mental health problems should be theRCMP’s third priority, according to Nesset,as there’s been an “escalation” in mentalhealth related calls for police service.“The Detachment will take a lead role in

enhancing the integration of mental healthsupport services and stakeholders, improvedata collection to develop understanding ofthis issue’s magnitude,” wrote Nesset.

Immigration charges laidSeven people have been charged by

the Canada Border Services Agency(CBSA) for their alleged involvement in anunlicensed immigration consulting businessin Richmond.Wen Liang “Eric” Li, Jin “Fanny”

Ma, Wen “Vivian” Jiang, Ming Kun“Makkie” Wu, Xiao Feng “Heki” He,Li “Ely” Li, and ZhengWen “Vicky” Yehave been charged under the Immigrationand Refugee ProtectionAct. Chargesinclude misrepresentation, counsellingmisrepresentation, forgery and fraud.

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When the teachers’strike dividedthe province last

summer, everyone in B.C.supported the government— financially, if notphilosophically.That’s because the Liberal

government shelled out$350,000 for Google ads andsponsored Facebook postswhile classrooms were empty.Except for a few social mediausers who’ve lost defamationsuits, it’s tough to think ofanyone who’s spent that kindof dough on social media.And who got the taxpayers’

money? The same marketing

firm that designed the Liberallogo and helped push ChristyClark to victory in her bidfor the party’s leadership. Allapparently without a contracthaving gone to tender.The NDP jumped on the

scandal, admonishing Clarkfor not investing that cash ineducation. They’re right.The Liberals reached into

our pockets to win our minds,even as they were claimingthere was no more money forteachers’ demands.Education Minister Peter

Fassbender defended the adcampaign on the grounds theLiberals had a responsibility

to present Clark’s side ofthings — a side apparentlyinadequately represented onevery TV news show, radioprogram, and newspaperarticle covering the strike.As evidence for the success

of the social media onslaught,Fassbender pointed to thehuge number of parents whosigned up for the $40-a-daystrike stipend. Apparently wewere bought with our ownmoney not once, but twice onthat score.Clark was elected to lead,

not to sell. That’s somethingpoliticians increasingly can’tseem to distinguish.

Feathered dinos are plenty scaryJurassic World, the

latest sequel/reboot/re-imagining of

the Jurassic Park series,premieres this June. I mayvery well be outside thetheatre with a protest sign,and it will read “Feathers Not Scales!” Plusas many exclamation points as I can fit onthe posterboard.Let’s go back a little bit. To the first

Jurassic Park film in 1993, to the 1990novel by Michael Crichton, and back beforethat, too. Way back, to Victorian England,and the Great Exhibition of 1851.During this world’s fair-style event,

Victorian Londoners got their first viewof one of the newest/oldest wonders of theEarth – dinosaurs! A series of life-sizedsculptures had been created of iguanodon,megalosaurus, and hylaeosaurus. There werealso an aquatic ichthyosaurus in a pond,pterodactyls, and a giant sloth.All of them were utterly wrong.

The dinosaurs, inparticular, looked bizarre.The iguanodons weresprawled giant lizards. Thepredatory megalosaurus wasa hump-backed quadruped,a sort of crocodile-hyena

hybrid, not the two-legged beast it was inreality.And of course, all the dinosaurs had

scales. “Saur” means reptile, right?What we should have realized sooner was

that birds are dinosaurs. From the discoveryof Archaeopteryx in the early 1860s, somescientists realized it was closely related todinosaurs, but also clearly an early bird.It took until the 1970s for most scientists

to accept this link, during the DinosaurRenaissance, a huge change in howdinosaurs were seen. Researchers like JohnOstrom dug up new fossils and re-imaginedexisting dinosaurs. No longer were theytail-dragging lunkheads, now they were fast-running, maybe warm-blooded hunters and

herbivores.And here’s where we get to Jurassic Park.Real velociraptors are small animals,

about the size of a turkey or a mangyunderfed coyote. And they were definitelyfeathered – we’ve found a lot of theirrelatives with feathers fossilized in place,and we’ve found tiny knobs on velociraptorarm bones where quills for large featherswere attached.The “raptors” in Jurassic Park were based

more on critters like the related, but largerdeinonychus.When Crichton first wrote the book, only

a few people believed that various raptor-relatives were feathered. By the late 1990s,when the last in the trio of Jurassic Parkfilms hit theatres, it was gaining acceptance.A few years later, it was fully confirmed.Pretty much every paleontologist now agreeson this. Documentaries and illustrationsshow feathered raptors, even featheredTyrannosaurus rexes.But the director of Jurassic World doesn’t

want to have accurate dinosaurs. Nope,they’re going to be the same scaly lizardishcritters from the first movie.Why?Why can’t hundreds of artists and

animators come up with a scary feathereddinosaur? Wolves and hyenas and tigers arefuzzy-wuzzy, but perfectly frightening infilms.This is extra disappointing because

Jurassic Park, book and movie, embracedthe Dinosaur Renaissance. They were amongthe first big pop culture hits to feature fast-moving, warm-blooded animals rather thanthe tail-draggers of the 1950s and ’60s.Jurassic World will probably be fun.

But it could be better. It could go back tothe roots of the first movie, and mix thebest knowledge of its time with a thrillingadventure story. And frankly, if you can’tmake a fun movie with realistic dinosaurs,you don’t deserve to be in the movie-makingbusiness.Matthew Claxton is a reporter with the

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Dear Editor,A society’s viability

and strength is dependenton the degree to whichits citizens agree to co-operate with each other insupporting a common setof values and priorities.Therein lies the heart ofthe challenge inherent toCanada’s experiment inbuilding a successful multi-cultural society: how to bestencourage immigrants fromcultures that can representdifferent and sometimesconflicting social, moral,ethical, and spiritual valuesto find a way to reconcilethose differences and learnto cooperate with each otherin building a respectful,inclusive society.One of the issues that

makes our particularexperiment in multi-culturalism problematic isthe fact different cultureshave different conceptsof what collaboration andco-operation should looklike, and it is where thesediffering concepts intersectwithin the context of theCanadian ‘cultural mosaic’ ortheAmerican ‘melting pot’that we find a clearly definedproblem.I believe that we have

reached a point in ourevolution where allsuch things have beensynthesized into a simpleequation that revolvesaround a basic binarychoice: either we view theconcepts of cooperation

and collaboration in global,trans-cultural terms andsearch for a new socialmodel that will serve us allequally, or we continue tobe concerned with the ideaof cooperation only as itapplies within each of ourown distinct tribes, ensuringthat our future will not lookmuch different than ourpast.

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Dear Editor;Re: “Coun: Spending review

needed,” News, Feb. 6.Kudos to councillors Ken

Johnston, Carol Day and ChakAu for making and supporting themotion to “open the City’s booksso external accountants can take ahard look at how municipal money isspent.”How this external review could

not be supported by the balance ofcouncil is simply amazing and notvery comforting. To even suggest

that it be left up to staff to make thedecision as to who would conduct anexamination of the city’s books, be itinternal or external, doesn’t inspiremuch confidence as to who is, orshould be, running our city. It isludicrous to assume an internal auditwould be free of bias.Also, to suggest that such a review

could be carried out internally bystaff makes one wonder where staffwould be able to find the time todo so if their time is already fullyoccupied with city work; or are they

fully occupied?I believe that for the council to

gain the confidence and support ofRichmond’s taxpayers the entirecouncil should have supportedCoun. Johnston’s motion to havean external review of the city’saccounting.There is nothing wrong with

being transparent unless you havesomething to hide.

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Oh how times have changed. The demandson our time are large and often, at thedirect expense of valued family time. Digitalmediums have quickly replaced our oncehuman connections, and this has quicklycontributed to the overall ‘disconnect’we experience with each other and in ourfamilies. Not only are the ‘Sunday nightdinners’ a thing of the past, but the simplenurturance of sharing food together iscommonly obsolete in many families’ dailylives.

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me to apply,” said Pangestu, a Cambiesecondary grad who came to Canada fromthe Philippines with her family when shewas 12 and worked for NBC after earning amasters in Journalism in NewYork City. “Ihad watchedMasterChef America, but didn’tknow there was a Canadian show.”But her older sister, Francisca, got wind of

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the key factors that leadto a successful RRSPexperience. That’s hard todo when you are bombardedby the unbelievable levelof media noise that triesto sway us in so manydifferent directions.Fortunately, I have the

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income andallow ourportfolio tocompoundtax-freeover itsduration.

You need help in effectivelystructuring an investmentmix that is just right foryou, stick to it and adjustit only according to yourchanging circumstances.! Rule #3 - Stop second

guessing what a wonderfultool the RRSP is. Thefederal governmentintroduced the RRSP in1957 so that we couldset aside a portion of ourincome each year forretirement and not betaxed on it. Although weoften love to criticize thegovernment, they reallydo try to look after us andencourage us to not bedestitute in our retirement

years. Despite those whomay try to convince youotherwise, the RRSP isstill the bedrock of mostretirement plans.! Rule #4 - Work with anexperienced independentfinancial advisor who sitson your side of the tablerather than the side of afinancial institution.There are only a smallnumber of obsessiveindividuals who have

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Chef: Experiencecombinespassions‹ from page 14

That was last summer, as Pangestu was picked to beamong a larger group that entered a cook-off in the firstepisode last fall in Toronto to win a spot among the 16 in theshow vying for the top prize of $100,000.In that competition, she wowed the judges with a crispy,

wild mushroom risotto cake, with a tomato, basil coulis andseared scallops.“I got three yesses from the judges, so they must have

thought it was pretty spectacular,” she said, adding, “Itlooked pretty and tasted just as good.”The show is set for 15 episodes, and taping ended last fall,

so, Pangestu knows how the competition panned out. Butwhile that limits what she can divulge, Pangestu said sheenjoyed her time as a once-in-a-lifetime event.“As a foodie, you’re thrown into this environment with

people who live for nothing but food,” she said. “And it wasnice to be immersed in this world where you can talk aboutyour passion.”For where the experience has left her, Pangestu said she

plans to have food remain as an important part of her life.“I would love to write a cookbook. I find that every meal

we create has a story behind it somehow,” she said. “Andthe idea would be to write a book about food and stories —something that would incorporate my love of photography,writing and food.”

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A 25-game win streak and theirbest-ever finish in the RichmondSenior Boys Basketball League.Yet, the top 10 ranked McNairMarlins are not even a lock to getout of the first round at this week’scity championships at Burnettsecondary.

McNair head coach JessyDhillon has done an impressivejob rebuilding the boys basketballprogram and wants nothingmore than to bring the first-everRichmond senior boys hoopchampionship banner to his formerschool.

“It would be awesome,” hesmiled. “I live and breathe at thisschool. (Laughing) My friends tellme I’m here more now as a coachthan I was as a student. We want tobe cutting those nets down at theend.”

To do that, the Marlins mustclear three significant hurdlesthanks to a draw that also willdetermine seeding for theupcoming Lower Mainlandplayoffs.

McNair is part of a stacked AAAside that includes three teams in theprovincial rankings.

The No. 7 Marlins (9-1)opened play Tuesday against thehonourable mention McRobertsStrikers (7-3). Win that game andthe No. 2 ranked and unbeatenMcMath Wildcats (10-0) likelyawait in Wednesday’s semi-final(6:15 p.m.). Even the Wildcatscould have their hands full in theopening round with the steadilyimproving Steveston-LondonSharks (5-5).

“I really feel the best three teamsin Richmond are on the same sideof the draw,” continued Dhillon.“Even when I was in high school, itwas McMath we had to deal with inthe semi-finals and we couldn’t getpast them. But there’s no way wecan afford to look past McRoberts.“(Grade 12 guard) Arnold(Macalipay) has the ability to take

over games.”The Marlins pulled away for an

83-63 win over the Strikers backon Jan. 29. Their only loss in leagueplay came way back in their leagueopener on Dec. 8 to McMath 75-70.

Since then, McNair has seeminglygot better each week, thriving in abusier-than-usual schedule that hasfeatured a number of tournamentwins. They have been led by theoutstanding play of seniors KevinYang and Owen Vint who both areconsistent scoring threats from theperimeter and post respectively.

“The big thing for us has beenchemistry. All five starters share theball and there is no selfish playerson this team,” added Dhillon. “Ifigured this year we would playmore games and see what we got.We haven’t practised as much butthat (game) experience has reallyhelped.”

The Wildcats will also enterthe post-season with plenty ofmomentum, having won their owninvitational a week ago, highlightedby victories over AAA No. 1 rankedAbbotsford and No. 3 FleetwoodPark.

McMath is one of just threeteams that have won the RichmondLeague since its inception nearly20 years ago, joining the RichmondColts and the eight-time defendingchampion RC Palmer Griffins.

If there is a “feel good” story ofthe season it has to be the upstartCambie Crusaders.

After a tough 1-8 regular seasonrecord a year ago, Chris Mattu’steam has bounced back in a bigway.

The Crusaders not onlyproduced a solid 6-4 record, theycracked the provincial rankings forthe first time in recent memory,currently sitting eighth among AAsize schools. They are expectedto be the top seed at the LowerMainland AA Tournament thatoffers two provincials berths.

“Our expectations going into theseason was to beat our record fromlast year but obviously this has beenthe top of the cake,” said Mattu

who has done an outstanding jobafter stepping away last season.We are hungry. We want theRichmond title. We want the LowerMainland title and we want to go toprovincials.”

Grade 12 guard Justin Dhillondrives the Cambie engine. Theteam has thrived despite a limitedrotation that must avoid foultrouble. The Crusaders faced theMacNeill Ravens (4-6) Tuesdayfor city AA bragging rightsand potentially could meet the

AAAA Richmond Colts (7-3) inWednesday’s semi-final (8 p.m.).

“Justin is our heart and soul,”added Mattu. “He is everything youcan ask for in a player and we haveother guys who know their roles.

“I don’t see one clear cutfavourite in Richmond. It hasn’tbeen that way for a while. It’s good.”

The final goes at 7:30 p.m. onThursday. All games take place atBurnett.At the buzzer…Led by Grade 10 standout guard

Jon Mikhlin, add the RichmondColts to the list of city teams thathave enjoyed an impressive season.The Colts are already guaranteed aspot in the AAAA Lower Mainlandplayoffs but earning a provincialberth will be a tall order.

The AAAA rankings currentlyfeature five Lower Mainlandteams, including No. 1 VancouverCollege, No. 4 Burnaby South, No.6 Churchill and No. 10 Kitsilano.Only three will advance to theprovincial tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL

Plenty of contenders for boys city hoop titleMark BoothSports [email protected]

McNair Marlins Owen Vint and Cambie Crusaders Justin Dhillon are two big reasons why their respectiveteams are enjoying impressive seasons. They both will look for more success at this week’s city championships.


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McMath Wildcats capped a perfect run in the RichmondBantam Girls Basketball League by clawing back to capturethe city championship.

The Wildcats cruised to an 8-0 league record during theregular season and a had very little resistance dispatchingRichmond High and McRoberts in their two openingplayoff games. The host Hugh Boyd Trojans, however, cameready to play in the final which took place last Wednesday infront of a raucous crowd.

After a foul filled first half, neither team took control andthe score teetered back and forth. As the game moved intothe fourth quarter the Wildcats found themselves in veryunfamiliar territory — behind on the scoreboard.

The hot shooting McMath guards, arguably some of thebest outside shooters in the league, were able to clutch upand overcome the deficit.

Led by team high scorer Jayna Wilson, and co-guardsBella Lawson and Olivia Tweedlie, McMath hit crucial shotsdown the stretch when they needed to.

Guard Allison Azote was spot on making two free throwslate in the contest, and upstart forward Madison Bigras hita timely running lay-up and added another important freethrow to seal the deal in a hard-fought 37-34 win.

The team also includes: Allison Azote, Morgan Flynn,Leah Hillman, Leah Peacock, Kaylee Banks, SamanthaTrueman, Jas Wijayakoon, Jas Tufnail, Allison Carver, DevonDownie, Kinsey McBride, Emma Wallace and AutaumHilyer. The girls are coached by John Wilson and SeanLawson .The Wildcats now move on as Richmond’s No. 1seed at next week’s Vancouver and District Championships.

Wildcats rally towin Bantam title

Richmond Bantam Girls champion McMath Wildcats

TRACK AND FIELD

Records fall at Jerome meetIt took just 10 minutes

for the first two meetrecords to fall Saturday atthe fifth annual VancouverSun Harry Jerome Indoortrack and field meet at theRichmond Olympic Oval.It set the tone for the rest ofthe competition.

When the day-longmeet, produced by AchillesTrack and Field Society,concluded, 21 individualand two relay meet recordshad fallen, along with meetmarks in two new events— pole vault and age-class200-metres.

Two of the individual

records broke nationalMasters marks.

Such was the calibre ofthe competition that inthree events the top threefinishers were all under themeet record.

Victoria housewife NancyCraig broke the women’sCanadian Masters polevault record for her agegroup (49-50) by jumping2.75 metres to better herown national mark of 2.71.It earned the vivaciousCraig a trip to Lyon, France,in August for the WorldMasters Championships.

So how did she begin her

athletic career? “I had twodaughters who were polevaulters,” she said. “Theyboth encouraged me to tryit, I did and enjoyed it. Theyhave both since retiredfrom the sport but I havekept competing. It’s a lotdifferent from my formersport.”

Craig spent five years asa professional figure skaterwith Holiday On Ice.

All eyes were alsoon Langley’s JoshuaGoldthorp.

The reigning CanadianHighland Games heavy liftchampion, was competingin the Open shot put for thefirst time at any meet. Hewon the event and brokethe meet record of 12.73

metres, surpassing therecord on each of his sixthrows, his best toss being14.55 metres.

“I’m happy with myperformance,” he saidafterwards. “I was hopingto throw 15 metres butthat will come and I willdefinitely compete some

more now that I’ve had thisexperience.”

As expected, the twofavorites dominated in thenew Open pole vault event,2013 Canadian championHeather Hamilton took theOpen women’s gold medalwith a leap of 4.25 metreswhile Nathan Dunford of

Trinity Western Universitywon the Open men with ajump of 4.75 metres.

Vancouver Thunderbirdswon the meet’s club titlewith 214 points whileTrinity Western capturedtheir second university titlein three years with 129.5points.

Trinity Western University’s Claudette Allen wins her heat during the women’s 60 metredash at Saturday’s Harry Jerome Indoor Meet at the Olympic Oval. Photo by Gord Goble



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