Hard start to basketball season

Womens team gets three consecutive losses, mens team wins one game

BADMINTON CHAMPIONS

SOFTBALL

2014

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Ball gets tossed in the air between
two players. KRISTEN HOLLIDAY PHOTO

By KRISTEN HOLLIDAY

angara’s basketball teams

had a tumultuous week,

with the women’s team

losing two consecutive
games — as well as their coach.
Meanwhile, the men fared slightly
better, defeating one of their top
rivals and losing to another.

The women’s team lost to
Capilano University on Nov. 8 and
Douglas College on Nov. 9. They
now have three losses and zero wins.

Emma Jones, a guard for the
Langara Falcons, said she was frus-
trated with the game’s outcome.

“To lose a third one is kind of
tough, when we have the potential
and capabilities to play a lot better,”
Jones said.

Curtis Nelson, the former
women’s head coach, resigned in
the week leading up to the Nov. 8
and Nov.9 games. Virginia Watson
was previously an assistant coach for
the Falcons.

Watson said all three games were

Virginia Watson, the Falcons' new head coach, talks strategy in the final quar-
ter of the game against the Douglas Royals. KaisTEN HOLLIDAY PHOTO

close and the women are focused
on refining skills and maintain-
ing control of the ball while on the
offensive.

“They work harder than a lot of

“To lose athird one
is kind of tough,
when we have
the potential and
capabilities to play a
lot better.”

—EMMA JONES, LANGARA FALCONS
PLAYER

other teams,” she said. “If we can
show that we don’t care about our
previous three game losses and
show that we can play just as hard,
I think we are going to win a lot of
games.”

The men’s team won against
Capilano University on Nov. 8, but
lost to Douglas College on Nov. 9.

Before the weekend, Paul Eber-
hardt, the team’s head coach,
predicted a tough game against
Douglas, who won second place
last season.

“The more important test is going
to be when we play [Douglas] again
in January, when we've had a chance
to get better,” Eberhardt said.

Eberhardt said
with 11 new play-
ers, the Falcons
are still continu-

ing to build their | py
team.

Falcons’ point
guard Luka
Lizdek said the Paul Eberhardt
team is feels MeO.
ing positive after BASKETBALL

the win against
Capilano and is learning from the
Douglas loss.

“We talked about communication
all week and that’s where we showed
in the second half,” Lizdek said. “If
we can have two halves like that,
we'll be better next time.”

Langara Falcons’ men's and women’s basketball teams faced off against the
Douglas Royals. Both Langara teams lost to Douglas. KaisTEN HOLLIDAY PHOTO

Jas Dhudwal, holding the ball, pre-
paring a pass. KRISTEN HOLLIDAY PHOTO

& i

Upcoming games:

- Friday, Nov. 15

Langara Falcons at Camosun
College.

- Saturday, Nov. 16, Langara
Falcons at Vancouver Island
University Mariners.

- Saturday, Nov. 23, Langara Fal-
cons at Columbia Bible College.

Upcoming games:
- Friday, Nov. 15, Langara Falcons
at Camosun College.

- Saturday, Nov. 16, Langara
Falcons at Vancouver Island
University.

- Saturday, Nov. 23, Langara Fal-
cons at Columbia Bible College.

Golfing in the fa

Fall and winter
weather bring
new challenges
to the sport

By PALAK KLAIRE

espite the harsh weather
D during the fall and winter

months, players can capi-
talize on low
demand to spend
lg more time on the
green to improve
their golf game,
according to a
| South Vancouver
coach.

Poor weather
conditions create
new obstacles for
the game, said
Gordon Jarvis, a coach at McCleery
Golf Course. The tough conditions

Gordon Jarvis
COACH AT MC-
CLEERY GOLF

allow people to become better play-
ers.

“Sometimes the ground gets
mucky, so if you hit your ball hard,
it goes deep into the ground,”
Jarvis said. “This is when the very
committed students show up, and
this is when
they seek to

|, why?

said.

Jarvis said the fall season is a great
opportunity for those who want to
get introduced to golf since space
opens up with different coaches.

“Also, it’s the best time to actually
learn something and get a new golf

swing,” he said.
A motivat-

start the proj- “During the winter ing factor for
ect of making golfers, despite
a better game season your clothes the weather
for the next conditions, is
season.” change, there are that golfing is
Golfer, ots an excellent
Mandeep restrictions to your opportunity to
Singh, said swing, you can't hit as network on the
the whole green.
perspective hard ... you have to use Jake McCal-
of the game * lum, director of
changes. a different clubs, your sports at Lang
“During the ball doesn't roll.” ara, said, “for

winter season
your clothes
change, there
are restrictions to your swing, you
can't hit as hard, the course condi-
tions change, you have to use differ-

ent clubs, your ball doesn’t roll,” he

—MANDEEP SINGH, GOLF PLAYER

some people
it’s the peace
of mind, they
go out there for hours where they
can be on their own, focus on the
game, and the rest of their problems
just fade away,” he said.

A golfer playing at McCleery golf course in South Vancouver. The muddier
terrain makes it harder for golf balls to roll. p4.4« KLA/RE PHOTO