WESMEN NEWS FOR WEEK OF September 23- 29/2002

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Wed. Sept. 25 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Alumni Games

Men and Women – 7:30pm
Reception to follow

General Wesmen News

- In the 6th Annual Perimeter Plus Wesmen Invitational High School Boy’s Volleyball Tournament on the weekend the Glenboro Panthers picked up the championship trophy in a close match over the St. Norbert Titans at the Duckworth Centre. Twenty teams participated with over 300 players, friends and families from all over rural Manitoba.

- 60 teams have already signed up for the new Labatt Super Men’s Basketball League run by the University of Winnipeg. The league is set to get underway during the week of October 14th.

- October is tournament month for the Wesmen. Please mark on your calendar’s the following upcoming tournaments. All four Wesmen programs will be hosting teams from across the country. Oct 4 – Oct 6 CJOB/Power 97 Invitational Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Tournament. Oct 11 – 13 Converse Shootout for Women’s Basketball. Oct 25 – 26 Midway Chrysler Invitational Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Women’s Basketball
Headline: GETTING HEALTHY
Last Week:
The team split into two for an intra-squad last Wednesday. Team members battled it out in a competitive game but are itching to take on an outside opponent.

Coach Tanya McKay’s team has been fighting injuries the past two weeks with back injuries to guards Val Carson and Charmaine Izzard. They hope to start practicing again this week. The backcourt ranks are further depleted with 4th year player Heidi Schwartz out for two weeks with a foot injury.

This Week:
On Wednesday the team gets its first taste of real competition when the alumni visit the Duckworth Centre. Notables in the alumni line-up are Erin Soroko (3-time All-Canadian), Sara Henneberry, Brooke Bender, Marnie Nechwediuk, Lee Wedlake, and Roslynn Fast. Game time 7:30 pm at the Duckworth Centre on Wednesday night. A reception will follow the game.

Men’s Volleyball
Headline: WESMEN CONTINUE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Last Week:
Thursday night the alumni of the 9-time National Champion Wesmen returned to the Duckworth to take on the current squad. Strutting their stuff on the court were current and past National Team players and members of the last two National Championship teams (1998, 1987). When the dust settled, the alumni were able to find their former championship form in the best of 3 to win 2-1.

This Week:
This is the fourth week in a row that the Wesmen have contributed to the community. Along with the 300 coaches at the Winnipeg Outfitters Coaching Clinic, and 20 teams at each of the two previous weekend city and rural tournaments, the team will now be conducting a clinic Monday evening at College Jeanne Sauve for players in that area. Wednesday the team plays an exhibition match at the St.Vital area school at 1 pm and hope to attract students from the surrounding junior high schools as well. A second skills clinic follows the match. Wesmen alumnus Cam Johnson is a physical education teacher at the school.

Women’s Volleyball
Headline: READY FOR THE SEASON TO START
Last Week:
The Women’s team took a match off of the Alumni in the annual game played last Thursday at the Duckworth Centre. The Alumni featured past Wesmen stars and was buoyed by a strong performance from former National Team member Wanda Guenette. Aynsley Laluk played well for the current Wesmen notching 11 kills during the match.

This Week:
The team continues to practice in anticipation of their season opening tournament on Oct. 4-6th. On the opening night of Power 97/CJOB Invitational Tournament, the Wesmen take on last year’s OAU Champions in the University of Toronto.

Men’s Basketball
Headline: FIRST TEST
Last Week:
The Men’s team played their intra-squad game at the Duckworth Centre on Wednesday evening. In a close match it went down to the wire with a missed free throw near the end of the game deciding things.

This Week:
The Alumni are back for their annual match-up with the current Wesmen. The Alumni will include former Wesmen greats, including recent members such as Suk Singh and others from earlier eras, like Jeff Foreman and Kevin Chief. Game time is 7:30 pm on Wednesday night at the Duckworth. A reception will follow the game.