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CollegeATHLETICS

News Staff

VOLLEYBALL “aed
__Ifnot for that one; big difference, Selkirk Saints
men’s volleyball player Theo Friml might believe he’s

Wednesday, January 29, 1992 @

the guys went and played hard
hockey,” Walker said.
“Hopefully, if we get a few
more players and more depth
in the lineup I think we could

and Mike Hunter early in the
second to make it 2-1.

But the Maple Leafs
stormed back with four unan-
swered goals before the period
was out. By x

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Ed Mills
SPORTS EDITOR
It was all a matter of alti-
tude Friday night in the
Kootenay International Junior ts 44
give them a good run.
- The Rebels

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: Hockey League. Tsetat fgets |

i Se “two players back this weekend

first tournament of the season Feb. 7-8. Oglow leads ae
__“The beauty ofit is that we have the top teams in
the league making a hell ofa trip to come and play
us here,” Perra said.

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Rebels’

roll

@ The high-flying Rebels were brought
back to earth in a big way by an even
higher-flying Nelson Maple Leafs squad

Leafs were the space shuttle
as they dropped the Rebels 6-1
at the Nelson Civic Centre.

The high-flying Rebels, who
were riding a three-game un-
beaten string, were brought.
back to earth by an even high-
er-flying Maple Leafs squad,
which extended its winning
streak to 11 games. ~

“T think they are a lot better

for a two-game home stand
that has the Beaver Valley
Nite Hawks in the Communi-
ty Complex Friday and the
__Maple Leafs Saturday.

Chris Sannutti and Kevin
Nisse, who were both sitting
out three-game suspensions
for spearing, return Friday.

Vaughn Welychko started
in goal for the Rebels but hit

experiencing deja vu.

For the second year.in a row, Friml has returned
to the Saints lineup after missing the first half of the
season because academic ineligibility.

But unlike last year when Friml arrived on the
scene to help the team to a provincial championship,
this year’s edition of the Saints is a vastly different
team, he said.

“I think this team is better, it could be the best,”
said Friml who also played on the Saints when they
won provincials two years ago.

“But allthe oth- —

Lapierre and Friml’s presence on the court had
an almost immediate impact in Kelowna as the
Saints all but destroyed Malaspina.

“I can tell you that I’ve never seen a Selkirk team
play a better game, and (Malaspina) is a good team,”
he said. ea

Besides the returnees, the Saints’ starting rota-
tion in Kelowna was Matt Kalmakoff, Scott Podevel-
nikoff, Darren Ettles and Trevor Kanigan, while
Arlen Wocknitz filled in when Lapierre got injured.

Okanagan College, which swept the Saints last

= Ee weekend ( 11-15,

team then we are right now,”
said Rebels’ coach Gord Walk-
er, who saw his perfect record
since taking over the club
come to an end.

Not only were the the Maple
Leafs better, they also had the
manpower edge as the Rebels
continue to suffer from injuries
and suspensions.

“T think they had four lines
against our two,” Walker said.
“And when you go into a small
building like Nelson it’s tough.
They were definitely the better
team that night.”

Down 2-0 after the first pe-
riod, the Rebels’ Dave Dybal.
scored from Nino Da Costa

Nino Da Costa

Walker said he has no com-
plaints with his team’s effort,
especially in the third périod.

“Sure, the game was over
and everything but the boys
never gave up and that was a
big positive for me. You know,
a lot of kids would have went
out there and started some
fights and stuff like that, but

his head on the goal post in the
first period and was still shak-
en up when he was pulled by
Walker and replaced with Joel
Casey in the second.

Meanwhile, Da Costa
scored the West Division’s
opening goal in their 3-2 win
over the East Division in the
annual KIJHL all-star game
Saturday in Spokane. “

Dale Bonderud, who played
for the Rebels last season and
is now with the Maple Leafs,
scored the West’s second goal.

Sannutti, who was the only
Rebels player originally select-
ed to the play in the all-star
game, couldn't play because he
was still under suspension.

Friday night at the Civic Centre.

Ed Mills
SPORTS EDITOR

Take away one ugly moment and
the Castlegar Bantam Reps had a
beautiful weekend in the Okanagan.

Not to mention a successful week-
end asthe The Reps won three of four
games to take the B Division at a
tournament in Oliver.

The one ugly moment came in a
12-3 loss to Penticton in the Reps sec-
ond-game of the tourney.

It was the same Penticton team
Castlegar beat 7-0 three weeks ago
in a tournament in Kelowna.

“The things they do best, skating
and bumping, just weren't there in
this game,” said coach Vince Antig-
nani Sr.

Other than that game, the Reps
stuck to their usual form with a 7-2
win over Kelowna, a 12-5 win over
South Okanagan and a 5-3 win over
Westside in the championship game.

“The came out and played more
aggressive against Westside,” Antig-

nani said.

Vince Antignani Jr. scored the
winner in the final for the Reps with
2-21 left in the third period and Ted-
dy Hunter’s empty net goal, his sec-

ond of the game, iced it.
- Darren Pottle and Craig Swanson
also scored for the Reps in the final,
while defenceman Rick Fauth was
named most valuable player.

i i Jr., who had 12 points
in the four games — including a hat

Ugly game puts blemish
on Bantams weekend

trick and a four-goal game, was the
MVP in the win over Kelowna.

Pottle, who had six points in the
tourney, was named MVP in the win
over South Okanagan, while Swan-
son was named MVP in the loss to
Penticton.

Bryan Yackel and Mike Myhra
had two goals each in the Reps’ win
over South Okanagan, while Brent
Neumann had a goal in the win over
Kelowna and in the loss to Penticton.

John Ray played all four games in
goal for the Reps.

Another day, another
logjam in the CRHL

Mi Woodland Park Shell
latest to make move with big
win over Pressure Wash and
tie with Computers

News Staff

Another week, another logjam in the
Castlegar ecreatio Hockey
League.

Apparently, it was Woodland Park

Shell’s turn to make a move in the
standings as they beat Castlegar Pres-
sure Wash 15-10 Thursday and tied
Kootenay Computers 7-7 Monday to
move into a three-way tie for second
place.
Castlegar Sports Centre, which lost
7-4 to Pressure Wash in one of two
games Friday night, remains in first
place in the five-team league with 28
points.

In the other game Friday, Banjo’s
Pub got four goals from Clay Martini
to beat Computers 7-4 and remain tied
with Shell and Pressure Wash with 27
points.

Scoring heroics of the week go to
who else but league scoring leader
Gordie Walker, who had five goals and
two assists in the_loss to Shell.

Darrel Bojechko had a hat trick for
Pressure Wash in the loss, while
Wayne Kinakin and Roger Junker had
four assists each.

The Reps, who r i beat:
in the West Kootenay Minor Hockey
A iation thi , have this
weekend off. They return to league
play Feb. 8. f

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Also scoring for Pressure Wash were
Doug Knowler with a goal and three
assists and Bruce Bermel with a goal.
-- Kelly Keraiff led Shell with four
goals and two assists, while Chris

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Cast. Sports Centre 13 28
Wood. Park Shell 12 27
Cast. Pressure Wash 13 27
Banjo’s Pub 13 27;
Koot. Computers 10 25

Brodman had a hat trick and set up a
goal, and Benton Hadley scored two
and assisted on three more.

Bruno Tassone chipped in with two
goals and two assists for Shell, while
Paul Rasmussen and Dave Rugg had
a goal and two assists each.

Rugg picked up the hat trick in
Shell’s tie with Computers, while
Keraiff had a goal and three assists
and Tassone had two goals and two as-
sists.

Jeff Townsend, Bill Nazaroff and
Dean MacKinnon scored two goals
each for Computers, while Dave Ter-
hune had a goal and an assist, and Bob
Larsh had three assists.

Steve Simonen scored two goals and
added two assists to lead Pressure
Wash in its win over Shell.

Kinakin had two goals for Pressure
Wash, while Ross Berkey and Knowl-
er also scored and Don Soroke had
three assists.

Niki Hyson scored twice for Sports
Centre, while Stan Mattel had a goal
and two assists and Tony Rego had one
goal and one assist.

er teams in the
province are also
playing well right
now, so we have a
long ways to go to
get back there (to
the provincial
championships).

With the. addi-
tion of Friml and
Chris Lapierre, an-
other who. played
on the team last
year, the Saints
made some steps
towards their goals
last weekend by
winning two of
three games in a
tournament at
Okanagan College
in Kelowna:

The wins over
Malaspina College
(15-8,15-7,15-8).
and Cariboo (12-15,
15-11, 14-16, 15-6,
15-9) puts the
Saints within strik-
ing distance of five
teams that are cur-
rently ahead of
them in the 11-
team B.C. Colleges
Athletic Associa-
tion.

And coach Mike
Perra said the
Saints’ _ position
looks even better
as the club pre-
pares to host its

Mike Perra

Gord Sookavieff

BCCAA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
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Jan. 24-25: Tournament at Okanagan
Selkirk vs Malaspina (3-0)

Okanagan vs. CNC (3-1)

Okanagan vs. Selkirk (3-0)

Malaspina vs. CNC (3-1)

Selkirk vs Cariboo (3-2)

Malaspina vs Okanagan (3-1)

Cariboo vs CNC (3-0)

Okanagan vs Cariboo (3-0)

BCCAA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
STANDINGS TO JAN. 27/92
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BCIT 7
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Cariboo 5
Selkirk 3
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Jan. 24-25: Tournament at Okanagan
CNC vs. Okanagan (3-1)

Malaspina vs. Selkirk (3-1)
Okanagan vs. Selkirk (3-1)

CNC vs. Malaspina (3-2)

Selkirk Vs Cariboo (3-0)
Okanagan vs. Malaspina (3-0)

GNC vs Cariboo (3-2)

Okanagan vs Cariboo (3-1)

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15-17, 6-15) will
make a return
visit: to Selkirk
along with Van-
couver Communi-
ty College and
Trinity Western
University.
Meanwhile,
the Selkirk’s
women ’s volley-
ball team, who
will also play dur-
_ing the February
home stand,
dropped out of
contention for a
playoff spot in the
in the BCCAA af-
ter losing two of
three matches in
Kelowna.

The women
beat Cariboo (15-
13, 15-9, 15-5) and
lost in four games
to Malaspina (15-
13, 12-15, 4-15,14-
16) and Okanagan
(14-16, 13-15, 15-7

_ 7-15).

Coach Gord
Sookavieff added

Sherbinin, Coll
Yee and Sherry
Makortoff.

pensioners

Bud Lowther
NEWS COLUMNIST

Skip Nick Oglow has led his team to the top of
the standings at the halfway mark of the third
draw in the Castlegar Pensioners Curling Club.

Oglow’s rink of lead: Mike Zoobkoff, second
Mike Bermel and third Frank Holdsworth staked
themselves to a 4-1 record in games at the Castle-
gar Curling Club.

In second place is Mike Verzuh’s rink with a
record of 3-1-1.

Rene Archambault’s rink has four wins and
two losses as one of two rinks that has played six
games. ;

The rinks skipped by Peter Abedkoff and Tim
Wilson are still in the thick of things with three
wins and two losses each.

With five games to play in the third draw it is
still anybody’s ball game.

They say the youth of today should listen and
learn from their elders, but I turned that around
as a spectator at the Zone 1 Men’s Curling Play-
downs at the Castlegar rink Jan. 10-12.

Several seniors took in the playdowns and per-
tore picked up a few tips from the youngsters on

e ice.

I was impressed by the almost flawless slide
outs and easy, no-push releases of the rock by
most of the young players. A good slide out is a
lot like good golf swing in that it is hard to learn.

Most of the us pensioners started the game late
in life, so our game is different from the young-
sters. The senior skips tend to give too much ice —
in my opinion — for some take outs and don’t
seem to know any other way.

I went to a Curl Canada clinic some years ago,
at the age of 63, and I am still trying to learn to
deliver the rock properly. The idea, I believe is to
get your body in behind the rock and give an easy,
no-push release using the legs for power, not the
arms. I haven't got it right yet but I keep trying,
and sometimes the skip says I even hit the broom!

I believe we can all improve by watching the
experts, both locally and on the tube.

Tip Of The Week:

At all times,walk on the side of your sheet of
ice — not in the centre. If you should find yourself
in the centre of the ice you may hear the call ‘ice’,
whereupon you should quickly move to the side.

The Pensi 3 Club welc back Norm
Fishwick, and yours truly gives a hearty hello to
faithful reader and curling fan Jermaine.

STEVE
WHITTLETON

Sales Representative

2649 Fourth Avenue

Castlegar, 8.C. VIN 281
365-3563