The momings are getting cold- ¢r, the greenery is looking less so, and ads for school-books and pencils are everywhere, , And as the season turns to autumn it also signals a new year of college athletics. At Selkirk's Castlegar campus, a number of changes in Saints sports will be noticeable this year, : The men’s volleyball team ‘might be ready to give up some of the spotlight they’ve held as ‘provincial champions the last three years, The college’s flag- ship, men's volleyball, might be overshadowed by one of the school's newer clubs, The cross-country runners, in only the second year as a team, have a chance to become a provincial power house, “The cross-country team could be really strong,” says the club's coach, Sally Willis, who also is the head of Selkirk’s physical education department. Willis says the team will begin training as soon as possible for a meet September 29, in Kelowna. The news isn’t as good for another Saints’ club. The men's soccer team, which has struggled on the field,will begin this season by dropping out of the British Col College wil compete in different sports through out the year, such as ing, skiing and running. Athletics A ination. That means the club will have to cither join a local league, like the West Kootenay Soccer League, or play a schedule of exhibitions against other independent teams, The reason for getting out of the BCCAA was strictly eco- nomics says Willis. “It’s a huge expense,” she aye fe have to travel to the coast (for competitions) most of the time,” The money saved by playing locally will be put into a new cross-training club. A team which Willis says the variety of activi- tics will help the department determine what sports students are interested in. And that infor- mation, she says, will help her decide what the department will concentrate on in the future, A P.E. Instructor last year, Willis became Selkirk’s Athletic Director after Rob Johnson, who the position was created for just last year, left for another Opportu- nity. Johnson, who grew up in Kelowna, returned there in June, to take a similar job to the one he held here, with O! College. nS across Cin for iheit! With Willis moving into John- son's position, the college hired another instructor to fill the gap. Bob Gumey, a former Nelson resi- dent and most recently an instruc- tor at Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton, will teach in Castlegar, Another sport, volleyball, will also have a fresh look, Gord Sookaveiff will coach the women, while last year’s women’s coach, Mike Perra, will move to the men's team. Perra, a Saint alumnus, will have the tougher act to follow— at Ieast on the court, The men’s volleyball team have earned a play while’ the Women’ tiave hid getting enough players. | , According Stoy Ad Sookaveiff, a current! ‘student! ‘i the college, will try‘to' get, bhi team competitiye ‘with a ‘new g eration of local female athlet “We had a volleyball Te evening in June,” ‘says ‘Will invited senior male and fe! players from all the local higi schools, A lot of the local girls ard coming (to Selkirk this’ semestet) so I don’t think We'll have a prot. lem getting a women’s tean} together.” Be Early start to flag football season backfires The 1991 Trail Flag Football League season got under way last weekend—sort of. Only two of a scheduled five games were played, mainly due to a good idea that wasn’t. “This will probably be the last season we start in August,” said league vice-president Ken Lankin. Lankin, along with president Dwayne McDonnel, tried starting the season two-weeks earlier than Ail Wool Pants $3995 Wool Underwear ‘Pants #10. oeeach. ‘1 previous years. The reasoning behind the executives’ decision was to schedule more games while mild weather was still around. However, like many commu- nity sports leagues, players with families holiday during the sum- mer and are unavailable for games, At least two of the weekend games were cancelled for that teason while one other was can- ACCESSORIES MUCH MUCH MORE Come in and bag a deall CRonnett's 233 Columbia Avenue i Castlegar, B.C. «Mens Weat 365-6761 RESORT Family Campground shaded sites, full hookups, flush toilets, showers, playground, pop and ice, sandy beach, firepits, pay > phone, moorage, near arcade, mini ; golf, store, gas, restaurant and : laundry, pets 0.K. Hwy. 3, Christina Lake 447-9400 Christina Lake Golf Course 18 holes + par 72 power carts = driving range dining facilities licensed lounge Teo Times: may be booked 3 days In advance celled because no referee was available. In the two games that were played, the Castlegar Tom Cats showed why they're the early favorites to win the league with a 47-0 shutout over the Nellic’s Pizza Hawks from Trail on Sun- day. Roger Junker and Neil Bremel both had two touchdowns for Castlegar and Bremel also picked up three sacks on defence. The Tom Cats picked up a total of 10 sacks as their defen- sive line kept the pressure on Hawks’ quarterbacks the entire game. é Trail was forced to use third- and fourth-string quarter backs for the game because of injuries and suspensions. The Hawks first-string passer was thrown out of a game against the Dam Inn Mates on Saturday, for two unnecessary roughness penalties, Trail was a little more success-, ful against the South Slocan team ~ as they put 40 points up on the board. However it was a game of “they-score-we-score” and the Mates managed one more point for a 41-40 victory. ~ Mates’ receiver iit MacMil- SUN STAFF PHOTO / Jim Zeebon Castlegar (white) pressured Trail quarterbacks all game, shutting out the Hawks. lan, who has led the league in scoring for the last three years, pulled in 3 touchdowns and two * convert attempts. Two of the turning points which helped insure a South Slo- can victory were slotback Paul of a Hawks pass late in the game. No regular games are sched- uled for the long weekend, how- ever make-up games for the can- celled matches might be announced . 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People get paid greek islands to play this game, And because of that, it attracts the best and bright- est athletes in the world, Now, on most weckends in most towns, games are played and sometimes a team will come away with enough prize moncy to keep the beer garden busy. Then it’s Monday and players head back to work a little hung over but looking forward to next weekend. the hill'in Grand Forks; thg? Tonight at 8:p.;m,..just ¢ oven Thhoe: Stars‘will begin iheir'defence of the largest invitational baseball tournament in Canada—and one of the. biggest money draws in North America, and quite ‘possi- bly the world, “It's the biggest in Canada and probably i in North America,” says Larry. Semenhoff, the tourncy's organizer, ‘Teams—12 in all—from as far away as Japan, Chicago, and 'Thi- wan, compete for $30,000 in Prize money, The winning team after the five-day event takes home $12,000 and second place Picks up $6,000. The rest of the cash is scaled down the ladder of finishers, The home team, the Grand “Forks Gold, is Canadian in name He points out the name of a” only.: Most of the’ players on the ss past Player who went, onto play: club come from south of the bor-! der, “1987 was the last year we had local talent,” says Semenhoff. “The decision was made between making it just a local tournament or going all out on it.” The result has meant the loss of Canadian competitors—a team from Trail used to enter—but the change also brought in the best talent Grand Forks could get. Semenhoff’ compares ‘the change to the difference between Canadian and American football, ‘“That’s why I'm an NFL fan and not a CFL fan— it’s too minor league,” he says, Today, the tournament attracts what Semenhoff calls, “close te Triple ‘A’” caliber ball players. Local bowling leagues all set to start 1991/92 weeknight season IM ZEEBEN Sun staff Perhaps the mest casual of all ' sports practi runs the local alley. “We open again in the last week of August.” The Proprictors say they have five-pin bowling het become as much a social as athletic pursuit. And starting next Tuesday at ; the Castle Bowl, local leagues _ will begin their. 1991/92 seasons. CastleBowl opened last week | for public bowling. “T close in June when school ends,” says Velda Handley who, along with her husband Roland, about 350 bowlers who Until leagues take over the six-lane Castle Bowl on Septem- ber 3, anyone can play during regular hours from 7 - 10 p.m. In fact the Bowling Propri- etors’ A i of B.C. have will play in the regular leagues. As well, there’s a senior league called the “golden agers” and youth bowling with cute division names like the “smurfs” and “pee wees.” A coffee league for women will also play Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, at 9:30 am. ‘Seattle Thunderbirds bring their training camp back to Castlegar The Western aoeeey. League’ 's digging up talent for the club, which bined with up and After a one year absence, the Thunderbirds are retuming to the ‘Crossroads of the Kootenays’ for the main training camp beginning on Thursday and running through September 2. coming veterans such as Darren McAusland, Andy Mcintyre, Jesse Wilson and Dody Wood, should make for a very competi- tive club this season. The T-Birds will be scrim- »The Thunderbirds, who will host be the 1992 Memorial Cup, have trained in Castlegar for seven of the past nine seasons and are looking forward to , Fetuming to the community. “We always enjoy coming to Castlegar,” said assistant general manager Dennis Beyak. “It gives us a chance to bring all of our play- ers together for evaluation. It also gives the players a chance to get to know one another prior to the start of the exhibition season.” The Thunderbirds will be bring- ing in close to 70 players to the five-day camp, with a couple of notable absences. Turner Stevenson and Brent Bilodeau, the top picks of the Mon- treal Canadiens in the amateur draft the last two seasons, will be missing from as they will be in Mon- *. treal. Both players will be taking + part in the ” rookie camp ; as the T-Birds begin their quest ’ towards their first Memorial Cup title. won't have some good hockey players in camp when they take to ; the ice Thursday at the Castlegar | Recreation Complex. Beyak feels that general manag- ' er Peter Anholt and his scouting | staff have done an excellent job i That isn’t to say that the T-Birds ~ on plane evening to travel to Trail for an exhibition game at Cominco Arena against the expansion Tacoma Rockets. The start time is set for 6 pm on September 1. All of the Thunderbird work- outs are open to the public. SLAPSHOTS The Rockets, embarking on their first WHL season, are training in Trail this year. The Rockets opened up with a rook- ie camp which started on Mon- day and will also begin their main camp on Thursday Kamloops Blazers and the Tri- City Americans will be playing an exhibition game in Penticton on September | at 2 pm. 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Households in the area should have received a coupon in the mail enabling them to bowl a game for 99¢ and to enter in a variety of contests. tin the Major Leagues, Ironically: “ie-“hough, Larry Walker; the Mon- {real Expo who was signed at the Grand Forks tournament in ‘1983, is a Canadian. “You've got all sort of ma \jor Icague bird dogs here," he say of the pre-scouts who will be in the stands, According to Semenhoft,, the only reason a lot of these players aren't in the minor league sysfem is because of the immense com- Petition to stay in Triple ‘A’ A lot of Major League ‘clubs limit their farm system to dé) ia oping Players with the potenti make the jump out of minor bail “This tournament. is the last chance for some of the older play- ers to show themselves in front of or not received much attention in The ‘euniibe Ne: played at the 1 000 ‘seat James’ Donaldson park on ‘Central’ Avenue, is not only self-supporting’ claims Semen- hoff, but has money in the bank. "He Says the organizers have put in excess of $50,000 of their own moncy into such things as renovations to the playing facility, And it’s paid off. “You better believe the park is full,” he says, “We attract between 3 -4,000 people to games.” Ticket prices vary from a sin- gle-pass cost of $5 a game or $75 for all 25 games, to $125 for a complete family pass. And while the event, is every- thing to locals in the area, it‘has \Lower Mainland media. “We re having | trouble becom- ing: known in’ Vancouver,” says Semenhoff. “They don't seem to understand, They say ‘We don’ ! get. too. serious about:.be leagues.’ : ‘ “It's because there are so many softball tourneys going on, but they're rinky-dink—they’ re kids stuff, When you're playing for $12,000 and teams are’ trave! that far—it's not a bunch of guys playing for beers after the game. It's the baseball that’s the focal point.” Find it in the: Classifieds JOIN A FALL BOWLING LEAGUE TODAY ! 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