Wednesday February 3, 1993 @

With Beaver Valley’s Jeff Partridge
Fruitvale Friday. The Rebels clinched

News photo by Jonathan Green

in hot pursuit, Rebel captain Kevan Rilcof dishes it off in
and denied the Nite Hawks a playoff spot with a 5-3 win.

Rebels hunt Hawks, rout Raiders

‘Come on guys, keep on playing disciplined,”

Jonathan Green
SPORTS REPORTER

The Beaver Valley Nite Hawks will have a
little extra time on their hands at the end of
February, thanks to the Castlegar Rebels.

Playing some of their most disciplined hock-
ey of the season, the Rebels never trailed as

they dumped the Nite Hawks
5-3 in Fruitvale Friday.

With the win, the Rebels as-
sured themselves a playoff
spot and the Nite Hawks a
seat in the stands when the
KIJHL post-season gets un-
derway next month.

Rebels coach Garry Sauer
said he was happy with the
win, especially when his
troops did what was asked of
them.

“It was nice to pick up the
two points and the playoff
spot,” he said. “We told the
guys to play disciplined hock-
ey. They stuck to the game
plan and it worked.”

Waking up a lethargic pow-
er play, Corey Flodell got the
Rebels on the scoreboard at
18:15 of the first period when
he tipped Dave Dyball’s point
shot past Shane Pennoyer to
make it 1-0.

But with their playoff lives
on the line, the Hawks were
quick to reply as Jim Mania-
go’s sharp-angle shot ended up
behind Rebel Vaughan Wely-
chko to make it 1-1 at 16:48.

Enduring some brutal
Beaver Valley stick work, the
Rebels patience paif off when

they were awarded another power play five
minutes later, and they made the most of it.

Working the kind of magic that’s been there
all year, the line of Todd Doyle, Nino Da Cos-
ta and Jesse Oldham combined to give Castle-
gar a lead it would never relinquish.

With assists going to Da Costa and Old-
ham, Doyle putin a rebound at 11:44 to make
it 2-1 and the Rebels never looked back.

Sauer said a quick reminder of the game
plan after 20 minutes kept the team focused.

“The attitude in the dressing room was

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Mike

KOOTENAY INTERNATIONAL

JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
(As of Jan. 31)
EAST DIVISION
wte’*réeF AP
Columbia Val. 16 20 0 199 210 32
Gokden 11 24 0 169 231 22
Elk Valley 9 26 O 181 337 18
WEST DIVISION
0 273 87 60
1 274 177 55
1 247 126 45
Castlegar 21 11 1 195 149 43
Beaver Valley 14 23 0 197 271 28
Rossland 7 26 1 161 308 15

KWHL SCORING LEADERS
(As of Jan. 31)

Dhami, Golden
Koole, E.V.
Brar, E.V.

aatKRs

77 123
70 97
70 65
70 32
69 134

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LEADING GOALTENDERS
GP GA Avg.
Bousfield, Grand Forks 18 38
Gris, Nelson 16 40
Scherck, Grand Forks 17 47
Ray, Castlegar 13 49

Moon, Spokane 9 33

that.”

guys came out and continued

‘unter walked in and snapped one

t, Pennoyer to make it 3-1 at
15:46, and it looked like the
Hawks were ready for the last
rites.

But before any priest could
whip out a bible, it was a 3-3
hockey game.

Mike Smith made it 3-2 at
13:09, two-and-a-half minutes
before Carlos Silva’s slap shot
beat Welychko to the stick side
at 10:39 and the Hawks were
still breathing.

For all of 16 seconds.

With Pennoyer down, Flodell
backhanded one into the wide
open net at 10:23 and the
Rebels were playoff-bound.

Mark Graff added an insur-
ance goal when he waltzed
around two Nite Hawks and
slid a weak backhand past Pen-
noyer with 93 seconds left in
the period to round out the scor-

ing.

Saturday, the Rebels closed
out their season series with the
Elk Valley Raiders in almost a
carbon copy of their three pre-

Shaking off an early 2-0
deficit, the Rebels got three
goals each from Jesse Oldham
and Mike Hunter to pound the
East Division’s worst team 11-

“In the four games between

the two, the Rebels won them all and
outscored the Raiders 40-9.
Despite the previous domination, Sauer
said he wasn’t surprised with the early score.
“It wasn’t a very exciting game to watch,”
he said. “It’s hard to get up for games like

But the Rebels eventually got up, tying it at
two before the end of the first and coasted from
there.

Results from last night’s game against
Grand Forks were unavailable at press time.

Banjo’s on the move

NEWS STAFF

Banjo’s Pub is playing like
David in the Goliath world of
the Castlegar Recreational
Hockey League.

Stuck light years down in
the CRHL basment for most
of the season, Banjo’s has
played well of late and is
putting pressure on the
league’s other four teams.

In action last Tuesday,
Rick Cutler had three points
and Sheldon Sookachoff and
Benton Hadley each scored
twice in a 7-6 win over the
Kootenay Computers.

Tied 4-4 after two, Banjo’s
scored three straight in the
third period for a 7-4 lead
with less than 10 minutes
left to play.

But the defending champ
Computers had something
to say about that and said it
with goals by Perry Hyson
and Darrel Bojecko to make
it 7-6 with five minutes left
on the clock.

Try as they might, the
Computers couldn’t buy the
equalizer as Banjo’s held on
for their eighth win of the

Friday, the opposition
may have been different but
the result wasn't.

Getting another pair from
Sookachoff plus two from
Bob Larsh, Banjo’s picked
up their second straight 7-6
win, this time over Wood-

land Park Shell.

CRHL goal leader Doug
Knowler had four for Shell
but it was four too few.

Rick Cutler got Banjo’s on
their way eight seconds into
the game, four minutes be-
fore Sookachoff made it 2-0.

From there, Knowler
scored three to three more
from Banjo’s as the pub
squad led 5-3 after one.

Despite being outscored
2-1 in the second, Banjo’s
held a 6-5 lead after two and
increased that lead to two on
Ian Stewart’s goal with
14:44 to go.

Clay Martini’s second
brought Shell to within one
at 11:47 but that was as
close as it would get.

Later that night, Gordie
Walker was a perfect 10 as
Castlegar Pressure Wash
whipped Castlegar Sports
Centre, 15-7.

Walker scored five times
and matched that in assists
as Pressure Wash jumped to
aan early 4-0 lead.

Exploding for half-a-
dozen in the second, Pres-
sure Wash led 10-3 after two
and by as much as 12-4 mid-
way through the third.

Jeff Evdokimoff was al-
most as lethal as Walker,
picking up nine assists while
Chief Mercer had a goal and
five assists.

Mike Flegel was Sports
Centre’s top gun with four
goals and an assist.

Wednesday February 3, 1993 “Mss

Midget Reps return from Nakusp empty-hande

NEWS STAFF

The Castlegar Midget Reps got a sneak preview of what they can expect to
find at the provincial playoffs in March over the weekend.

Playing two games against Williams Lake and one against Penticton in
Nakusp, the Reps found out what it’s going to take to win when they head up
north next month.

In the two games with Williams Lake, Castlegar came out on the wrong end

Castlegar fell 7-1. Blaine Wilson took the loss in net.
Later that day, Grycan scored his third and fourth goals of the weekend but
they weren’t enough in a 6-4 loss to Penticton.
ae heading into the third, the Reps rallied with three goals to take
a lead.
But a trio of penalties in the last five minutes would spoil that rally, as Pen-
ticton scored power play goals on all three to take two points away from their

of a pair of blowouts.

Saturday, Brian Grycan had the Reps’ two goals as they dropped a 7-2 de-

cision. Doug Taylor took the loss in net. \

Things weren’t any better Sunday as Bryan Yackel had'the lone marker as

Akselson just exce

Bud Lowther
NEWS CONTRIBUTOR

The rink skipped by Arne Akselson has won
the third draw in pensioners curling.

Arne was supported by Morris Waite at
third, Andre Lamarche at second (Mes Felic-
itations Andre) and lead Leo Quaia.

They compiled a record of 10 wins and one
tie in 11 games to finish on top.

The rink of Tom Wilson followed in second
place with a record of seven wins, one tie and

losses,

Tom was backed up by Frank Holdsworth
at third, Wilf Leduc at second and lead Mike

Beating the at

Jonathan Green
SPORTS REPORTER

Appearances can be deceiv-
ing, something Mike Costello
knows first-hand.

Looking at the Nelson resi-
dent doesn’t conjure up im-
ages of guys in polyester suits
beating the proverbial bushes
for college athletes.

But, minus the polyester,
that’s pretty much his job.

For just under a month,
Costello has been the Koote-
nay Region Representative
for College Prospects of Amer-
ica Inc., a company based in
Logan, Ohio.

Hooked up to a computer
network with over 1,800
North American post sec-
ondary institutions on file,
the company acts as an elec-
tronic Help Wanted section
for collegiate coaches.

Where Costello comes in is
the one who tells regional ath-
letes about such a system .

“That’s exactly what I’m
doing,” he said. “Spreading
the gospel.”

Costello said he happened
upon CPA quite accidentally.

While thumbing through
the classifieds of an area
newspaper, something
caught his eye.

“The ad stated ‘People in-

Zoobkoff.

hosts.

Derek Read and Jason Boden added Castlegar’s other goals, while Taylor

took the loss in net.

Is pensioners curling dull? No, it is excit-

occasion.

ing and innovative as well.
We have our own special free guard system,
where we even guard our opponents rocks on

We have good curlers with various methods
of delivery. I sometimes worry about the guy

with the slider on his elbow.

Some of the lady curlers are now on our
spare list, which certainly enhances the glam-

our of our league.

terested in athletic scholar-
ships or recruiting athletes...
phone this number”, he said.

And phone it he did, a call
that connected him to ex-
NHLer Jim Harrison, the Al-
berta-B.C. company rep.

Costello said Harrison in-
vited him out the next day for
a two-day seminar in Kelow-
na, an invitation he accepted.

Costello said he was skep-
tical at first but gradually
warmed to the idea of becom-
ing the regional rep at a cost
$4,000.

For his money, Costello re-
ceived the rights to the 20 sec-
ondary and post secondary
schools in the Kootenays.

As the rep, he approaches
coaches about students with
athletic scholarship potential.

From there, he talks to the
parents about his company
and the benefits of using it.

With the $650 U.S. fee of
exposing the student to all
1,800 schools, Costello said
he’s expecting some financial
hesitations.

“I’m the same way,” he
said. “People think I'm going
to take their money and bug-
ger off with it.”

But with a national board
of advisors that features
names like Chicago Bulls

It is nice to see Mike Verzuh back curling

hletic bushes

head coach Phil Jackson and
NFL Hall of Famers Mel
Blount and Johnny Unitas,
Costello hopes people don’t
think scam.

Working on a commission
basis, Costello said he’d like
to sign every regional athlete

up.

But he said that with the
company’s reputation on the
line, it wouldn’t be wise.

With coaches only having
so much time to worry about
individual athletes, he said
that signing less than the best
candidates would prompt
some schools to think twice
about advertising in future.

“If you start sending them
dogs, the college coaches will
stop phoning (athletic open-
ings) in,” he said.

So far, Costello said that
hasn’t happened and that the
feedback he’s received in the
area has been great.

He said that if it continues,
CPA will become a name to
remember.

“T’ve received no negative
response from it,” he said.
“Tons of positive response.

“When it starts proving it-
self to be a credible entity,
then the ball will start
rolling.”

The Reps return to action Feb. 13 in Nelson against Beaver Valley.

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