216 Wednesday, April 15, 1992 SchoolSPORTS NEWS STAFF BASKETBALL If the basketball coaches at Stanley Humphries Secondary School ever decide to give up teaching they might consider a job in tourism. Considering the job Jack Closkey, Doug Hickey and John Ritchie did promoting the Kootenays to out of town- ers during a basketball week- end at SHSS, their qualifica- tions are already in place for a career change. What had heretofore been unchartered territory for many college basketball coach- es in Alberta and B.C. was opened up with the Kootenay Classic All-star games Satur- day night and a pair of region- alselection camps for boys and girls in Grades 10 and 11 held . Saturday and Sunday. “The approach was that the Kootenays often don’t get a whole lot of recognition be- cause they’re kind of isolated, so I figured this was a good op- portunity to get down there to see what was going on, ” said Calgary's Mount Royal College men’s coach Mark Hogan. Representatives from Si- mon Fraser University, Medicine Hat College and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology were among those watching from the stands over the weekend. “T think overall the scouts were surprised at the level of talent in the Kootenays in gen- eral, because they've never seen that before,” said Ritchie, who coaches th senio ys. “Tom Elwood of SAIT said he went to a similar thing in Calgary and he thought the level of play here was as good if not better than it was there,which surprised me. “They're going to be looking here now, which was the whole purpose,” Ritchie said. Hogan said it was mission accomplished as far as he is concerned. sui News photo by Ed Mills West Kootenay All-star Wendy Closkey puts on the brakes during the first game of the Kootenay Classic Saturday at SHSS. The West beat the East 68-58. “There’s some nice ball play- On the girls side, seniors Tom Elwood do is it that they just want to ers out there, some really good athletes,” said Hogan from Calgary Tuesday. Hogan said he was especial- ly impressed with the Grade 10 and 11 players. Among those Hogan might be looking at come graduation is .game MVP Marcel Dusseault, who led the West Kootenay All-stars with 16 points in a 105-86 win over the East Kootenay All-stars. i IME \J G Get on the Train for the Chicken Barger Special Includes a choice cut of breast meat, on a sesame seed bun with lettuce, tomato and our own special sauce. Also includes your choice of golden crispy french fries, our delicious jojo's or our fresh salads. FOR ONLY $3.99 So get on the train and head on down to Chicken Time. For a great meal at an affordable price. 2816 Columbia Ave. NOW STRIPPING 1985 FORD TEMPO Fordoor sedan 1985 FORD ESCORT Tudoor H/B 1984 FORD ESCORT Tudoor H/B 1984 FORD ESCORT Fordoor H/B on Ph. 354-4802 Laurel Closkey and Rory Per- rier garnered a lot of attention from the scouts. Closkey was game MVP scoring 10 points as the West beat the East 68-58 in the se- nior girls all star game. Perrier had eight points and Kelly Davidoff had 13. “It’s not the cliche recruiting that you get in the States,” said Jack Closkey, who coach- es the senior girls. “What they get themselves known, they le the kids know theyre around. “They don’t come here say- ing ‘hey, you’re the most won- derful thing in the world, will you comé to my school,” Closkey said. Closkey said several Castle- gar players who attended the regional camp will be invited to the provincial team selec- tion camps which will be held in various locations in June. NEWS STAFF GOLF While most teams shoot for No. 1, the SHSS golf team would be quite happy to re- main No. 2 this season. With the first two rounds of the season in the books, L.V. Rogers Secondary School of Nelson has established itself as the No 1 team in the eight- team field and SHSS has been second twice. But while LVR has won both rounds by 10 and. 20 strokes respectively, SHSS has lost ground to Nakusp. “The key ‘thing is that Nakusp was only five strokes behind us for third,” said SHSS coach Bill Lunn about the clab’s most recent match at Christina Lake Monday. Team veterans Todd Ar- chambault and Jody Carew shot 83 and 84 respectively to lead SHSS on a windy and rainy day on the course. Pat Biln band Scott Clifford both shot 87s for SHSS, which has to remain in the top 2 to gain a berth in the East/West Kootenay Championships at thee end of the season. Lunn said beating an expe- rienced LVR team isn’t real- istic at this point. _ “It’s probably more impor- tant for us to concentrate on staying ahead of Nakusp rather. than worry about LVR,” he said. Lunn said Carew and Ar- chambault have to bring in lower scores if SHSS hopes to stay in contention. “I think Jody and Todd can they should be in the 70s.” The club’s biggest early test ofthe season comes a week to- day when they travel to Nakusp for the season’s third round. : “They have a very good chance of beating us there,” Lunn said. Mark Perrier is the team’s fifth member, but he’s been hampered by a wrist injury. THANK YOU The Castlegar Peewee Rep team would like to sincerly thank the following for supporting us in representing our community at the "A" Provincial championship in Squamish March 14- 19, 1992. Your support enabled us to go and retu NRS Mountainview Agencies Ltd. City of Castlegar Celgar Pulp Company Purnel Distributors Trowelex Equipment Rentals C.U.P.E. Local 2262 Canron Hall Printing Plaza Bakery Mark Bublitz Rudy & Dorothy Martini Castlegar News rm as WINNERS. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 170 Commonwealth Construction Martech Electrical Systems Castlegar Atom Bruins Marlin Travel Industrial Equipment Ernie's Towing Canada Safeway Dr. M. Salmon Mark Perras Al Chernenkoff Pat & Lee Boyer Also, all the people who supported us at our bake sale and hot dog sale, and thosé who bought tickets on the Paul Coffey jersey. The winnning ticket was No. 1461, held by Ryan Leckie of Castlegar. - @ Wednesday, April 15, 1992 177 News photo by Ed Mills A team calling itself The Wimps (partially pictured here) conquered the wall in record time last Thursday in Selkirk College's annual Storm the Wall competition at the College. Storm the Wall @ Mixed team sets new record on way to victory in College’s Storm the Wall competition. NEWS STAFF They may have called themselves wimps, but their actions said they were any- thing but in Selkirk College’s annual Storm the Wall compe- tition. The Wimps, a two-woman four-man team conquered the wall in a record time of 32 min- utes 40 seconds at the College Thursday. Scaling the 3.6-metre wall is the last test in the relay race that includes runs of two and 2.25 kilometres, a five-kilome- tre bike race and a 400-metre winning team of Uni- versity Transfer students Jen- nifer Small, Dave Scott, Chris Owens, Wendy McClelland, Brett Wade and Arne Buch- ling beat the old record by two seconds. Team Johnny Buck came second with a time of 33:31, while the Aviators and Para- sites, a co-ed team, came in third and fourth with times of 33:47 and 35:38 respectively. Team Shwing and Zippy and the Wonder Slugs came fifth and sixth respectively. Calling himself team Lone- ly, Karl Schneider completed the course in 40:37 as the lone competitor in the Ironman cat- egory. The only all-female team, calling themselves Oplopanax Horidus, came in with a time of 43:46 to finish 17th overall. The team from L.V. Rogers Secondary School in Nelson was the top non-college entry team coming in with a time of 37:34, seventh overall. The Great Red Coats, a team of Trail RCMP members, came second in community competition, while the Castle- gar Pool Lifeguards came third. It “was the third annual Storm the Wall. Minor hockey major success @ In terms of wins and losses, and in economics, it was a successful year all-around for the Castlegar Minor Hockey Association NEWS STAFF Measured in terms of wins and losses, the Castlegar Minor Hockey Association had its best year in recent memory. Consider the facts: ©The Peewee Reps won the provincial cham- pionship. ©The Bantam Reps, after completing a per- fect season in ‘the West Kootenay Minor Hock- ey Association, came third in the provincials. e After a year of shellackings, all four Atom House League teams finished in the top 10 in the WKMHA and one, the Castlegar Bruins, won their division. : “When you look at that, for a community the size of Castlegar, we were a force to be reckoned with,” said CMHA Vice President Al Wenger. “Allin all, it was a great year for minor hock- ey in Castlegar,” Wenger said after the Associ- ation’s annual general meeting at the Commu- nity Complex last week. The local minor hockey group also had good news in terms of economics — the Association released its expenditures and revenues for the year at the meeting. ; The Association’s revenues for the past year were $48,538 and its expenses were $48,742. The executive, though predicting an in- crease of 44 players for next season, predicts similar figures for next season’s budget. Costing $28,000 over the year, ice time was the biggest expense. The association is currently lobbying the city, which will soon be deciding if it is going to raise fees for ice time at local arenas. Wenger said the Association unofficially rec- ognized Canada Safeway at the meeting for its generous donations of money, food and volun- teers to minor hockey in Castlegar. during the past season. Aa Thurs. April 23 & Tues. April 28 5-7 p.m. Arena Complex CASTLEGAR AQUANAUTS 1992 REGISTRATION _ Fee: Regular $70 — New Swimmers $50 PART 10 (Pacrion. Copy of Birth Certificate required. For further information contact registrar Sherrie Blackwell at 365-3507. SWIMMING STARTS MAY 11TH! Hey Kids. . . . Peter Rabbit has hopped his way to The News. And with him, Ol’ Peter has left a basket of goodies which The News wants to share with you! On Sunday, April 19 The News is pleased to present its First Annual Easter Egg Scramble. The News Scramble will take place at 12 Noon at Kinnaird Park. The News Scramble is open to children aged 2 to 5 and 6 to 10. The best part about it is its FREE!! All thanks to the generosity of sponsors like Pharmasave, Castlegar Food, Safeway and the Kanigan Professional Centre. The News is proud to bring Castlegar and area kids this Easter egg hunt of Easter egg hunts . . . gme on Castlegar, Hop to it. le l Wenii S