216 Wednesday, June 24, 1992 & @ Former champ cruises _| to seven-stroke victory in annual ladies tournament Jonathan Green SPORTS REPORTER A former champion re- turned to the Castlegar Golf Course over the weekend to stand atop the winner’s podi- um. Trail’s Loretta Bulfone, the 1990 champion, . carded took advantage of with solid drives. Closer to the green, she said the short irons and put- ter helped put some distance between her and the rest of the field heading into Sunday. “I think it all boils down to your short game,” she said. “If you don’t have a good short game, you don’t score.” Defending champ Cherie Baker of Creston finished the Bulfone makes return trip to tourney winner’s circle game was where the trouble started. “Basically, my mind wasn’t where I wanted it to be.” Back for the summer from Kansas State University, 19- year-old Denise Pottle came into the tourney on the heels of a disappointing golf season at school, and didn’t expect to do well. Monday, she was pleased with her third-place finish. “I’m not to- rounds of 82 and 83 for a 165 win at the 1992 Castlegar Credit Union Ladies Open. Her score was seven strokes bet- Loretta Bulfone Diane McAfee Denise Pottle Cherie Baker Linda Brusse Diony McArthur Ruth Triekey Nel Bing Lesley Johanson Wendy Brereton 1992 Castlegar Credit Union Ladies’ Open Rossland/Trail Castlegar Castlegar Creston Summerland Castlegar Castlegar Gorgevale Castlegar Point Grey tally disap- pointed,” she said. “I was just happy to break 90 be- cause Ihaven’t 92-88 180 | been playing 88-95 183 | too well late- 89-94 183 | ly.” 96-88 184 Although a 91-93 184_| yunner-up for 93-92 185 | the second 82-83 165 87-85 172 87-89 176 86-94 180 said there was no secret to her success, just that she played a complete game in the opening round, and carried it over into Sunday’s final round. “Some days you just have a game that’s spectacular, and that’s what happened Satur- day,” she said. With the tees back on Sat- urday, Bulfone said the course played long, something she tournament 15 strokes back of Bulfone at 180 after bal- looning to a 94 on Sunday. Baker trailed Bulfone by four strokes following Satur- day’s opening round, a gap she thought could be closed. “I went (into Sunday) thinking it was nothing, but my game took a walk,” she said, adding that her mental straight year, McAfee said she isn’t starting to feel like a bridesmaid. She said that, as a teacher, her golf is restricted to week- ends until the summer, so fin- ishing second is just fine. “As strange as it sounds, I feel quite pleased to come in- second,” she said. Castlegar’s Genevieve Jackson took low net honors, coming in at 148. Bruce Wilson of Castlegar Savings Credit Union presents Trail’s Loretta Bulfone with the championship trophy for winning the 1992 Castlegar Savings Credit Union Ladies Open last weekend at the Castlegar Golf Course. News photo by Jonathan Green SAFE AT HOME News photo by Jonathan Green Robson and Woodland Park Elementary Schools met on the ball field last week at a District 9 tournament. The Woodland Park runner was Safe on this play, but his team later lost in the final to a team from Kinnaird Elementary. Bantam girls gearing up for fastball finale Wi Castlegar IECO aiming to bring ball title back from Squamish NEWS STAFF A lot of people head to Squamish every year to sight- see. Although the Castlegar bantam girls fastball team will be up that way next week, acting like tourists will be sec- ondary to their trip. Representing the Kootenay region, the Industrial Equip- ment Company Ltd. team will be battling 15 other teams from across B.C. for the Ban- tam C Girls Provincial Cham- pionship. Coach Ron Bartsoff said he would like to see the girls build on their seventh-place finish at the championships in Langley a year ago. “My own personal opinion is we'll do fairly well,” he said. “I think we'll come in the top five.” Four girls from last year’s team will make the trip, and Bartsoff is hoping they can lend an experienced hand. “Theyre going to be the leaders,” he said. Bartsoff said the abilty to come together as a team and not have to rely on indiviudual players will dictate IECO’s success. “I don’t like to pick any par- ticular girls that stick out above the rest,” he said. “It’s definitely a team effort.” And team effort is some- thing Bartsoff thinks will be stronger this year. “I think we're a little more stabilized pitching-wise,” he said. “We've got three strong pitchers that I think will carry us right through.” Strong pitching aside, Bart- soff said winning the champi- onship isn’t the be-all and end- all with his squad. “You always want to win, but sometimes you don’t,” he said, adding that things are looking good for Squamish. “We should do well.” @ Wednesday, June 24, 1992 178 Banjo’s plays its way into second place ~ @ Pub squad puts win streak together, pushes Castlegar Merchants down into third place NEWS STAFF Things look like they’re re- turning to normal in local men’s fastball action. Two weeks ago, the Castle- gar Merchants whipped the first-place Nelson A’s 10-0, then promptly went out and dropped.two in a row to last place Big O Tire. Big O continued their win- ning ways the next night, dropping the A’s to extend their win streak to three. That same stretch also saw the second-place Merchants lose again, this time to the Valley Royals who had just come off a loss to Banjo’s Pub. But it seemed like the forces at work took Monday night off, as Big O was brought back down to earth by Banjo’s 5-2. Big O coach Pete Evdoki- moff said a combination of things halted his team’s win- ning streak. “They got a couple of timely hits, we made some defensive boots and that was the differ- ence,” he said. Castlegar Men’s Commercial Fastball League (As of June 22) Ww ap Nelson A’s 10 Banjo’s 8 1 Merchants 8 Royals 5 2 BigOTire 4 1 1 Evdokimoff said Big O wasn’t as sharp as they. had been in the three straight wins, both at the plate and in the field. “It was a combination of Banjo’s taking advantage of our miscues and us not capi- talizing on our scoring oppor- tunities,” he said. Banjo’s coach Jim Nazaroff said the return of some key players from injuries and oth- er commitments has allowed his squad to focus their sights on the A's. “We've basically got our team back,” he said. With only one loss in their last five games, Nazaroff said Banjo’s is winning on offense. “Everybody sems to have come around hitting the ball for us,” he said. And with less than a month left in the regular season, Nazaroff said he isn’t all that worried Banjo’s is playing too good too early. “I hope we’ve played our worst ball already,” he said. “Hopefully our best ball is about to come.” Scores from Tuesday’s ac- tion between Banjo’s and the Merchants and the Royals against Nelson were unavail- able at press time. DIAMOND QUEENS . s The Castlegar Mohawks won it all at the junior girls softball windup held last weekend at Kinnaird Park. Back row (Ito r): Lena Moller, Lisa Savinkoff, Devon Horswill, Risha Gorkoff, Roslayn Greep, Stephanie Lepsoe, coach Don Savinkoff. 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