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Crown Point Bulldogs remain undefeated

The Castlegar Tom Kats start-. that Tepurstion i a game against
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in'the Trail Flag Football League, _ the Crown Point Bulldogs.
‘Last Saturday, they had a Played at Kiwanis Park, next
chance to prove they deserved to the Castlegar Community
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Bulldogs can jump? This one did to almost pull in a
great catch against a surprised Tom Kat. Dogs beat
the Kats 16 - 13. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Jim Zeobon

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‘Tom Kats for a "16 +13 Bulldog
triumph.

In the first quarter, Trail quar-
terback Ron Coe found Bd
Canzian for the first’ of two’
touchdown receptions. ne

Castlegar came back ‘after
intercepting a long lateral’ and
setting up a touchdown.

Defence kept the Tom Kats
close and then quarterback Gord
Sandria connected with wide-out
Clay Martini on a well-timed toss
to the end zone,

Martini also scored a single
point on a kick through the end-
zone in the loss.

For the Bulldogs, Tom Hart
pulled in a two-point convert and”

* Canzian picked up two more

points on a pair of kicks through.
the end zone to give Trail the:
win.

Castlegar evened its record’ at
1 and 1 while Crown Point went
to 2 and 0. The Bulldogs got an
easy one on Sunday, after the?
Nelson Heritage Inn Hurricanes

only the d. year inthe

league for the ‘Hurricanes who |
decided not to. make the trip, \'

because’ of a roster ‘mix-up, Nel-
son did show promise on Satur-
day but came up short'in a 14 - 6,
contest with the Trail Raiders, |,
With the Hurricanes opening
game loss to the Dam Inn, Mates,
33 -6 last, Wednesday, the Nelson
team falls to 0 and 3, . :
The Mates, “who, play ‘out of.
South Slocan, ‘went into a Sunday
match up against Trail’s Aiko

after fending 0

their record to3 and'1!

A’win would ‘have ticd Dam
Inn for first over all ‘with Crown
Point who beat the Mates carlier
in the season,

The Bandits opened the scor-

ing and despite a late comeback,

attempt by'the Mates went on to
win 23 -14,

» “Aiko's Ray Nelson sent three
kicks soaring through the end
zone for singles. The points,
along with two touchdowns, kept
the Bandits ahead of the Mates
15-14 when time ai salee on the
Contest.

Super Sunday promotes football in

Next weekend the Trail Flag
Football League’s annual show-
case event happens on Sunday
while a pair of league games are
set for the day before.

September 22, Hailey Park i in
Warfield is the host field for
Super Sunday—an event featur-
ing six of the league's seven .,
teams. It’s the third Super Sunday
the league has held with the pur-
pose of promoting the game in
the West Kootenay. &

the years largely | ‘because of | a
few hot-headed players. who
have gotten out of hand, In an
effort to curb such things as
swearing and dirty play, the
league, held a meeting on Mon-
day night to draw vp. @ new con-
stitution,

“We cannot put up with teams
that are counter productive to the
league,” he says. “We. want to.get
our act together with our.swear-
ing policy and clean up any of.
our behavior that's not suitabl

“We have a really ip
league, there's no one team that’s
running away with it,” says
TFFL president Dwayne
McDonnell.

He says the league wants to;
increase its reputation among
communities of the West Koote-\!
nay. Popularity..of local. argane
nized football. has fallen: overu:

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for people with. families who
come out to the games.”

McDonnell says most of the
fans who come out to games usu-
ally know someone on the field
but that the ‘more fans there are
the more exciting the game is.

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on the feel of an event rather than
just a series of games.

A grandstand will be set up for
anyone interested in watching the
action. As well, a beer garden
and concession will be open to
serve the public.

“We also do a run-throw-kick
competition after each game,”
says McDonnell. “Every team
has has someone who competes
in a category against someone
from another team.”

All the game on Super Sunday
will count for points in the regu-
lar league standings.

Of the three games scheduled,
the first starts at 11 a.m. with the
third-place Castlegar Tom Kats
playing the second-place Dam
Inn Mates,,followed iy the Trail

Festival challenges over

head also provided fun for recre-
ational riders.
Or i Terry Miller. said the

With perfect weather, majo:
prizes and a field of over 100 rid-;*
ers, this year’s edition of the Rub-.
berhead Mountain Bike Festival}:
proved to be the most successful’
in its six-year history. x

Although the two-day, three-!:
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; Dewdney Tour attracted 25 recre-

ational cyclists for the: three-hour
tide.

“We wanted to encourage :par-
ticipation,” said Miller,

Another way the Rubberhead.

opened its doors to everyone was
to have a draw.for all the major
prizes. This enabled even the last-
place cyclist to have an equal
chance of winning some_of the

$7,500 in prizes as the winners in’’

each class.

However, the best were
rewarded for their efforts. David
Claussen, of Nelson, took home
$500 in cash and merchandise for

posting the overall best’ times in
the men’s expert category. Doug ©

Peppler and Denis Peregrym fol-
lowed in second and third.

In the women’s expert catego-
ry, Caroline Best kept the host

city in the winner’s circle as the |

Rossland rider posted the top
result. Kathie Takach took second
place.

There were six classes of rid-
ers; expert, novice, junior, sports-
men and women, masters and
veterans. In each class the riders

had to compete in three events; :

the dual hill climb, which proved’
to be a popular spectator event,
the techno-grind time trial, featur-
ing an obstacle course, and the
Rubberhead cross country.

In the novice category, Nathan
Kube ‘and Dana Riester won the

mens and ‘womens respectively.

Gayle Goldsmith finished second

David Lawson tumed in the best
performance among the junior rid-
ers.while Glen Buchanan and
Almeda Glenn Miller tumed in the
top results in the sportsmen and
sportswomen categories. Buchan-
an finished ahead of Greg Pere-
grym, in second, and Peter Findlay
in third. Linda Bise took second
place in the womens event,

Bill Trigg of Vancouver headed
the field in the veterans category.
He was followed by a pair of
Rossland cyclists, Miller and

But the game wasn't over.
Under flag football rules, five:
plays are ieft in the game oncg
the referee whistles in the end of *
regular time,

‘With the Bandits pressing |
deop in the Dam Inn end, the!
Mates opted to let Aiko score;on,
their first play and go up,21 < 14);
South Slocan's strategy was to,

"hold the Bandits on their convert

attemp! t and then march down the ;

* field ih the four remaining plays:: ‘
“If Dam Inn could score and con}

vert on it they’d win. However 1
the Bandits didn’t give them’ th
chance as they punched in the’
two-point convert and ended. the
game at 23 - 14,

The Tom Kats stay ‘in third
place with a game in hand° on}
second-place South Slocan. The’
Mates: have ‘Split their’ four!
games; which is the most Paya!
by any team in the TFFL this
default-prone season. ~

‘The Kats will try and overtake}
the Mates-next weekend as the:t
two teams face off for the only |
time this year at Super Sunday.

community :

currently tied for third.
At3 p.m, the Bandits—also in
third-place—take on the league: i

to watch,” McDonnell says...
“They're young and aggressive .:
and I really think they'll be in it,
at the end.”

The league president points |
out that the Championship game -
will be in Castlegar on November-"
3, instead of in Trail where it has."
been traditionally held.

The day before Super Sunday,
on September 21, Castlegar will
be in Trail at Tadanac field to,,
play the Hawks at 11 a.m.. On:!
Saturday afternoon, the Raiders .‘
travel to South Slocan to play the
Mates, Game time is 2 p.m. at

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Steve Plaa. Dave Butler was the
winner in the masters class.

Miller said opening the prizes ~
up to everyone and holding the |
Dewdney Tour will hopefully -'
bring even more People out next
year. Among the prizes handed
out were a kayak trip in Baja,
Mexico, three mountain bikes and .i
passes to Red Mountain Resorts. .!

“We got tremendous support (
from all the sponsors as well as
the volunteers,” he added. a i

Local racer falls from first place.

JIM ZEEBEN
Sun staff_-
Castlegar’ ’'s Matt Scott took a

tumble‘in his best event but still
managed to finish third overall in

" the Junior category at last week-
end’s Rubberhead mountain bike

to Riester while: Kube was fol-

lowed by Pepper Goldsmith.

After winning the hill-climb | Hf
and placing third in the techno- |
grind Scott was leading the cross-
country—an event he was favored
to win—when he wiped out just”
before the midway point. He ‘got
back on his bike, but not before a
being passed by a wave of riders.

“I won the cross country last ‘)
year and the year before and I ")
was in first place going into the “,
second lap,” he said. “I took a °,
crash and about nine or ten peo-

: ple passed me.”

Scott managed to make up |

some of his lost time and ended iH
> up fourth in the event.

His final time for the two-lap™ ‘
14 km race was one hour and 28: .
minutes. i.

The bi

did in the other events.
The hill climb is a treacherous
Tint unique to the Rubberhead

spi
; and not ‘something Scott looked ©,

forward to. °

“Tt looked like ‘a an old access '}

= road washed out,” he said."'

Scott’s time of 36.12 seconds * it

was quick enough for first place
iin Junior and the third best time :
overall.

testing: obstacle course—Scott

was.also third in: the Junior cate-

ished the course in 29,

was pretty. fedt—« little tiring Me

though."

Scott said’he should thank 8
‘focal mechanic’ Erie Berger for: a

technical support.

iggest surprise for Scott, c
the only ‘sponsored rider to race |;
’ out of Castlegar, was how well he ~~

In the Techno-grind—a skill |“

The Rebels have an abundance of goalies and small

skilled forwards at the start of camp.

SUN STAFF PROTO 1.dim Zeabon

' Cheveld:
goalies definitely showed they |

. could play.”

There were even'a: couple ‘of
midgets ‘who followed Chevel-
: dave down from Salmon Arm... '.
One | of :those. .was\-huge
defenceman Keith Watson..Listed
at 6°4” and 245 pounds it's hard
to believe he’ ’s-coming from a
i with the name of. midget.
For. his size, Watson showed
some signs ‘ofan ability’ to han
the ‘puck. However, for his si:
he seemed to lack the motivation
demonstrated by many of, the
players smaller than him. .
Although the: first: days of

“camp probably don’t mean that

much, it’s already clear the
Rebels are Jacking a big centre-
man. All four centreman at the
camp were of the small skilled

type.

“There’s.a shortage of size,”
admits Cheveldave, who ‘is
known to prefer a physical game.
“If all four centreman are good
enough to play, we might have to
move some of them to the wing.”

Other than the locals, and *

players from Salmon Amn, there
was a goalie from Squamish. But,
of those who travelled to Castle-
gar, Chris Sanuutti easily came

Smoke Eaters shorten roster

after: pair of

ee News Sewice.

The end ‘results didn't concer |

Trail Smoke Eaters’ coach Dan
Bradford. In fact, his ‘club could
have lost both games and still not
bothered Bradford.  -

However, what did catch his *
eye was the play of his charges i in
its two exhibition games against
the Kimberley Dynainiters on the
weekend,

“Those: two games. weighed a
lot in the coaching staff's deci-*
sion of who stayed.and who left.
And with only five days before .

I opens its 1991-92 Rocky *
Moonen Hockey League sched-
these decisions become cm

‘ecord, ‘Trail won both.
games, 9-5 on Friday in Kimber-

ley iid, a'6-0 shutout Saturday at, _

the Memorial Arena,
On the ice Bradford ‘said ‘he.

saw ft lot of promise for the sea--

son,"“It looks like defensively we:

look solid.-And offensively I see.

some good | potential, the nucleus
for a strong team is quite promis-
ing.”

The Trail coaching staff cut

their. team down to 22 players. .

right after Saturday's contest with:
a few local players headed to the
team's affiliate in’ Beaver Valley.
“Guys like Chris Babcock, Noel
Macri and J.J. Dvoak definitely
have good potential to. be junior
A players,” added Bradford.

Some of the combinations .

Bradford used included a line,
with Darcy Caron, Darrel Sand-.
back and Lyle. Feeney. Caron
fired three ‘goals while Feeney,
and Sandback chipped ‘in assists.
Remi Lavalice also. had ‘a strong.
night,as he added some solid hits .
to his one goal and one. assist per-
formance. Teamed up, with Brent
Cyr and Scott Hunter the line put
ina full night's work.

mokies defence looked

bh cline, after a year in: the;
Lengue. Bi

Hee

Derek Piche.
Darren Miracle, who'll be get-
ting the nod as the number one

goalic, and ‘Todd Cardey shared: «

the netminding duties on Satur-
day. ‘Miracle tended goal for the
first-and third period while

* Cardey relieved him in the sec:

ond. Although neither goalie was
severely tested, Cardey did make

* some nice stops in the second
when he faced 13 shots. Miracle:

fumed aside five shots in the first
and 11 in the third.

Scoring for Trail on‘ Saturday *

‘looking. or in

you'll find n more orwnar you're

‘exhibition games-

were Caron with three, Hunter,
who probably gave Kimberley
netminder Jason Laurtick his
walking papers with a blast that
the goalie never saw in the first
period, Chris Danby and
Lavalle. On Friday, the Smokies
were led by Cyr’s four goals
with singles to McLeod, Hunter,
Danby, Chad Alderson and Dar-
rin Kissock,

Trail’s final exhibition game
will come against the Beaver Val-
ley Nite Hawks on ‘Wednesday at
7 p.m. in Fruitvale,

the farthest, i :
,, Sanuutti arrived at the Rebels

camp Monday night from Castle-

gar’s Junior “A” affiliate team

who wants to play Junior hockey

in Canada,” says Cheveldave.
The coach says when he saw

Sanuutti at the Vernon camp he

"If a kid comes all
the way here. and
‘wants a try-out; we

: give itto him. as

— Kevin Cheveldave
Rebels rookie head coach

Vernon Lakers. Before that he
was in Philadelphia.
“He's a kid from Philadelphia

was img by his skating.

His last club was a Junior “B”
team in Rochester, New, York.

“I was up at training camp in
Vernon and got cut on Sunday,”
says Sanuutti. “They sent me here
to stay in shape so if someone
gets injured I could go back and
play.”

Castlegar General Manager
Don Joice says every player will
be given.a fair look before he
decides who will make the team.

The first wave of cuts will
come Friday after the last day of
camp.

Hi-Arrow Devils close
on WKSL frontrunners

JIM ZEEBEN

—_ staff

The Hi-Arrow Devils, who
slipped from second place to
fourth during the first half of the
season, climbed back into the top
three teams in the West Kootenay
Soccer League with a win last
weekend.

The Devils raized second-
place Nakusp 4 - 1 on Sunday to
move within 5 points of the first-
place Heritage Innkeepers from
Nelson.

Hi-Arrow continued to get '

offensive production from speedy
forward Herb Amaral who scored
twice. Other goals for the Devils
came from Tobie Ubsell and
Thom Thorlarsen.

Goal keeper Gary Dorosz was
solid in net for the locals allowing

* only one Nakusp shot past him,

“I played really well,” said
Dorosz.:“I let in'a soft goal but
bouncediback and held-them in
for the: 20 minutosih Out vain
iy He said the entire Devils team

u led together for the win.
It was definitely

effort, ~he said. Stevan should

for the way they
played”

The next game for Hi-Arrow is
on Sunday, September 15 against

their cross-town rivals Dexter's _

Dynamos,

The last time the two teams
met, way back on May 12, the
last place Dynamos upset the
Devils 3 - 0,

“They caught us flat-footed,”
said Dorosz. “We have to prove
we're not the same team they saw
in the first half of the season.”

Sidelines

All WKSL teams will receive
an automatic two-points in games
against the Selkirk Saints.

The team. that, the Rebels will!
ice for the official start of the
otenay. International Junior,

Hockey League will take
shape over a series of eel
matches.

Dented twine

The Rebels open their exhibi.
tion schedule September. 2
against. the Beaver Valle
Nighthawks.

The rest of their pre seas nt
goes like this;

September 27—Grand Fo:
Border. Bruins;

Lente co 28—Nelson Map

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