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Wednesday, September 30, 1992

@ Spokane Community
College heads north to
shutout Selkirk squad

NEWS STAFF

The Selkirk College Saints
soccer team is showing signs
they can play defence. All
they need to do now is work
on their offence.

Playing at home for the
first time since a season open-
ing loss to Washington’s Gon-
zaga University on Sept. 5,
the Saints were up ‘against
Spokane Community College
Sunday.

The home team was look-
ing to avenge a 6-1 road loss to
Spokane two weeks ago and,
though the visitors prevailed
3-0, Selkirk coach Bob Gur-
ney was happy.

“We did well,” he said. “I

felt as though we definitely
improved.”

Gurney said his team is
gradually gaining confidence
on offence, it’s just a matter of
finding the net.

“Our attack was good, the
bounces just didn’t go our
way,” he said, adding up their
chances. “We had five solid
opportunities to put the ball
in the net, it just didn’t go.”

Gurney said the play the
Saints have shown lately, in-
cluding last week’s 3-2 loss to
Kamloops, a team that had
neither lost nor been scored
upon to that point, had him
looking for no less than a
draw Sunday.

“I was hoping to come in
with at least a tie or a win,” he
said. “I feel we had a good
game plan and, if the bounces
had gone our way, we could

Saints still searching for elusive
first win after losing to Spokane

have achieved that goal.”

Gurney said Spokane
played pretty much the same
game as it did two weeks ago,
and his squad was ready for
them.

Realizing that, the visitors
made an extra effort to control
the flow of the game.

“They were really trying to
pees the tempo up,” Gurney

And eventually it worked,
as Spokane capitalized on
some Selkirk miscues, some-
thing Gurney said will change
before long.

“What we have to do is
work on our consistency,” he
said. “It all comes with
growth.”

The Saints return to action
Sunday with a road trip south
to tackle Spokane’s Whit-
worth College.

; News photo by Neil Rachynski
Selkirk College’s Kevin Stolz tries to control a loose ball
during a match with Spokane Community College Sunday.

The Saints lost the match to their American opponent, 3-0.

Dynamic Dynamos deny Nakusp

Wi Dexter’s squad helps
playoff hopes and Devils
with weekend victory

NEWS STAFF

The West Kootenay Men’s
Soccer League playoff party
gets underway in less than
two weeks, and the Dexter’s
Dynamos would love to be on
the guest list.

Mired in last place since the
first game of the season, the
Dynamos have shown new life
of late, giving playoff-bound
teams a run for the money in
their quest for a playoff spot.

Two weeks ago, the Dy-
namos gave the Hi Arrow Dev-
ils a fight, only to come out on
the losing end of a 1-0 decision.

Last week, they were tied at
two with league-leading Nel-
son Savoy well into the second
half before running into foul
trouble and going down to a 6-
2 defeat.

But the Dynamos put 90
minutes of team soccer togeth-
er Sunday and, led by Kevin

Chaves’ three-goal perfor-
mance, they knocked off
Nakusp 3-1 at Kiwanis Park.

Jason Chaves said the key
to the victory was keeping out
of trouble both physically and
verbally.

“We stayed away from the
cards and that basically
helped us,” he said.

Kevin Chaves opened the
scoring for the home team in
the game’s early going, out-
running the defence and slip-
ping a left-footer past the
Nakusp keeper.

Minutes later, he put the
Dynamos up by two, convert-
ing an indirect kick into a goal
with a nifty header.

The Dynamos took the two-
goal lead into the half, and
held onto it before Nakusp
drew to within one midway
through the second half.

It stayed that way until
Chaves completed his hat
trick with about 10 minutes
left in the game, and the Dy-
namos held on for their second
win of the year.

Trail Smoke Eaters to last
year’s chub would be like com-
paring apples to lug nuts:
there is no comparison.

The Smokies started last
season a crop of youngsters
who went out and lost their

‘Smokies smokin’ in RMJHL action

perience those rookies have
now is invaluable.

“They know how to play,”
he said. “I guess you could say
they’ve gone through it all.”

The Smokies started
things off Sept. 18 with an 8-
7 road win over stubborn Cre-
ston, then followed that the
next night with a 5-2 home
win over Cranbrook.

Last Friday, they knocked
off Kimberley at home 7-6,
then topped Cranbrook Sat-
urday 7-5 on the road.

Brandt said he doesn’t
think the Smoke Eaters will

Jason Chaves said his team
realized a playoff spot was still
possible and played like it.

“We played like we wanted
to get in there and get a play-
off spot,” he said.

The loss denied Nakusp the
opportunity to break a third-
place tie with the Devils, who
were 6-1 losers in Nelson to
Savoy.

Savoy toyed with the short-
handed Devils and was look-
ing to take a 3-0 lead into the
half when Dale Fitchett blew
past the defence in the dying
seconds of the first half to
bring the visitors to within
two.

The visitors ran out of gas
in the second half as Savoy
pumped in three more for the

win.

In other action, Nelson Her-
itage bounced Trail 5-0 while
Rossland routed Fruitvale 8-2.

The Dynamos face second-
place Heritage in Nelson this
weekend while the Devils are
at home to Fruitvale to finish
out the regular season.

have too much trouble this
year, and for that he credits
the team’s strength at both
ends of the ice.

“We've got three strong
lines that can put the puck in
the net and we’ve got some
solid goaltending,” he said.

And if they can keep those
things rolling without taking
too many trips to the sin bin,
Brandt says keep an eye on
the Smokies.

“If we can keep away (from
penalties), we're going to do
all right,” he said. “I can’t see
us losing too many games.”

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NEWS STAFF

Not content with winning
in Canada, the Castlegar
Rebels took their act to the
United States on the week-
end and brought home anoth-
er victory.

Getting goals from nine
different players, the Rebels
remained undefeated
through six exhibition games
with a 9-5 win Sunday in
Spokane over the Braves.

The game was the third in
three nights for the Rebels,
the first one Friday ended in
a5-5 home tie with the Grand
Forks Border Bruins.

The Rebels trailed 4-1 at
one point in that game but
knuckled under to salvage
the point.

Coach Gary Sauer said it
took a while for his squad to
get into the game.

“The guys just weren't
hungry for the puck,” he said.
“They were forgetting they're
still trying to earn a spot on
the team.”

But when they came to,
Sauer said he was impressed

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with the effort.

“They showed a lot of char-
acter coming back when we
were down,” he said. “They
just kept chipping away.”

The next night, Spokane
was in town for their first
taste of Kootenay Interna-
tional Junior Hockey League
exhibition action.

Trading goals for the entire
game, the Rebels and Braves
looked to be heading for a 3-3
tie when Dave _ Dybal
streaked across the Spokane
blue line with about a minute
left and smoked one past
goalie Jody Carpenter, giving
Castlegar the 4-3 win.

Sauer said Dybal’s goal
highlighted a game that fea-
tured more clutching and
grabbing than a Madonna
video.

“It was kind of an exciting
ending to the game,” he said.
“It wasn't the type of game we
wanted to display for the
fans.”

The two teams travelled to
Spokane for the rubber match
Sunday and the Rebels fin-

Rebels riding undefeated streak

ished the weekend two wins
and a tie richer.

“Anytime you get five out
of six points, you’ve got to be
happy,” Sauer said.

With four goalies and 22
skaters left in camp, Sauer
said he and assistant Goreide
Walker are very close to se-
lecting the team that will
start the season Oct. 9 at
home against defending
champion Nelson Maple
Leafs

Until then, he and Walker
will use tonight’s final exhib-
tion game in Grand Forks
and a week of workouts to

‘ pick and choose the squad,

one that Sauer says won't
need to be taught self-con-
difence.

“It’s a nice feeling to win
and I think the guys are
starting to believe in them-
selves,” he said.

In other weekend action,
Rossland thrilled a home
crowd Friday with an 8-4 win
over Beaver Valley, while Nel-
son bounced Grand Forks
Saturday, 12-4.

News photo by Jonathan Green

Rebels’ goalie Jacey Moore's crease looked a little like Columbia Avenue at rush hour against
Spokane Saturday. Castlegar prevailed over the Braves on Dave Dybal’s late goal, 4-3.

Okanagan showing pleases Chernoff

Jonathan Green
SPORTS REPORTER

practice.

“I was very pleased.”

Even though her team scored only three
goals in four games and was shut out in two of
them, Verna Chernoff is not unhappy.

The Stanley Humphries senior girls field
hockey team coach said the results of a week-
end tournament in Kelowna that wouldn't flat-
ter too many teams are deceiving.

“The scores don't say so, but we did well,” she
said.

Competing in an eight-team tournament
featuring teams from the Kootenays to the
Lower Mainland, the locals started things off
with a 2-0 win over Semiahmoo of White Rock.

Things got interesting after a 10-minute
break, as Stanley Humphires played their sec-
ond game against KLO of Kelowna, the No. 1
team in the province.

Chernoff said her squad made the home
team earn their 2-0 win, adding that a lack of
practice time was a factor in the outcome.

“The kids playéd really well,” she said. “They
made mistakes but only because they need to

The tournament didn’t get any easier from
there, as SHSS squared off with the No. 2 team
in the province, Penticton, in their next match.

“They played physical with us, they pushed
us around,” Chernoff said of the Penticton
team, 3-0 winners. “We don’t have the big play-
ers they have, we just have to be smarter.”

The tournament ended for Chernoff’s crew
with a game against Okanagan Mission of
Kelowna, the No. 3 team in B.C.

Chernoff said things could have gone either
way in that one, with her team going down
fighting, 2-1.

“That was an even game,” she said. “The
girls simply ran out of steam.”

The seniors finished the tournament sixth
and return to league action Thursday when
they travel to Trail, The junior girls were 4-1
losers in Rossland yesterday, with Jennifer
Chernoff picking up their lone goal.

Both teams see action this weekend when
they host the Stanley Humphries tournament.

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