214 Wednesday, Jariuary 27, 1993 @ Visitors vanquish Selkirk Jonathan Green SPORTS REPORTER Despite the fact their Selkirk College vol- leyball teams lost a combined 16 of 21 games over the weekend, Theo Friml and Mike Per- ra aren't unhappy. Entertaining teams from Cariboo, Colum- bia Bible and Douglas Colleges, the Selkirk mens and ladies teams were their guests’ visit with a few wins. But it was the guests who did the spoiling, as the men were swept and the ladies lost two of three. Mens coach Perra said the fact his squad lost nine consecu- tive games doesn't bother him. “I wasn't too disappointed at kind of happy,” he looking to spoil Douglas def. Selkirk 15-3, 15-6, 15-11 Columbia Bible College def. Selkirk 15-9, 15-12, 15-13 Cariboo def. Selkirk all. I was actually 15-6, 15-10, 15-11 “We came at the other teams with a very basic offence,” he said. “If you do it properly, game plan. LI Selkirk College — Jan. 23 & 24 Douglas def. Selkirk 15-4, 16-14, 15-7 Selkirk def. Columbia Bible College 15-13, 9-15, 15-7, 15-8 : Cerio det Sekirk |aump CBC in four 7-15, 17-16, 10-15, 15-4, 184) the ball goes off the blockers’ hands and out the back of the court. By the end of the week- end, we were able to do that.” On the serve, Perra said mixing things up prevented the opposition from establishing a “Our serving was tough so the other teams weren't able to run anything off us,” he said. On the ladies side, Friml liked how his squad looked in front of the home crowd. _ “Pm really happy with the weekend,” he said. “We played proba- bly our best volleyball of the year.” After dropping Fri- day’s match to Douglas, the ladies rebounded to games Saturday morn- said. “We set some goals and we met them.” ball out of play. Coming into the weekend, Perra said his biggest concerns lay with the offence — both on the serve and the kill. With that in mind, he introduced the team to a hi-ball offence, one that’s worked so well for the U.S. nation- al team. Perra said that in a hi-ball offence, the spiker hits hard into the defending team’s blockers, hoping the resulting stuff sends the ing. Meeting Cariboo later that day, the ladies led 2-1 before dropping the next two to lose the ma’ Friml said the lack of tight-situation expe- rience combined with fatigue cost the hosts the chance at a two-victory weekend. “Tt would have been nice to win, but we just didn’t have the final push to put the other team away,” he said. Both teams resume action on the first weekend of February in Vancouver. to earth by lg News photo by Jonathan Green Selkirk’s Rob Matjasic returns to earth after a kill against Cariboo College Saturday. Looking to win, the Saints were brought down their Kamloops opponent, losing three straight. Castlegar coaches hear from BCAHA NEWS STAFF Two Castlegar hockey coaches are spending time in the proverbial penalty box af- ter rulings by the B.C. Ama- teur Hockey Association. Castlegar Rebels coach Gordie Walker was suspend- ed for nine games last Friday after an incident at a Koote- nay International Junior Hockey League game in Gold- en Jan. 10. In that game, Golden play- er Chad Cammock skated by the Castlegar bench, striking several Rebels on the helmet with his stick. Walker challenged Cam- mock to try it again and, when the Rocket returned, the Castlegar coach took a swing at him. Walker received a gross misconduct and a review of the penalty by BCAHA Jr. B director Tom Shaw. Reached at his home in Vancouver Tuesday, Shaw said he set the length of the suspension by the referee’s comments and from other sources attending the game. “(The length of the suspen- sion) all depends on the write- up,” he said. “The information supplied to me was pretty straight-forward.” Walker’s suspension took effect immediately following the game, which means he’s eligible to coach again start- ing with a Feb. 12 game in Rossland. Despite that, he won’t be back. Walker said if coach Garry Sauer needs a hand, he'd pitch in. Other than that, thanks but no thanks. “If Garry’s busy, there’s no problem, but I’m enjoying it” he said. “It’s like holidays for me.” In the Castlegar Midget Rep camp, coach John Ray was handed a 30-day suspen- sion for an incident last month at a Penticton tourna- ment. Facing Kelowna in the Dec. 28 final, Ray pulled his play- ers from the ice with seven minutes left in the third peri- od because he felt they were “at risk. ScS$eSeSe$e$eS$eS$esese Won't bu S$¢cS$c¢ “It was just a matter of san- ity, taking control,” he said in a previous interview. “The of- ficial wasn’t taking control so Thad to.” Ignoring his concerns, BC- AHA frowned on the move and slapped Ray with the sus- pension last Thursday. Tuesday, the coach said he’s taking it in stride. He said since he could have ended up with as much as a year away from hockey, he’s not complaining. “I’m not angry about it. I look at it as I got off lucky, to tell you the truth,” he said. “If you look at the system, Im the only one who broke a rule.” Retroactive to Dec. 28, Ray’s suspension ends tomor- row at midnight. Ray said if the incident in Penticton was played out any- where else this season, he wouldn’t hesitate to put the safety of his players first, re- gardless of the consequences. “You betcha,” he said. “Un- der the same circumstances, I'd do the same thing.” ScSeSeSseS$eS$esesesesesesese The Castlegar News, Taylor's Place Family Restaurant and the Castlegar Rebels present . .. % SPOT THE HOCKEY FAN If this is you, Congratulations! You've won dinner for two at Taylor's Place Family Restaurant ($20.00 value) and two tickets toa Rebels home game. Pick up your prize at the Castlegar News, 197 Columbia Avenue. Taylor's Place Family Restaurant Doukhobor Cuisine Featuring SS 908 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar 365-5516 you CARDS @ Wednesday, Jariuary 27, 1993 Rockettes reign NEWS STAFF Stanley Humphries’ senior basketball teams travelled to Trail over the weekend with tournament title on their minds, but only one returned with that title. Getting 23 points from tournament MVP Wendy Closkey and 14 from Tamara Rezansoff, the Rockettes held off the charging hostess Lady Hawks to win the J.L. Crowe Cageball girls title 52-45. Despite being outscored 20-3 in the fourth quarter, coach Jack Closkey said he wasn’t concerned. “I didn’t think we were go- ing to lose,” he said. “If (Trail) had taken the lead, I knew we would have got it back.” With seniors Rezansoff and Rhonda Dawes in foul trouble late in the game, Closkey said he was forced to use some of the team’s younger, less-expe- rienced players. Because of that, he said the hostesses were able to make a game of it. “We could have played a better fourth quarter, but that sort of thing will happen when you have young play- ers,” he said. Having won 16 of 18 games, the Rockettes are right where coach Closkey wanted them to be. He said the team is relying less on Closkey and Rezansoff to carry the mail and this has made them a better all-round team. “Everybody can do more than they could before,” he said. “We’re starting to get pretty good.” On the boys side,the Rock- ers ran into a hot Hawk as they dropped a 61-53 title de- cision to the hosts. Jim Ripplinger paced Crowe with 36 points, and Rocker coach John Ritchie said that was the difference. “(Ripplinger) just killed us,” he said. “That’s a ton of points for a high school game.” Leading 29-26 at the half, the Rockers fell victim to Rip- plinger’s hot hand as the tour- nament MVP nailed four three-pointers in the second half. Ritchie said with Crowe visiting tonight for the right to host the regional play- downs, he said the Rockers will have to return to the form that saw them place well at a AAA tournament in Rich- mond two weeks ago. “We didn’t do as good a job as we could have, so we're go- ing to have make some ad- justments,” he said, adding that one of those will be key- ing on Ripplinger. “We're going to have to do something to contain him.” Up in Nelson, the junior Rockers were out to avenge a loss to Creston in the final of their own Hi Arrow Classic the previous weekend, and avenge it they did. Rallying from a 20-point deficit late in the third quar- ter, the locals squeaked out a 56-55 win in the Whitewater Powder Classic opener to set stage for a tournament ti- tle. Coach Doug Hickey said persistence was the key. “You have to play the game buzzer to buzzer and this is one those times when that lesson paid off,” he said. “The kids believed they could win the game and just hung in there.” In their next game, the Rockers downed area rival Mt. Sentinel 77-60, while in the final, they broke a 35-35 tie late in the fourth for a 39- 38 win over the hosts. Hickey said the team is no longer being lead by one or two players, and this is pro- ducing a lot of confidence. “The kids are at the stage where everyone can go in and be successful.” __. Castlegar == REALTY tp. ROCKERS INVITATIONAL SR. BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FRIDAY & SATURDAY, Jan. 29 & 30, 1993 Stanley Humphries Secondary School FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 365-7735 Send in the old family favorite or your newest creation. 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