8-Trail Times-Friday, February 13, 1981

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~-t missed the Warriors'

,1118' two home games of the

t'egular season and they won
~th of them by the
• • owest of margins. For
the Tuesday fixture with
egar I had gone into
Trail hospital for an eye
tion, I was out for the
y game but came up
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a pretty severe
hadacbe and couldn't make
it for the tussle with Nelson.
3,farty Lizotte made it the
lhird game in a row the
Warriors have won in which
be has scored the winning
goal.
• Before I get too far off the
:,.Object I want to express
tnY thanks to Dr. Bill Nicol
,-Od the nurses who made
'°1 short stay down there as
rtable as one could
. It's pretty nice to
the vision back in one's
tye after about a year

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&ck to the Warriors now.
y the time you read this
will have played one of
games against the
unior Smokies. Tonight,
riday, it's back to
lilolmlalld for game two. On
the season one would have

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winners,
though they did manage one
win over the Junior Smokies
: during the regular schedule.
If they can extend this
<# series to a sixth game most
: of us would consider it a
job. Trail has been
: having it pretty much their

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was a pretty one-sided af- team, his name, Mark mementoes they got to take
Plotnikoff. This boy is a real home with them.
The tourney was very well
I don't imagine that the~ standout, handles the puck
· would be around 2,000 well, can skate and score run, games started on time
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· and were well-handled, a
people at a repeat per- too.
We mustn't miss out the definite feather in the cap of
fonnance. Maybe it will
bring some of the Trail fans mediUDHized ones either. organizers Clyde · Moore,
to the realization that they Kenny McArthur and Dallas Sandy Bobbitt, Phyllis
have a pretty good product Dnlke on th& toumament DeJong, Harold McGowen,
right in their own hack yard, champs were two who Maurice MacArthur and
with high class senior and showed well in all four Gary Holm plus numerous
junior hockey, with lower games they played. helpers who filled in at
prices yet.
Castlegar's Kelly Hurd was anything they were asked to
I don't think we should be another standout as was do.
As I said, the games were
envious of our friends at the Spokane's Mark Gustafson,
Coast, what we have here is son of Ken, who coaches well-handled, a cluster of
officials led by Jim Schuck,
a pretty exciting brand of them and is a former Flyer.
Trail had two boys that Arnie Sherwood and Sam
entertainment.
Talking about pretty good looked as though they knew Keith did yeoman ·duty.
Rossland was the eventual
entertainment, we had some what it was all about, Jay
. pretty darn potent stuff up Luknowsky and Chris winner in the tier one side of
the tourney, boasting an
.here in Rossland over the Beatty.
We are not taking unblemished record of four
weekend as the wee ones
anything away from the rest good wins, scoring 25 goals
strutted their stuff.
These 11- and 12-year-olds of them, every boy and girl while allowing 11; Nelson,
range in size from mini-pint- out there earned the with a 3-0 record won the
size to veritable giants, but
they all come to play and
that's what they did to fill up
about 26 hours of the
weekend, with some really
fine displays of good kid
hockey along with a fine
display of sportsmanship.
I don't know why, but I've
always rooted for the UWe
guys who play this game.
Maybe it's because I never •
grew to full-size myself.
Over the weekend we got to
see a number of the minisized ones.
There was even one UWe
girl playing on the Rossland
house team, Mary Lou
Prough is ber name and she
wore no. 6. She did ber shift

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house trophy, scoring 30
goals and allowing five to be
scored on them. I did hear a
murmur that Nelson maybe
did a little packing of their
house team, but one hears
that sort of thing at most of
these do:s.
To curling for a moment.
The Retirees representatives to the Seniors
playdowns in Grand Forks
next week will be Phil
Bateman and George
Dyson. Phil has Bob
Stevenson, Arnie Vanness
and Rich Watkinson, while
George has Norm Harry,
Herb Castle and yours truly.
George beat out the Angus
Popplewell rink for the right
to attend. Angus had Gil
Besso, Cleve Cowland and
Jack Hook with him.

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Back to the Warrion now.
y the time you read this
will have played one of
games against the
unior Smokies. Tonight,

riday, it's back to
llllllllallld far game two. On
the aeaaon one would have

.&-Ir be quite an optimiat to
· upect our boys to come out

of tbla aeries, winners,
though they did manage one
win over the Junior Smokies
i daring the regular acbedule. aized ones.
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If they can mend tbla
There was even oae little
: aeries to a mtb game most girl playing on the 'Rossland
! of 111 would COlllider it a house team, Mary Lou
: terrific job. Trail baa been Prougb ls her name and she
! having lt pretty much their wore no. 6. She did her shift
• own way of late, running up along with the boys and I
• double figures in four or five .don't think she uked any
: of their lalt games.
apeclal favon from any of
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In the other series in the them. Playing along with
•· west it's Nellon and Mary Lou WU a boy that
~ Castlegar and this could be could have woo a prize if
1 a tougbie. Nelson baa been one bad been given for the
abowing a lot of late and Just smallest guy with the
; could stretch that aeries to greatest momentum. His
name ls Billy Chambers and
thellmlt.
The Border Bruins will be ls one real dynamo.
have to wait for next aeaaon,
On the Spokane teaDi
but we should watch for there was one little guy who
• them to be prepared next would have given Billy a
battle for tiny bonon. His
• tiQlearound.
... In the east it would look name ls Terry Pldcci and
Cranbrook baa too much be waa aometblng to watch.
• ·CIP the ball to have to worry
Of coune the big boys
whom they have to have it a lot easier and there
, 10 it looks like the
were aome pretty big ones
l'llliii&:W:llt final could match OD the various teams. Dan
lbe two top teams in their Caatle, on the Ro8Sland tier
:· reapectlve divisions.
one team, must rate aa the
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Junior "A" hockey over-all heavyweight, 12:; abowed up in Trail Sunday yeara-old and built like a
night with the once-migbty Sherman tank, be Just lets
'.l New Weatminater Bruins people nm into bbn and they
·t playing a home fmture bounce off. Team-mate
, against the Winter Bawks of Tony Bobbitt ls a good-sized
Portland. I opted to stay in boy too and abowa a lot of
Roaaland and watch a akill out there.
:, couple of games in the
On the Nelson house team
annual Pee Wee tour- there'• one boy who towers
nament From the meaaage over all bls team-mates. His
~: I got from thole who made name ls Joe Cbioico and be
the trip to Trail I didn't miaa must be over six feet tall.
:~ anything, 13-4 Portland, Another good big one plays
: leaves little doubt that lt OD the Castlegar house

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that•• what they did to fill up
about 218 hours of the
weekend, with aome really
fine diaplays of good kid
hockey along with a fine
diaplay of aportsmanabip.
I don't know why, but I've
always rooted for the little
guys who play tbla game.
Maybe it's because I never ,
grew to fu1kize myself.
Over the weekend we got to
see a number of the minl-