Sports Dept. Jeff Gabert 365-5579 The Castlegar Sun WEDNESDAY, November 22, 1995 Wednesday, November 22, 1995 The Castlegar Sun Page AQ Staunch Defenders - Castlegar Rebel goalie Robert Stock avoids a Rossland Warrior forward who crashed the net while defenceman Radim Spondr keeps an eye on things during the Rebels’ 5-3 win Friday night in Castlegar. The Rebels and Grand Forks are now a point ahead of Rossland in the standings. SUN STAFF PHOTO Trent Bancarz SIDELINES Get Caught Up In The peapirdy Drifters Real Action is back with another feature-length action- packed snow adventure movie that portrays the art of carvin’ pow- der almost better than if you did it yourself. The newest release is The Snow Drifters and you can see it at Selkirk College (Sentinel section Rm. 113) on Thursday Nov. 30 at 7 p.m.. Most of the footage involves extreme ski action but the film also includes some incredible mountain biking and footage. The idea of all the eight movies released so far by Real Action Pictures is to get skiers psyched up for the upcoming season and they certainly won't fail with this film. It's hip, progressive style wild action and cutting edge music all make it a must see. For more information call Pre- ston Zeeben at 365-1298 or the Selkirk College gym at 365-1292. All money raised will go to the Selkirk Cross-country club which is raising money in order to compete in the Las Vegas marathon this February. Crowning Glory You want good basketball, you go to Harlem. And if you can’t go to Harlem, the best thing you can do is bring it to you. That's what Doug Hickey and the Stanley Humphries Senior Boys Bas- ketball team is doing. They're preparing to play the Harlem Crowns on Nov, 29 at the and they want everybody out to watch. The Crowns are a lot the world famous Harlem Glo- became gF hed hnin: "ll be bringing all that entertain- ment withe them. Game time is 7:30 and you better hurry because space is limited. For more information call Stanley Humphries at 365-7735. Tickets may be purchased at SHSS or at Mallard’s. Havin’ an indoor Ball The outdoor soccer season is finished but that doesn’t mean the kids have to sit around playing video games all winter long. Thanks to the wonderment of the game of indoor soccer, kids can play the game year round. Last year, the free indoor soccer pro- gram at Twin Rivers School was such a big hit that they’re doing it again. It all started Oct. 4 and the fun runs every Wednesday until March. Young athletes of all shapes, sizes, ages, and skill levels are invited to take part in the sessions which are designed to teach the basics while still emphasizing fun. Every session begins at 6 p.m. and lasts until 8:30, which is just enough time for parents to catch their favorite prime time television shows and take a breather at the same time. It’s better that the kids kick a ball in the gym than your living room anyway. For more information call Clemmy at 365- 3359. Castle Bow! Results Mon. Morning Coffee M.HLT. John Stetsko L.H.S. Mable Posnikoff Wed. Mixed 7-9 LH-T. ~ Mable Posnikoff 3 LHS. Tina Fomonoff Mon. Golden Age - Wed. Mixed 9-11 L.H.S. Net Archibald L.H.S. Kay Gritchin Three make provincials can, B.C. for Provincials Nov, 29 - Dec. 2. MARK HEARD Things did not go as well for the Stanley Sun Staff } es senior boys team, as they ended their season with a third-place West Kootenay finish. Head coach Jan Leslie was disappointed with the events that unfolded Nov, 15 at Rossland High School. “It was disappointing, but you have to remember this was a re-building year for us,” she said. “We didn't have the team confidence this season but we're all looking forward to next year.” Stanley Humphries didn’t have a senior boys team last season, but came back to be fairly success- ful this year. Next year the team will be more or less the same only losing four players. Mount Baker Secondary School out of Cranbrook won the tournament and will represent the West Kootenays at Provincials. The Stanley Humphries senior girls team travel to Westbank for Provincials Nov, 23-25. The Mount Sentine! senior boys team will be playing at the Same time for the Provincials in Invermere. The dust has cleared from the West Kootenay championship volleyball tournaments and three of the four senior teams are: heading off to their respec- tive Provincials. The Mount Sentine! senior girls team beat out six other squads to reclaim the single *A’ championship at Selkirk College Nov. 16. It is the second straight year coach Joe Moreira and his determined volley- ballers will be going to Provinicials. The girls looked a little shaky in their first game. against Lucerne Secondary School from New Den- ver, but held off their jitters in a 17-15, 15-10 victory. From there, Mount Sentinel cruised through the tournament and met up with the Lucerne squad again in the final. Mount Sentinel made few mis- takes this time and walked away with a 15-8, 15-3, 15-5 victory and the West Kootenay championship. The team from up the valley now travels to Dun- Hilarious hoopsters come to town EFF GABEF sie “They've got good skills and it's a fun evening for a the kids.” Sota The Harlem Crowns are similar to the Globe- trotters in style and the team was actually begun in tune being sung by the Harlem Crowns should the mid-1950s by a former Globetrotter, Chico hold just as much sugar for Castlegar basketball Burrell. fans. Burrell played for the Globetrotters for 12 years The Crowns are coming to town Nov. 29 fora before retiring and starting up the Crowns game against the Stanley Humphries Rockers and Although he later sold the team, his criteria for according to organizer Doug Hickey, it will be an _ making the team is still followed. event for the whole family to enjoy. Members of the Crowns are chosen for show- “They're very entertaining,” said Hickey, who HOOPS AiO Name: DAN HOPFNER Hometown: Calgary, AB Take doubles as a basketball coach at the school. FOUR ® Postion: DEFENCE SNICKERS home Last Team: Trail Jr. Smoke Eaters price It may not be Sweet Georgia Brown, but the Rebel her 18. Weigh 6 FOR A BUCK Net Play - Three of four area secondary school senior volleyball teams will go to their prospective provincials. Above, Mt. Sentinel battles New Denver's Lucerne Secondary during this game. Area hills gear up for season “The GAB File” "Hopiner's play illustrates the overall improvement of the Rebel's blueline corps. He had a solid outing on Friday night, making some big hits and moving the puck well. He also contributed to the Rebels offence that night with a pair of assists during the 5-3 FOUR SNICKERS® for a buck with any order over $10.00. __ Now that's a meal that really satisfies! SUN STAFF PHOTO Mark Heard Pair of wins leads to first place tie TRENT BANCARZ Sun Editor 6:49 to go in the opening frame after a second whack at a rebound found the twine. The War- A pair of weekend wins vaulted the Castle- gar Rebels to the top of the KIJHL’s South Division Standing The Rebs thumped the Spokane Braves 6-1 on the road Sunday night and disarmed the Rossland Warriors 5-3 at the Crypt Friday night. The wins put the Rebels in a tie for first place in the South Division with the Grand Forks Border Bru- ins. Both teams have 11-win, six- loss records for 22 points. “The boys are starting to execute better and are able to overcome said Rebel coach Pat Price. “The special teams have played well and I’m really adverse conditions,” happy with them.” Special teams, particularly penalty-killing, were busy during Friday night’s tilt against Rossland. Though all three Warrior goals were scored on the powerplay, the Rebels took 76 penalty minutes and played long stretches o7 the game short-handed. “We took far too many dumb penalties,” Said Price-after Friday night's game. “T wasn’t happy with the officiating, but our guys could have showed a bit more discipline.” Dean Milford put Castlegar up 1-0 with rior powerplay cashed in three minutes later to knot the score at one. The Rebs dominated the second period and took a 2-1 lead 6:15 into the period. Mike Myhra pounced on a loose puck in the centre- ice zone, skated in alone and slipped a back- hander under the Warrior keeper. lapped a rebound into a wide-open net follow- ing a goalmouth scramble for a 4-2 lead. Eric Zilinski put the game out of reach with 1:34 left when he converted a slick centering pass from Derek Read to give Castlegar a three-goal bulge. The Warriors last gasp came on the power- play with 58 seconds left to close the gap to 5- 3 But Rossland got no closer and ‘ The defencemen are playing well. They're not hurting us like they did at the beginning of the season.’ — PAT PRICE Rebel coach the scoreboard still read 5-3 when the final buzzer sounded. Price was pleased with his defencemen’s play and said the blueline corps has improved much since the start of the season. “The defence are playing well and they’re all A-calibre players,” Two minutes later, Castlegar’s powerplay struck. Jason White tipped in a Dan Hopfner point shot to put the Rebs up 3-1. The two- goal lead held after two periods. The Rebels started the third period two men short and it cost them. A minute into the final frame, a Rossland forward found a rebound on the Rebel doorstep and pounded it past prone keeper Robert Stock to pull the Warriors with- in a goal Brad Boyden restored Castlegar’s two-goal lead 9:32 into the period. The Rebel forward he said. “They’re not hurting us like they did at the beginning of the season and are really coming together.” The Rebels enter an important part of the schedule. Their next 11 games are against South Division opponents and Price said it’s an opportunity to gain some ground. “We've set a goal of finishing first in the division,” he said. “With the next 11 against the division, we could put some space between ourselves and the rest of the division if we play well” Details of Sunday’s-game were not avail- able before press time. SHSS swimmers make a splash TRENT BANCARZ _ Sun Editor LHT. Molly Bonderoff M.H.S. Ed Flynn M.H.T. Walter Kinakin Mon. YBC Seniors LHS. Stacey Planidin LH.T. Stacey Planidin M.H.S. Bill Trubetskoff MH.T. Bill Trubetskoff Mon. Mixed 7-9 LH.S. Nancy Donald LH.T. Chery! Closkey M.H.S. Jim Proud MH.T. Jim Proud Tues. Ladies Coffee LHS. Shirley Torbic LH.T. Shirley Torbic Tues. Mixed 7-9 LHS. Mary Ann Gall LH.T. Bemie Kuntz MHLS. Alfred Adshead MHLT. Alfred Adshead Tues. Mixed 9-11 LHS. Lynda Wood LH.T. Deb Frost MHLS. Marvin Wood MH.T. Marvin Wood ‘Wed. Golden Age LHS. LHT. MHS. LHT. MHS. 235 M.H.T. 707 Comment of the Week Hockey referees have L.H.T, Trisha Medeiros M.HS. Jack Swetlisoff M.H.T. Jack Swetlisoff 559Thurs. Morning Coffee L.HLS. Millie Brown L.H.T. Annie Tarasoff Thurs. YBC Juniors L.HS. _ Lisa Horst L.-T. Lisa Horst M.HLS. Mathieu Beaudet M.H.T. Jeff Grant Thurs. Mixed 7-9 LHS. Lynda Wood L.HLT. _ Lynda Wood M.HS. Stu Schmidt M.H.T. Stu Schmidt Fri. Mixed 7-9 LHS, Mila Vigue L.H.T. Mila Vigue MHS. Ray Hackett M.HLT. Ray Hackett Fri. Mixed 9-11 LHS. LET. MHS. MET. M.HS.- Mens High Score M.H.T.- Mens High Total L.H.4.- Ladies High Four M.H.4.- Mens High Four a difficult task, trying to keep a lid on a game played at high speeds and even higher levels of emotional Referees usually take far too much abuse from coaches, players MARK HEARD | Sun Staff Time to wax up the skis because the area’s hills are just about ready to open for business. Both Red Mountain and Whitewater are preparing for a busy Nordic season and ski buffs in the area are getting primed. Anne Pigeon, administration supervisor for the Whitewater Ski Resort, is excited about the upcoming winter. “Things are shaping up nice- ly,” she says. “We're getting a lot of calls from Calgary skiers who are interested in coming to the area.” Whitewater originally planned to open Nov. 25, but decided to hold off till Dec. 2. Pigeon admits the resorts are really just slaves to the weather. “We're only farmers,” she says. “We need a substantial amount of snow before the freez- ing levels start going up.” Dave Roberts, area manager of Kes Mountain Ski Resort, can with Pigeon about the eck of snow. It seems unlikely the mountain will open for its pro- jected starting date of Nov. 24. “Unless we get a miracle snow Storm, we won't be ready for the 24th,” he says. “We've been los- ing a lot of snow with this warm weather and we need at least a metre of it up top.” Even though the minor setback is disappointing, Roberts is excit- ed about new changes at Red Mountain. “We have a new triple chair up here, there’s lots of changes around the lodge and the real estate development is coming through,” he says. “We'd like to break ground on that this summer.” The development will see the KENTON'S AUTOBODY i & HULL PAINTING win over the Rossland Warriors.” PANAGOPOULOS : VAAN PLACE VA 2305 Columbia Ave gay Castlegar © 365-5666 (aa Presents You With A Complimentary 4Topping Small Pizza JUST WING Add 10 Chicken Wings to any pizza or pasta order over $10.00 = = 99 0, ‘Two Pana’ Wing styles to choose from: HONEY GARLIC ¢ HOT BUFFALO ‘M otters valid rom Mow. 15, 1995 to Jan. 6, 1996 or white supphes Last. construction of d single-family dwellings and a new lodge and skier services building. Roberts hopes-the devel- opments will give Red Mountain a new and improved look. The triple chair lift should also make the Red Mountain experi- ence more enjoyable for skiers. Roberts estimates the lift will triple. the capacity for the Granite run. “It should ensure everybody gets more runs in,” he says. ~ 14° PRICE FAST The Stanley Humphries Sec- ondary School swimming team stroked its way to a strong finish on the weekend at the provincial championships. “We did well and I'm really pleased with the results,” said coach Tom Carew. The team finished third overall at the provincial meet in Vancou- ver and second in its category. Team members also won a com bined five medals at the meet Kim Verigin claimed silver in the boys 50-metre freestyle. The boys 4 x 100-metre freestyle relay team also captured a silver medal. Verigin, Trevor Haviland, Adam Rodgers and Jamie Jmieff made up the team Verigin, Jmieff, Rodgers and Mike Angrignon also teamed up to take bronze in the 4 x 50-metre freestyle relay. The team of Selena Fodor, Angela Briggeman, Alyssa Wat- son and Rachel Friedrich took sil- ver in the girls’ 4 x 50-metre freestyle relay. Briggeman, Wat- son and Friedrich teamed up with Amelia John to take bronze in the girls 4 x 50-metre medley relay. In individual competition, three other Stanley Humphries swimmers placed in provincial finals. Angrignon finished fifth in the boys’ 50-metre backstroke while Rodgers placed fourth in the boys’ 50-metre breastroke. Briggeman finished eighth in the girls’ 50-metre breastroke The team’s lone synchronized swimmer, Tammy Matthews, placed eighth in figures and 11th in the individual medley. Coach Carew said his charges swam extremely well considering the team is relatively young. He said the team will lose three or four swimmers to graduation next year, but said a good crop of rookies this year ensures a strong finish a year from now. “The future looks really bright,” said Carew. “We have a strong group of rookies and I’m looking for some good results next year. And we have a good group com- ing over from KMS for next year who can do well, so things look good for the next few years.” What's it like at the Grey Cup? Our own Jeff Gabert was in Regina and will tell us all about the big game next week! and fans. However, sometimes they deserve it when they do a job such as that done by the head zebra during Friday night's Rebel game against Rossland. o priday night's whistle blower was a definition of inconsistency and kept you guessing all night. It was the kind of job which drives coaches, players and fans nuts because you never know what to expect out of the guy. He'll call a penalty one time then put the whistle wend 9p ~—dehaberesc girs ny pp itrapentarae It's exp d will call diffe types of games because referees are human and we're all different. However, one referee should not call three different types of games within the same game. This is far too frustrating and unfair for players and coaches. They deserve better. A further comment Watching the Baltimore Stallions carry off the Grey Cup on Sunday just didn't feel right. Somehow it's a feeling every Canadian has been violated and the Americans have stripped us of our beloved mug. But it's likely the last time we'll see any American teams carry off the Cup. It appears four of the five Yankee clubs will cither move or fold while the only successful one, Baltimore, will-also™4 move because the NFL is back in that city. 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