Page A10 The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, October 18, 1995 Mt. Sentinel offers L.V.R. a si =o ee The patented Mt. Sentinel one-point stance! The Mt. Sentinel Senior Bo night against David Thompson but came up just a little short despite efforts JEFF GABERT Sun Sports There were « lot of gegthg ath- letes sharpening up their spikes in the Slocan Valley last week- end and the whole idea was not to get blocked. This might have many thinking Mt. Sentinel is a hotbed of football but nothing could be further from the truth, Mt. Sentinel Secondary School in South Slocan is a hotbed of volleyball and the biggest event every year is the Mt. Sentinel Cup. Ten boys and ten girls teams from across the Province once again made the trek to the forested valley this year for the 13th installment of the school's top athletic event. It all started at the Mt. Sen- tine] gym last Friday as the Mt. Sentinel boys took on the defending *AAA’ Provincial Champions from K.L.O. in Kelowna. Over 250 fans where on hand for the match which was much closer than anticipated. Tournament coordinator Joe Moreira told The Sun last week that the young Mt. Sentinel squad playing the extremely powerful K.L.O. in the opening ys volleyball team played hard Saturday like above. game and in front of the whole SUN STAFF PHOTO /Jeff Gabert school had the potential for dis- It doesn’t happen very often, so we want to make sure that no one misses the Great B.C. Jeep Sale. Make sure you d 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 26K Package includes ; + Power windows and door locks 4.0L 190 hp with remote keyless entry * Driver's side air bag * Air conditioning eed automatic transmission + Illuminated entry lighting the fly 4WD systen lock brakes * Dual electric heated mirrors Joor impact beams + Tilt steering/speed control 29,988 Including treight mv ai'stiver- Only At Your B.C. 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In reality, the game almost turned out to be a disaster for K.L.O., who fell behind in the first game 13-7 Unfortunately, they managed to come back and win the game 15-13 and then prevail 15-7 in the following game to win the match, However, the organizer's gamble paid off in providing the fans with some quality volley- ball action. i “Our gamble in. playing K.L.O. had an opportunity to backfire, but it worked out and we met our expectations,” said Moreira. “It was a good match and it. gives our boys team something positive to work on in the future.” K.L.O went on to dominate the rest of the teams in its pool during round-robin play, finish- ing with a perfect 4-0 record. Mt. Sentinel was right behind in Pool B with a record of 3-1. In Pool A, David Thompson Secondary School from Invermere finished with a perfect record while Mt. Baker from Cranbrook finished second with one loss. The semifinals saw David Thompson defeat Mt. Sentinel by scores of 15-13, 5-15 and 15- 2, while K.L.O easily surpassed Mt. Baker 15-2 and 15-6. The final between K.L.O and David h was a th 14 affair with K.L.O. coming out on top 15-0, 5-15 and 15-13. The girls draw was headlined by K.L.O. and Revelstoke, who both ended the round-robin por- tion of the tournament with 4-0 records in their respective pools. Mt. Sentinel and L.V. Rogers from Nelson were close behind with 3-1 records. According to Moreira, who also assumes the duties of girls coach, Mt. Sentinel looked weak in Friday’s action but improved through Saturday's action to make the final against L.V. Rogers. “We became a stronger team throughout the tournament,” said Moreira. “One of my con- cerns carly in the season was we couldn't hold our own offensively. Our offence wasn't a factor on Friday, but the girls hit the ball well from Saturday morning on. “We hit the ball and we hit the ball hard.” The girls semi-finals Satur- day night at Mt. Sentinel fea- tured L.V. Rogers against K.L.O. and Mt. Sentinel against Revelstoke. L.V. Rogers lost the opening game 9-15, but came on to defeat K.L.O. 15-7 and 15-13 in the final two games. Meanwhile, Mt. Sen- tinel handled Revelstoke by scores of 15-2 and 15-13. The Mt.-Sentinel roll finally came to an end in the final as they were beat up 15-4 and 15-5 by a focussed L.V. Rogers team. “I was very happy we made it to the final,” said Moreira. “There were four or five teams that had the ability to win it all and that we made it even to the final was very satisfying.” Moreira said he and boys’ coach Dave Olynyk haven't planned to change the tourna- ment for next year. Even still, having less teams is always an enticing idea for the two over- worked coaches. “We've often thought about scaling it down,” said Moreira. “Both Dave and I talk about going eight and eight [girls and boys teams]. But I fully suspect that if we would like to do it, we'll bail out. There’s too many teams that want to come.” For Moreira, the volleyball action certainly doesn’t stop with the completion of the Mt. Sen- tinel Cup. The next stop for his senior girls team will be the Okanagan University College Lakers Invitational Tournament this weekend in Kelowna. Mt. Sentinel, along with the Stanley Humphries senior girls team, will be participating in the annual 16-team tournament which features some of the best competition in the province Moreira is especially look- ing forward to meeting Immac- ulata from Kelowna which is ranked as the number one ‘*A‘ team in the province. Mt. Sen- tinel is in the *A* division while SHSS plays in the ‘AA’ division. Placings are based on school size. but doesn't neces- sarily have a lot to do with quality of play LEGISLAT Lup 1 TRRAQY Wednesday, October 18, 1995 You can't stop what you can't see. Rebel goaltender constant Nite Hawk attack Saturday in Beaver Valley. = Harsh Reality Mike Kooznetsoff was under SUN STAFF PHOTO (Jeff Gabert The Castlegar Sun Coray. Despite letting six goals by him, the Campbell River prod- uct played well in his debut and was likely the sole reason the score didn't go into double digits. “Our goaltending has been fantastic all season long,” said Price. “We have no problem with our goaltending Obviously we do have some problems on defence.” Mike Kooznetsoff went between the pipes for the Rebels the following night in Beaver Valley and once again played an outstanding game. Beaver Valley went up by a goal halfway through the first period as Chris Koschey redirected a point shot past the Rebel goalie, but Kooznetsoff continued to come up with some tremendous stops to.keep the Rebels close. The Nite Hawks went up by two goals early in the second Period before the Rebels finally got on the board five minutes in Jamie McCloud got the goal unassisted after intercepting a poor clearing pass by Beaver Valley and snapping it by the goaltender. The Rebels tied the score at the beginning of the third period as Lindsay Christianson crashed the Nite Hawk net and slipped the puck through. Newcomer Dion Resicini and Mike Kneza- cek got the assists. The play went back in forth for the rest of the period until a shot from the point with just over eight minutes left eluded a screened Kooznetsoff to give Beaver Valley the lead. The Nite Hawks went up by two as Jason Peters deposited a rebound off the crossbar into an open net. The Hawks fifth and final goal went into an open net with only ten seconds remaining It was a weekend that brought the high flying Rebels down to earth and down to third place in the KIJHL standings behind Rossland and Grand Forks. Then again, the season is only seven games old for the Rebels Price certainly isn’t ready-to push the panic button and said the losses were due in large part to the youth and inexperierice of the team. He added that valuable lessons were learned on the weekend “Sometimes you have to go one step backward to go two steps forward,” said Price. “We still have 45 games to go. If I can have the team prepared with about 30 to go, we'll be ready to make'a good run.” Price also thought his team looked tight on the ice, a mentali- ty brought about by a combina- tion of so many pressure packed home games and impending play- er Cuts. He tried to reassure the layers after Saturday's game “I wanted them to have fun,” said Price. “I think that’s what we'll work on now - just to relax and have fun.” The Rebels must now embark on a tough three-game North Division road trip on Friday that will take them through Revel- stoke, Sicamous and North Okanagan. Price believes it may be just what the doctor ordered to bring the team together and get them to relax “We're not in last place so you have to look at the big picture,” said Price. “We've got kids com- ing in and out and there isn't a lot of continuity. I'm hoping this road trip will bring that out.” The Rebels will be taking 22 players on the road trip including two goaltenders. Goaltender Rob Stock will miss the tfip due to tendinitis in his elbow. He has been placed on the injured reserve list and is expected to be out of action for two weeks [ CASTLEGAR RETIREES CURLING CLUB Tuesday & Thursday 9:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Start Date: Tuesday, October 24th contact” A. Akeloon Seeeaae OPEN HOUSE - OCT. 19, 20, & 21 - 7p.m. New Members and First-Time Curlers Welcome VISA Name: MIKE KOOZNETSOFF #30 Position: GOALTENDER Age: 18 Height: 5' 8" Hometown: Castlegar, B.C. 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Page A11 Just a little off the sides SUN SPORTS STAFF Rebels general manager Bryan Bucci wants to see the best team Possible on the ice by the end of the season and he is prepared to make as many deals as it takes. Three players came through the imaginary turnstiles of the Rebels dressing room last week and two left, Bucci expects a few more in town this week and even more new faces after the weekend. The two departed players are Levis, Quebec products, Francis Bedard and Maxime Laverdiere who fell victim to the Rebels num- bers game which has the team car- rying far too many natural forwards to defensemen The newcomers are goaltender Jason Coray, defenseman Ryan Gaucher and forward Dion Resicini, Coray came to the Rebels from the Fort St. John Huskies of the RMIHL and played his first game Friday night “He's an excellent young goal- tender,” said Bucci. “He just had no help on Friday night.” The next acquisition was Dion Resicini from Notre Dame College in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. Resicini also played on the weekend, Pick- ing up an assist in the Rebels"loss against Beaver Valley. He's quick, tough, and like Coray, he hails from Campbell River, B.C. But Bucci’s main concern is defence, which is why he brought in Ryan Gaucher from the Creston Val- ley Thunder of the RMJHL. Gauch- er is big and isn’t afraid of a little body contact. Head coach Pat Price is confident he'll fit in well once he adjusts to the Rebels system. The Rebels also plan on bring- ing in two more defenseman from the Thunder this week and Bucci has been assured that they are great young talents. From his perspective there is — ON SALE Starting from $3g%5 P185/70R14 st Price only one area on the hockey club that needs help, "Defence, defence, defence,” said Bucci. "1 want.a couple kids who are big and can move the puck. 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