* The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, April 12, 1995 Swinging into anew baseball season Kinnaird Elementary \was a busy place ball players were evaluated for the upcoming season. Castlegar will have a Senior Babe Ruth team for the first time ever which will encompass the 16-18 age group. According to Doug Hickey, the ~ President of the Castlegar Minor ry rs will mean better players and a better program. “We're going to see our younger kids have a little better development,” said Hickey, “and we'll see bigger dividends over the next couple years.” Hickey has already seen big changes in the baseball program in Castlegar since adopting the Little League format four years ago. Minor baseball was in a seri- ous decline back then, but the Lit- tle League and Babe Ruth 4 NEW TIRES from $25/mo. ° All Makes - Models © Complete Radiator Work ° Custom Work ALL GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR Mon. - Fri. *8 a.m. - § p.m. Sat. ° 9.a.m. - 1 p.m. formats have led to a baseball renai in the ity with over 210 players registered this season. That number isn’t up signifi- cantly over the last few years but Hickey says the quality of baseball has improved dramati- cally over that period. The biggest example of that was Castlegar’s showing in last year’s Little League District Playoffs where they won two games, by far the best showing ever for a Castlegar team. Tryouts for the Little League on Monday afternoon as 11-12 year old base- SUN SPORTS PHOTO / Jeff Gabort teams as well as the younger age groups were held last Monday and Tuesday with the Little League season slated to begin April 12. The t-ballers and the kids in the 7-8 age group will begin their season May 1 and the Babe Ruth regular season begins April 18 “I always look forward to the season because we spend all year meeting and doing paperwork,” said Hickey. “Now we can put that on the back burner and play some ball as well as work with the kids.” Winning in Winfield Submitted The Castlegar Bantam Reps ended their season on a victorious note two weeks ago when they won the Winfield Bantam Rep toumament Strong goaltending and timely scoring led the Castlegar squad to a 5-0 record. Their first game was a hard fought 5-3 victory Over a spirited North Okanagan squad. Next the Bantam Reps defeated a strong Winfield team 7-4. Castlegar’s third game was somewhat one-sided, defeating Summerland 9-1. The last round-robin game saw Castlegar defeat West- side 9-3 althoug Westside managed to keep the game close for a while. Castlegar met Winfield in the final for a re-match of the first game of the tournament. Castlegar led 3-1 after the first and came out strong in the second period to take a commanding 7-1 lead. Winfield replied with 2 goals in the third period but it was too little to late as the Contogar boys finished with an 8-3 victory. Re articipating in the tournament were Reed Byers, Stephen Palahic Paul Oster, Stacy Bublitz, Cory Quiding. Ryan Bille. Ryan peor Brian McCarmack, Randy Damell, Jay Antignani, Jean Paul Capes, Nathan Dalla Lana, Kevin Pacheco, Ryan Davis, David Evdokimoff and Matt Huggett. The tournament marked the end of the season for the Bantam Reps. 1994/95 was a successful year for the Bantams under head coach Rich Davis who was helped out by assistants Jerry Antignani,. Mike McCor- mack, Benton Hadley, Stan Makortoff. 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But 67 participants of Selkirk College ‘Ss “Storm the Wall” competition refused to obey the signs and used a combination of willpower and ingenuity to demolish their fears and conquer the wall, The 6th annual “Storm the Wall” competition was held last ‘Thursday at the Selkirk College campus in Castlegar. The idea for the race was borrowed from a similar competition held annually at the University of British Columbia and then adapted to the West Kootenay environment. Selkirk’s race starts with a two-kilometre run followed by a 400- metre canoe race, then another two-kilometre run, a 500-metre sprint up a hill and over a flat stretch, a five-kilometre bike ride and then the mad dash to the wall Teams consist of six members, each taking a different leg of the race (two in the canoe) but all members must make the last mad dash to the wall and then conquer it. Teamwork is very important at the wall since all team members must make it over and cooperation is required to do so. The preferred technique on the day was the human sling-shot maneuver where one team member steps into the cupped hands of another and is flung up to the top. However, many other varieties of human ladders were employed as well. Two persons were allowed on top of the wall to haul people up, but things tended to get unorthodox quickly. Still, nobody gave up “Everybody made it,” said event organizer Lorene MacGregor. “Whether they were dragged up by their legs or pants or hair - they made it! It was amazing to see how many different ways people tried to get over the wall.” Eleven teams took part in the competition, including two Selkirk fac- ulty teams, one from Mt. Sentinel High School and team representing the East Kootenay Community College. There were also three ironman competitors registered and they completed the race unassisted. The winner of the all-male team competition was ‘Z’ Team made up of Jason Schiltz, Gideon Wiseman, Malcolm Menninga, Mike MeQueen, Greg Turner and Guy Burrard. The ‘Z’ Team used a master- ful and flawless wall technique to finish with an inipressive time of 26 minutes, 43 seconds The all-female winners were the Wild Ones who finished the course in 36 minutes, 41 seconds. The team members were Christine Clay, Paula Couhfier, Kerri Lanaway, Wendy Thompson, Tracy Morrison and Sue Deane. The mixed team category was won by “We don’t like cold toilet seats”. They certainly finished with more warmth than they started with after‘an impressive time of 34 minutes, 28 seconds. The team consisted of Chris Cri, Shawn Tomlin, Fuchsia Howard, Doug Schier, Kahlil Trotman and Jackie Hicks. In the ironman category, Castlegar’s most famous triathlete, Derek Peregrym, stole the show by posting an incredible time of 29 minutes, 38 seconds whic as only slightly slower than the best team time. Peregrym produced the time despite only just beginning his training for the Canadian Ironman Triathlon in Penticton coming up in August. The winner of the Women’s Ironman was Elaine Pilla who came in at 42 minutes and five seconds. This year’s event was sponsored by the Selkirk College Foundation, SuperValu and Gerick’s Cycle and Sport, and was billed as a fun event rather than a money-making venture. Selkirk and MacGregor hope that will change next year since plans are in the works to move the compe- tition to the weekend and get more community involvement. MacGregor believes that if more groups in the community take part it will be a good fundraising opportunity for the Selkirk Recreation Program. However, she hastens to assure everyone that fun will always be the top priority of the event. And MacGregor should know since she and her team found. out what it was all about themselves. “There was a lot of bruising and sore shoulders the next day but it was all exciting and well worth it,” said MacGregor. “Even within in my own team we were just happy and surprised that we didn’t die. In fact that was the name of our team - “We won't die” So everyone should take a lesson. When it comes to the wall, the only thing to fear is fear itself. They're off! The Wild Ones wom- en's team races for the wall in the 6th annual Storm the Wall com- petition. The six-member team was one of 11 teams to take part in the race.