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Ed Mills
SPORTS EDITOR

Besides their hometown,
blood is the common factor on
the two Castlegar rinks in the
Zone 1 Men’s Curling Play-
downs set for the Castlegar
Curling Club this weekend.

The 16-team West Koote-
nay final will be a bit of of fam-
ily affair as Bill Perehudoff
and sons Barry and Jim will
all play in the tourney.

The eldest Perehudoff will
skip a rink that includes Jim
Perehudoff as lead, second
John Horcoff and third Yves
Laganiere.

Barry Perehudoff plays
léad on the other Castlegar
rink with second Alex Couts,
third Kelly Johnson and skip
Bill Van Yzerloo Jr.

Barry Perehudoff said he’s
not worried he might have to
face his dad in a do-or-die sit-
uation in the playdowns.

“It’s the first year I’m curl-
ing against him, but no,

affair

there’s no extra pressure,”
Barry Perehudoff said.

The Zone 1 finals are the
first step in the three-part pro-
cess leading up to the provin-
cial championship, and the ul-
timate goal in men’s curling,
a berth in the Labatt Brier.

Both teams qualified for
the championship in play-
downs at the club last month.

Despite the fact that Bill
Perehudoff runs the curling
rink in the winter and both lo-
cal rinks play the majority of
their games there, Barry
Perehudoff said there won't be
much of a home-ice advan-

tage.

Christmas time, we flooded it,
So it’s new ice for everyone, "he
said

Nakusp, Creston and Grand
Forks, among others, will all
send teams to thé West Koote-
nay playdowns, which begin
Friday and conclude Sunday.

“We ‘changed the ice at |

Clubs from Trail, Nelson,

News photo by Ed Mills

“There will be three Perehudoft’ 's playing on the two Castlegar rinks that qualified for the Zone 1 Men’s
Curling Playdowns, which begin at the Castlegar Curling Club Friday. Barry Perehudoff (left), will play
lead on one rink while his father Bill (right) skips the other. Barry’s brother Jim plays lead on his dad’s

rink.

SchoolSPORTS

ll Jack Closkey says the SHSS
senior Rockettes might be the
best basketball team he’s ever
had. After 23.years in the game,
he should know a good one

--when he sees it.

GIRLS BASKETBALL
If Jack Closkey says.it might be the
best team he’s had, you have to figure
the Stanley Humphries senior girls
basketball team is one to watch this
season.

You have to figure because Closkey
should know a good team from a bad
one after 23 years of coaching at the
high school level.

But even if you’re not a subscriber
to acoach’s comments, you ‘can’t ignore

said Closkey, who won Basketball
B.C.’s J.A. Wink Award last year for
outstanding and ongoing volunteer ef-
fort on behalf of basketball in the
province. :

“We've got two kids over six feet (Ro-
ry Perrier and Rhonda Dawes),
tremendous quickness (Kelly Davidoff
and Laurel Closkey, to name two) and
incredible depth — every player is ca-
pable of starting,” he said. “Potentially,
they are the best.”

By “the best”, Closkey is talking
about a provincial championship in AA
high school ball.

In a team meeting last week, he said

Team Statistics for SHSS
Sr. Rockettes up to Jan. 1

FG% Reb St 3Pts Pts/G
S. Blessin 312 2 1.4

New year looking bleak

for Computers in CRHL

News Staff

If all the teams in the Capi ee estok
al Hockey League made resolutions to win in
the new year, one has managed to keep the vow
while another has failed miserably.

Banjo’s Pub, which sat in last place when the
year ended, started 1992 with two straight
wins in games over the week. ~

Kootenay Computers, on the other hand,
may be longing for the days of yesteryear after
losing its first three starts in the new year.

-Castlegar Pressure Wash, which was in first
place in the:five-team league on New Year’s
day, dropped out of that position in a hurry af-
ter losing two of three since Jan. 2.

’ Pressure Wash got back in the winning way
in a big way at the Community Complex Mon-
day beating Computers 14-5.

Computers was beaten 9-8 by Woodland
Park Shell in one of two games at the Complex
Friday night. In the other game, Banjo’s pound-
ed Pressure Wash 8-3.

And just the night before, Banjo’s got it’s first
win of the new year, 6-4 over Computers, while
Pressure Wash got its first loss, 11-6 to Castle-
gar Sports Centre.

Banjo’s got big efforts from Larry Price, Clay
Martini and Wayne Salekin in both its victo-

ries.

Martini had two goals and four assists in the
win over Pressure Wash, while Salekin chipped
in with two goals and three assists:

League scoring leader Gord Walker was held
to two points, a goal and an assist, while Tom
Trubetskoff had a goal and two assists for Pres-
sure Wash.

With a goal and four assists, Price did the
damage against Computers in agame that fea-
tured a missed penalty shot by Bill Nazaroff in
the third period.

Dan Walker had the hat trick and set up an-
other to lead Sports Centre in its win over Pres-
sure Wash. Dwayne Weir and Lorne Anderson
both had two goals and three assists in the win,
while Gord Walker had three goals and two as-
sists for Pressure Wash.

In what was easily the closest and roughest
contest of the five over the week, Al Conroy

CASTLEGAR RECREATIONAL
HOCKEY LEAGUE TO JAN. 6
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Banjo’s Pub 12
Pressure Wash ah bie hy
Woodland Park Shell 10 10
Kootenay Computers 9 9
Castlegar Sports 9 10

completed his hat trick with 17 seconds left in
the game to give Shell a one-goal victory over
Computers.

Dave Rugg, who set up Conroy’s winner, had
four assists for Shell, while Bruno Tassone and
Kelley Keraiff both had two goals and three as-
sists each.

Sixteen minor penalties were called in the
game, including nine for roughing.

Gary Sauer and Dean MacKinnon both had

two goals for Computers, while Chief Mercer

had a goal and three assists.

Thanks to a nine-point performance from
Gord Walker and and eight-point night from
Doug Knowler, Pressure Wash got back on
track with the win over Computers.

Walker finished the night with three goals
and six assists while Knowler had four of each.

Darrell Bojechko and Mike Nevakshonoff
both scored twice for Pressure Wash.

Mercer led Computers with two goals and
two assists, while Dave Terhune and MacKin-
non both had a goal and three assists.

W. Closkey .31 19 rl

the Rockettes 11-3 record and two tour-

nament victories — and one second

place — so far this season.

The team’s latest tourney title came
in Northport, Wash. over the holidays,
where they easily handled a pair of

US. teams.

Closkey, as is his style, doesn’t come
right out and say it his best team. He
says, with emphasis, that it has the po-

tential to be the best.

“It’s possible, this team has very few
weaknesses, especially decenatvely..

L. Closkey | -41 12 12.5
T. Rezansoff =. 21 2.3
R. Perrier 46
C. Chernoff 32
D. Gray .34
A. Polonicoff . .32

K. Davidoff 35
R. Dawes. . 42

Tight races continue
in women’s Curling

News Staff

Aholiday break has appar-
ently not dulled the competi-
tive edge in the Castlegar
Women’s Curling Club as
tight races for top spot have
carried over into the new year.

Standings as of Jan. 2 in the
Tuesday night league have the
rink skipped by Lorraine John
in first place with 12 points.
Diony McArthur’s rink is in
second with 10 points, while
the Joan Command rink has
nine points. Rinks skipped by
Carol Comtois and Yvonne
Moore are tied for fourth with
eight points.

_ It’s just as close in the
Wednesday afternoon league,
with Mary Perehudoff leading
the pack with eight points,
while Ann-Nazaroff is right be-
hind with seven points. The
foursomes of Belle Gray and
Sharon Waldie are tied for
third with six points each.

Marie Prokop’s rink leads
the way in the Thursday night
league with 13 points, while
Perehudoff ‘is right behind

with 12 points. Ruth Trickey

and Marg Van Yzerloo are tied
for third place with nine points
each.

In other curling action, 32
members took part in the
Oglow Bonspiel at the Castle-
gar Curling Club in early De-
cember.

Lead Shirley Benton, sec-
ond Ann Stevens and third
Ginny Brown teamed up with
skip Belle Gray to take the A
event title.

Skip Aileen Oglow, with
Helen Clay, Paula Belton and
Marie Makortoff, won the B
event.

Carol Allen’s rink of lead
Caroline Sloper, second Trish
Hurford and third Sharon
Bystrom took the C event,
while Vi Krest got together
with Lil Molnar, Muriel Wil-
son and Linda Swanson to
take the D event.

The next important event of -
the season in Women’s Curl-
ing is the Barbee Bonspiel in
early March. Individual and
team entries for that event are
being accepted at the curling
rink.

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the players made the provincial title
their goal for the season.

Closkey describes the quest for a
provincial championship as a puzzle.
And each week is a chance for the
Rockettes to put another piece into
place on the road to Prince George,
where the provincials will be held
March 11.

Currently, the Rockettes are ranked
seventh in the province, but they may
have moved up a few places in the next
rankings which will be released at the
end of this week.

“You have the opportunity each
game, each practice, in a particular

Jack Closkey

way, to develop the right attitude and
team skills to do the things you have
to to win at, the provincials. A lot of it
is attitudinal,” Closkey said.

“Last year, the team ’s goal was to
win a medal, and we did (a bronze). We
did all the things we needed to do to get
into a position to win that medal.

“This year the girls have said they
want the gold medal. It’s still two
months between now and the end, and
we might not make it, but we'll see how
each step goes.”

The next step for the senior girls is a
Thursday night game at home against
a AAA team from Mt. Baker Secondary
in Cranbrook. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

In what may be the Rockettes tough-
est test of the season to date, they'll
meet No. 3 ranked Dutchess Park this
weekend at a tournament in Kelowna.

Meanwhile, both the senior boys and
girls played Grand Forks last night at
SHSS. Results weren't available at
press time.

In junior ball, the j junior girls team
is at a tournament in Vernon this
weekend, while the junior Rockers-are
at the J.L. Crowe tourney in Trail.

Three Australian teams that are
touring the Western U.S. and Canada
will make stops here Jan. 16.for games
against SHSS teams. Start times
weren't finalized at press time.

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