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Junior Hockey League season in spite of mounting debts, team owner Herm Hordal said Tuesday “We're in real financial dif ficulty but we're hanging in there he said. The Knights were close to being arlier this month to a Pentic aded by Earl Ronald, on Monday, the deal fell through “needed more than what-Lwas offered in order to get involved so | had to withdraw,”? Ronald said ina telephone interview from Pentic ton. “There's another déal-pen ding right now with another party though it’s not to purchase the team.” The Knights are last in the 10 team BCJHL with a 5-17 record They won the national Centennial Cup in 1986 after reaching the finals in 1985 League president Bruce Allison said there has been no notification the team has folded Before a team can fold, it must first notify league governors, he said. The club’s player roster and assets are then frozen by the league Any attempt to fold a team without following this procedure is dealt with harshly, he said ‘They'd lose their letter of credit, their owner would lose his credibility and the town wouldn't be allowed to have another team without paying all debts outstan ding to the league first ByEDM Staff Writer The Rebels’ Stan Makortoff and Grand Forks Border Bruin Lance Leslie are goaltenders whose hockey careers are headed in opposite direc tions One is looking to break into the big time while the other admits the pros aren’t an option anymore. Which was which was impossible to tell in the Rebels 4-3 loss to Grand Forks in a Kootenay International Junior Hockey League game at the Community Complex Tuesday night In a game.that had numerous good scoring chances, Leslie and Makortoff played like NHL scouts were in the stands with contracts in their hands. Neither goalie deserved to take a toss on this night and thanks to a Rebels goal by Dale Bonderud to tie the game with 59 seconds left, it was possible that neither would have to be the loser But the Border Bruins, who led 3-1 going into the third and were stoned by Makortoff on at least a half dozen oc casions when they could have clinched it, broke the Rebels hearts when David Pehl scored the winner with 12 seconds left Both goalies had nothing but praise for the other's performance in inter views after the game. “L think I played all right tonight and their goalie played good too, we we're both there when our teams needed us,’” said the 15-year-old Leslie, who stopped 37 shots including 14 of 16in the third “The goalies were very big factors in the ga .”’ said Makortoff who had a little less work than his counterpart, turning aside 33 shots and also picking up an assist on the Rebels’ second goal. “He's (Leslie) good. A céuple of years, he’s probably going to be the best around.” In a couple of years Leslie should be playing with the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League who signed the youngster and have plans to bring him to the United States within two years, according to Border Bruins president Ron Hogie Makortoff on the other hand, while still a top-notch junior goalie, is realistic about his chances of going any further and is concentrating on building G career outside the game through his studies at Selkirk College Though on different paths, the goalies put on a clinic for a sparse crowd of around 150 at the Complex The fans got their money’s worth ina game that featured a little bit of everything including a second period fight and plenty of crunching body checks by botirchibs: The physical play was something that pleased Rebels co-coach Don Soroke and Ed Cooper and it’s something Soroke says he’s been trying to work on with the tgam After the game, Soroke and Cooper, who aren't known for their pleasant dispositions following losses, were strangely, almost eerily serene Their mood came as a surprise con sidering the loss came against a team that was two points ahead of the Rebels in the standings heading into the game and it was a victory-both coaches said they wanted badly, especially after the 11-1 pasting the Rebels took at the hands of the Nelson Maple Leafs Saturday The crushing loss to the Maple Leafs broke the Rebels three-game winning streak and took some steam out of a team that was gaining confidence with every game. The Grand Forks encoun ter was an opportunity to get some of that confidence back and even though they lost, Soroke and Cooper weren't unhappy with the effort “It's (the goal in the final seconds) a tough way to learn a lesson,"’ said a. By ED MIL Staff Writer It takes a sharpeye, a keen mind, excellent concentration and athletic ability to skip a curling team. Cecil Bradford possesses all those qualities, though he’s not to go around bragging about it Because when you’re 87-years-old, you_can let your experience speak for itself on the curling rink, and leave the blustering to the younger guys the 60- and 70-year-olds. Bradford — Cec to his friends, and he has many —: recently silen ced the young whippersnappers, skipping his team to an 8-5 win over an opposing foursome in a tlegar Seniors Men’s Curling League game In his blue cap and green curling sweater with its crests from tour naments past, Cec stands steady in the house, directing his shooters’ rocks with an eye for accuracy and the strategy of the game on his mind. Unless you knew his age, it’s an everyday scene of an average senior enjoying his leisure time Bradford sees nothing overly ex ceptional in his activities as he sits down after the game to change into his street shoes and chat in the Curler not letting age. get in the way of life viewing area at the Pioneer Curling Arena “When you retire you don’t just sit down in an easy chair and goto sleep,” he says. **You get out there and do something A widower now, Bradford has strived to keep an active lifestyle since the day he retired in 1968, af ter 16 years at Cominco in Trail And that lifestyle doesn’t end with curling “I golf in the summertime too,”” he says, and then adds with a smile, “Ltry to anyways. But curling is Bradford's favorite game and though he doesn’t always have good curling dayslikethisone, for him, just get ting out to play twice a week, being with his friends, is more important than who wins or loses “Well, | know everybody who curls here, I’m getting to the age now where I forget sometimes who they all are but most of them know me,” he says, smiling as he usually does. As the senior senior in the league, Bradford commands ad. miration from his: fellow curlers, and simply awe from those of another generation “Holy, he’s still curling?” says 12-year-old Ryan Yanagisawa as he sits in the viewing room waiting for the seniors’ games to end so he can get in some curling of his own “Which one is he?" he asks looking through the window Andy Shutek is lead on Brad ford’s team this day — the teams in the league rotate between skips every month or so — and he says it seems to him that the “young chap,’ as he refers to Bradford, could just keep playing forever “As far as I cafsee, he’s been the same for the last 10 years and he could go on for 10 more years — he'll be the eternal curler.” Bradford's longevity and joy for life inspires more than just ad miration from Shutek “L respect the old boy. If I’m as spry as he is at that age I'll be pretty happy.” For Bradford, he doesn’t think of the future in terms of years although he does say 10 more years on the curling ice would be great just like he doesn’t think of curling asacompetition “It’s entertaining, it's good ex ercise, better than walking down the street. And as long as I'm able to get out there and curl why not stay with it?”” Stanley Hum West Kootenay championships this By ED MILLS BRUIN BLOCKER . . . Stan Makortoff held the hot hand for the Castle: Reb gar Rebels as they took on Grand Forks at the Complex Tuesday. But Makortoff’ rt js the Border Bruins scored h 12 poroads left to wie 4-3. ye sedrenaraye a ee Soroke. *‘But you have to learn from your mistakes. If you don’t you're going to lose. We won't be making that a heartbreaker alright. In a close battle Cooper was reticent “There's not much to say, it was pair of helpers defenceman Darren Dempsey added a The Rebels have a chance to pick up ain."* like that you're looking for overtime. some lost ground on the Border Bruins t was a good effort though, the but guys showed a lot of character coming in the KIJHL West Division with two Dwayne Dergousoff had a goal and _ inter-divisional games this weekend back like that in the third,’’ added two assists and Keith Semenoff one of | On Friday the Rebels host the last place Soroke. “If only we'd played all three _ each for the Rebels. periods with the same intensity we had inthe third. ..”” with two goals and Rossland Warriors at the Complex at 8 Darcy Quiring led the Border Bruins p.m. and then travel to Trail Saturday an assist while fora game with the Junior Smokies. Messier ‘‘a force” EDMONTON (CP) — Mark Messier has replaced his friend and former teammate Wayne Gretzky _as_ the dominant force for the Edmonton Oilers 4 talent in his own right, Messier was content to play cond fiddle for nine NHL seasons as Gretzky weaved his magic and led the Oilers to four Stanley Cups >w appears Messier has taken it upon himself to lift the Oilers out of the turmoil the club has been in since Gret zky was traded to tLos Angeles Kings 15 months ago Messier scored three goals Tuesday night, including the wiriner at 15:51 of the third period, as the Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 In other NHL games Tuesday it was: Winnipeg 4, New York Islanders 3; Calgary 4, Quebec 4; St. Louis 7, Min nesota 4 The points pushed Messier, a centre who has gained more recognition for toughness than scoring, into second place in the NHL scoring race with 38 points — four behind Gretzky Messier has 16 goals, second only to the 17 scored by Joe Nicuwendyk of the Calgary Flames **Mess has been super from day one,’ said Edmonton coach John Muckler. ‘*I don’t think he’s ever played bet ter.” That's quite a statement, considering that in 10 previous seasons Messier collected more than 100 points on four different occasions. The win extended the Oilers undefeated string to four games, gave them a winning record — $-4-3 — on home ice and brought their overall record for the season to 9-9-5 good for a share of second place in the Smythe Division BRUINS 2 RED WINGS 1 While Buffalo receives the early season hype and all eyes look toward Montreal, Boston is quietly striving to leapfrog to the topof the Adams Division Bob Seeney’s overtime goal gave Boston a 2-1 decision over Detroit, the Bruins’ sixth straight win To get thé winner in Detroit, Sweeney carried the puck into the Detroit zone and went around former Toronto defenceman Borje Salming. When goalie Greg Stefan skated out to challenge him, Sweeney circled the net and dumped the puck into the open side, for his second over time winner of the season and ninth goal of the year TIED FOR THIRD Breaking off the starting line toward a 23rd consec utive season with a .500 record or better, the team with the blue-collar image is tied for third overall in the league. With a 12-6-2 record, the Bruins sit four points back of the Canadiens and they've played five fewer games JETS 4ISLANDERS 3 Surging Winnipeg finished a road trip with a 3-1-1 left, giving the second time in two record when Doug Smail Jets a comeback victory nights that the Jets had erased a two-goal deficit in the final period. Monday night, t cored twice to tie the New York Rangers 3-3 FLAMES 4 NORDIQUES4 Quebec recovered from a 3-0 deficit to tie floundering Calgary, which suffered’a seventh straight game without a win. Joe Sakic’s second goal of the game with less than two minutes remaining resulted in the point for Quebec, which snapped a three-game losing streak but retained the ague’s worst record Al MacInnis, Paul Ranheim and Brad McCrimmon scored for the Flames within 81 seconds in the frst period Joe Cirella, Sakic and Michel Goulet responded before Sergei Makarov gave the Flames a 4-3 lead midway through he third period BLUES 7 NORTHSTARS4 Louis ended a scoreless streak that had reached 2 s against Minnesota goaltender Jon Casey, scoring on iree of their fir shots. After having nothing to show ‘or 60 shots on goal in two games against Casey this season, Peter Zezel, Steve Tuttle and Brind’Amour scored in the first 10:56 to chase Casey Casey’s shutout streak against the Blues dating to last season ended at 150 minutes 13 seconds. Rick Meagher and Adam Oates added first-period goals against Kari Takko. — ries' athletes doing it all. here to swim. They worked really hard and I think it showed likely off on a scholarship to a univer sity, Zeilke said the provincial race was OF CANADA LIMITED Staff Writer weekend. OSHAWA, ONTARIO On the ground, in the water and through the air, Stanley Humphries secondary school athletes are making a name for themselves across British Columbia In the water, the SHSS swim team placed second in the provincials held at the University of British Columbia on the weekend On the ground, Colin Bush led the cross-country running team with 17th place_finish_in—the-300-man,— seven kilometre run at the provincial meet in Victoria, also on the weekend. And in the air, the high-flying junior boys volleyball team beat Beaver Valley Nov. 17, to advance into the For swim coach Mike Balahura, the team came through at the right time, and though he wouldn't have predic ted the second-place finish, he says he’s not entirely surprised by what happened at UBC “They (the team members) swam over my expectations but I’m not sur prised because they worked so hard,” said Balahura. ‘They desérve those kind of results.”* For Balahura himself, it was a happy ending to a sport where he’s seen many thavaren’t “I'm certainly’ happy and excited that the team’s hard work and dedication paid off because sometimes it doesn’t, when you just come up against a better team, for instance And the future looks good too This time it all worked out and I’m elated,"’ he said. The teams that had to swim well for SHSS to have a chance at a top-five finish came through with timely results In the 200-metre medley relay, the team of Gavin Ratke, Trevor Seville, Alex Hartman and Jamie Welychko won the gold medal, finishing two seconds ahead of their nearest com petitors. Hartman, Seville and Ratke were also a part of the gold-medal win: ning team, along with Tim Austin, in the men’s 200-freestyle relay In mixed competition, Welychko and Ratke teamed up with Aimee Chernoff and Jodi Young to take the silver medal in the 200-metre medley And Hartman and Seville, with Cher noff and Amy Rodgers, picked up another silver in the 200-metre mixed freestyle relay ‘There were other teams who were tanked higher than us,'’ said Balahura. ‘(But) the kids really came Cross-country running coach Jessi Zeilke puts the numbers in perspective to highlight what Bush accomplished at the provincials “There were 300 kids in the racdf and there are. 800 kids across! the province who could have gotten ther so actually it’s more than pre good,’ said Zielke The coach added that she had hoped junior runner Greg Eamon, who finished 200th, would come closer to SHSS's other junior Eric Ruljanich “Usually they finish quite close together. I don’t know what happened this time,”* she said With Bush in his sentor*year and an important experience for both her younger runners “It was a learning experience for them to go down there and see what it’s like to start a race with 300 people it’s just mass confusion,”’ she said With the, season over, Zeilke’s prognosis for next year, with Ehman and Ruljancich as the team’s top run ners, is promising It can only get better because Eric and Greg are excellent athletes,”” she said In junior boys volleyball, the Rockers won't have to travel far for their chance at a trip to the provincials as SHSS) hosts the West Kootenay Championships in the gymnasium this weekend