it’s a new season: But it's the same old problen for the Castlegar Kickers who were beaten 5-0
by the Beaver Valley Flames in a Trail Minor Soccer League game Monday night at Kiwanis field.

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Kevin Cheveldave has
come home.

And the rookie head coach
of the Castlegar Rebels
hopes his-return will also
mean a return to prosperitgm
for the local junior B hockey
club.

Cheveldave, who grew up
in Castlegar and played
briefly for the Rebels before
jumping to junior A, ar-
rived back in his old stomp-
ing grounds Tuesday and
didn’t waste any time but-
tonholing News sports editor
Ed Mills for an interview.

Fresh from the training
camp of the the Rebels’ ju-
nior A affiliate in Vernon,
Cheveldave set out his goals
and ambitions in a the hour-
long interview.

Topping his list of plans is
to bring a Kootenay
International Junior Hockey
League championship back
to Castlegar. No mean feat
considering the Rebels

haven’t made the playoffs
for the last three years.

At 26, Cheveldave is
young for a head coach, but
says he’s tough and expects,
demands, discipline. Yet he
calls himself a players coach
who will go to the wall for
each and every member of
his team.

Among other things,
Cheveldave offered his
thoughts on the new junior
A league in the Kootenays
and his expectations for the
coming season.

Currently hunting for an
apartment and a day job,
Cheveldave has _ until
Sept.16 to get settled in and
begin the Rebels rebuilding
process at the team’s train-
ing camp.

Mills: First off, how
does the talent base look
heading into training
camp?

Cheveldave: It’s looking
good right now. We're going
to get a lot of talent base

from Vernon. I was at the
camp last week and I like
what I saw there. I was
talking with the coach
(Eddie Johnstone) and
manager (Mel Lis) to find
out what will be happening
this year. I know we're go-
ing to get a lot of minor
hockey players who just
need a year in junior and
who will be strong Junior B
players. About 40 will be
coming to camp.

Mills: There was some
flap among local hockey
fans over the years over
a lack of local players on
the Rebels. What's the
situation going to be this
year?

Cheveldave: At least
half that number (of players
at camp) will be local play-
ers for sure.

Mills: You coached a
major midget team in
Salmon Arm last season,
how do you feel personal-
ly heading into your first
season as coach of a ju-
nior team?

Cheveldave: I guess it
would best be put as ner-
vously excited. I’m really
looking forward to it, I wish
we were starting today.

Mills: What are your
thoughts on the the new
Rocky Mountain Junior
A league (which former
KIJHL franchises in Trail
and Cranbrook have
joined)?

Cheveldave: It’s a little
disappointing that we’re not
going to have that
Castlegar-Trail rivalry any-
more, but the rivalries will
develop with other cities.

From my understanding,
from the players and people

New season, but
same old problems

News Staff

It’s a new season but it
seems as if nothing much has
changed for the three Castle-
gar teams in the Trail Minor
Soccer League.

The X-Men and Kickers still
can’t score and the Tornado is
still relying on one or two guys
to do it all.

All three teams were back
in action Wednesday after mi-
nor soccer’s annual two month
break in league play.

The good news for the Tor-
nado is that Ryan Leckie
hasn't changed a bit over the
holiday.

Leckie proved that Wednes-
day in Rossland by scoring all
three Tornado goals in an un-
der-12 division game.

The bad news is that Leck-
ie’s goals weren't enough as
the Tornado blew a 2-0 half-
time lead and lost 4-3.

I’ve talked to, it’s not going
to affect us a great deal in
terms of players. We might
lose a couple of players to
Trail, but not a great

,amount. I think a lot of guys

(considering playing) in that
league are skeptical about
all the travelling. But I was
talking to. (Trail coach)

KEVIN CHEVELDAVE

Danny Bradford and I hope
for his sake and the sake of
the players that it goes well
for them.

Mills: ve already pre-
dicted that the Rebels
will win the KIJHL West
Division this year. What
do you predict?

Cheveldave: I'm not high
on making my own predic-
tions with teams I’m in-
volved with, but I’d confi-
dently say I know we'll do
well this year. os

Mill How do you
know that?

Cheveldave: I know be-
cause I liked what I saw last
year of the local players. I
didn’t see much of the
Rebels but in the midgets.I

Tornado coach Carlos Ama-
ral said there’s some dispute
over the final score — he be-
lieves the game ended in a tie
— which will have to be
cleared up at a later. date.

Impotent offence and lack-
lustre defence were the famil-
iar ailments of the Kickers.

The Kickers were down 3-
0 at the half and never mount-
ed a serious threat in the sec-
ond half in a 5-0 loss to the
Beaver Valley Flames.

It was the same story for
the Castlegar X-Men in the
under-14 division as they lost
6-0 to the Glenmerry Sting in
Glenmerry.

All three teams are back on
the field Monday with the X-
Men hosting the Warfield Li-
ons at Kiwanis field at 5:30
p.m., and the Tornado playing
the Flames at 6:30 p.m. The
Kickers are on the road to face
the Hotspurs in Rossland.

liked what I saw. I liked
what I saw at Vernon and I
like the guys I recruited my-
self. I think it should be a re-
ally solid team.

Mills: You’ve already
said (in a previous inter-
view) that you have am-
biti asa coach. Does
affiliation. with the
Vernon Lakers help
your career?

Cheveldave: That’s a
while away, but I'd be lying
if I said I hadn't thought
about it. I’ve seen what the
affiliation did in Invermere,
the Columbia Valley
Rockies, so I like the idea of
affiliation, I think it’s great.

Mills: You’re just 26
years old and have a
coaching background to
the minor hockey level.
Will it be tough to control
a team with players on it
just a few years younger
than you?

Cheveldave: Minor
hockey’s a little different,
but in a lot of ways it’s the
same, you've got to be firm
with them, the discipline
has to be there.

But as much as you can,
you have to be a players
coach, someone they can
come to and talk to if they
have any problems. I think
the key is getting respect
from the players and i
them wanting to play hock-
ey for you. You have to get
them proud to wear the
sweater.

Once you get that you
don’t have to worry about
the B.S. If guys want to
mess up here, they don’t
want to play hockey and
there just won't be room for
guys like that, basically.

Kootenay queens

conquer

all at

Christina Lake

@ McArthur and Moroso two
of six winners in Castlegar
sweep of ladies open golf
tournament Aug. 27

News Staff

Castlegar women made a
case for a claim as golf queens
of the Kootenays after six of
them walked away winners
Aug. 27 at the Christina Lake
Ladies Open.

Diony McArthur led the pa-
rade to the podium winning
the low gross event while Mae
Moroso won the low net for a
Castlegar sweep of the top two
8 ‘

McArthur’s 80 was the best

cae

round of the day while Moroso

had a 70 after her handicap

was factored in.

The one-day tourney
attracted 113 golfers from
the U.S., Kootenays and one
from Toronto.

Verna Chernoff kept the
Castlegar win streak going
by winning the low net event
in the second flight while
Sue Forrest finished right
behind her.

Kay Hominiuk won the
low gross in the fourth flight
and Jean Young was third.

The fifth flight was
another Castlegar sweep as
Olwyn Ringheim won the
low gross event and Bella
Moran took the low net.

Joan Martini picked up
second in the low net
category of the second flight
and Sophie Janicki was
third low net.in the fifth
flight.

Judy Wayling topped off
the day for the Castlegar
women with the best score
on the front nine in the
second flight:

Castlegar Ladies Golf
Club members will be
looking to assemble more
evidence to their claim as
the best in the west when
they host their own
tournament here Tuesday.

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