Wednesday, November 9, 1994 The Castlegar Sun J It is hard to beat snow football. Every step is supplemented by the echo of a powerful crunch, éyery breath comes out in a mist @f doom and the snow stuck down hills of gridiron battle. Two teams enter the pristine landscape of undamaged purity Only to leave it a tortured and trampled field gar Kats of Kats Trophies against the Castlegar Lion of the Lions Head Pub at the Complex. The Kats had dominated the Lions all season and it was clear from the second quarter on that Sunday would be no different. Both teams came out strong 4nd things looked even early on fas they traded good defensive stands. But slowly the Above: Dave Terhune of the Kats trudges through the snow in an attempt to elude Chris Sandrin and Mike Boukenstein of the Castlegar Lions. Right: Kelly Keraiff prepares to be tackled by Darynn Salekin as Dwayne passing game of the Kats took ¢ontrol as they started stringing together passes to their linemen and wide receivers. When all was said and done, the Kats walked away with a lop- sided 37-0 victory and the Lions limped home to prepare for next season. Clay Martini and Dave Terhune caught two touchdown passes each from quarterback Ron Coe in the Kats victory. * “Sometimes it just isn’t even worth getting out of bed in the Broomball championship slips, JEFF GABERT Donald skat moming,” said Lions defensive captain Duane Donald. “We came into this game feeling pret- ty good but we've never really been able to overcome our carly season injuries.” This was the Lions inaugural year in the League and they've certainly learned some valuable lessons from it. “Nobody's ever won in their first year,” stated Lions captain Gord Sandrin. “We'll be back.” Sun Sports > Everyone knows what happens when you run on ice. If you're lucky you just get a sore rear end, but the odd time you may even get a stiff shot to the ‘noggin. Ice is for skating on, not running. > Well, not according to the intrepid athletes who Play the sport of proomball and the test of the bunch are coming to Castlegar this week to prove ice ‘Castlegar November 10-12 at the Castlegar ‘Community Complex ‘and the event should prove to be an cye- ‘ppener if not an ice- breaker. Broomball is a highly entertaining ‘sport played on ice ‘with the players wear- There will be 10 teams from five provinces taking in from behind. SUN SPORTS PHOTOS / Jeff Gabert The other semi-final on Sun- day took place at the South SLo- can Skydome behind Mt. Sentinel School in South Slocan where the Slocan Valley Mates played host to the Trail Hawks. The Mates finished in first place in the the Castlegar contest with the Mates easily handling the lowly will be the Castlegar Warlocks. The other B.C. mens des. The squad is the Pub g mens division is rounded out with the Selkirk Hawks from Manitoba, Saskatoon Knights, Calgary Fixx and a team from Inuvik, North West Territories. The Warlocks have been a main- Stay in the commu- nity of Castlegar for 30 years and have high hopes going into the event. “We've been prac- tising but the compe- tition does look to be quite stiff,” said Warlock head coach Steve Croteau. “These team's are from provinces that play high quality broomball. Even still, I'd like to see us get into the semi- Esquimalt from Victoria, Mi Jaw Panthers, Edmonton Angels and W.C. Cats who Play gets underway at 8 am. on Thursday with Coacnes Comments: OF THE WEEK Name: Les Barry Pesmen: Goal Aez 16 Mesent: 5'11" Hoaarown: Yale, B.C. Favonrre Praver: Doug Gilmeer "He's improved 100% and learning very quickly. He's got the basics of the position down. He made the key saves when he had to vs. Spokane. Making those tough saves when you don't see very many shots is one of the toughest things for a goalie.” PANAGOPOULOS; _ PIZZA PLACE 2305 Columbia Ave Castlegar ° 365-5666 Presents You With A Complimentary 3 Topping Medium Pizza TWO MEDICOM IT@LIaN CLASSIC PIZZAS SPECIAL @1 (he Sagar 1,194 Rewer 0,14 rw apn be. SPECIAL 63 aways Pane PaAsTAasAy JUST HASTA’ BE PASTA ON TUESDAYS! Two Baked z Hawks. Ian McMillan had three touchdowns for the Mates in leading his team to a 37-14 maul- ing of the Hawks. ‘The Mates ran away carly and led the game 19-6 at the half. “We wanted to make sure we came out strong because that’s something we didn't do in our last game against Trail and they almost beat us,” said Mates player slides and smac the opening ceremonies slated for 2 p.m. after the sixth game. All games are an hour long and there will be 33 games in total. All playoff games and finals will be held on Saturday. “It’s a fairly prestigious tournament and it's a real honor for us to hold such a large broomball izer Brenda event,” said Dave L The game ended up being a rout despite the weather condi- tions which saw snow falling right from the opening kickoff to the end of the game. So now the final of the Trail Flag Football League is set. The Castlegar Kats will play the Slo- can Valley Mates at the South Slocan Skydome this Sunday. surprises,” Loukianow. “We'll have a full team out and ten games of prac- tice behind us. That should be enough as long as we don't make too many mistakes.” Sunday should feature another snow football affair. But then again, there is no better kind. ks into Castlegar “The community of Castlegar has been great,” said Balahura. “We've got 65 sponsorships from individ and i in the ity and everyone has been really generous.” gan “It's going to be a real shot in the arm for broom- ball in this area.” The tournament has been in the works for a long time but organization has been in full swing since Fi rae pi As an added benefit to the fan, the organizers have created the Bavarian Garden inside the Com- plex which will give the observer an opportunity to sip on an the games. pleased with the response. of ages while g The event will also feature a dinner, ‘dance and awards ceremony starting at 6 p.m. on Satutday and lasting through the evening. It is bound to be a lot of fun for everyone involved, so get out and find out how to run on ice. Binnie on the right track SUN SPORTS STAFF A 12-year-old girl is usually thought of as a young fragile flower waiting to bloom into womanhood. But Angela Binnie isn’t what one would call fragile and if she is going to be a flower, it’ll probably be a tiger lilly. Binnie was recently awarded a B.C. Athletics Junior Develop- ment Award for her dominance im Track and Field. The Awards were given out af the B.C. Ath- letics Annual Banquet held October 22 in North Vancouver but Binnie was unable to attend and just recently received her award in the mail. ‘The Castlegar 12-year-old has certainly been on a tear during her first three competitive years on the track. Binnie won her award for a shotput throw of 9.59 metres. The throw is the sixth farthest recorded throw in B.C. history for her age class. This is the second major award Binnie has won for shotputting im as many years. But Binnie is not just a sim- | | | Binnie puts the shot over everybody's head at a junior development meet in Surrey. Photo submitted ple shotput star. She has also had outstanding results in high jump, triple jump WESTERN CANADIAN ALL 1994 COMMUNITY COMPLEX $ 3.00 a day * $6.00 tournament Bavarian Gardens and 80 metre hurdles. As expect- ed, she is also a high quality pen- tathelete, winning bronze in her last competition. And, just to round things off, she has been consistently finishing top 8 in the 100m dash, an event she com- petes in just for fun. This is Binnie’s fourth year of competition and she is currently competing as a member of the Trail Track and Field Club with her sister Nicole. The club trains year round at Haley and the Willi Krause Field House, as does Bin- nie who is classified as a multi- events athlete. Practises take Place three times a week and gen- erally last two hours. Binnie is about to move up from the B.C. Elementary level to be eligible to compete in the B.C. Summer Games next year. The move will mean increased com- Petition but judging on her Progress so far, it'll be easier catching her shot with your teeth than slowing her down. Midgets suffer growing pains mem ddd son is one of the premier ers managed to break fre swered goals and lost 7-6. and developing squad. Su and kept the score 1-0 for The Beaver Valley Midget Rep team was determined to beat the Castlegar Midgets by hook or by crook: Unfortunately neither worked as the Castlegar play- e and score often en route to a 7-4 win on Saturday afternoon. The Midget season has just started and the Castlegar Midget squad is going strong. The only problem seems to be mentally. In their Friday game they held a 6-1 lead versus Nakusp going into the third period but gave up six unan- Sunday's game against Nelson had Castlegar coach J.R. Ross wondering what kind of performance he would see from his team. Nel- Midget teams in the area while Castlegar is still a young rprisingly enough, the Castlegar Midgets held their own Nelson late into the third period. The win was theirs for the taking but Nelson added an empty net goal to put the game away. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / Jeff Gabert Turner turns to teaching @UY BERTRAND Sterling News Services How do you get to the Com- monwealth Games? Well if it’s anything like Carnegie Hall- practice, practice, practice. Or in the case of Rossland’s Greg Turn- er it’s train, train, train. That's the philosophy Turner But while a decathlete shines when the attention of the world is upon him, it’s during the off-sea- son, behind the scenes, where medals are won and lost. He credited local businesses such as AM Ford, Per down to is they’re going to learn the program. They're going to be there but they also need someone to kick them in the butt once and awhile.” D.J. Ashman, one of Turner's Fitness and Gerick Cycle and Sport with helping him gain wants to share with young ath- letes as he takes on the dual role of athlete and trainer during hiss off-season. Ironically, it shouldn't be called an off-season as Turner quip and some funding to prepare for another run at glory but that just gets him by for now. Although he also has a part- time job, Turner estimates a full season of training costs in the neighborhood of $20,000. “T’ve cut back on a lot of other stuff,” he added. Stuff like proper massaging to soothe the aching Currently coaching a pair of local ballp in i many high- calibre athletes, including his main rivals, take for granted. “You don’t have to just make it by, you want to be able to con- centrate on what you're doing.” Right now he’s concentrating on preparing young ballplayers for next season. “We're just going through tor next year’s World Series in Trail, Turner said he’s willing to help out any athlete or club that wants to get the most out of their physical and mental performance. “You've got to give back what you take out of it,” said Turner who has received years of coach- ing advice from the legend: p . They want to run faster and be stronger. This is where the basics are learned.” With the World Series more than eight months away, Turner can also teach the basics of preparing mentally for a long range goal. Peaking at the right time in the decathlon can be the y Willi Krause of the Trail Track and Field Club as well as training with National Team coaches. “Whether it’s baseball, swim- ming or skiing or whatever we should give back to everybody what we know. I feel I'm in a posi- tion now where I can take what T’ve leamed and help them out.” Turner has two goals in mind for his coaching talents. One is to give the same thing back to Trail athletes that he has been fortunate enough to receive when he was ing out - dedicated coaching. Second, Turner is hoping to raise some funds through coaching tion the attention returns as well. The only problem is affording to train for that next challenge. Turner's experience at the Commonwealth Games was less then stellar but it left him with the appetite to return better than ever. “Everyone says you need one under your belt,” said Turner of his Victoria trip. “Now if you get in that position again you know how to deal with it.” ff going to the Olympics or just going home. “That's all part of it,” agreed Turner. “What it's going to boil play likes that philosophy. - “I like him, he’s motivating and makes us work hard.” Working hard and being dedi- cated is the foundation of it all explained Tumer. “What I’m starting to find out is everybody is doing almost too much. It just depends what you want to get out of it.” “I find ski racers are really dedicated with what they're doing. That's because they have a really good organized program behind them. 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