Castlagar News Avr 12, 1900 SPORTS GATE CRASHER . . . The Kootenay zone final slalom and giant slalom ski races were held at Whitewater Racers win By CasNews Staff The Red Mountain Racers wrapped up the season, again, and took home the Kootenay Zone Shield following slalom and giant slalom events at the zoné finals at Whitewater over the weekend. Susie Buskey of Red Mountain was the top J2 girls’ racer with teammate Anna Knutsgaard second. Kevin West of Red Mountain was the top J3 boys’ skier. All three received medals. The entire Red Mountain team was presented the zone shield Sunday for accumulating the most points during the Pepsi series of races. Teams from Kimberley, Salmo, Whitewater, Snow Valley and Red Mountain all took part in the races at Whitewater. The giant slalom was held Saturday with Buskey taking first place and Knutsgaard taking second in the J2 girls’ division. Red Mountain teammate Shana Lum took over the weekend. The Red Mountain Racers walked away with the zone shield. CosNews photo by Brendan Nogle zone finals fourth place in that division. Janet Kalesnikoff was the top Red Mountain J3 girls’ finisher, placing eighth. North Star Racer Travis Rhodes was the overall winner in the boys’ division. Mike Kalesnikoff was the top finisher for Red Mountain in the J1 boys’ division taking ninth spot in the giant slalom competition. Neil Jones was ninth in the J2 boys’ division. Red Mountain's Kevin West placed first in the boys’ J3 class. Maury Lum was fifth, Ryan Vatkin ninth and Mike Van Vliet 13th. In Sunday's slalom event, Kent Vayro of the Salmo ski team took first place overall in the boys’ class. Van Viet placed 10th in boys’ J3 with teammate Vatkin taking 12th spot. Tracey Billet of the Nelson Ski Team was the overall girls’ winner in the slalom with Buskey of Red Mountain taking first place in the J2 girls’ division. Lions manager finds players tough to sign By GRANT KERR Press bbapenpeh!y- — Joe Galat wants some relief in his players’ The Canadian Football League Players’ Association has made it difficult for CFL teams to sign valued veteran players to reduced contracts in times of financial restraint, the general manager of the B.C. Lions charged Tuesday. Galat said he’s having problems signing veterans like all-star defensive back Larry Crawford because of the minimum salary levels established through labor negotia- tions by CFLPA. Each CFL club must operate within a football expense budget of $3 million in 1988 in the face of increasing debt throughout the eight-team league. Crawford said he’s a typical long-term player being asked to take a huge — about 30 per cent — cut in salary. He's balked and has asked to be traded to a team which will pay him accordingly. that category of $40,000 even though they've played only a couple of years. The players who have played 10 or 15 years settle for $60,000. Crawford, 28, an import from Iowa State, has played seven years for the Lions. He is the team’s all-time leader in pass interceptions and punt return yardage. The native of Miami, Fla. id his agent and Galat are “a couple of thousand dollars apart” and he's rather be traded than budge further in the face of reduced salaries. “It's a tough situation and hopefully there will be some amendments to the bargaining agreement which will allow us some room on the minimum salaries as well,” said Galat. The Lions signed veteran linebacker Kevin Konar to a new, reduced contract Tuesday, Konar would not disclose the percentage drop in his agreement, but defensive end James Parker said last month he signed a new deal for 25 per cent less than his old contract. The B.C. team has an accumulated debut of $3.7 million and has filed a proposal under the Bankruptcy Act to pay off Yankees TORONTO (CP) — Maybe John Candelaria has found a home. The troubled left-handed pitcher mystified the Toronto Blue Jays with a deceptive breaking ball, scattering nine hits for a complete-game vic tory Tuesday. The New York Yankees, led by Don Mattingly’s five hits, came back from Mon day's loss to the Jays with a vengeance, getting 18 hits including 10 doubles for a 12-3 American League base- ball victory. “I had confidence in him right from the beginning, right from before spring training when we got him,” Yankee manager Billy Martin said. “He pitches right at them, he challenges them. “He's not going to beat himself.” Nobody else wanted Can delaria. The 12-year veteran, already saddled with a his. tory of arm problems, twice went onto the disabled list last season as a California Angel to get treatment for alcoholism. The Angels dumped Candelaria in Sept ember, trading him to the New York Mets. After the season, he be came a free agent in the hopes of catching on with a team. Candelaria was once a high school all-American basketball player in New York, but he didn't care where he ended up this sea son. “I just wanted to pitch,” Candelaria said. “There was a lot of teams that needed ptiching, but no one called. “I just understand what people are trying to do these days. That's the way the game is being played.” The Yankees signed him Jan. 18, MARTIN IMPRESSED “I see a real competitor out there,” Martin said. “What he showed me this spring, the way he threw the ball, I like his makeup. I like every thing about him. “When I got Doc Ellis from Pittsburgh, he had a repu tation, too. But he pitched great for me. I just judge a man by what I see. I pay no attention to (a reputation). Everytime (Candelaria) pitched against one of my teams, he always looked good.” Candelaria improved his career record to 152-95. Castlegar Senior's MEN'S GOLF Starts Thursday, April 14 10 a.m. Shotgun Starts Castlegar Golf Course beat Jays to 7-2 and Cecil Fielder hit a solo homer in the ninth. The Yankees’ 10 doubles fell one Toronto starter Jim Clan cy, 0-2, lasted two innings and faced five batters in the third inning. In the first, Claudell Washington sliced the first of his two doubles down the left-field line for two runs and an infield grounder by Win field brought in the third. Two walks and a single by Mattingly loaded the bases for Washington. In the third inning with two runners on, Mike Pag- liarulo hit a ground-rule double for a run. An inten. tional walk loaded the bases and Winfield singled to cen. tre for two more runs. Clancy was yanked and the seventh run scored when Don Slaught hit a grounder for an out off reliever John Cerutti. Winfield, batting .520, doubled in the seventh and scored on Jose Cruz’s double. Juan Beniquez hit a two- run homer off Candelaria in the sixth to narrow the gap short of the American League record set in 1934 by Tigers. NOTES: Mattingly, com ing off a 3-for-22 slump, said he borrowed some hitting philosophy from Rod Carew and Toronto's Tony Fernan. dez by relaxing his grip on the bat: “I was messing around the cage and I wasn't ing the ball good, so Icstarted using a little momentum to create a little back-and-forth movement till I thought I could use it in the game.” . . . Toronto manager Jimy Williams started an all right-handed lineup, making Beniquez the designated hit- ter and keeping George Bell in left. . . Manny Lee, who came off the disabled list after suffering from tend- initis in the shoulder, threw wildly to first after replacing Tony Fernandez in the ninth. Centennial Cup series CALGARY (CP) — The Calgary Canucks defeated the Vernon Lakers from Bri- tish Columbia 7-3 in the opening game Tuesday of the Centennial Cup western playoff series. The first period was tied 1-1, but the Alberta Junior Hockey League champion Canucks led 4-3 after the second. Brandy Semchuk scored two goals for the Canucks, both in the third period. opens Singles went to Tim Kollman, Dave Loewen, Mike Ber- tamini, Dean Larson and Dennis Flemming. Scoring for the Lakers of the B.C. Junior League were Farrell Goodwin, Mark Greyeyes and Wes Elliott, Vernon scored the only power-play goal of the game, which had only nine minor penalties. The second game in the best-of-seven series is to- night in Calgary. Galat said part of the problem is that first-year players must be least. $38, ‘id a minimum of $26,000 and two-year men at under conditions of the CFLPA collective bargaining agreement with the CFL. VETS HURT “The bottom-line minimum salary really hampers our ability to pay a long-term veteran,” Galat said in an interview. “They're suffering from their own agreement.” “Basically, what you see is most players coming into By CasNews Staff B.C. hunters will be able to hunt wild turkeys in the Kootenays for the first time and youngsters aged 10 to 14 who hold a valid junior hunting licence will be able to participate in limited entry hunts. The B.C. Ministry of En- vironment and Parks has released its guidelines for limited entry hunting for the 1988/89 season and limited entry synopses booklets con- taining details of the season, dates, types and numbers of licences offered for this hunt- ing season will be available at sporting goods stores and government agent offices this week. Canada takes soccer match VICTORIA (CP) —. Mid- fielder Tony Pignatiello con- verted the rebound from a penalty kick to give Canada a 1-0 victory over Mexico in an international exhibition soc- cer match Tuesday night. Striker John Catliff was awarded the penalty kick seven minutes into the sec- ond half when he was tripped by Guillermo Huerto just outside the Mexican penalty box. Goalie Adrian Chavez made a brilliant diving save on Catliffs hard drive, but couldn't hold onto the ball and Pignatiello scored.’ Pat Onstad earned the shutout. a” beat Mexico is a good sult,” said Canadian head coach Tony Taylor. “But at this level you find the simplest things they don’t do, like some of the experienced players not slowing the game down. They played the whole thing at 100 miles an hour. League fines Anderson MONTREAL (CP) — Ed- monton Oilers forward Glenn Anderson has been fined $500 for a match penalty incurred in a Stanley Cup playoff game April 9, the National Hockey League an- nounced Tuesday. The fine, issued following a hearing with N “Still, I guess the fans got their money's worth.” The 4,265 spectators saw a game that went end-to-end, had lots of shots on goal, and even had some altercations that left Mexico with only nine players on the field. With just six minutes left to play, the frustrated Mex- icans reacted physically twice after the play had stopped. Jose Manuel Del La Torre was ejected for felling Catliff and Porfirio Jiminez was red-carded for head-but- ting winger John Fitzgerald. The teams meet Thursday in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby. its creditors over a three-year period. “We have some definite plans on our financial restruct- uring,” said Galat. “We are in business and we intend to stay in business for a long time to come.” Galat has proposed that, once the CFL gets on better financial footing, it should investigate the possibility of a profit-sharing plan with the players. He wants to demonstrate to CFL players that the league is a co-operative of management and labor. Turkeys become fair game Through the limited entry system, authorizations to take a particular species or class of animal are made available to hunters in lim- ited numbers, usually for areas where general open seasons might result in an overharvest. There will be 31,005 lim- ited entry hunting authoriz. ations made available this year and hunters must make sure applications are receiv- ed at the offices of the Wild- life Branch in Victoria by June 15. This year's limited entry synopsis will contain a centre pull-out section containing all the limited entry hunting maps, Hunters are advised to retain the map section for each reference in the field. The ministry expects the applications for limited entry hunting authorizations will exceed the available 31,005 permits by three or four times. The hunters will be sel- ected by computer to receive limited entry authorizations. Both successful and unsuc- cessful applicants will be notified on or before July 6. Golfers to hold men’s night By CasNews Staff The Castlegar Golf Club swings into action tonight with the first Men's Night of the season. Tonight's meet- ing is one of the earlier starting dates for the club. All members and new golf- ers are encouraged to come out to the first night where golfers can play nine holes of golf, enjoy dinner, partici- pate in a number of social activities and get an update on all the club's plans for the year. The first event of the season is scheduled for April 23 when the club participates in a club exchange with Wandermere of Spokane. The Castlegar members will be travelling to Spokane that weekend with the Wander- mere members coming to Castlegar in July. Other scheduled events included a mixed two ball tourney May 1 and Mickey's Calcutta May 7 and 8. 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