SPORTS Sports Dept. Jeff Gabert 365-5579 The Castle Sun WEDNESDAY, Top left: The 1993/94 KIJHL West Division Champion Castlegar Rebels. The Rebels lost the KIJHL final to the North Okanagan Kings but established a league record 24-game winning streak. Above: City councillor Brenda Binnie throws a pitch to open the two renovated and controversial ball fields at Kinnaird Park. Far left: Mountain biking became much more popular in 1994 and two Castlegar riders, Dave Belanger and Shawn Van Diebitsch, were right at the forefront of all the activ- ity which included the Bonk and Beyond and Rubber- head mountain bike races. Left: Todd Archambault showed why he is one of the best young golfers in Canada with another 1% and “Wednesday, December 28, 1994 The Castlegar Sun But Castlegar had more to cheer about than just the World ‘Cup as the Kootenay South EE ae ner tian over Prince Geups inde by omen of 3-1 Castlegar Golf and Country Club im early June and then was on the winning team in the Jim Young charity event. Archambault continued his tear in March by finishing third overall in the B.C. Junior Cham- pionships in Courtenay. He hit a slump at the B.C. Amateur but was still cho- sen to represent B. c. at the Junior Ch ing your body to the limit,” said Bonk and Beyond organizer Matt Scott in trying to explain the draw of the sport. “It's you the mountain and the rest of the field and everyone is trying to win.” B.C.PGA Championship B.C. golf's biggest tournament found its way to the Castlegar Golf and Country Club in. stantial winning playoffs where they faced the first place South Slocan Mates in the final. The Kats rallied carly in the second half to win 21-13. Cleaning the rocks Bill Van Yzerloo has always Special Events Castlegar is a viable and growing community, thus it is the perfect choice for major events. Here is a list of the biggest and best. District 8 Little League Base- ball This annual event saw teams from all over the Kootenay region finds their way to Castle- gar in July for a six day baseball extravaganza. Castlegar got off to their best start ever with two straight wins but lost to the even- tual winner, Trail. “We jem played to have fun,” > play of curling as the Wayne : Matthewson rink of New West of the people of Castlegar over the last year. Their excellence, This annual event is a favorite of all participants from the celebrities right on down. This year’s cast included Greg Adams of the Canucks, world champion curlers Pat Ryan and Bert Gret- zinger, and John McKeachie of BCTV. The event raised $15,000 for the Red Cross. To Bonk and Beyond August saw an increase of two-wheeled travel in the area as mountain bikers of all skill levels descended on Castlegar for the annual Bonk and Beyond moun- tain bike race. 82 riders took part im the gruclling race with Castle- gar racers Shawn Von Diebitsch, Dave Belanger, Elina Alimkulov, Pete Bullock, Scott Carlson and Ryan Phillips earning top three finishes. Von Diebitsch won the ity and i y make them truce sportsmen. The first is Derek Peregrym who coaches the Selkirk Saints cross-country team. Peregrym’s team won the 1994 BCCAA Boston was a life long dream for Pere- gtym who finished the 26.2 mile race in 3 hours 32 minutes. “My legs arc total jello,” said Peregrym right after the race. Canadian C! hip in his division later in the season during the Rossland Rubberhead event. “It's the fact that you are push- P ‘The winner was Scott Minni of the University Golf Club in Vancouver. It was his third consecutive title. “I think the key to golf is just try to make pars and that's what I did,” said Minni. “I don’t try to be flashy, just make par. Pars are great and birdies - you just let them happen.” Western Canadian Broomball Ten mens and womens teams from across western Canada featured high calibre broomball action and a load of fun. The Selkirk Hawks from Manitoba won the mens title with a 1-0 win over the B.C. representative, the Schooner Pub Renegades. The womens champs were the Edmonton Angels. And, in a very large nutshell, that was Castlegar from a sports point of view. Many won, many lost but the end result was a good time was had by alll. So what's cookin’ in 1995? The Rebels win it all, the ball parks are free and the people of Castlegar play instead of work. Now if only that could apply to the Canucks, 100% B.C. OWNED & OPERATED Our Deli We make delicious fresh meat & cheese trays at competitive rates. Frozen YOUNG TURKEYS Utility grade 5-9kee While quantities last Fully Cooked HAMS Bone-in or Shank portion .06 kg. 39 Ib. Stop in and say hi to new manager Travis Ready “SPECIALS” TILL JANUARY 4th B9¢ +dpst. Olympic BLACK FOREST HAM Fleetwood HONEY HAM 0 7 Old Dutch or Nalley's McCormick's POTATO CHIPS CHAMPAGNE CRACKERS Peregrym 5] is sted in th adi HOSTESS CHIPS 180 g., with any fuel purchase 79¢ Sun Sports photos by Jeff Gabert and John Van Putten LADIES DAY EVERY WEDNESDAY pick up a free carnation 18 tive attitude. The past year was certainly no different and a quick look back finds many winners and a few losers, but not a single person regrets participating. The grand Rebel-ion No i ive could begin without the sporting Castlegar Rebels Junior Hockey club. There has never been a more dominant presence in the KIJHL than the 1993-94 Rebels and they proved that by establishing a League record 24-game winning streak. The year started off with the Rebels firmly in first place with and seven players in the All- Id im mid-January. The game ended i 5-5 tie and Mike Hunter of the Rebels scored the tying goal. Hunter also ended up winning the League scoring title with 110 points (34 goals, 76 assists). ‘The winning sucek ended ot Or ond of Jenner? with a 7-4 loss to the Nelson Maple Leafs. “We won 24 games in a row and the players should be proud of that,” said Rebels coach Garry Sauer. “Tt will be a tough record to beat.” The Rebels went on to lish Rossland in the and they had another opportunity to prove it last year. It began with a group of young women who took their Senior Rockette basketball team all the way to the Single “A” Provincial Championships in Beach on Vancouver Island. They made it there with a 77-44 win over Grand Forks. The boys were also on their way to the Provincials but lost to Lv. iam in qualifying. In September, the action picked up again as the Senior Girls volleyball team took centre stage. They lost the SHSS Senior Girls Invitational to L.V.R. but got revenge in November when they beat them to eam a birth in the Provincials. Selkirk smiling After a dismal 1993 campaign, the men’s voliey- ball team seemed to get back on track in February when they took a 9-9 regular season record into the B.C. Colleges Athletic Association playoffs in February. The playoff tourney was held at Trinity Western University and the men came back with an encouraging fourth which was a vast improvement over the previous year. Later in the year the Saints cross-country squad broke out and started running wild. They battled injuries all season long but when the BCCAA Championship came around in October they gave their all and came away with first place. The event was held at Fraser Valley College in Abbotsford and it figures! Figure Skating will always be a popular winter activity for Castlegar girls and that didn’t change in 1994. Castlegar was proud to host the Kootenay Championships at the end of January and 15 Castle- gar skaters took part. Vanessa Kastrukoff and Danielle Jmieff came away with gold for the Castle- gar Figure Skating Club while Meghan Van Vliet and Jennifer Datchkoff earned bronze. The club placed third overall. Recently, they gained six medals at the Sunshine Valley Open held in Grand Forks in November Datchkoff and Kastrukoff once again led the way. Field of dreams One of the most controversial issues in sport over the past year didn’t happen on the field but rather over it. It all began back in March when Doug Hick- ey, president of the Minor Baseball Asso- ciation, petitioned City Council for money to upgrade two fields at Kinnaird Park. He received a commitment for $15,000 and a group of vohunteers went to work in April. A whole list of improvements including a new sprinkler system, a grass infield and new basepaths were implemented to the Middle and Pony fields im porn x 1995 Babe Ruth World Series. were completed im May thanks to the Saints had strong runs from Malcolm Menninga, Gideon Wiseman, Christine Clay and Wendy Thompson in winning the Championship. first round of the playoffs and then win a tough series against the Leafs four games to two. But the victory seemed to drain them emotionally and they ended up losing the KIJHL Championship to the yona scale All the various teams in the Castlegar Minor Hockey Association had flashes of brilliance this past year from the amazing Atoms to the mighty The North Okanagan Kings in four straight games after taking game one. “We had a great year,” said Sauer. “It was a high- ly successful season and we brought a lot of people back to the rink. You've got to be proud about that.” The Rebels started a new season in September with a 10-4 reut of the Warriors and went into the Christmas break solidly in first place in the South Division after defeating the Warriors two more times. 1995 may hold bigger things yet for those ram- bunctious Rebs. Stanley proud Stanley Humphries High School has an even longer history of athletic excellence than the Rebels d by far, were the Midgets who | found their way to the Winter Games in Smithers and ended up winning it all with a 6-3 win over North Okanagan’s combined Enderby- Armstrong team. “It was great to see the entire team from the goal tending to the defence right up to the forwards all have an excellent tournament,” said coach Brian Matheson of his team which was made up of both Castlegar and Nelson kids. The 1994-95 season has now scen a purely Castlegar Midget Rep team which should be in the running for the Provincials in the new year. Mean- while, the PeeWee team seems to have the best squad after winning their own tournament earlier this month. $10,000 in volunteer labour. "We" ve turned a big corner here,” said Hickey. “We've shown what can be done when people work together.” Unfortunately Hickey wasn’t talking about the other field users like fastball and slo-pitch who use different base paths and the Pony field suffered con- siderable damage during a fastball tournament in June. Since then the field has been repaired and city council is now working closely with user groups to solve the entire ball field problem. Shining Diamonds Baseball Just to prove that diamonds are a girls best friend, a group of female baseball players banded together to form the three team Kootenay Ladies Baseball Association in August. “It was started because the girls had nothing to do in the fall and were tired of watching football,” said Castlegar manager Aaron Jones. The season ended in October with Castlegar, guided by the pitching of Jenny Hoodicoff, taking the first "The winners of the Little League season im Castle- gar were the Lions and Safeway. The Lions beat NRS Realty to win the Minor Division while Safe- way beat the Legion to win the Major Division. Merchants have taken it on the chin in Canada But it all came to an unfortunate end in late July when they lost the League fimal to 6-2 to the Royals. The Pope and Talbot Midget Girls were another jest i Denn can as asc al Asgatts Kamloops. The Aquanauts were led by Adam Rodgers, Andy Angrignon, Rachel Friedrich and Selena Fodor while the River Otters got strong per- », 84% Sportsman is golfer Todd Archambault who retumed from , his first year of university in ona golf to crepes ine eB His first ._ Yictory was im the Zone qualify- MENS DAY TUESDAY free coffee till noon GAS/PROPANE/ALL YOUR CONVENIENCES WE ARE OPEN 24 HRS. 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