Wednesday, November 20, 1991 @ | So tha I used to think it had hing to t's how t do with the water they drink down in South Slocan. But now I know how they really do it. Tucked away in a wooded area about halfway between Castlegar and Nelson, just off the beaten track known as Highway 3A, sits a volley- ball player factory that goes by the name of Mt. Sentinel junior secondary school. In production about eight months a year, this factory has turned out some of the Kootenays, the province’s and the country’s best volleyball play- ers. And all this from a school with an average population of about 350 kids from Grades 7 to 12. It’s classic production-line technol- ogy at work at Mount Sentinel —kids come in the school as raw material, go through the system and, like clock- work every year, come out as highly- valuable finished cts. Selkirk College men’s volleyball teams have won igh i and club teams across the province have a sprinkling of Mt. Sentinel tal- ent and all are on the lookout for more coming down the pike. Front and centre on the assembly line are Phys-Ed teacher Joe Moreira and science teacher Dave Olynyk. They are this factory's shippers and receivers. Moreira has been at the school for 16 years and handles the senior girls team, while Olynyk, who is responsi- ble for the senior boys, has been there 13 years. Prior to their arrival on the Mount, both had little volleyball experience and the school didn't have a program to speak of. They have grown along with the program they have created. Moreira said there’s no sleight-of- hand or trickery at work at this facto- ry. They've been able to do what they've done, he said, in two simple ways. And neither way involves re- cruiting, favoring certain players over others, special status or breaks for thletes in three provin- cial championships with a host of Sen- tinel alumni on the roster. Currently, the women’s team at Selkirk has four Mt. Sentinel grads on it and is coached by another. The men’s team is also coached by a Sen- tinel product and there’s a couple on “['m proud of that,” said Moreira. And rightly so. But back to the two simple ways. “Number one is that we provide kids with an opportunity to play a lot of volleyball. And to get a lot of good coaching in volleyball.” hey really do it Free Agent era’s and Olynyk’s domain. They get lots of help from people like Mike Per- ra, (who coaches the men’s team at Selkirk) Wes and Jason Wishlow, Pat Henly and Theo Friml, to name a few. “Those guys have always made themselves available to help us and we've taken advantage of that. With their experience, they can help us pro- "i ira said. “The other fact that I'm extremely proud of, is the number of kids we have playing. We sometimes get excit- ed about some of the kids and their success in volleyball, but I think when we sit back in a quiet moment and re- flect on what’s really good, it’s the fact that we have so many kids playing the game,” he sai the roster. And the coaching isn’t just Mori- e “You tell kids, if you really want to ates good all the they've gone get to that point. It’s real- ” Olynyk and the coaches at this school work very, very hard. We're a tiny school and we work extremely hard at this sport. I think that in itself builds a level of confid: and self-discipline,” he said. Like most schools, athletics is sec- in both areas. Examples of that are everywhere you look. CRHL teams decide nothing again - News Staff There’s a couple Castlegar Recreational Hockey League teams who should stay out of politics — because they can't ever seem to decide anything. For the second time in as many meetings Monday, Woodland Park Shell and Kootenay Computers played to a 6-6 tie at the Community Complex. In other CRHL games at the Complex over the week, Castlegar Sports Centre beat Castlegar Pressure Wash 11- 10 in one of two games Friday, while Banjo’s Pub beat Shell 5- 2 in the other. In a Thursday night game Pressure Wash beat Computers 10-9. Shell got five, third-period goals, including the go-ahead goal with under five minutes to play, in the tie with Com- puters. Chief Mercer’s second goal of the game with 3:29 remain- ing gave Computers the tie. Dave Rugg had three goals and one assist for Shell, while Benton Hadley had two goals an two assists and Kelly Ke-aiff had one and one. ave Terhune was in on all In a relative defensive bat- tle Friday in the free-scoring league Banjo’s got two goals from Chris Owens and solid goaltending from Rick Roger- son in a 5-3 win over * Frank Costa had a goal and three assists for Banjo’s while Larry Price had goal and two assists. Jim Nazaroff and Jim Mc- Mullan scored for Shell. In the other game Friday Pressure Wash got another eight-point night from Gordie Walker but allowed six, third- period goals to lose 11-10. Brent Petrick and Niki Hyson both had hat tricks for Sports Centre, while Dwayne Weir had two goals and two assists and Lorne Anderson had one and three. Dean MacKinnon and Tony Rego also scored for Sports Centre while Neil Archam- bault had four assists. Walker had five goals and three assists to pad his lead atop the CRHL scoring race. George Roberts scored twice and assisted on another. Walker turned playmaker in Pressure Wash’s 10-9 win over Computers Thursday Trubetskoff got two goals and two assists and Mike Nevak- shonoff got two goals and one assist. HUT-ONE, HUT TWO s News photo Winter might be fast approaching, but it was still warm enough last week for a game of touch football on the field at Stanley Humphries secondary school. , November 20, 1991 SchoolSPORTS Stanley Humphries secondary school’s senior volleyball teams provid- ed all the surprises at the West Koote- nay championships in Trail last week- end. The favored senior girls surprised by almost losing and the underdog senior boys did the same by winning. What started as a rebuilding year has ended in a provincial champi- onship appearance for Don Lust and the senior boys after they beat Nelson's L.V. Rogers in the final of the four-team event. The SHSS boys lost in three games to LVR (15-13, 13-15, 13-15) in the round-robin portion, but came back to beat them three straight (15-10, 15-8, and 15-6) in the finals. “The guys just really gelled, they got so pumped up, they didn’t let Nelson get a chance on anything, ” Lust said. The boys, now ranked 13th in AA ball, leave Tuesday for the 16-team provincial championships in Courte- nay. “Actually, at the beginning of the year I wouldn’t have said we were go- ing to be there,” Lust said. “But the guys have come a long way all year. About half way through the season, I figured they did have a chance, but ac- tually, they outperformed way more than I ever thought in the finals.” The boys beat Cranbrook two straight in the semi-finals. Lust said Lee Malinek and Dan Kooznetsoff were played their usual 1976-6th Ave. 365-6313 | CHELATION THERAPY Treatment of: Atherosclerosis, Stroke, Heart Disease, Peri- Vascular Di se. Now Available in Castlegar PHONE 365-7717 Thanks! Blueberry Creek Recreation Commission extends sincere appreciation to local businessmen, communities and craftspeople for their excellent support of the 16th Annual Christmas Craft Fair. ATTENTION West Kootenay Snow-Goers will be having an Annual Meeting on Wed., Nov. 20 720 p.m. at the Ressiand Legion {tis important to have a strong show of ‘support 2s the future of the club is at stake. ‘ALL SNOWMOBILERS ARE WELCOME. Seniors sweep! 737 Baker St., Nelson Lee Malinek Sandra Rogers outstanding games, but it was the role- players who really stole the show and made the championship happen. “It was just amazing, everyone con- tributed and it was really nice to see. Even our setters (Mitch Stooshnoff and Todd Bondaroff) were hitting the ball really good.” Lust said he has set a goal for the team to win the consolation at provin- cials, which means eighth place. “But you never know what's going to happen. I mean if they play the way they did in the finals, they have a real- ly good chance of getting in the top sport Ph. 354-4674 eight,” he said. On the girls side, if a good fright is good for the hiccups then SHSS senior girls coach Stosh Uchida may be cured for life. The girls, who were heavily favored in the one-match playoff against Trail’s J.L. Crowe, came back from a 2-1 deficit to pull out the victory (13-15, 15- 11, 11-15, 15-4, 15-3). While not exactly reading his team the riot act before game four, Uchida made moves with power hitter Sandra Rogers and setter Tamara Rezansoff to make sure his team was awake. “We were looking bad, so I sat San- dra down in the third game, got her set- tled down and then put her back in and she was okay,” said Uchida. “She cer- a ly makes a difference if she’s on or off. Uchida put Rezansoff in after the first game and “she responded really well.” Allin all, Uchida said the experience in Trail might be a good one for the girls as they prepare for the provincials in Vanderhoof next weekend. The girls goin ranked sixth in the province. “I'm just wondering how these kids handle pressure, whether or not they'll just fold up or whether they are going to respond. “The one thing they did do, they were down two games to one, looking bad, and they came back. They didn’t give up, I think that will help them,” SWEVIMING Justin Phillips picked up a pair of medals, including the school’s only in- dividual medal, to lead SHSS at the provincial high school swimming championships at UBC last weekend. Phillips won the silver in the 50-me- tre breaststroke then teamed up with Mario Fehrenberg, Aimee Guido and Jill Imrie for the bronze in the 4X50- metre mixed medlay relay. Ten SHSS swimmers qualified for provincials, which were held over two days and involved over 100 schools. Complete results can be found in The Numbers on page B4. 4 Uchida said. OFF HOCKEY STICKS OFF BIKES OFF BIKE PARTS & ACCESSORIES CLOTHING SHOES X-COUNTRY AND MORE SALE BEGINS NOVEMBER 15™ BEST PRICES EVER!