v2 __Castlégar News _ February 22, 1989 February 22, 1989 _RMRs do well By CasNews Staff Susan Buskey of the Red Mountain Racers took first place overall in the women's giant slalom event Sunday at the Pepsi Challenge Alpine Ski Series races -held at Red Mountain over the weekend Basky's combined time for two runs ‘was one minute, 38,70 seconds, nearly iwo full seconds«faster than second place finisher Samantha Samuelson of the Snow Vatley Racers who clocked in at 1:40.77 for the pair of runs Samuelson’s. teammate Terri Anne erce placed third with a combined two-run time of 1:41.31 Other RMRs placing in the top ten were Shana Lum, fourth, in a time of 1:42.17; Anna Knudsgaard, fifth, at 1:42,46 and Kathy Drysdale, eighth, at 1:46.25 Fry inv In Saturday's slalom race, Victoria Jealouse of the RMRS took Tirst place with a two-run (otal of 1:29.11, Buskey placed. sécond at 1:30.33) and Samuels6n of the Snow Valley Racers was third at 1:32.59, Knudsgaard was sixth at 1:34.76 and Dyrsdale was eighth at 4:37.47 In the men's giant slalom com petition on’ $ “urday, Stantey Mayer of the North Shore Racers skied to vie tory with a combined two-run time of 1.29.57, RMR Kevin Wert was second at 1:29.79 and Glen Joki of the North Star Racers third at 1:30.87. Gordon Wurflinger of the Red Mountain club was seventh at 1:31.95 and teammate Greg Spence ninth at 1:32.90 Joki placed first overall in Sunday's men’s G.S. competition followed by Wert and Hayer ited to World Cup event Red Mountain Racer Darrel Fry has been invited to take part in the Wor Cup downhill ski race ai Whistler Mountain this weekend. Fry earned the invitation from Canadian downhill ski team to. com pete with the world’s finest downhill skiers because of his outstanding per formance at a series of Nor Am downhill competitions held at Whistler last week He placed 15th in his first run down the challenging Whistler course and toped-alt-other—skiers—in-his-second race. Mark Anderson, a current B.¢ skitem memberand former RMR, also earned a spot to compete with the best Basebal putting By CasNews Staff The Sentinel Basebalt—tengue spending $9,000 on a new battir at Kinnaird Park says league president Bob Maloff Maloff told the Castlegar News the new cage is just part of jeague ambitious plan to improve the quality of baseball in the a a. The executive decided to put in a batting cage at Kinnaird at a cost of $9,000 to the league he said, *‘It's for the improvement of the skills of the boys Maloff said the league is hopeful the will be in place by late April « v May He also si 14- and 15-year baseball p! in the provir challenging for 15 position that will be headed to Ja mer The 14- and 4S-year-ol have been invited a World Ser Japan this year sometime in A said Maloff. *‘Fifteen boys fr players in B.C. will bi four different camp: He said the 15 player the province will live with families in Vancouver Bantams The Castlegar Bantam Rep hockey by placing ninth in his first race and fourth in the second: : Other RMRs conipeting «i the Nor Am event at Whistler: last: week in cluded Ward Steckle, 20th in the first race and—26th im the second; Rob Bulfone 23rd -and 36th; John Cor mack, 29th and 17th and Gord Bowles 47th_and 42nd. Bulfone’s 23rd-place finish in the first rake was the third best time by a junior racer and Cormack’s 7th-place finish in the second race was. othe third fastest run bya junior Bulfone is the current western points feader inthe Canadian Adprne Skt series standings and both Bulfone and Bowles will be going to Ontario to compete in the CAS finals. | league up cage befor leaving for Japan where they will billet with Japanese families. | It’s (the World Series) something the Japanese decided to do and B.C was one of the areas they asked to come,”’ he said if that doesn’t provide the incentive for the province players to do well this year, 1 don’t know what will The Sentinel Baseball League ha separate divisions for age groups star ting with Tadpoles, six- to eight-year olds; Mosquitoes, 9-10; Broncos, 11 12; Jr. Babe Ruth, 13-15, and Babe Ruth, 16-18. Maloff said he expects nine teams te form in the Jr. Babe Ruth division this with Ca rand Trail divisi s interlocking their schedules. The Bronco division will interlock with to really try and im “We're we ¢an get an early start thi rogram,” he said year so the kids can have a really good The league annual general meeting is cheduled for March +l starting at 7 p.m. at the Community Complex Dates for registration of players will be decided at tt tie series and played very well (Vaughan meeting Medal winners Stanley Hayer and Glen Joki of the North Star Racers and Kevin West of the Red Mountain Racers were medal winners in the men's overall giant slalom alpine Challenge Alpine Ski Series rac Wert second and Hayer third in the overall GS standings. ki event at the Pepsi held at Red Mountain over the weekend. Joki was first, Lucerne manages two wins By CasNews Staff Lucerne secondary school’s curli team competed in the: provinciat chanipionships in Kelowna over the weekend, but came away with just two victories in the eight-team com petition The New Denver team won its games against Langley and Surrey but lost a close 5-4 decision to Prince Rupert in a game which came down to the 10th end. Lucerne also lost to Quesnel which placed second in the champion hips Kelowna secondary school, the host rink, won the provincials. The competition took place Thur sday, Friday and Saturday Lucerne ¢oach Bruce-Morrisor saith his team was sixth or seventh out of eight rinks He said it was excellent experience for the team curling on a 12-sheet rink Fhe+eamnormally_curls_on_a_two. sheet rink Morrison said the team also received excellent community support to help ance the trit It was the first time a school te: from New -Denver—tas~been-a~par ticipant ina provincial championship Members of the Lucerne team were lead Brian Berekoff, third Mike Broughton, skip Dennis Swanson and ond Kevin McLeod The team won the right to represent Kootenay zone by ton in two close games at the New defeating Denver— Silverton rink They won the West Kootenay championship in Nelson by winning a close final withthe host team Swanson, Broughton and McLeod vor 4 the B.C Winter BASEBALL FOLLIES By TERRY SCOTT Canadian Press Years ago, Grantland Rice, writing in his book The Tumult and the Shoutirig, recalled the time that Babe Ruth was roaring along in his car while under the in fluence of alcohol. A policeman pulled him over, and, seeing who it was, suggested he be driven home “Why you (censored), shouted Ruth, ashe pun had bee ched the officerin the nose. to his doorstep. The story, like so many others relating to Ruth’s off-field shenanigans, was never made public As baseball’s greatest drawing) card, Ruth was remembered for his prodigious powet and his visits to sick children in hospitals, rather than his moments of than saintly human weakness If the Babe was alive today, chances are he wouldn’t benefit from the same benign treatment by the media but he likely would-be regarded with the same ‘ expect, he'll be reverence by the public. Ruth could earn such adulation witha single swing of his 42-ounce bat The Rice passage comes to mind-as another spring training arrives, with more than just baseball news filling the pages and the air waves while the game has been on hiatus We learned that Wade Boggs is apparently as active off the field as he is on it, Or that Pascual Perez couldn't resist temptation after he seemingly turned the corner to elude a past addiction HEAVENEY ASSISFANCE We discovered, too, that Orel Hershiser can go from being the all-American, mild-mannered boy in Oc tober to the hard-edged, money-hungry opportunist in February, who justified his salary demands by calling it God's will Yankee owner George Steinbrenner and outfielder Mistakes forgiven Dave Winfield have made headlines over contributions to the player’s charitable foundation. And Bryn Smith, the Expos pitcher, was contrite after police alleged he among the offenders in the solicitation ‘of prostitutes in West Palm Beach, Fla In the months to come, further foibles by major leaguers will undoubtedly make interesting reading and listening, tidbits from the lifestyles of the-rich-and famous, Some of the revelations will prompt an outcry The officer shrugged off the blow and drove Babe that the youth of North America have been dealt another blow as their role models are found to be less But like the Ruths and the Ty Cobbs before them, the free spirits and hard livers are likely to discover that public opinion. isn't escapade, as long as the production on the diamond meets public expectations If Boggs suddenly becomes a .20 hitter, rather than the consistent .350 batsman that fans have come to constantly reminded of his ex tracurricular indulgences. FANS FROWN If Perez can no longer pitchreffectively, if and when he returns from rehabilitation for cocaine use, his humorous antigs on the mound will draw nothing more than astony starefrom his former admirers. And if Heérshiser encounters problems on the mound, the customers at Dodger Stadium may decide to stay beyond the seventh inning to let him know that he has slipped in their esteem Baseball has thrived because of the game itself- Alt of us will read, with some consternation and perhaps fascination, of the private lives of the men whose names appear in the daily boxscores In the end, it’s whether they deliver in the clutch, whether they can bring us out of our seats in spon taneous rapture, that determines how they are judged. altered much by an off-field Planning a Wedding? 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(Front row from left) Nicholas Baal, Diana Jorge, Megan Balfour, Heea Oxeroff, P h Xay hou, Michelle Maloff and Heather Shepherd. Mid-Week Wrap-up team forced a third and Tinal open round playoff game by bouncing back from a 4-1 defeat Saturday to beat the Nelson Bantam Leafs by an ide score Monday evening Saturday's domiriated by Nelson as the visitors game was scored the first two and last two go: of the game. Castlegar managed only a singe marker at 4:45 of the third period onan unassisted goal by Derek Lalon de Nelson's Adams with a pair, Rob Schweitzer and Jeff Grycan with an empty net goal marksmen were Gus with just four seconds remaining. Both goaltenders were kept extremely busy CISCHKO fore asttear aretha for Nelson). Referee Brad Ashton called ten minor penalties in he match Monday evening's game was a com: Games in Nelson this weekend along with Rob Hill of Kaslo. plete turnaround as the Castleg team Pee Wees yntrolled .the play throughout the game. Castlegar opened the scoring at 4:35 of the opening period on a goal by Nino DaCosta secup-by-David-Green: and Derek Kazakoff ded 1-0. The home team added a pair of goals in the second to lead 3-0. Kazakoff DaCosta and then The period en scored from DaCosta scored his second of the night on a passing play from Aaron Voykin and Tom Phipps. Castlegar scored its Sentinel Minor Baseball General } Meeting Mar. 1, 7pm CONFERENCE ROOM Castlegar Community Complex fourth straight goal at 17:28 of the final period when Shane Cutler ham merecthome a pass fronrbehind the net setup by DanStelck Nelson’s lone goal was scored by Shawn Badger assisted by Mark Hall and Stathis Dimoupolis The game was a much chippier mat clas referee Bridn Vecchio was kept busy assessing more than 90 minutes in penalties. Included were two miscon ducts and a game misconduct, all to Rob Schweitzer of the Nelson team The final and deciding game will take place Saturday afternoon at the Community Complex BENISSIMey win first contest The Castlegar Pew Wee Rep hockey team won the opening game of their three-game semi-final playoff series against Trail with a narrow 3-2 vietory at the Community Complex on Sun day Castlegar opened the scoring at 45:33 of the first period wiih a nice pass from Mike Hunter to Fred Gienger who popped it in the net. Trail followed with two goals — one with 7:19 and the other with 3:53 remaining to give Trail the lead. Castlegar tied it up with only 30 seconds left in the period when Leslie Stoochnoff took a pass from Gienger and wound his way to the net The score remained tied until the seven minute mark of the third period Mike Hunter passed to Steven Brown behind the net who shot it go Shawn Mosby for the marker. Mosby’s goal proved to be the winner giving the Castlegar team a one-game lead in the semi-finals The second game of the series will take place in Trail on Sunday at 8:15 a.m al Tic 232 239 52 HOCKEY seorte Sp Nee CAMPBELL CONFERENCE BASKETBALL Hortman, Roll Hertman, Walter Kengon. 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