Wednesday, October 2, 1991 @ @ OK, so Quebec gets really mad at Eric Lindros and de- cides to separate from Canada. What a Canada Cup that would make for in four years! OK, lets just say the Quebec fans get really ticked at Eric Lindros and decide that if he’s not going to play then they're going to take their team and separate from Canada. (Isn't that what all this constitutional mumbo jumbo is all about anyway?) OK, so Eric the Great won't go, Quebec does and Cryin’ Bulroney gets turfed from office like he should have been last time. From my perspective, what the whole mess makes for is one hell of a Canada Cup four years from now. OK, I know it’s over and Canada won, and maybe I’m flogging a dead horse here because I wrote a column like this a couple of weeks ago, but just imagine the scenario in the next Canada Cup when Team Quebec ices its distinctly all-French team. OK, so Team Canada still has Gret- zky and Messier and all the grinders and tough guys that could never be The great French goalies of the past — Rogie Vachon and Richard Brodeur — are long gone poo but there’s al- ways Patrick Roy. (Where do the Habs hide these guys come draft time?) Ba- sically, Team Quebec has to hope Roy doesn't get hurt because after him the choices are slim. For extras though there’s always Vincent Riendeau or Reggie Lemelin or even Jacques Cloutier. Defence isn’t looking too bad what with the likes of Steve Duchesne, Ray , Kevin Lowe and Detroit Red Wings’ youngster Yves Racine. After that foursome there’s a choice of many middle-of-the-road men like Robert Pi- card, Michel Petit, J.J. Daigneault, or Normand Rochefort. Really, I think Team Canada can keep Eric Desjardins for all Team Quebec cares. At centre Steve Kasper automati- cally makes the team. Gretzky hated Kasper’s shadowing 80 much that he got his owner to make them team- mates in L.A. Let’s see how the Great One likes it when Team Quebec drapes Kasper over him like a wet blanket. The selections at centre after that include Denis Savard, maybe Guy produced in the g: ute Quebec Major Junior _— but they, that other country within the bosom of the maple leaf, would have a fairly potent Carb for defe Pierre Turgeon. Oh, abe So ipiool thea sure let’s give a tryout to a kid by the name of Mario Lemieux. Team Quebec would be tres bien Team Quebec. Then again, he wasn't so hot in the Cup as I remember. tough guy Jeff Chychrun from the Sibeang Flyers. ee I really like this group of gu: Then Saees a list of others Marcel Aubut (is there any doubt he'll be or- Se to cam Could-be _ Players like Mike “There’s no way Finland or Sweden can beat this lineup. And I’d bet even money on Team Quebec against the Russians and U.S.....” It’s not looking too shabby on the wings either with a sextet that in- cludes Luc Robitaille, Vince Damp- housse, Stephane Richer and a tough- guy line that has Claude Lemieux, Martin Gelinas and maybe Kevin Di- neen or the Canucks’ own Ronnie Stern. Maybe if Brett (I’m so mad I can’t saove.a goat 1 think I1l cry) Hull will his C to play for the U.S. he'll do the same for lineup itself. Gaeten Duchesne, Mario Gosselin, Garry Gally, Tony McKegney, Randy Velichek, “hteven Finn, Mario Brunetta, Momes- Hey, I do believe we have a team ere Marcel! There ’s no way Finland or Sweden can beat this lineup. And I'd bet even money on Team Quebec against the Russians and the U.S. judging by what I saw of their performance in the last Cup. Just think what might happen if Lindros got picked in a supplementary draft by, say, Winnipeg, Vancouver or Calgary and refused to go. Then Manitoba, B.C. and Alberta would have their own reasons to sepa- rate and I'd have enough grist to write Cup columns 'til the cows come home. Bruisers tops in week three News Staff The Bruisers battled their way to an unblemished 2-0-1 record in week three of the Mi- ni-Basketball League at Stan- ley Humphries secondary school on Sunday. The Bruisers were the best of the bunch in the league for Grade 4, 5 and 6 players, starting the day with an 8-8 tie against the Dream Team then turning it on to beat the Pistons 8-2 and the Junior Jordans 6-2. The Dream Team also went undefeated in three games but couldn't match the Bruisers two wins after beating the Pis- tons 10-6 and settling for an 8- 8 tie with the Junior Jordans. The Junior Jordans fin- ished at 1-1-1 while the Pis- tons didn’t find the win col- umn in three games. Meghan Van Vliet was se- lected as the Bruisers player of the game while Nicole Wat- son was the coaches choice from the Dream Team. Craig Davis got the nod for best player on the Junior Jor- dans while Mario Duarte was picked from the Pistons. € Players of the week in the second week were Ian Mosby from the Dream Team, Risha Gorkoff for the Junior Jor- dans, Kevin Carlson of the Bruisers and Sonja Nevak- shonoff for the Pistons. Meanwhile, about 90 play- ers of all ages have registered for a two-day clinic Friday and Saturday at SHSS with Uni- Now you can finally afford to re-tire! ison radi Example: Petro-Canada 807 All-Season Steel-Belted Radial Tire 95 each P155/80R13 versity of British Columbi men’s basketball coach Bruce Enns. Enns was brought in to the city by SHSS physical educa- tion instructor and one-time UBC player John Ritchie. fos genta ion for the clinic is 713-17th St., Castlega 6 CALL NOW ¢ MAZDA— IT JUST FEELS RIGHT! ‘second oll change - whichever comes wheels, tire wear is accelerated. Yu res every $9,000 km or every Arctic 7000 Battery "119%... ai ECT 365 COLUMBIA AUTO SERVICE 850 Columbia Ave., Castlegar 365-5422 @ Wednesday, October 2,.1991 SchoolSPORTS rp —. HOCKEY old nemesis brought the SHSS express to a screa halt in the Rockettes Invita- tional girls field hockey tour- nament at Kinnaird Park last weekend. Rossland secondary school, a girls field hockey power- house in the Kootenays for the last few years, brought the SHSS senior girls back to earth Saturday with a 4-1 win in the tourney final. Prior to that point the SHSS. girls barely broke a ‘sweat in beating Trail 4-0 0 Kelowna 5-0 in Friday game: then taking out Shitesland 5-1 in the semifinal Saturday. SHSS coach Verna Chernoff said her girls surprised her in the sescond annual tourney, especially against Rossland. “I kind of expected us to get blown out of the water. This is really good for us this early in the season,” she said. Chernoff said team veter- ans Kelly Davidoff, Laurel Closkey, Andrea Hughes and Amy Rodgers led an outstand- ing effort on offence for the Rockettes. “Davidoff was just a superb leader. If she wants to, that kid’s headed for varsity hockey about 3:45. The seniors will play in an invitational tournament in Penticton this weekend. VOLLEYBALL It might be called a classic but as far as SHSS senior girls volleyball coach Stoch Uchida was concerned it was some- thing short of a vintage perfor- mance. “We can still play better,” said Uchida after the senior girls finished second in the at any B.C, Wendy Closkey scored the pocertes goal against Ross- Rossland is back in town Thursday with their junior and senior girls meeting their SHSS countnerparts at Kin- naird Park. Games begin at Exotic foods, company and, oh yeah, golf too Bud Lowther COLUMNIST Exotic food, encounters with the opposite sex and, oh yeah, golf, were all in the cards in a busy couple of weeks for the Castlegar Senior Men’s Golf Club. The seniors returned the fa- vor last Thursday when they hosted the Castlegar Ladies Club, which had hosted the men earlier in the year, for a round at the local course. The weather cooperated as 68 players enjoyed nine holes of golf and a luncheon. The mixed team of Olwyn Chilly season Signals curlers The frost in on the grass and before long the ice will be in at the Castlegar Curling Rink, which means the local clubs are gearing up for an- other season. The executive of the Castle- gar Ladies Curling Club is currently hard at work preparing for the new season. The club’s first annual meeting and registration is set for Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. at the rink. Entries will be accepted for complete and partial rinks as well as individuals. New curlers are welcome. The schedule has games set for Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Wednesday af- ternoons. A Curl Canada clinic will be offered early in the season of- fering instruction for all levels of curlers. For “ more information ere Marg Van Yzerloo or i in Castlegar, Ringheim, Bill Shay, Charles Christensen and Bud Alling- ham were the low net winners for the day. The team of Bella Moran, Lorna Manzur, Barb Dusseault and Sophie Janicki * brought in the low net score of the day for the women’s team while George Crossley, Gerry Rust and Dave Hiebert were the men’s low net winners. Dusseault won the women’s door prize while Harry Bate got picked for the men. The seniors were thanked for the $750 the club raised for water fountains for holes No. 3 and No. 16. The Schiavon Trophy was on the line Sept. 19 as 46 se- niors teed off at the Castlegar course in regular club play. Andy Shutek took home the trophy shooting a low gross 47 with a 14 handicap to make his low net score of 33. Ball winners for low net scores included Jim Beattie, Morris Waite, Gord Pettitt, Art Toews, Nick Bondaroff, Arnie Akselson, Christensen Hiebert and me. I also had the low gross score of 42. The first annual Kim Chi Open at the course Sept. 15 was.a chance for me to team up with John Chang and An- dre La Marche for a good game of golf and afterwards to sam- ple exotic Korean foods. I shot a gross score of 35 and won a classy new pair of golf shoes. I enjoyed the food about as much as I enjoyed the golf — even the little yellow things that made my eyes wa- ter. Meanwhile, the playoff Sept.12 between Gilbert Fowler and Ray Heagy for the Bill Evans Memorial Trophy wes won by Heagy. a ti Volleyball Classic at Mt. Sentinel secondary school last weekend. Costly errors at crucial times cost SHSS as they lost in basye ane eerie (15-11, 15- to Kelowna’s Sp: Valle: in the final. itv 4 cine thing that beat us was probably the serving,” said Uchida. “It was pretty close in both games actually then all of a sudden they got one girl who served pretty hard and we weren't able to handle it.” Tied at nine in the second game SHSS had three straight possessions and served into baa 5 ‘ou just can"t wins games doing that,” said Uchida. Still, Uchida is happy with the progress of his team to date. “The kids are getting better, we're improving each week.” Uchida said middle blocker Rory Perrier and power hitter Carolyn Chernoff led the se- niors girls on the weekend. The senior girls play in a tournament in Westbank this weekend. -¥ D'ARCY QUALITY FAMILY VANS Grand Voyager SE 1988 Plymouth V6, 7-Passenger, Roof Rack, Cassette Stereo System. Extra clean inside and out! 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