Mon., Jan. 4 » to Sat., Jan. 16 Sweaters % >) Ys Or2 Men’‘s Wear Active Wear % OFF meet SPECIAL GROUP Vy Price Balance of Stock Dress Slacks $22°° $45 00h Eye Pair fo Balance of Stock: Gore-Tex Jackets ACID wasn JEAN tnd JACKETS Men’s & Ladies’ SWEAT SHIRTS & LADIES’ BLOUSES Y2 Price __/ O}2 Men’‘s Wear 1386 Cedar Ave., Trail 368-8610 SHOP EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT January 3,1968 8} SKI SCHOOL meeting place as SKIING GOOD .. . Avid skiers braved the el on ~The cs Friday as they skied down the’slopes of Red Mountain at Red are good to excellent with packed powder on the runs. CosNewsPhoto by Brendon Nagle OLYMPIC DREAM 7 Kinakin trains hard By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer A Castlegar swimmer residing in Surrey is making waves that might lead to the Olympics in Seoul this summer. Ken Kinakin, who moved to Surrey in September, is currently training at the North Surrey Recre. ation Centre. His specialities are the 100m backstroke and the 100m breast stroke. In order to fulfill his dream of attending the Summer Olympics on the Canadian swim team, however, he must first compete in a host of upcoming qualifying meets. Coach John Prescott, who used to coach swimmers- in Robson, says Kinakin is working hard for the up coming Olympic Trials in Montreal this Ex-Re By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer Three former Castlegar Rebels who went on tovplay for the Vernon Lakers of the B.C. Junior Hockey League have provided the team with the skill and scoring punch it takes to win s The Lakers are currently 16 points ahead of second-place Kelowna Packers in the Interior division of the league. They are tied for first place overall with the Coast Division Delta Flyers. Both teams have 52 points. The three ex-Rebels — who are all in their rookie season with the Lakers — are playing a big role in Vernon's success. Right-winger Dane Jackson has already contributed 17 goals and 15 assists this season. He's fifth in scoring for the Lakers. “Dane has been playing extremely well in the last month,” said Laker head coach Ernie Gare. “He'll be in Northern Michigan this weekend.” Jackson — one of three 17-year- olds on the Lakers — is at Northern Michigan University this weekend on an invitation from the hockey program co-ordinators. “He's down for two days to meet the coaches and check the program out,” said Gare. “They'll probably offer him a scholarship.” The university plays in the Wes tern Collegiate Hockey Association and can offer Jackson a valid shot at a professional career in hockey and a good education as well. Gare said that the other two ex-Re} !s — defencemen Darcy Mar. tini and Adrian Markin — are also Prescott said that in order for Kinakin to qualify for the Olympic Trials in May, he has to knock three seconds off of his time of 1:04 in the 100m backstroke and two seconds off the 1:11 he|clocked in the 100m breast. Prescott said he didn't think Kinakin would have a problem in paring his times down for the Trials. He said there are plenty of meets and loads of practice time before he has to have his times down. The first big swim meet of the 1988 season for Kinakin begins Jan. 17 at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre. The centre will play host to the Western Canadian Championships and will give Kinakin a chance to work on his times in competitive surroundings. Prescott is confident Kinakin will qualify for the Olympic Trials in May “I think he'll make it to the Trials,” Prescott said. “He's training real “hard.” Should Kinakin make it to the Trials, he'll be competing against the Canadian national swim team members for a spot gn the elite squad. “In terms of making the national team, it doesn’t look too realistic but anything can happen.” Prescott is working hard to see that Kinakin gets a bonafide shot at making the national swim team and is determined to see Kinakin succeed. “We're working at being the very best,” he said. Kinakin is currently living with his sister in Surrey. His other coach, Vince Mikuska, used to coach the Castlegar Aquanauts. Prescott and Mikuska have been on the Lower Mainland for the last three years. els doing well j DANE JACKSON ... goal scorer helping the team win games. “Darcy's played pretty well. He's on the power play on the point,” Gare said. Darey has already contributed eight goals and 24 assists for 32 points. “For a defenceman, those are pretty good numbers,” said Gare. Markin got off to a slow start this season but picked up the pace in November. Markin's scoring statistics — six goals.and five assists — may not glow in the statistics column but his play has come along. “He's the most improved player on the team since the start of the season,” Gare said. “We're looking for even more in the second half of the season.” Gare said he was pleased with the DARCY MARTINI point man efforts put in by- the three former Rebels. “We've got a young, strong team this season and these players are doing more than their share,” he said. IN OTHER HOCKEY NEWS: Former Stanley Humphries stu. dent Kelley Hurd was named the Western Collegiate Hockey Associa tion player of-the week in mid-De- cember. The Rookie WCHA forward scored back-to-back game-winning goals for the Michigan Tech University Huskies in a weekend series dgainst the North Dakota Fighting Sioux Hurd had 18 points in 19 games to the mid-December point. By BETTY HARSHE! The Castlegar Pee. Wees skated away with Trails Christmas Tournament championship last week. Castlegar battled in a round-robin, playing a total of five undefeated games. The first game was Monday morning as they faced Beaver Valley and cruised to a 7-2 win. Nino DaCosta and Mike Hunter scored two goals each. Fred Gienger, Tom Phipps, Dustin Rilcof picked up one goal apiece. Assists went to John Strilaeff, Ken Skibinski, Rilcof, DaCosta and Hunter. Castlegar then met Trail in a close checking heavy peanlized game and allowed Trail to gain a 1-0 advantage in the first period The Second period belonged to Castlegar. DaCosta fired in the first goal halfway through the period on a play set up by Rileof and Gienger. Seconds later DaCosta jammed in another on a pass from Strilaeff. With 21 seconds left in the period, Hunter broke through to score Castlegar's third after being set up by Rilcof and DaCosta. Trail scored their second goal in the third period and the game ended 3-2 Trail put the pressure on Castlegar in the third game after losing the first to them but the tough Castlegar te>m showed their strength for a 8-2 win. Arron Voykin picked up a hattrick, DaCosta-scored two goals while Hunter, Rileof and Brian Harshenin picked up one goal each. Assists went to DaCosta, Strilaeff, Rileof, Kelly Richards, Harshenin, Hunter, Voykin, Adam Pruss, Skibinski and Phipps. Castlegar met Beaver Valley Tuesday evening in the last game before the playoffs. With hard skating and aggressive forechecking Castlegar shut-out Beaver Vlley 3-0. Voykin put Castlegar on the scoreboard in the first Trail tourney MS period on a play set up by DaCosta and Hunter. Halfway through the second period, playing short. handed, Rileof picked up the puck on a pass from Hunter to score the second goal. A frustrated Beaver Valley tried their best to take control of the Buck but could not skate around the Castlegar players. With five minutes left to play in the game, Richards deflecte4d a hard shot from Pruss to score Castlegar's third goal. Wednesday was a battle of the two top teams when Castlegar met Trail again. DaCosta opened the scoring for Castlegar with 44 seconds left in’ the first period Pruss and Strilaeff got the assists. In the second period, DaCosta fired in two more goals assisted by Voykin, Rilcof and Hunter. Halfway through the period, Rileof broke through Trail’s defence to score an unassisted goal. Trail managed to score their first goal by the end of the second. Castlegar led 4-1 going into the third. Trail could not keep up to the well organized plays and team work by the Castlegar players. Castlegar continued to role up the score with three more un- answered goals. The game ended 7-1 for Castlegar. DaCosta, Strilaeff and Voykin scored oné goal each. Assists went to Pruss, Brown, DaCosta, Harshenin and Richards. Vaughan Welychko's goal-tending was solid through- out the game. The defense of Phipps, Skibinski, Jeff Evdokimoff and Pruss helped keep the score down. Forwards Rilcof, Hunter, Gienger, DaCosta, Brown, Strilaeff, Voykin, Harshenin and ‘Richards kept the opposition under control. Castlegar continues league play in January. The team record including exhibition is 22 wins, 4 losses, 1 tie. Flyers down Canucks FLYERS 4CANUCKS 1 VANCOUVER (CP) — Dave Poulin and Pelle Eklund scored goals in an 11-second span early in the second period that carried the Philadelphia Flyers to a solid 4-1 victory over the sagging Vancouver Canucks in the NHL Saturday night. The quick goals gave the Flyers a 3-0 lead and allowed them to bounce back from road losses to the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames after going unbeaten in their previous 14 games. ISLANDERS 3 PENGUINS 2 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Pat LaFontaine scored his 26th goal of the season to end a third-period tie and give the New York Islanders a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night. It was the Penguins’ 11th loss in their last 13 games at Nassau Coliseum (1-11-1). LaFontaine scorerd scored the game-winner with 12:50 left and the Islanders’ on a power play, when he poked a loose puck into the net as goaltender Pat Riggin left the crease to chase the puck. It was LaFontaine’s ninth power-play goal this year. LERS 2 DEVILS 1 HARTFORD, Cénn. (AP) — Goaltender Mike Liut, playing in his 500th NHL game, made 11 saves in the third period and two more in overtime Saturday as the Hartford Whalers hung on for a 1-1 NHL tie with the New Jersey Devils. Liut stopped 27 shots in the game as the Whalers were outshot 11-2 in the third period and 2-0 in overtime. Liut was particularly sharp during a Devil power play chance in the third period — stopping John MacLean from 10 feet and then a point blast by Mark Johnson. Kevin Dineen for Hartford and Pat Verbeek traded goals in the game. SABRES 6 MAPLE LEAFS 4 TORONTO (CP) — Mike Foligno scored two goals and assisted on another as the Buffalo Sabres overcame a 3-1 deficit with five consecutive goals to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-4 Saturday night Ray Sheppard, Phil Housley, Christian Ruuttu and Uwe Krupp also scored for the Sabres. The Sabres’ victory spoiled the return of Leaf left winger Wendel Clark, who had missed 23 games with a back injury. Clark, Gary Leeman and Russ Courtnall formed the Leafs’ best forward unit. RANGERS 5 NORTH STARS 3 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — James Patrick scored twice and assisted on a third goal, leading the New York Rangers to a 5-3 NHL victory over the Minnesota North Stars in a Saturday night battle of last-place teams. Ulf Dahlen added a goal ahd an assist for the Rangers, 4-0-1 in their last five games. John Vanbiesbrouck, who made 27 saves, has started all five games in goal during the streak for the Patrigk Division cellar-dwellers. New York is 6-2 against teams from the Norris Division but 9-17-5 against the rest of the league. Minnesota, last in the Norris with a 2-9-1 record in its last 12 games, has won only one of its last seven home games and has the league's worst home record, 6-13-1. ST. LOUIS 5 CALGARY 3 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Herb Raglan had two g\ assist to lift the St, Louis Blues to a 5-3 NHL victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night Rick Meagher, Perry Turnbull and Tony McKegney also scored to help St. Louis snap a two-game losing streak and pull to within a point of first-place Detroit in the Norris Division. The Red Wings were idle Saturday Boston 5 Quebec 1 BOSTON (AP) — Ken Linseman scored two goals and Geoff Courtnall had three assists, leading the Boston Bruins to a fight-marred 5-1 NHL victory over the Quebec Nordiques on Saturday The Bruins scored three goals in less than‘three minutes at the end first period and the start of the second, en raute to their first victory over the Nordiques in four tries\this season Washington 2 Edmonton I LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Bengt Gustafsson’s power play goal with three minutes left in the second period snapped a scoréless tie and goaltender Clint Malarchuk stopped 28 shots as the Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 2-0 in NHL action Saturday afternoon. With centre Wayne Gretzky, the NHL's scoring leader, out of the Edmonton lineup because of a knee sprain, the Stanley Cup champions could not generate any offence against the Capitals’ tight checking to the delight of 18,130 a hockey record at the Capital Centre. NFL strike top story NEW YORK (AP) — The 24-day players’ strike, which caused what many considered a lacklustre and meaningless National Football League season, is the overwhelming choice as The Associated Press sports story of year for 1987. The strike received 282 points in voting by AP member sports editors. Dennis Conner’s America's Cup victory was next with 191 points. Bo Jackson's journey into pro- fessional football after starting a major-league baseball career was third with 174 points. Sugar Ray Leonard's upset victory over Marvelous Marvin Hagler for the World Boxing Council middleweight title was fourth with 169 points. Al Campanis saying blacks “lacked the necessities” to manage major league baseball teams was fifth with 163 points, and Paul Molitor's 39-game hitting streak was sixth with 50 points. The rest of the Top 10 were: Minnesota's seven-game victory over St. Louis in the first indoor World Series. Earle Bruce's firing by Ohio State, Toronto sprinter Ben Johnson's record run in the 100-metre dash and Mike Tyson's unification of the heavy weight boxing title. LAKERS WIN Ten through 15 were the Los Angeles Lakers’ seven-game win over Boston Celtics for the NBA champion ship, Bob Knight leading Indiana to the NCAA basketball championship, the three-point goal being put into college basketball, arbitrator Thomas Roberts ruling that baseball owners conspired against signing 1985 free agents and Dwight Gooden's undergoing cocaine rehabilitation. Rounding out the top 20 were Edwin Moses, Eric Dickerson, the New York Giants’ Super Bow! victory over the Denver! Broncos, Steffi Graf and David Robinson. Last year, the first that the AP named a Story of the Year, drugs was the winner, spotlighted by the drug- related deaths of Len Bias and Don Rogers. The NFL players walked out on Sept. 22 after 20 negotiating sessions between labor and management failed to product an agreement on any of the 38 articles in the contract. Before the strike collapsed during massive player defections, the players lost an average of $60,000 each.