SPORTS Sports Dept. Jeff Gabert 365-5579 The Castlegar S WEDNESDAY, September 1 All brand new JEFF GABERT Sun Sports The Castlegar Rebels are look- ing to make their 20th season in the KUHL their best one ever and in order to do that they have endeavoured to make the training camp the best ever as well. They started with a modest 35 players in camp last week and through practises, scrimmages and dry land training the coach- ing staff led by Pat Price looked to bring that number into the twenties. And there was only one thing Price was looking for. “Attitude,” said Price after the intersquad game. “If the kid is willing to work hard, tow the line and listen, it's up to mie to teach him how to play.” The major decisions were made after the annual intersquad game at the Complex on Sunday afternoon. Just over 100 interest- ed fans came to watch what the players had to offer with the game remaining secondary. The final score was 8-7 for the White team which controlled the contest up until the final period. The main players on the white squad were Rebel veterans Kevin MacGillvray and Casey Grant along with some talented new- comers like Jason Zupp, Ryan Hittel and Brad Boyden. Grant led all scorers with four goals in the game while returning Rebel goalies Les Barry and Mike Kooznetsoff helped back- stop the white victory. The key players for the blue team were returning Rebel Derek Read and newcomers Denis Nolette, Maxime Laverdine and Dean Milford. Laverdine, along with Francis Bedard were import- ed from Levis, Quebec and both proved to be good skaters with a lot of potential. Nolette and Mil- ford both come from Alberta Nolette notched two goals and an assist in the game while Milford chipped in two goals. Overall, 11 Castlegar players played in the game along with four from South Slocan and one from Matt Pommier (#18) never met a Frenchman he didn't like until he hooked up with the hard-skating Francis Bedard (#22) from Levis, Quebec Slocan Park. After the cuts that number was reduced to 10 Castle- gar players, one South Slocan player and one Slocan Park player. The team now stands at 26 players with players still being added daily. As always, the game itself didn’t hold a lot of “There's some talent. out there,” he said. “They just need to be instructed “In general I'm quite happy with the list I've posted. There's been some surprises and some young players come through who value but Price did see what :he was looking for. are excep al players.” There were only seven return- ing Rebels at the camp with the SUN SPORTS PHOTO /Jeft Gabe rest being relatively young play- ers. Price said that's the kind of team he wants this season “We wanted a team that's a blend of youth and experience,” said Price. “We need the experi- ence for leadership and the youth for enthusiasm.” SIDELINES McKay Welcomes New Dancing Queen The artistry and grace of dance has always been admired by the more cultyrally inclined but it has it’s ties to the world of sports as well. Dancers regularly participate in rigorous competition that tests their stamina, skill, endurance and form. Margaret Wood knows all about that and she is prepared to teach everything she knows to interested pupils at The McKay School of Dance this year. Wood received her initial training in the Royal Academy of Dancing syllabus with Carole McKay-Bonin and is a member and a provisionally registered teacher with the Academy. She owned and Operated her own dance school in Cranbrook and also taught for four years at the Mount Royal College School of Dance in Cal- gary. While in Calgary Wood was invovied as an intractor and per- former in the opening ceremonies for the 1988 Winter Olympics, She has always enjoyed teaching kids and looks forward to the challenge of making dance a more important part of life in the West Kootenay. Skating The Light Fandango Jennifer Chant and Jennifer Zandvliet are back as coaches of the Castlegar Figure Skating Club and that means quality teaching on top of a fun time. In case you didn't know, the Figure Skating Club does a lot more than figure skating. They also have an exceptional Can Skate and Can Power p which is speciall signed to teach all young skaters the intricacies behind skating correctly. The registration day for the club and all programs is Thursday, Septem- ber 14. Registration can be made at the Castlegar Recreation Com- plex from 6 pm to 8 pm. For more information call Lori at 365-0185 and Corinne at 365-7074. Enlarging The Sporting Mecca Castlegar has tumped into something of a Sporting Mecca over the last year and it seems there is an increasing interest from people outside the y. A coastal i is looking into the feasibility of a multi-sport facility in the Castlegar area and wants your input. The facility would house such activities as indoor ten- nis, soccer and floor hockey but could be expanded for many other activities. If you have an interest in such a facility write up your suggestions and send them to Box 547, 465 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C., VIN 1G8. Up The Gray Creek With Paddles And Sails The 21st annual Gray Creek Regatta was held in very good condi- tions over the Labour Day Weekend at Gray Creek on the Koote- Wednesday, Septemper 13, 1995 The Castlegar Sun , Page A11 + mm acpeta = With the start of the school year came the start season in Castlegar and Trail. Two of the best teams in t Valu and Pope and Talbot, met up Saturday at the Complex of the second half of the youth soccer he under-12 division, Super- SUN SPORTS PHOTO / Jeff Gabert Smokies ready for BCJHL hockey SUN SPORTS STAFF Training pays off for local Seniors JEFF GABERT Sun Sports The price of age for most is a few daily creaks and snaps that are complained about but rarely oiled. After all, the price of oiling them would be exercise which ultimately could lead to more creaks and snaps. The Kootenay Zone athletes who competed at the B.C. Senior Games in Osoyoos-Oliver last nay Lake eastshore. Wind conditions were fairly varying from light to moderate under clear blue skies. Both days were perfect for tactical sailing and sailors needed a good eye for reading the wind. Eight main races along with nine for the dinghy § were run Over the two day event so everyone was pretty busy at their booms. Colin Johnston of Calgary came out on top in the Cruiser class sailing a San Juan 21 and Dave West of Osoyoos took top spot in the Catamaran class sailing a SeaSpray 16. The Laser class was won ‘by Brad Tadey of Cranbrook while Gwilym and Gareth Hughes of Nelson took first place in the Dinghy class. Prizes also went out to Ken Shirley for a very close second place Cruiser’ class finish and Les Hand for third. John Zupan placed second in the Catamaran class while Jim Mayfield and Liz Vanderkruk tied fot second in the Laser class. The Best New Sailor prize went to Jim Fredrick of Nelson in a San Juan 24. and laser cl. See REBS INTERSQUAD A12 Bucci brings the Lazarus principle to Castlegar The miracle of birth is always a fascinating thing to witness but the miracle of rebirth could be even more special. The Lazarus in this case is the Castlegar Rebels and the ‘ion, although not ever-loving media and begun plans to put in new seats on the vacant parking lot that doubles for the north side of the Arena at the jon Com- necessarily miraculous, will be quite interesting and entertaining. Bryan Bucci is famous for mak- ing things happen quickly and effi- ciently. You may not like his style but you've got to admire his ability to get things done Since officially purchasing the Castlegar Rebels just a few short weeks ago he has renovated the dressing room, built new offices, started on a new press box for the plex. Sorry kids, you'll have to kick up dust ment of all came in the hockey program itself. Former NHLer Pat Price was brought in as coach and assistant general manager to put a winning product on the ice and a winning strategy off it Price has brought in some defen- GAB sive schemes ON and ‘systems SPORTS that will serve to confound the opposition. JEFF At the same GABERT time, he has instituted some of the strictest off-ice policies in junior hockey. Each Rebel player must now live and play by a unnegotiable code of There was a bit of a strange sight on Columbia Avenue last week as Rod Zavaduk of Castlegar Sports Centre attempted to teach Ken Crimp of North Van- couver the art of fly fishing. The next step in the process was finding Crimp some water so he could catch something other than worms. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / Nicole Beetstra conduct — and every player knows Price means business. He has maintained all along that he has a lot to teach and if the kids are prepared to listen he will do so and they will improve. If they don’t listen, they'll hit the road faster than Jacques Villeneuve in a hurry. Price’s message: there is no ‘I’ in the word team. And what a team it should be Despite having only a few wecks to locate players, Bucci and Price have put together a formidable training camp cast that seems to have the right mixture of experi- ence, youth and local talent The experience comes from stalwarts like Jason Zupp who played an abbreviated season for the Rossland Warriors last season as well as a couple years with the Vernon Lakers. Other notable returnees from last year’s squad include Kevin MacGillvray, Derek Read,-..Casey . Grant, Mike Kooznetsoff and Les Barry. Then there are the talented youngsters. Jason White from Cran- brook has spent just a couple days in camp but has already impressed many while Brad Boyden of Dun- can looks to have a lot of star poten- tial in the immediate future. Other players to watch are Denis Nolette, Ryan Hittel and Dean Milford. Then there's the second lan- guage program. Bucci sent out a couple invites to Levis, Quebec and Maxime Laverdine and Francis Bedard answered the call. It's not clear if they think Quebec should separate or not but people know now that they can play hockey If the end of the season holds as much excitement as the beginning already has, hockey fans in Castle gar will certainly be looking at an amazing transformation. Twenty years of great Castlegar Rebel hockey may end with this year being the greatest season ever. The C ly Good Performer ad hoc prize went to longtime sailor Les Cown and the Deane family was recognized with the Most Skippers-In-One-Entry award. Rossland Braces For Half-Pint Hilarity Who says basketball players have to be tall? Certainly not the Canadian Half-Pints Miniature Basketball Team. The team is a group of players from across Canada that is touring the country displaying their own unique brand of the sport which is Canadian in origin. The Canadian Half-Pints will be in Rossland October 23 and they want everyone to come out and see them take on the Trail Professional Fire Fighters Celebrity Basketball Team in the First Annual Mini-Hoops Basketball Benefit. This family oreiented event is sure to be filled with fun and humor for basketball fans of all ages. From each family ticket sold money will be donated to worthy charities in the area. It’s a good cause, it’s a good time and it would be a good idea if you planned to attend the game at the Rossland Secondary School starting at 7 p.m.. For more informa- tion on the game or to get tickets call John Thompson at 364-1737 or Cathy Sproule at 1-800-661-0178. BCJHL Goes Underground In an ongoing effort to further promote the league the BCJHL has joined hands with Subway to make the fast food chain “the official sponsor of the BCJHL”. The BCJHL Championship Trophy will now be known as thé Subway Cup and Subway will also be spon- soring the ‘BCJHL Report’ on the sports-radio talk show Sports Talk every Friday night. In addition, the Subway logo will be emblazoned on every BCJHL puck and each puck going over the board will be ible for Subway sandwiches. Subway is pro- viding each arena with a Fan of the Week package. There will also be a Subway Player of the Week award. Weekly winners will be judged at the end of the year, with the overall winner receiving a $1000 scholarship. Comment of the Week These sports pages have been brought to you by this sports reporter along with the zany and wacky sports world. Any rebroadcast or re-transmission of these pages without the express written consent of this sports reporter or the wacky and zany world of sports is strictly prohibited. But photocopying is all right. Yes, sponsorship in sports has gotten way out of hand, but so have the salaries and ticket prices. If you have sideline info of any size or shape call Jeff at 365-5579. kend know all about the occa- sional noise and they don’t care. That’s because they're too busy winning medals. As usual, the strongest contin- gent from th. Castlegar area was . on the swimming team which was made up of members from the West Kootenay Cocoon Swim,» Club based in Castlegar. The swim club has 18-20 members that meet regularly for swim practises and 11 made their way to compete at the Games. Every athlete that participated received at least one medal. “We were very happy,” said Cocoon swimmer Barbara Roberts of Rossland. “Everybody got at least one medal and we had two people who had never been to a meet before who got medals. It was really encouraging.” 4 NEW TIRES from $25/mo. 0.A.C. © All Makes - Models © Complete Radiator Work © Custom Work ALL GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR Mon. - Fri. * 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sat.*9 a.m.-1 p.m. , CASTLEGAR MUFFLER LTD. 1335 Columbia Ave., 365-0100 One of those rookies was Mar garet Pryce of Castlegar. Pryce was one of six Castlegar swim- mers, at the Games and she received three bronze medals for her efforts. Other Castlegar com petitors included Nancy Yolland with two gold and a silver, Marg Van Yzerloo with a gold, four sil ver and two bronze, Amadeo De Laurentiis with two bronze, onc silver and a bronze, Art Toews with two silver and two bronze, and Bill De Klerk with a gold and a silver. The best cocoon competitor was Roberts who brought home ,four gold and three silver medals from her fifth trip to the Games She credited her performance to a lot of training and liking the out- door pool ia Oliver. “I've been training hard,” she said. “We as a Club have been working at it and plugging at it and we're getting better, Even though we're getting older we're getting better.” .& Hull Painting - Complete Auto Body Repairs - Custom Pasnting ‘Factory Paint Matching - Windowshield Replacement Complete Boat Repaxrs and Paint Refinishing Returbsshing - Get Coating - Metal Kee! Capping a t's Bios.) 1364 Fon BAT Tuan © 365-2505 A 145 Castlegar also sent a strong contingent of tennis players to the game led Renata Belczyk who picked up a gold in singles and silver in doubles and mixed dou- bles. Jack Yolland got a gold in doubles in his age group while Bob Hopkins was awarded silver in doubles and mixed doubles. Herman and Tilly Kemperman continued their strong play with a gold and five silvers between them. Herman picked up three silvers in singles, doubles and mixed doubles while Tilly got gold in singles and silver in dou- bles and mixed doubles. Two other Castlegar competi- tors that did well at the Games were Olwyn Ringheim and Ben Thor-Larsen in cycling. Ringheim was awarded three bronze medals and a fifth place finish while Thor-Larsen came in 26th and seventh in an extremely competi- live age group. Next year’s B.C. Senior Games are set for Kamloops. We weld anything. Anytime ¢ Anywhe icE METAL WORKS 5-811 =| === Game Wed., Sept. 20" Rossland Warriors vs Rebels Face Off at 8:00 pm - Arena Complex Exhibition Game Adults: $3.00 Ticket Prices Exhibition Students/Seniors: $2.00 Under 6: FREE First League Game Friday, Sept. 22 | Beaver Valley vs Rebels Season Passes Now On Sale Available at: Pete's TV, Mallards, His Place Hair Styling, Monte Carlo Motor Inn & The Rebels Office. The Trail Smoke Eaters have officially embarked on their , BCJHL grand adventure and, from the looks of their first two exhibition games, their ship seems to be in good shape, for the long voyage ahead. The Smokies first exhibition game took place Friday night in Penticton against the Panthers. The Smokies managed to keep the game close after two periods when Penticton pulled away for the easy 4-2 win. The Smokies then returned home Saturday night to face the Panthers once again. Penticton opened the scoring under a minute into the first period. The Smokies quickly responded a minute later as Ryan Makow tipped a point shot by Mike Hiebert up into the top shelf behind Panthers netminder and former Grand Forks Border Bruin, Brad Britton. The Smokies then took the lead as Castlegar native Jay Morency put on a little offensive magic in the Penticton zone and then tucked a well-placed shot by Britton. Penticton responded early in the second period as Smokie goaltender Beau Riedel became the victim of a bad bounce off the end boards that went right to a Panther forward in front. The Smokies responded cour- tesy of some more great work by Morency who set up shop behind the net and then served out a per- fect pass to Shea Mollerud for the goal. But Riedel became victim- ized again a minute later as a knuckler shot by Penticton for- ward Chris Bell took a couple strange bounces and slipped between his legs. The Panther added one more goal with eight minutes remain- ing in the third period to take the lead for good and walked away with a hard-fought win. The Smokies first two unoffi- cial games in the BCJHL cer- tainly werent entertaining hockey, but Trail head coach Dan Bradford liked what he saw. “I'm very happy with what's happening,” said Bradford. “We went in to Penticton without playing an exhibition game while they had played five “Out of both games we could have won both as easy as lost,” Bradford especially like what he saw from his two Castlegar players on the team, Mike Myhra and Jay Morency. Both are returning to the club from last year’s RMJHL Smoke Eater club and both have improved substantially over the summer Morency gained 28 lbs in mus- cle mass over the summer and actually had a successful camp with the Kamloops Blazers of the WHL before reporting to the Smoke Eaters. The Smokies are also excited about the possibility of signing Castlegar native and former Vic- toria Salsa forward Craig Swan- son. Swanson scored 75 points for Victoria last season but has reportedly decided to sit this sea- son out. Bradford hopes he can change his mind “This kid's a player and if he ever decides he wants to play he’s certainly got a place on our hockey team,” said Bradford. With the Smokies exhibition season now complete it's time for the regular season to begin. Their first game is a return engagement with the Panthers in Penticton this Friday with their first home game scheduled for 8 p.m at Cominco Arena versus the Ver non Lakers Stanley Humphries Activity CASTLEGAR BASEBALL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING September 20, 1995 ¢ 7:00 pm Secondary School Room Maxwell School of Jazz Dance 6 years through Adult Classes Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced Spaces available in adult beginner classes CLASSES BEGIN OCTOBER, 1995 MUST PRE-REGISTER BY PHONE: 365-7458 Class sizes are limited REGISTRATION DATE: Wednesday, September 13 From 3:00 - 6:00 pm At the Portuguese Centre 13th Avenue INSTRUCTORS: Audrey & Pam N ASPHALT 4 y ROOFING » $9.99 F252 IN-STOCK COLOURS ONLY Year - Arctic 20 FIBERGLAS SHINGLE .99 1. oe