t VAN PUTTEN. during the final by Jan Holden Sui Beors and Thegna Godliett wih 1s a point® each, and Lisa Things have been picking up Datchkoff who earned 13 for the Stanley Humphrics Datchkoff, was named Secondary School basketball eg Program, Weekengdyaction had the Senior Girls taking top spot in the cight-team tournament in North Kamloops. while the. Junior Boys took first place at the Hi-Arrow Classic which was held in Castlegar over the weekend. Starting off with a 64-33 thumping of the host North team im the final, the SHSS Senior Girls Rock- ettes carned them the win, “They started shooting the ball well, it was a well played game,” Closkey said. “We are to play with more con- / eam was ied in scoring - On th echampi- onship game the Senior Rock- ettes downed on based Fulton Secondary, 45-39 and Brockichurst High Schoo). from Kamloops Boys coach, Doug Hickey. Organizer and SHSS Junior. bs Sidelines The final game pitted Grand Forks against the LV. Rogers squad and the game wasn’t decided until the final seconds. The Grand Forks Wolves just edged the Bombers 59-57 The SHSS Junior Rockers open the tourney with a 43-42 win over Parkland Sécondary from Cranbrook. The tourncy’s eventual winner, Grand Forks, downed the Rockers. 57-40 in the host teams second game of the weekend. a In their final game, one which Hickey team agave away, they lost 5248.10 the Mount Sent 3 The team made a ¢Ome-back and passed their opposition to build a four-point lead only to have the game slip away. Hickey’s team played with & 13-player squad this week- énd which was several play- ors less than usual, due to the flv. Although Hickey says Ris team has improved by leaps and bounds simce the Start of the year, they are still lacking much-needed experience. As the experience of the players builds, so does their maturity and aggressiveness. Hickey said those two cle- ments are the “stuff you ¢ean"t teach, it comes with experience.” “We have the strongest team since I've been coaching the junior boys,” Hickey said. The Junior and Senior Boys see their action as the meet up against the L.V. Rogers Bombers Wednesday. The Junior Rockers hit the court at 5 p.m. and the Seniors game is set to start at 7 p.m.. Senior Girls action this weekend has the Rockettes off to Fernie. With recent improve- meats in the performance of his team, Closkey puts their chances of returning home with another championship as “quite good”. “We will be looking to sce if ¢ BAH Wit this tburnanient!” ' pursuant to Section 6(3) of the Livestock Act, appoint Mr Johan C. Eriksson of R.R.#1, Site 39, Comp 5, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H7 as pound keeper for the existing Deer Park Pound District. January 10, 1994 Victoria Thomas Pringle 5 MORE OF DUR BEST Make ‘em Larges! $18.49 Pick-up price, (21.75 delivered) Congratulations for being chosen to coach the West division All-star team. ” > Thank you for all your hard work and | @ffont throughout the season. PANAGOPOULOS, PIZZA PLAGE A Complimentary _ 3 MEDIUMS for just... tA 1148 “ (Borty, no other toppings may be substituted or added at thie hot price!) ee v a ea Bev Vatkin, (on left knéeling) a coach for the Castlegar Figure, Skating club, helps a group of young skaters during one of their practice sessions last week at the Pioneer Arena in Castlegar. ‘SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten Midget team has winning touch JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun rts. Another tournament, another win for the Castlegar/Nelson Midget Rep team—winning is a habit they have formed which ‘they don’t plan on breaking. Their winning habit continued at @ tournament in Golden. in which the team earned first place. ‘The Double A team is made up of eight Castlegar players and ten from Nelson. “The weekend went exception- ally well,” said Coach Brian Matheson. A tough tourney schedule had the team playing five games over a two-day span, two games on Saturday and three Sunday. In the final’ game they were up against the team from Winder- mere Valley and earned an 8-1 win.“[The Final] was our best game of the tournament, there was no holding back they knew they had to win,” Matheson said. It was a combination of all players throughout the season which has been instrumental in the success of the team according to Matlitsoa!”" '* t od Throughout thé Turney the Castlegar/Nelson teafn only allowed seven goals against while Sun Sports Fun, fun, fun—and good sportsmanship was the main emphasis at the Pee Wee Jam- boree held in Castlegar over the weekend. Over 200 players ages 11 and 12 contributed to the tourney from 16 area teams. The players were mixed to maké 14 new teams with a mixture of Rep and House players from the various teams. “Balancing the players was the key, and the.reward was just excellent games,” said event organizer, Karen Hutchison. One of the most important awards at this tourney was not the team championship—it was the Most $portsmaflike Team Award which went to the Blue #1 teat with players from Ross- land/Trail, Castlegar; Beaver Val- ley and Nelson. For each game, teams were they scored’33 on their opposition. “The defence played excellent, our three goalies got equal amounts Of ice time and the three forward lines did the damage.” Other teams at the Golden tour- nament were from Golden, Nakusp and Kimberly. So far this season, with com- have all been to Triple A teams. Matheson said he is more con- cemed with.how many goals are 2 ll a ‘A Windermere goalie beats a Castlegar player to given extra points for having low penalty minutes and had points taken away for higher penalty time. A team with 0-4 minutes was given an extra half point for the standings, 5-10 minutes they stayed even and for 11-15 penalty minutes they were penalized a quarter of a point-no matter if they won or lost the game. It was, feasible that if a team earned high penalty time ina game, and lost as well they would move down in the standings. This set-up helped encourage a clean and fair style of play. Three girls who took part in the tourney were all put onto the same team, which was coached by Doug Dean and Pat Fennel. The team had players from: Ross- land/Trail; Castlegar; Nelson; and Beaver Valley “We put all three girls on one team, for them it was the only time they get to be with other girls on a hockey team,” Hutchi- son said. Earning the first place in the tourney was the Blue #3 team coached by Pat Vallier with players from Rossland/Trail, Castlegar, Beaver Valley, and Grand Forks. - ‘Their 9-3 win in the final was over the Orange #1 team with players front Nakusp, Beaver Valley, Castlegar, Grand Forks, Nelson and Kaslo. They were coached by Craden. $500 BONANZA ‘Door Prizes’ New double ups and 12 up pkgs. scored against the team than how many they score. One thing he has been emphasizing with the team, especially to the forwards, is back- checking. “Defenee is the main thing for the club,” he said. nay (Zone One) at the B,C. Winter Games to be held in Smithers March 10-13. “Essentially they are a Triple A team, but they need to work on their intensity.” Matheson said. ent @ puck. Jamboree another succes The sct-ap of this tourney helps phivers by giving them a chance to play alongside other players with varying skill levels. “It gave the house players an opportunity to be skating side by side with the Rep team players,” Hutchison said. One Castlegar coach, J.R. Ross, noticed a change in skills from the players who formed his team for the weekend. He. said they started off slow because the majority of the players had never played alongside their new team mates. Once he saw them play their first game he had a better idea of which players could be put on lines with others. “You just had to go with what you got (for players) and make the best of it,” Ross said. On the basis of the emphasis of the tourney—sportsmanship Ross was pleased with the good sports- manship he saw on the ice during the tournament. “I didn't see any overagres- sion, there was the odd team with over 10 penalty minutes. Basical- ly they were all low penalty games.” It took a combination of many people's hard work’ to bring this event to its i To pick the teams Hutchison sat down with Peter Redekop and an assortment of players with vary- ing skills and tried to come ‘up _ Hutchison said without the help of Devon Cheveldave and Chris Jack, who took care of the standings and the score/time keeping. the event would not have run as smoothly as it did. _ Best selection in the Kootenays Trade-ins accepted RA) Fy The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, January 19, 1994 a MAS Const 1¢ tel iV aRe Seven Rebels JOHN VAN PUTTEN ‘Sun Sports The cream of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League rose to the top during Saturday's All-Star game in Golden. The Combination of top play- ers from each of the leagues’ teams resulted in two evenly matched teams—which was proven by both the performance of the players and the final score according to the coaches of both teams. “It's definitely evenly- matched when you go into an AH-Star game, you've got total offence on both sides. ..it's pretty even any way you look at it,” West Division Coach Garry Sauer said. help mg East DivisiohfAN-Star teant coach Bob Boyd said the game was entertainipg for both the players and the fans “lt was good to 86, & tie is better than a blow-oat eithér way and a low: scoring one~*it five- ke» rie sy .7 ’ > est.Division score 5-5 tie The yoalicd made some good saves, } think I hit the post twiee=it happens, | was happy to get the one that finally went in,” Hunter suid following the game in Golden Neither squad could put the all-tie is of/an All-Star game everybody usually plays pretty wide open, It was a pretty good game ‘for the fans to watch and for everyone involved,” Boyd said. On the way to the tie the West Division squad found themselves at a 5-2 disadvantage midway through the third period. Castle- gar Rebel player, Mike Hunter scored with 6:34 remaining in the game, which culminated the West's comeback and put the ing goal past their opposi- tion's goalkeeper in the time rémaining in the game— although the opportunities to score were nymerous. “As far as goaltending went, I thought Vaughan Welychko (from Castlegar) played a great game, he didn't haye a lot of help, there wasn't a lot of people taking the extra man out in front, and he didn’t’only face the first initial shot but had to make the second and third save as well. game in a 5-5 “It was my first All-Star goal. A East Division player catches a stick in the back of the helmet from a player from the West Division as he falls SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten during Saturday's KIJHL All-star game in Golden. ughan played a great game as well as Kolin Kriitmaa from Nelson with the second half of the game.” Sauer said. “This year was a lot more challenging than last year, just- the offensive power of the East was so much better this year of the new addition of Enderby and Revelstoke,” Wely- chko said following his second KUHL All-Star game. In total, seven Castlegar Rebels played on the West Divi- sion All-Star team: Hunter and Welychko were joined by Vince Antignani; Mark Graff, Ed Lehn; Steve Gropp and Gary Hunter. Castlegar coach John Phillips and Trainer Janet Harcus also joined the West Division’team. Antignani scored the second goal of the game for his team and Gary Hunter earned three assists and Gropp had one. One of Hunter's assists stood out in Coach Saucr’s. mind. “Gary Hunter made a grout play on the second goal where he held onto it in the corner and fed Vince [Antignani] out in front and Vince put it home ~ Leading the scoring on Sauer's tesun from the West was Jason Mann. trom the Nelson Maple Leats, who scored two -goals and was named as West Division player of the game Sauer said he “showed a lot of hustle and sccond effort-which paid off—espectally on his see- ond goal.” Earning recognition as East Division All-S East Division Goalie Cole Martin misses the glove save and looks over his shoulder to watch the shot just miss the post. Castlegar Rebels West Division All-star Vince Antig- nani watches the shot go wide. Antignani scored the second goal in the first period for the team from-the west. Sauer, agree that all the players__ it gave him a chance to see the selected to the All-Star game were well-deserving. “I thought everyone played well. Some guys really showed why they were here, their skills are just incredible the way they handle the puck and the way they skate,” Boyd said. “I could go through the list and the whole roster...it was just an all-round effort as a team, it's not easy when you go into a game and play with all different players all the time.” Sauer said. “Well, there's no doubt about it. If } had «a chance to coach a team like this on a regular basis it would be super. you've gota lot of talent out there same smart hockey players. the best in the West is what they were that's why they were here. ..Pd go-out and coach them any day.” According to the North Okanagan Kings coach. the All- ame served a double plea sure. One—being the chance {0° kK with such a talented group of hockey players and..seconds— skill level of some of the players his team could be up against once they hit the play-offs. “If we should meet up with some of these guys during the play-offs (this was] a chance to get a good look at some of the talent,” Boyd said. The experience of playing with the group of All-Stars is one Mike Hunter won't soon for- get. “It'll be back to business next weekend, everyone is going to go out and try to win...we just have to keep our streak going.” Tucker from the C bia Val- ley Rockies who scored two of the East Division's goals. Both coaches, Bob Boyd from the North Okanagan Kings and Saints V-ball team set to float over opponents Sun Sports This could perhaps be the most important weekend in the Selkirk College Men's Volley- ball season. “If we go down (to Varicou- ver) and win all three matches we will make the play-offs,” said Men's coach Mike Perra. This will be the first action for the varsity team in their sec- ond semester of the school year. The team is set to play two matches against Douglas Col- lege and one nfatch against Columbia Bible College. Perra said that if his team wins two out of the three match- es they still have a good chance to earn themselves a spot in the of the season, the team has seven scheduled regular scason matches. Perra said the stand- ings are so close that only four points separate the eighth spot from the fourth place team. “That's only two wins.” Of those seven Matches) Perra said if they win three they| have a strong chance for post-scason play, if they win five they will be guaranteed a play-off spot In hopes of improving their chances the team has been working on their Blocking skills The Douglas College team is basically the same size and ths will be the first time either team has scen the _gther play had catys know this is i iniportant match, the most Sun Standings “a relaxed’ team will win the match,” Perra said. One new addition to the team, Eric Gramingni, joins the Saints for the second half of their sea- son. “He is a new player and we are glad to have him.” According to Perra this Jan- uary is the first in five seasons that the team has not lost players due to low grades. “This is the first time in five years we have not lost players because they were ineligible due to grades.” After this road trip the team has the following two weekends with no scheduled travelling, but there won't be a break in the volleyball action as they will be hosting their opposition. Beaver Valley N. Hawks 31 ‘Spokane Braves u Grand Forks 8 Bruins 33 BSF BY WHILE QUANTITIES LAST SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten Hunter said. The Castlegar Rebels return to regular season action and will try to add to their 22-game winning streak when they travel to play in Beaver Valley on Friday. Sat- urday the Rebels host Spokane, and next Tuesday they will travel to Nelson to play the second- place Leafs. SPECIAL!! 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