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* News photo by Ed Mills The Barbee Bonspiel saw curlers from all over the West

Ritchie back in Castlegar’s

Hoop showdown all set

@ Selkirk College challenges Castlegar Realty in b-ball finale

Jonathan Green NEWS REPORTER

The Kootenay West Men’s Basketball League finalists have been decided, and it’s on- ly fitting that the best two reg- ular season teams will clash for the title.

Castlegar Realty (11-1) and Selkirk College (10-2) will meet at the college next Tues-

lineup, the team should go in- to the final injury-free.

“We're as healthy as we're going to be,” he said, adding that the match will be a classic case of age versus youth.

“Hopefully we can keep up with those kids.”

Turlock said that although Ritchie played in the last game, he still isn’t guaranteed for the final.

“If he can’t play, we've defi- nitely got a big hole to fill,” he

Darren Ettles said.

day, with winner taking all.

College coach Preston Zeeben said his team was in-

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Bud Lowther NEWS COLUMNIST

At the completion of the 4th draw in Pen-;

sioner’s Curling, the top rink — witha solid record of 10 wins to only one loss — was com- posed of skip Tom Wilson, third Frank Holdsworth, second Mike Bermel and lead Norm Fishwick.

When the skip was away for three games, and when the third was away for five games, they kept right on winning because they had a very strong front end.

With octogenarian Norm Fishwick at lead, they are always dangerous. He is an experi- enced curler who moved from the third position

Wilson crew leading the way

afew years ago.

Mike Bermel is an ex-third who moved to second position where he is performing very well.

Tom Wilson curls a steady game, as does fast-shooter Holdsworth. They say he could even out draw Harry Bate. a

Arne Akselson’s rink had eight wins, two losses and one tie, while Mike Nerzuk’s four- some had seven wins, three losses and one tie. pis started our fifth and final draw last Tues-

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After watching the Tournament Of Hearts and the Brier on TV, I hope that I can perform better.

Stars shine in Trail

The stars will shine in Trail next week.

A dozen figure skating stars from past and present will take to the ice at the Cominco Arena on Friday night.

Headlining the World Cup Champions On Ice show will be Canada’s Elizabeth Manley, the darling of the XVI Winter Olympics in Calgary four years ago.

Manley has been busy since winning a silver medal that bie most notably as a feature performer with the Ice Ca- pades. :

Also on hand will be skater-choreographer Robin Cousins.

Cousins’ skating achievements include four British Cham- pionships, a European Championship and the gold medal at Lake Placid Olympics in 1980.

The evening will also include a pairs performance by Cana- dian Cindy Landry and American Peter Oppegard on their first international tour.

The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $22.

Kootenay getting the most out of their broom, including this |

pair furiously trying the make the perfect shot.

Banjo’s gets Shelled

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The playoff picture in the Castlegar Recreational Hockey League became a little more interesting after Wednesday night’s action.

After dropping their opening game to the Kootenay Com- puters, Woodland Park Shell found themselves sitting in fourth place in the five-team playoff. :

To have a shot of capturing one of two spots in the final, they needed to win against Banjo’s Pub.

With that in mind, Bruno Tassone and Benton Hadley went out and combined for eight goals and 12 points as Shell thumped the pub 12-7.

Kelly Keraiff and Dave Rugg did their part for the team, as they combined for 10 points.

The result overshadowed the efforts of Wayne Salekin and Clay Martini, who had six points each for Banjo’s. 4

Salekin opened the scoring less than two minutes into the game, but it was downhill for the pub from there, as they trailed by as much as 12-4 at one point.

With the win, Shell moves into a tie with Banjo’s, each team having one win and a loss.

As of Thursday afternoon, the Computers led the round-robin playoff at 2-0, while Castlegar Sports Centre sat one back at 1-0.

Castlegar Pressure Wash was winless in their first three games.

Action continues until Tuesday’s final.

Realty’s path to the final was a relatively easy one, as they skipped the quarter-fi- nals with a bye, then dumped RHC Realty in the semis 84- 59.

Although Castlegar fin- ished 22 points ahead of win- less RHC in the regular sea- son, player-coach Brian Tur- lock said the outcome couldn’t have been taken for granted.

“We had a tougher time with RHC than we expected,” he said.

Five players from Castlegar

hit double figures as John Ritchie, in his first game back from knee surgery, paced the winners with 17 points.

Brian Parton chipped in with 16, while Harry Sapriken had 14 points in a losing cause.

In the league’s other semi- final, Selkirk College got 18 points from Darren Ettles as the students eliminated the Winlaw Pistons 77-60.

Mike Perra added 17 for the Saints while Tony Kabatoff led Winlaw with 18.

Turlock said that with

consistent in victory, as they neglected the defensive part of the game on more than one oc- casion. :

He said that emphasizing defence in the final should dic- tate who will win and who won't.

“If I can get them back on defence, that will be the differ- ence,” he said.’

“It should be an interesting game.”

Castlegar Realty won the season series over the college two games to one.

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Rockettes make early exit

In that game, coach Jack Closkey said the

Sport B.C. honoring its best

Wi Laurier Primeau wins Comeback Award at annual sports gathering

Sport B.C. disclosed the winner of the Harry Jerome Comeback Award from the 26th Annual Sport B.C. Ath- lete of the Year Awards.

Athletics’ lifelong partici- pant Laurier Primeau was se- lected the comeback athlete of 1991.

Primeau’s comeback start- ed late in 1990 with the dis- covery of testicular cancer.

In mid January 1991, Lau- rier Primeau underwent surgery and began a series of chemotherapy treatments.

Upon successful recovery from the surgery, Laurier Primeau joined a group train- ing group.

His dynamic attitude was recognized by all of the train- ing group. -

Primeau’s athletic talents put him first place in the 1991 B.C. Senior Track & Field Championships (400 metre hurdles) as well as the Cana- dian Pan American Games Team Trials (400m hurdles).

The Harry Jerome Come- back Award is open to any ath- lete who has resided in British Columbia for the past year and has competed in a sport, individual or team, in 1991 af-

ter suffering an unusual set- back (i.e. illness or injury).

Other nominees for the 1991 award were:

e Alan Kristianson of Whistler (Basketball B.C.)

e Chris Madden of Vancou- ver (Bicycling Association of B.C.).

Sport B.C. and Overwaitea- Save-on-Foods will be hosted the 26th Annual Sport B.C. Athlete of the Year Awards Banquet on March 7 at Van- couver’s Hyatt Regency Hotel.

The 26th Annual Sport B.C. Athlete of the Year Awards will be telecast province-wide on CBC-TV today starting at from 10 p.m.

The road to a provincial championship for the Stanley Humphries senior girls basketball team came to an abrupt halt Thursday night in Prince George.

Seeded second entering the tournament, the Rockettes came up short against 10th ranked Windsor of North Vancouver, dropping a 56-54 decision. 2

With their sights set on winning it all, as- sistant coach Doug Hickey said the loss was a bitter pill to swallow.

“We came here with only one thing on our

little depressed right now.”

The Rockettes opened the tournament Wednesday with a 63-46 win over 15th ranked Parkland of Victoria.

minds and that was to win,” he said. “We're a

team was tentative on defence.

“We were very unaggressive to start,” he said. “Our defence was really flat.”

But against Windsor, Hickey said the Rock- ettes were anything but passive.

“We lost Rory Perrier to fouls in the fourth quarter,” he said. “That hurt us.”

Even with Perrier out of the game, Hickey said the team had opportunities to win late in the game, but failed to capitalize.

“We had our chances at the end,” he said. “But we just didn’t put the ball in the hole.

Although still in the tournament, Hickey a the Rockettes can finish no higher than

Perrier and Kelly Davidoff led the scoring against Windsor, sinking 13 points each.

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