ee Page 8 84 — Terrace Standard Wednesday, April 3, 1991 - . : re Ife C re) a ° ~ dn” Autumn; : we fishermen look forward to.winter solitudes and winter steelhead,.No sooner has the snowy. season begun than’ we fishing fanatics are . yearning for spring and the first trout af the year. With trout ris- ing all around. we can't help thinking of giant salmon and - elusive summer steelhead, And we have barely begun ia satisfy our appetites for the fishes of summer when we are pining for the fisheries of Fall once again. Al every apportunity we're out in pursuit of finny creatures. But what is it like to live with a. man stricken with fishing fever? My good friend Mary has been married to a man with this obsession. Here is what it was like for ker. . I should have known what was in store for me on the White SPORTSCOPE Ringette girls 2nd in P.G. TERRACE’S JUNIOR girls ringette team battled their way shorthanded into the finals of the provincial ringette championships two weekends ago in Prince George, But the North Coast Ravens junior ‘C’ squad fell 4-2 in the championship game to their northwest rivals — Burns Lake. .” The Terrace girls — who last year went undefeated to win the provincial champion- outing, They Knocked off Chet- wynd and Penticton, and lost to Burns Lake in round robin action, The northwest teams met again in the final, but the result was the same. Team coach Merrill Myers said the junior team remain- ed in contention despite play- ing with just nine players on the bench. ‘‘Many of the teams we played had 12 or 13 players, he added. The younger Order of the Royal Purple petite team {ages Li and under) saw ac- tion for the first time, and they too were playing shor- thanded, with 10 on - the roster, The lust all five games in the ‘C’ division round robin, but Myers said they improv- tournament, gaining valuable experience. Bantam bowlers ‘fantastic’ SIX TERRACE BOYS rolled with the best to place near the top in the provincial youth bowling . champion- ships two weekends ago. Ryan Franzen was one of northern B.C.'s two medalists, winning the silver in the bantam boys singles” Mar. 23 in Kamloaps. _ He was just eight points: off the gold and a trip to the Canadian national finals, Meanwhile Roy Hernes, Corey Trogi, Richard Wiebe, Everett Dupas and David Alway were representing Ter- race on the zone bantam boys bowling team, ae The Terrace. five held down second place entering the final game, but lost there to drop to fourth Spot aut of. 12 teams.” “They were fantastic,”’ said team coach Eva Wilkin- son. ‘I’m very, very proud of them all.” | She said the: ‘provincials was'a- no-handicap:competi- tlon, . adding. the ©.T: bowlers did pheriomenially n ‘ship — settled for second this | ed greatly throughout the |. , a pins-over-ayerage asis: River, We'd spent the first night of our marriage lying .on. our foamies, shore-line rocks digg- ing deep into the hollows of our backs. “In the morning our. alarm was. the suffocating .wood~ smoke .” from slash burning nearby, Our stinging eyes and the acrid smell of the smoke was so overpower- ing we almost failed to notice © the river had risen. overnight soaking our ‘sleeping bags. °-: Still and all, with hot burnt coffee and a half-cooked pan- . cake in the pit of my stomach, I was eager to follow him on his “holy” quest: the ‘'silver-as-a-. bullet, sea. lice ‘still, on it” summer-run steelhead. The creature he’d hinted at, dream- ed of and: yearned for. in the dark: cafeterias of his s university career. - a : or The Skeena Angler — by Rob Brown - - He'd plotted the campaign on the road maps of loggers. We ' were finally here, and here 1 was alone by the fire, bush-weary from too much bush and bleary- eyed from too much sun and more fresh water and fresh air than I was used to. And there he was, my husband of two days, white and .shaking.. uncon- trollably, “stumbling. into camp with the object of his desire —a fish. . whe “Only years later,’ as she y was s re counting the story of his first. SUMIMMer-Fun - steelhead - ‘for the umpteenth - time - (once. again omitting any. reference’ to our ‘honeymoon, the. time: of our first” independence, the: ‘beginn- Jing of our future) did 1 begin to ‘realize that the fish: had.‘had more of an’ impact on ‘him than The capture: of that. animal and others: like it had absorbed | ery Spare, adolescent - biologist... It: was fishing. ‘and, - thought: He stalked them in his: [ dreamis and ‘the ‘dreams’ stalked him as‘he walked. the. banks of the Cowichan River ‘with: the friends he'd befriended. because they fished too.- a Fish, I. came: ta ‘understand; . . had filled ‘his sandwiches,” pro- vided many. a: ‘meal ‘for his im-— «* migrant: family, ‘amused * him . and even moved him to choose" his line'of work .as_a fisheries now, the study of fish that took. us -to .the.:;Queen’ Charlottes. where -he ‘began: ta paint and: draw. fish and: the places where. they are found: : ; ‘As the. family “grew | up the: fishing, trips gradually became’ ‘less frequent. My husband’s in- terests broadened. I régret, the passing of those: stuffed fi sh feasts; the. Ares ‘JEFF NAGEL 638-7283 TERRACE STANDARD CHAMPIONS! __ Inn, Wranglers win playoffs — TERRACE -~ Watching a decisive lead shrink and dissap- pear in the final minutes of a championship hockey game is a coach’s worst nightmare. Just ask the managers of the Terrace Timbermen or the Inn of the West. Their Terrace Men's Recrea- tional Hockey League teams sat atop comfortable leads before getting into a whole heap of trouble late in their title games Mar, 24, The Inn — with a 6-3 first- game victory under their belts — watched All Seasons chip away at a four-goal lead to get within striking distance and ap- ply intense pressure in the final seconds, The Inn of the West prevailed 6-5 in thal game to win the recreational division title and the Todd Gieselman Memorial Trophy. ' But the Terrace Timbermen didn’t fare as well. They were 0-1 entering the se- cond game of their best-of-three oldtimers’ division series against the Riverside Auto Wranglers — who won Game one 1-0. And when the Timbermen jumped out to a 3-1 lead they had no intention of relinquishing it. The Wranglers started it with ‘a goal-by Joe Smoley, The Timbermen tied it up with a Frank O'Brien shot off the stick of Bob Coaper. In the second half, Cooper put the Timbermen ahead 2-1, with O’Brien assisting, and John Taylor’s power-play goal a few minutes later made it 3-1. The rough game saw the two teams heavily penalized, with a match penalty dished out to. the Terrace -Timbermen after . one Wrangler took a brutal hit from behind and was knocked un- conscious. The Wranglers failed to capitalize on a penalty shot — repulsed by Timbermen goalie Gary Schatz — but that marked the start of their comeback from midway through the se- cond half, - Robert Bogart would score for them to make it 3-2, and then Riverside tied it on a goal from Frank Van Nes...’ The Timbermen failed to capitalize on a two-minute | tion time, and it would Spell their doom. ° when Jan Gordon blasted Tom sion series win. ©! Tithe . recreational: division 7 fi nal, the Inn of the: West's Gor- BATTLING for the puck, forwards clash in the final garne between : the Inn of the West and All Seasons. Both the rec division title — - wor by the Inn — and the oldtimers division title — property of the Riverside Auto Wrangiers — went in two straight games. Local boxers TERRACE — Joey Losier and Darren Bell are going to the Canadian junior national box- . ing championships. * Losier won a §-0 unanimous decision over Burnaby’s Wally ; Valdez in the 125-lb junior ‘C' open division at the Mar, 23 B.C. Golden Gloves champion- ships. That earned him the right fo compete at the nationals in Sarnia, Ont., Apr. 18-21, “The 14-year-old Terrace box’ : er put Valdez on the canvas for. ~ an--eight-count in the third round, but the Burnaby boxer _, kept it together in what Terrace -. Club coach Jeff Dilley called a ~ masterful defensive show, * “Valdez put up a good scrap “against Joey, I was glad it went _ the-full three rounds,” he said. - “Tt was great. experience fore "Joey — way better than golng in: there” and. ‘knocki Gloves . tolirnament. in fomeone, sion, poe out in the first minute of the : first round,’* Losier’s left hand has built. A reputation for early knockouts, the ‘Terrace boxer. to’ the na-': tionals in ‘the 147-Ib division ine: os and Dilley said it was the first time he’s had to go the distance °' in several bouts. It was the first - long-awaited meeting between -: Losier and Valdez, who had : been’ avoiding. bouts with the: Terrace fighter. Losier ‘weighed in at 121 pounds in that bout. That pro- “mpted Terrace club coach Jeff +. with his head down, Dilley ade ‘Dilley toput him in 19-lb ; ed against. All Seasons. Charlie Porter added another when, he ming -the. Inn's".net ‘ tossed | salad: ai the friends and fami "companied them-It's been, three © years’ now. since, we ate. salmon, let alone steelhead. : We: spend’ Our ‘time: walking the rivers:together: now,. but the fishing ‘rods seldom: leave’ their “perch in the basement; ‘the fly-. tying equipment: “sits: knatted: and tangled in ‘an‘old drawer,’ . “7 et's catch @ fish :for'sup- per’ became ‘Why: keep it, it’s, so beautiful,”’ which in turn has: become “Why. disturb it ‘in, the. . First’ place: ” We are: closer ;in our views these days. ‘There’ ‘san understanding, now. :that.: ‘fish don't ‘exist ‘simply: for- than’s: purposes, —— “Pd like to havea positive ef- fect, on the environment ¥ through ’ fisheries issues,’ he says n now. af agree with him. TRIUMPHANT inn of the West team captain Gord Gillis hefts the Todd Gieselman Memorial Trophy in celebration of his team’s 6-5 ’ victory over All Seasons to clinch the Terrace Men's Recreational Hockey League's recreational division title, legs of the Inn’s goalie. But Lance Legouffe’s shot found its mark minutes later to _ give the Inn a 3-1 lead entering ‘the second 30-minute period. The: two - teams’ second half of the game. ‘Dempster did the honours’ «first: for.the Inn, catching the re- bound ‘from a. “Legouffe blast . -and slicing’ it upstairs. , “That gave t the Inn a 4-1 lead, | but: ia persistent. All Seasons came back to make it 4-2 on a Steve Cullis assisting. “The Inn, answered again with ‘a Dave Fraser goal | from Gillis, and another Charlie Porter . © rocket':from, :Dempster and . Legouffe. > ‘flying éast to Ontario: — team coaches decided to‘send make . weight,’»Dilley explain- ed; ‘‘We thought. we could get division; but it was a mistake “Bell: ints’ for. gol a junior ‘C’ open for the >na- ‘tionals, Valdez will also 8, in.: ool 125-lb. Fifteen-year-old Darren ‘Bell’ ‘lost his bout at the Golden : corre couver.in-a 4-1 split deciaion “the 139-Ib junior ‘C9 i “Ete liad to lose too nivch to 4 Jhim., down’ tothe” :139-pound Also at: the Golden Gloves, - 12-year-old Clint Bell pulled off ‘a-unanimous decision victory in [a he™ 110-Ib: ‘funior . 4g division . r ‘Paul Shah, of Vancouver's 7 scoring - machines stayed cranked in the - -elinch the. rec-divisio : The 6-2 ‘tally on, the: scoreboard looked like an im- possible hili to climb, but All» Seasons took a good run at.it. . ~ With just two minutes. left in the game — and the Inn confi- = dent. and relaxed sitting. ona = four-goal lead -— they started ~ their drive, we Rick Clark banged j in a: a pass “from -Steve Brady ° to.make?it 63. Then it was Brent Rodgers, : _ with an. assist-from Graham. Bradley scoring to make it. 6-4. * With tess than 30 seconds.on. oo the clock, the goal emptyj‘and ©. six All Seasons attackers swal- “Lyle ; ‘Gor. - :Matleau deflected’ “Ale “don's shat to make it'6-5." _? The Inn held‘on for the “seconds ‘to. nab. i title. .