to: forget about “‘heading’’ soc-
er ‘balls. till they reach late teens.

Dr:: ‘Chris Martin of Vancouver,

hake’: -spectacular- goals and

ould wait “until: they’ ve grown

a “up: “before trying it themselves. .
< +." The" young spine: is very.
*. ‘vulnerable to shocks and sudden
Martin says. The.

: impacts,"”

‘te e ‘Se e n lor

curling

The Marg Galbraith rink of
“Hlouston won the senior ladies’

_ -sdistrict. four curling playdowns

- “at, the Houston Curling Club on
. Jan,'15 weekend. In the four-
~“téam: round-robin series, Gal-
-- “praith’ won all three games. Jean
” Billing of Prince Rupert was sec-
ond’ at two wins and a loss,
- followed by Houston’s Doreen

-Epp.-at one-and-two, and.

Smithers’ Esther Brise at zero-
_ ,and-three. Galbraith now goes
: “to the B.C. finals at Kamloops
7 ‘starting’ Feb. 8.

doing well

OE ‘Mark Fitzpatrick and Jeff
 (Sharples.continue to progress in
., their NHL careers, according to

Jan. 18 statistics.
Kitimat’s Fitzpatrick, tending

| + goal for Mr. Gretzky’s Los

Angeles Kings, has 753 playing

‘minutes during which he’s:
_, allowed 44 goals for a goals-

against | average of 3.51. His rec-
_ord.is five wins, four losses and
: three ties, and he’s still looking
a his first shutout.

The. 'B. Cc. ‘Chiropractic.
ssociation. is urging youngsters
In a-recent press release from

hey. warn. that young soccer
layers -who see their heroes

B. C. C. A. president 4 also warns. 4:
that it could, inflict a-serious::| -
whiplash injury on a youngster,

and even. lifetime damage.

In Terrace, Dr. Dale Green- -
wood ‘told us he'd treated ee
youngsters for . this infliction :

over the years. .

“The voniigutes heads the. ball a

and winds up with torticolis, or

_wryneck,’? Greenwood. said. — |
“What happens is the com-.

pressive impact of the ball sends

muscles into.a spasm, thus pull-
ing the head» over “to _the

shoulder.” .
* This type of i injury can be a bit
more serious than normal knee.

and ankle injuries, according to.
. Greenwood. -
“The young neck bones have ;

not completely formed: or fused
at these young ages. The bone
pattern has a 12-year-fusion and
in some ‘cases not completely
fused till the youngster reaches
18. CO

“7 would recommend players
forget about heading til they
reach 18." ”

. ~The doctor said he realizes

‘heading’ is an important part of

the game, but feels coaches

‘should dissuade kids until they
. reach near adult maturity.

| Fitzpatrick, Sharples . ~

in NHL

Sharples of Terrace appears to

‘be back permanently | with
Detroit Red Wings after spend- —

ing some time in the American
league while the team ironed out
its defence problems. In 30
games he has four goals and
seven assists for .11 points.
Sharples has 24 minutes in
penalties and a plus-six average

for ice time during goals scored

for-and-against.- a

Blackhawks split
exhibition ‘series |

; ~The Kitimat Blackhawks’
a junior ‘B’ hockey team earned a
_. «Split in their exhibition series
~ -.;ggainst Kamloops’ Cariboo Col-

—-JJege Chiefs on Jan. 14 weekend

“fat Tamitik.
~ .. Hawks lost the opener 9.5 ‘as
“the Chiefs ran up period leads of
~ /.2+1_and 6-3. Kevin Graham pac-
. ed Kitimat with two goals. Game
‘stars were John. Almgren of
: Kitimat and - Jeff Vilac of
Cariboo. .
Game. two saw the Hawks

Terrace ladies’ basketball
team travelled east on Jan. 14
weekend and came home with a
pait of exhibition wins against
.. “Smithers ladies. Terrace won the

Opener 55-37 with Caroline Hen-
dry scoring 17 points and Shan-
:-8On-Murdock adding 14. Game
> -tw6 has a 61-23 victory for Ter-.

ny

shade the visitors 7-6. It was 3-3

after one period. and 5-3 for’

Kamloops after the second.
Kitimat then outscored the
Chiefs 4-1 in the third period.

Mitch Shinde and Rod Epp
paced Kitimat with two-goal ef-
forts. Epp was named game star
together with Chris Davidson of
Cariboo. .

This series brought Kitimat’s

season record to eight wins and

two losses.

: ‘Terrace ladies win.

race. Terry Dunphy scored 16
and Hendry 15 to lead Terrace.

In exhibition senior ladies
basketball at Kitimat on Jan, 19,

‘Terrace ladies beat the Kitimat

high school Orcas 32-30. Terry
Dunphy of Terrace and Nina
Hervey of Kitimat were high

: scorers with 10 points each. ©

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a ras ep ne Deottt . : hin pure tar i ea A el ae aan aan rie irs Re ae

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Terrace Review — Wednesday, January 25, 1989. 9 |.

It was Minor Hockey Week across the country, so Terrace Mayor Jack Talstra gathered Ter-
race Minor Hockey’s Orest Chalupiak and Sharon Larmour at his office, with two
youngsters. After signing a proclamation, they posed for a picture to honor the occasion. .

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