prince Ropert Kings took two games from the Kitimat Winterhawks last weekend in Kitimat. On Saturday the score was fairly close throughout the game with the scare at the final buzzer 6-4: for. Rupert, On Sunday” the Kings jumped off to a 5-2. first period lead and then coasted to a O4 victory despite a Winterhawk rally in the third. Scoring for the Kings on Satuniay were. Gary Coons with two, and Johri Vaudry, Linus Fraser, Ritch Wright, and Mark Morbery with singles. Brad Owen and Lee Marleau counted singles and - Winterhawk reaponse.- On Sunday Gary Coons scored a hat trick while Ritch Wright, Carmen Rick Roamer scored singles for the Kings. Ron Wakita notched two for the’ Win- terhawks while’ Lance Lagouffe and Kevin Trach added singles: With Prince Rupert pting for Coy rather than Fowler _ Cup competition, defeated | Burns Lake returns to the Piay off picture. - The Winterhawks begin a best-of-five series against — the Braves in Kitlmat this weekend. Games times are: 8:30 p.m. Saturday in Tamitik and 1 p.m. Sunday in the ice arena. . PHWHLPINALSTANDINGS — Prince Rypart Kings Kitimat Wimterhawka ; E 3} BRsczvEe Kispiox-Hazelton - advance to finals. Kisplox and Hazelton advanced to the upcoming Cranbrook 3.C. Provincial Native Hockey Playoffs on the strength of a one-two finish in Zone 5 playolia held in Kitimat last weekend. Friday night saw Kit- wanga lose to Moricetown 10- 2. In Saturday's games, Hazelton beat Kiteegukla 14- 1, Kispiox dropped Kitimat 6- 1, Kitwanga, squeaked by Kitsegukla 6-5, Hazelton edged Moricetown 6-4, Kitimat best Kitwanga 83, and Kisplox took Hazelton 5 0, ; Los Sunday, eliminated Kitimat 42, - before losing to Hazelton 5:3, * In the final Kisplox easily took Hazelton 10-1. ° Charlie Maldoe of Kispiox was named Most Valuable Player and Kispiox was named the Most Sport- smanlike Team in trophy presentations following the games. | Boston’ s night a nightmare It. should, “have’,,heen : Boston's night to shine. But it — became a nightmare, _ The Celtica had won 28 straight National Basketball Association games at Boston Garden and when Atlanta Hawks came to town they tae only eight healthy owe thought with all their injuries they were going to lay down, but they didn't,” said Boston’ Larry Bird after the Hawks stunned the Celtics 103-97 Wednesday night behind allstar guard Eddie Johnson’ ig 38 points. Atlanta’ was/ without: in-. jured forwards Dan Round- field, John Drew and Craig Shelton, and trailed 51-45 at halfilme.. © Philadelphia: "Jéers took advantage of the defeat, * climbing back ‘Into first place by half a game with a 107-95 decision over’ indiana Pacers. Julius Erving scored 3 points and Philadelphia broke a three-game ‘losing Whoever finishes first gets a first-round playoff bye and the home-court advantage in every postseason series. ‘thers 147 Pacers 9% Erving scored 10 of his points in the fourth quarter lo keep Philadelphia in front. Indiana closed to 67-85 with 5:48 to play, but baskets by Erving, Lionel Hollins and Bobby Jones enabled the ‘76era to pull away. Bees 126 Lakers 114 Phoenix . stretched its Pacific Division lead over Los Angeles to 4% games by beating the Lakers behind 23 points aplece by Waiter Dennis Johnson. The Suns pulled away by shooting 65 per cent from the field in the third — period. Warriors 118 Rockets 117 Bernard King’s short jumper with four seconds left gave Golden. State a. crucial victory © over Houston,. Calvin .Murphy, who scored 16 of his 4 paints’ in the- final period, -had put Houston ahead by one wilh a long jumper with 12 seconds left before King hit his game- winner to: finish wth 32 points. - , -Knicks 116 Buchs 103 -New.. York saw a lé-point . ead dwindle to three in the . third period before bouncing ’ . back to beat the Bucks for its fourth conseculive victory.’ Michael Ray Richardson led ° the Knicks with 28 points. Pistons 118 Nets 115 A 15foot jump. shot by . rookie guard Larry Drew and a free throw by Kent Benson in the final 44 seconds were the margin of victory for Detroit. - Nuggets 128 Kings 124 Reserve guard. Billy ._* McKinney sank a floater from the lane with 22 seconds left in the second overtime to give Denver ‘the victory. Alex English led Denver with a cateerhigh 42 points. Scott Wedman, of ,. Kansas City scored a seasonhigh 41. Jace 120 Maverichs 113 —- Adrian Dantley, the NBA's beading scorer with a 31.2 average, riddled Dallas for “48 points to power the Jats cover the Mavericks. Dantley got'15 of his pointsin thé final ” period. Hidde WME i SE Te pe ee a ‘defenceman who scored. a Moricetown , Tifleda’ So footer into the far . stoned Montreal’ ‘Canadiens, Davis,’} Wednesday and as a ‘result Folk leads witha 6-1 record afler eleven servers - the pre: championship favorite, Folk defeated Rick Lang of Northern Ontario 95 and , pulled away from four rinks — ' Lang, « Alberta, . Territories and Ontario — that are tied for second place” at 5-3. : Nova Scotia’. and: _New- foundland, were 44, Prince Edward [sland ‘was 3-4. followed by Quebec at 3-5; Manitoba | and British, * Boschman and Darryl Siitler: "also scoréd for Toronto while ° "goes wpaleP. Hawks handed Philadelphia Flyers a..5-1 - setback..- ' Elsewhere the scores were:. Quebec © Nordiques‘: ‘6, Washington + Capitals 4; Edmonton 5, Minnésota. North Stars 3 with Oilers. eentre. Wayne Gretrky., assisting on four goals to.tie: ‘ an NHL record;, and Win- nipeg Jets 4, " Coloradde Rockies 9. . Maple Leafs 6. Bines 2 Ex-Minnesotan Ron. Zanussi scored two goals — as did Bill Derlago. Laprie- Whalers Canadiens 2° ” Blaine Stoughton and Don. - Nachbaur each scored two goals as Hartford handed Montreal only its second loss in 21 games. It Wann't the © “worst heating the ‘Canadiens ~ have absorbed ‘this season =. they ‘were, stopped f-1 by / ’ Edmonton eartier in the: year. when in the midst ” af ae: -prolonged slump. - " Binek Hawks 5 Flyers... - Chicago got the fump with i goals by. Bob: Murray): “Doug Mipimana err Seer “adcounted: along that he thinks Boston Red - Sox have enough ‘offence to, -seore. runs, but: " - baseball's perennial optimist muet have thought bis TOBE: .. ‘colored. glasses .were start . ing. to fog: ‘UD. That was prior to Wed: A gad, After scoring | a, “seven-minate spain of “the : first, periéd: and was: never . threatened ii the contest. "Fed Bulley made the score 2 ‘0 before Brian Propp beat ‘Chicago. : goalie” Tony -Esposito - to -:avert. . the shutout. AT Secord: coms - ” Robbie | Ftorek Scored’: three goals- and“ Jacques ; ’ Richard added two as” They clobbered 17-game , Quebec ‘dealt ‘Washington's -Playoll hopes a. setback. Dale Hunter scored the other | Quebec goal: Bob Kelly, with tye, Rolf Edberg’ and Mike. “Gartner's 40th of the year for - ‘Washington offence. . . Oilers 5 North Stars 3 ‘The four assists by Gretzky gave him 89 for the: centres established’ - by- ‘Flyers’ Bobby. Clarke.. . Sets 4 Rockies 3. a ‘Winnipeg came from a _twogoal deficit: ‘with: second ‘period goals by Rick Dudley, -Dave Christian. and Tih: - “Trimpet in a 24 span. . slain. Goliath Columbia at 25 and. New Brunswick at 2-6. In today’s 12th round, Alberta meets... Saskat-. - -chewan, Manitoba gletie. New: Btensw plays Newfoundland... Folk, of. Saskatoon, beat ‘ Lang's Thunder: Bay four-" some with . a four -in the’ fourth end, making it almost . . impossible for Lang to come back. “Rick had just: got a. “two ender on ué in the third lo go. the... one up again and-the; four: ° “ender. developed very’ “Tinie. nocently,”* said Folk. “Their third (Anne Provo) ° made an excellent double and our third (Dorenda’ Schoenhals} made a nice _ litdle hit and roll and: that. “tort of set it » We were: dita ae ‘counting two and Rick didn't : “have top much of a shot with | his ‘last one. “It worked out real well for: Us and ‘not so well for. siasisthe SGd. WL Gabe ay : London suffered bib gee second |” consecutive’ ‘loss * while.:. “Alberta’s Gary. Morken of. Grande ‘Prairie: and ‘the ‘Territories -rink skipped’ by Chick Haines of Whitehorse _ both got hack on the winning”; . track to force’ the Four-w. tie ‘for. second place, «372 ‘ ~ Buchan‘ fell. 8-2 ‘to New: foundland’s Jim Ward of St: . Jobin's ‘while. Morken. bent New Brunswick’ s Jean Guy Boudreau of Moncton by a 7 . 1 4 count.: Meanwhile, Haines. recorded his first win after ‘four straight losses with a 5-3 vielory over the P. E. I -Galry, Randa led in basketball _ VANCOUVER ICP) - - North Surrey Spartane’ John Randa went on an offensive © tear Wetineaday to lead his No. 3-ranked squad to an 87- es win over. Vancouver College Fighting Irish during opening-round play at’ the, B.C. boys senior AA high th school basketball tourna-. . Dale Olson had 18. ment. The burly six- -foot, sevens, inch centre dominated -play with 34 points and 31 We left Randa inside for his rebounding ability,” sald Spartans’ coath Marinus | Horsting. “We didn’t want College to fastbreak.” aay. ‘Derksen added i points for North Surrey, while teammate Sean Gibson hit for 10. Erte Koban netted 4 points for oer Norway takes ‘ski lead WHITEHORSE (CP) — Norway led the first round of the North American open crosscountry ski cham- plonship Wednesday with 4. second and third in the women's five-kilometre event and 4 firat in the men's iskilometre race. - Pal Mikkelspless of © Norway took the men's event unchallenged in a time of 4:38.61. The 19-year-old was dis- appointed: with his time saying: “I! this was my time in the world cup (being run Saturday here) I I'd be way He said It was the toughest race so fer this season, having already placed in the top 10 four times on the world cireult. Mikkelsplaes, speaking for the Eurcepans taking part in the competition, sald “the trip from Norway has drained our energy, we stil lave eight hours.to catch up 1 The aklers are finding the - unique Whitehorse track tough with its e-benda at the “bottoms of the steep hills and hard snow conditions. Doug Peterson, an eight- ‘year veteran of thé U.5. national) team, placed second ‘in the 15kilometre event with a time of 4:26.20. Sixty- eight skiers started the race. Pierre Harvey of Quebec ‘was third at 46:29.80. In the women’s five- kilometre race, Crechoslavakian Jerdiva Kvetaslava won with a dme of 15:49.70. Aras, Nerth Vancouver ” Vernon. 622. Mark Kyail, Mark Marter cand ‘Stave Jackel combined for 54° points, including a game-high 28 by Kyall as Argyle ted 40-30 early in the second half. Pat Paul was. . Panthers’ :*feading snarksinan with 2 points. . Duncan 30 Queine! Vd “Duncan's six-fool,..10-inch' . centre Greg Walters finished with 4 points im just three quarters of playandhadhelp 3 game scoring honors vith, 2 points. Lloyd Scrubb had 16 © points. Mike. Maskclko - 4 nailed in 22 for the Bombers . and Paul Foster was good for 10 points. - Steveston 7” Prince Rupert 56 Bill Ellis led the ‘winners with 13 polnts. Rob Busse chad 10. John Lewis was top @ Prince Rupert shooter, with 16 points. Joey. Nelson had. a fro team-mates Graham Egan and Scott Stinson with idand 13 points: respectively. * David Miller with 16- points, and Al Dyck led Quesnel. Kamiceps 65 Surrey 66 The Red Devils spottedthe & Royals a 22-19 halftime lead then outscored thers 44-28 in.“ the second half to upset the No. .7 ranked Royals. Mac. Gordon: netted 17 points while teammates Mark BS Cal Traversy netted sa for: : - Abbotsford 0 Nanalme 14 Sixth-rated Abbotsford overcame a” 3¢-27 halfime deficit to outacore the 2 Kslanders 32-230 in the second § half. Jage Bhogal ted the § Panthers with 18 points, & Greg Anderson had 10. James Reynolds countered : with 12 for the islanders and 3 Jim Richardson had 11. Richmend 01 Nelsen 61 The Colts ted 65-27 at the half es Sten Mathieen took Get it di ACE-RULUYAT the . ariy's Ken B jad The aekae od “yneager 32 runs while: win: ning just two of their first eight exhibition games, the " Red Sox erupted with a 20-hit explision and buried the World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies, 15-3, ° _. Boston broke open a 3-2° game with five runs in the. fourth inning, including a . solo home run by rookie . = Dave Schmidt. anda’ three- -_ :'» run abot by Jim Rice. Dwight “Tbe Red Sox didn’t t pick on -any“sore-armed pitchers. winner Dick Ruthven for iL hits and eight runs in the * first four innings, tacked on 5 . Evans’ homer against’ Nino: Espinosa, raked rookie hotshot Mark Davis for four: “Abbotsford Flyers wor the, ‘Coastal Division” final of the . . BE. Junior Hockey League ‘an Wednesday with an easy 10-4. win over Nor-Wes Caps: ia tse seventh and deciding ” the “Interior . final, : Penticton Knights 63 to take ‘@ 3-2 lead. in their best-of-' - seven series. The teams play: - Sala ‘tonight at Penticton. At! " Abbotsford,;. ‘Brian: ~ ikester had three goals, Jim _ Cowden and Craig Redmond © added a’ pair each and singles came from Dan Threlfall, Colin Lundrigan - and, Troy Frankvam., Thi : Dave: Brownlie : ‘haat “twor.. “goals. for. the losers; ‘Todd :” Semeniuk abd Mike. Hallet. ~ had the others. Sot 6ven . 5 nn nn Lay L oi ah ne nthe ers hen Bi eBay glans ania ban ak . . " puns in; two innings ‘and finished up with three hils and two runs off Sparky Lyle. in the ninth. ‘The Red Sx diin't even "i miss Fred Lynn, who diove © Ce he | re hah, mar 19, vm, me Red Sox have offence - . New manager Ral Houk - has been saying: all trounced St. Louis Cardinals * “11-8. But another group of Cardinals defeated Toronto, ‘Blue Jaya 6-2, the big blow. a. in four runs on three bils,,.;,. Forsch's ‘brother Hen ‘ineluding . a home « run, as worked four shutout innings California Angels pounded Milwaukee ‘Brewers ae qpe by Paul Molitor. Jim Slaton, coming beck from a shoulder. ailment, . was battered for.13 hits and nine — ~Funs in four innings after two ” impressive. outings. ‘The pitchers stole the show in the. Oaktand-San. Fran-. -cisco contest. Mike Rowland, - Randy. . Moffitt and ‘Fred. Breining combined on a. One--: hitter in pitching the Giants : toa. 10 victory over the A’s, the run ‘coming ‘on. ‘Johnnie LeMaster’s - ‘basesjoaded ~ ' ingle with two, out in the | bottom of the ninth. > Luis Tiant; 40, trying to. ~hook ‘on with Pittsburgh, “pitched two scoreless innings: : and Rusty Torres, ‘Tony ~ Pena and Dale Berra’ " Abbotaford led 40 and 1-2 by periods as Flyers’ goalie Ken Buker made 27: saves. “Brian .Bowen and. “Marty Wakelin ‘combined to. “ick: out 20 for.the Caps. - “At Kelowna, Greg. Adams: seored with 37 seconds left to - - tend. the game. into. the al buthis Houston Astros boat to — Minnesota Twins 3-2.on Pete ; Msekanks’s BET singe tn fhe ‘Inning. ' Seattle oulfielder Tom a Paciorek rapped ‘out three hits to: raise, his ‘spring batting average fo S91: and - “drove in three. runs inthe - -Mariners’.: 10-3 rout. ‘of a -Chiesigo-Cube.” ’ : Jobnny. 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