Ton eae bee ake ee ae ey evident . and The Caledonia Kermodes senior girls basketball team will be hosting thelr annual tournament thls weekend, with feams from Kitimat, Prince Rupert, Hazetton, Houston Terrace attendina the eight-qame and Skeena Junior in A event this Friday and Saturday. Four games will be “played Friday and four more Saturday, with semifinals at “12 neon and 1:30 p.m. Saturday and a 3 p.m. final.. Games P "begin Friday at 4 p.m., with: Skeena . playing: Mount ao wanes pm. ; Crystal The tr 88 MSS, UY sran AAcConnall ee Elizabeth from Kitimat. Caledonia’s first game is at 8:30 Friday. night against Prince Rupert: Senior Secondary. The team is, from left in rear, Shannon Boyd, Stacey Muchowski, Lisa Zlegler;, and from left in front, Tammy. Bishop, Stefanie Weber, Kathy McKay, Carrle Olson, Kerry.Paulis and coach Grant Holkestad. More détails on the tournament will appear In Friday’s Herald. * NEW YORK (AP) — With ‘the «same ease and dominance she digplayed on tennis courts all over. the ‘world last. year, Martina Navratilova was a runaway winner -as - the 1983 Associated Press female athlete of the year. A native Czechoslovakla who became an American cilizen in 1981, Navratilova garnered 82 votes in balloting of sports writers broadcasters = an- nounced today. Track star of _ winner,” Mary Decker, the 1982 was a distant, : spond wath 4, Votes. nidhihg 8} a was Tamara - ~ Mekianey,: “a downhill skier, who had six. votes. Distance runner ' Grete. Waitz of Norway received two votes, while . volieyball ace Rita Crockett, college basketball ’ star Cheryl Miller . of Southern California and golfer JoAnne Carner received one vote each: Capturing The -AP male . athlete of the year award on ‘Tuesday was track and field star Carl Lewis. Navratilova . WAS, miagatficient ie "1983, “win: ‘Ting | 15" “of. the” ié “tour. naments.. she entered and posting an 86-1 record in matches. Her only loss was , to Kathy Horvath in the French Open. ye « The: athletic left-hander - has won her last 5i matches, just five shy of the record of 56 set by Chris Evert Lloyd. In 1983, Navratilova won $1,456,030, second only to Wilson-McCall respond to title challenge - :-REGINA (CP) — Kelly Johnson and John Thomas threw down the gauntlet Wednesday - night’ but reigning dance champions _ Tracy Wilson’ and Robert ” McCall threw it right back ' with an inspiring peg- formarice at the Canadian. figure. skating cham- pionships. .! Wilson, of Port Moady, B.C., and McCall, of Dart- mouth, N.S., survived a strong challenge from Johnson, of Willowdale, Ont., and Thomas, of Brampten, Ont., tohold first place after the three compulsory dancés. But they trailed Johnson and Thomas. after the first dance. “Our firat two dances _ were. too apathetic, too lethargic,” said’ McCall. “But. we pulled out some. inner reserve of killer in-. stinct.” ‘McCall said he thought the problem with their first, dance was he was too relaxed “and that caused It. to look a little lazy.”. . “T felt exactly opposite,” ‘said Wilson. “When I went - out for the first. dance. A: didn’t go feeling. I was the: - Canadian champion... Lt felt 1. had to do well. I, wad fo. wound up I couldn't let myself go. “He wound himself down and I wound myselE up. But by the second dance I said _jet's have none of this ‘garbage, let's just go, out and do what you can do.’ That was good enough to give them the lead but Johnson and Thomas. said | they'll not surrender easily. " championship,” - “We'd love to take the « 0 Said Thomas, “And we'll fight ‘them all the way for it.”’. Johnson said they were a little surprised to be leading after the first dance, ‘We knéw we'd skated well but. ‘we wondered if we would get the marks. ; “When we did, it told us nothing was cut and dry, it could go either way.” program is even better.” Thomson, seeking’ her. third straight title, was more concerned with perfecting her performance before Sarajevo than she’ - was ‘with the competition _ here. “I wasn’t really thinking °. ‘about taking the lead at this competition,” said the 19-' year-old. “What I’m trying ; to do after every figure is -: of " Czechoslovakia, while her career earnings ‘of * $6,384,089 are the’ mogl, by any tennis player male 0 or female. | "Dm glad that I got it, " Navratilova said when told. she had won. the award. | - “But to be honest,, I thought : I should have gotten it in. -1979,"". Tennis has dominated the female athlete award over "| — the years,’ with Chris Evert - Lioyd winning in 1974, 1975, 1977.and 1980. Tracy Austin - male tennis star Ivan Lendl~ took the honor in 1979 and 1981, while Billie Jean King :Wwon in 1967 and 1973, and the 1971 winner was Evonne -: Goolagong of Australia. ‘.“7'm honored with the | award,” Navratilova said. - _“T'm really glad’ because , ‘it's people that yote on it.” For the second straight.-. year,’ Navratilova firiished .No. 1 on the : Women’s Tennis =; Association computer. “I was lucky enough to. have good year. But Ihad so _ ‘many people helping. me.” has Among her victories in rol “were - Wimbledon. for? fourth time,. the. “Austrian Open for -the While Wilson and McCall think what can I do to im: “second .time and ‘the U.S. faced ‘the first serious challenge to the national title they first won in £982, Kay Thomson of “Tororito breezed to her familiar spot atop the senior ladies’ singles standings. . Thomson led Andrea Halt. ‘ of Surrey, B.C., and Elizabeth Manley of Otlawa. after the compulsory * figures. Manley, slimmer and more relaxed than last year when she slipped fo fourth place’ ii “the halfonals, put herself In.popition to-earn a trip to. the Wintex Olympics in... Sarajevo, Yugoslavias’ Feb, 7-19. is eG Liters ‘The top two.ladies will go: and Hall, not,knewn: as a, strong free, skater, will be hard , pressed ta:; hold - off. Manley;.. es “My ‘goat going into the competition was the top two and I don’t think that's unrealistic,” said Manley who was second two years ago. “IT don’t have any ure on me and I've always been known 48 a fighter whe can come back in the freeatyle. " Fiee skating carried Magley into prominence and now, ‘she says, her ’ Atlanta Constituion’ prove that for the Glympics. *. ‘There are a few odds” and ends 1 have to.work on.” . The ladies skate their Short freeskating | program’ tonight. ‘Braves in drug. story. ATLANTA (AP) :- :— The . Bays outfielder Claudell Washington and pitcher Steve Bedrosian of Atlarita Braves underwent several - days of drug counselling at 74 the end of the 198] major league baseball season, ‘But while it was deter- mined that Bedrosian did not need further care, Washington then volun- teered for admission to a drug treatment centre, . where he completed 28 days. of therapy for, cocaine dependency, the newpaper Baya. Meanwhile, Braves _pit- cher Pascual Perez, jailed in the Dominican Republic on charges of cocaine possession, said Wednesday. he was framed and that he expects to be with his team this spring. , ‘Open for the first time, ““My biggest: thrill “was winning | ‘the "U.S... Open becausé“it had eluded: me forso long. I put more sweat inte winning the U.S. Open «than - any — other tour- nament.” ..- The dominarice of her ‘set've-and-volley game was a float that at Wimbledon - the U.S. Open | her ‘matches took just minutes. : Transactions BASESALL Amarican League ‘Seattle Mariners acqdlre plicher por Semprini from New York Mata in exchange for first basemen ‘Im . Malerz azalgn Semprini to Sall Lake i of the Pectlic Coast League. Natlonal Leegue Heuston Astres sign second Bateman Bill Doran and pitcher BI | Dawley. *- New Yoru Mets eanign first beranan Jim Mater to Tidewater of | ar international League, FOOTBALL EL ‘ Cinecinnatl Bengels name Joe . ” Faropalll quarterback coach, Arizona Weenglers quarterback Sandy Osleckl. Jacksonville Bulls sign linebacker Vavehn Johnson. Loa Atigetes @xpress-neme Sid Gillman special assistant coact. Oktahoma Outlaws name Charite “~itler Hint coach, sign _ Navratilova gets AP athlete: award In defeating: Lloyd in the final of- the U.S.- Open, ° America’s premier tennis event, fans applauded. ithe loser: because she forced the _match to last more than one hour. “Re Be tested “Nuggets : sat Kiki Vandeweghe’s last basket -- not the sort ‘of attempt you make when your team is ahead — typified his night. . ; ¢ . Denver forward scored 50 points Wednesday night to spark the Nuggets to a wild 163-155 victory over ‘Quebec lifters warned MONTREAL (CP) — Quebec Weightlifting Federation annnounced Wednesday a series of stiff ‘ measures to prevent the use of performance-enhancing drugs, warning members ‘they would be banned from the federation’ for life if caught using the drugs. Federatlon vice-president Pierre Paquette said athletes wil! be tested at random during training and competition and luggage will be searched for illegal drugs when athletes return from foreign compeitions. “We have said in the past that the federation is op- posed - to performance:. enhancing drugs because there is too high a price in terms of the . athletes’ heslth,” Paquette said. The The méasures come only. months after the © con- _troversy over the. use of substances such as anabolic _Steriods was renewed. Eleven’ including two Canadians who were stripped of. their medals, were caught using ‘steroids at the Pan- Amievican Games in Venezuela last August. ’ And = four Canadian eighth ters were charged. .et-Jeronie, Que. wi wi iffewally importing: 'stero! when they returned from the world championships in weightlifters, | % eh San Antonio Spurs in the highest scoring regulation game in National “Basket- ball Association history. Vandeweghe's final three points came on a long three- pointer. “There were only six seconds left on the 24-second clock and-I had nowhere to go, so 1 just put it up and prayed,” Vandeweghe said. San Antonio coach Bob Bess found Vandeweghe's performance — which in- cluded 21-0f-30 shooting from the floor and seven-of- - seven from the line — hard to believe. NBA Standings RASTERN CONFERENCES Alfentic Olviston Woh Pet. QSL a8 27 ‘25°10 .7h4 3 18 17, 18 #86 19 48s ‘Division | 20°45 «571 9 14 843 8 18 500 13 18 4455 Cleveland 1 25 408 indiana 24, 24 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Divisian 23°13 «639 20 16 .556 14 20 .444 18 1 144) iy 23 Boston Phitadelphia fiew York Washington Now Jersey Ceniral Cetrolt Milwaukee Atlanta Cchieago Kansas city San Antonio Houston . Pacific Division 4 14 32 21°13 .a18 _W 1 0 \7 20 .459 Partiand Los Angeles Seattle. Goldan State Phoenix | 16 20.432 San Olego 12 24.333 - Weinetday Results Oetroit 112 indiana 98 Philadelphia 122 Washington Boston 135 Golden Stata 112 New Jersey’ 120 Chicago 105 Dallas 317 Utan 102 Phoenix 12% Sen Diepo 104 Denver 143 San Antonio 155 Tonigni’s Games Atlanta at Washington Los Angeles at Kansas City Portland at Houston Friday Games : Golden State at New Jersey .N Boston at Philedelphis WN , , Chicago at Defrott N Indiana at Atlanta Mi: .: sHoustan at San Antonioni -* Portland at Dailas,N -, New York at Milwaukee W Loa Angeles at Denver N Utah at San Diego N Phownlx at Seatia . standard, OA “A guy warming up can’t Make as many shots. as Vandeweghe made,” said Bass. “Every time he shoots, it goes in." Denver coach Doug Moe, whose team is the top of- fensive team and the worst defensive team statistically in the NBA, said: “You can only be so good defensively when you play at that pace. When you play like that you get good shots all nighi, and we did,” The . previous highest- scoring regulation total was 316 achieved twice, once on March 2, '1962,.in Hershey, Pa., when Philadelphia defeated New York 169-147 and Wilt Chamberlain scored a record 100 points. Cincinnati and San Diego matched that total - on March 12, 1970. The 99 points scored in the final period, 53 by San Antonlo, also set an NBA breaking . the record of 96 set by Boston and Minneapolis on Feb. 27, 1959, and Detroit and Cin- cinnali on Jan, 7, 1972. . COMING TO PRINCE GEORGE? Stay with us for: 733" /oight sing!e or double oceupancy Feguiar rate $50.00 * . enyY FRIDAY or SATURDAY children under 5 years free Simon Fraser In located In. Downtown Prince George sO0QUEBEC STREET 562-3181 | FoR RES ERVATIONS. PLEASH PRESENT THIS ‘ADUPON ARRIVAL ‘Moscow last November. THURSDAY - 5 pm. - 2 am. 4. ] a 9 | 12 FIRST CHOICE: 13 KOMO 4 News“ con't