MARGARET SPEIRS Riverboat Days sports roundup ONCE AGAIN Riverboat Days ‘will set the scene for oodles of action-packed sporting events. From high-adrenaline drag racing to beach vol-'. leyball there are sports of all sorts for athletes of allages. @The 25th annual Mixed Slo-pitch Tourna-: ment takes to the diamonds at Riverside Park, Ro- * tary. Park and Thornhill Primary School starting at 7 p.m. this Friday and continuing all day Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Teams are required to have a minimum seven men and three women with ad- _ ditional subs permitted. ; @The Terrace Paddle Party welcomes every- one from beginners to advanced paddlers interested in learning about paddling the creeks, rivers and tidal rapids of the northwest. « yy The party starts with paddlers arriving this Fri- day to camp out and paddling begins Saturday throughout the long weekend at Har-Lee’s Place, 14 km north on Kalum Lake Road. @Girls and boys from all over northwest B.C. compete in the U-11 to U-14 Youth Soccer Tour- nament at Christy Park and ‘Bailey Street fields from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. this Saturday through Mon- ’ day. @ Adrenaline junkies can gear up for Freestyle Motocross Madness starring Canadian. Freestyle Champion Reagan Sieg who returns with Kawasaki team member Kris. Garwasiuk and new teammate Jeff Fehr. The trio. will perform stunts in mid- -air after launching their bikes from two jumps in the west end.of the Skeena Mall parking lot from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday (in the. event of rain, the. show will be rescheduled for Sunday). » @Cheer for your favorite driver as all classes . plus mini stock cars from Prince George race at the Terrace Stock Car Association’s Bomber Invita- tional Race Weekend this Saturday and Sunday. _ Racing starts at 7.p.m. Saturday at the Terrace Speedway. Just follow the signs on. Queensway Drive. Adults $7, Student/Senior $4, Families $17, children seven and under are free. — h Dogs show their stuff at the obstacle'course © in the debut of the Dog Agility Fun Meet’ besidel the George Little House at the foot of Kalum Street this Sunday. Registration starts at 8 a.m. with the event expected to start at 9 a.m. Handlers pay $5 to participate. @The Street Hockey Challenge between youth aged five to 13 goes at the Wal-Mart parking lot this Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Monday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Teams consist of four players plus a goalie. Register at Wal-Mart or the George Little House for $25 per team. @Enjoy competition, food and fun at Beach ' Blast Volleyball “5” in Mr. Mike’s parking lot. Two-on-two and four-on-four volleyball plays this . Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Monday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. @The 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament wel- comes kids and adults to join a team and play Starting at 10 a.m. this Sunday and Monday in the . McDonalds parking lot. Register at McDonalds for $12. ' @Show your skills and wow the crowd at the sixth annual Ruins Skateboard Competition this Sunday. Register at 11 a.m‘ and start skating at. 1 p.m. at the Skateboard Park behind Terrace Arena. ' @Come out to the Back Eddy Pub and cheer on waiters and waitresses as they expertly carry jugs of beer through an obstacle course in the 21st anniver- sary of the Slingers Race at 1 p.m. Sunday. _ @A weekend of speed starts with Street Legal racing at Drag Racing at the Northwest Regional Airport at 6. p.m. Friday Aug. 5 and.8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday Aug. 6 and 7. High flying {fun on wheels. THERE’ LL be lots of antics in the air for motocross fans again this year at Riverboat Days. Spectators can watch returning Canadian Free- style Champion Reagan. Sieg, Kawasaki team member Kris Garwasiuk and new teammate, for- mer Prince George native, Jeff Fehr launch their bikes over the Skeena Mall parking lot in Freestyle Motocross Madness... Organizer Steve Pereira says Fehr holds the dis- tinction of being the 10th biker in the world to suc- cessfully land a back flip. The move to the Skeena Mall parking lot allows organizers ‘to set up a faster, hotter course with two jumps for continual riding. Pereira predicts a crowd of 7,000 will come out to watch the motocross tricksters. And at least 10 lucky fans will get a close up view of the action. From July 25 to 29, two radio listeners will win a pass to watch the show from the pit, a reserved - area close to the jumps. A few passes will be avail- able to win the day of the event. The show’s festivities will close with a lucky winner riding away on a Kawasaki KLX 125, a be- -ginner bike ideal for youth aged 10 to 14. Entry forms can be filled out and dropped in boxes at participating sponsors until July 29. Spectators at the show can enter to win two re- turn tickets to Vancouver from Hawkair. The trio will kick off Riverboat Days by show- ing off some of their skills in the parade. itt trying to win provincials. . ' Alex Redpath, adding it was silvers and one bronze. ’ silvers, we lost to the team TERRACE STANDARD The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - BS Raiders pillage the competition | By CHRISTINE KAMLAH THE TERRACE Raiders have done year rep team won the gold medal trophy at the Provincial Bantam “C” | Lacrosse Championships in Ques- nel, July 14-17, ' Although the team consisted of many first year players, they man- aged to outrun and outshoot the © . competition in six gruelling, fast- paced. games. Head coach Terry Monture hoped A to finish in the top four, but after game one, a‘13-6 victory over Lang- ." ley, his confidence rose. - Goalie Devynn Ames was a force to be reckoned with and was named ' Defeating eight opposing zone fi- | nalists from throughout BC, the first. ° MVP. for the game, while Chapen jaameme 7 . Leblond and Colton Dunsmore were’ .f top scorers. In game two against North Okan- & agan, Garrett Muir ‘started the Scor- ing only to see the game tied a ‘min-, “ute later. North Okanagan slid ahead half- way through the first on a power play > goal, but hot shot Colton Dunsmore drilled one past the ‘opposition ona "play set up by. Scott Simpson and Tan | McKinnon to tie the game. Terrace fans, nerves on ‘edge, cringed when North Okanagan took the’ ‘lead with three minutes remain- ° ing in the period. Terrace turned up the heat in the. _ second period, scoring seven goals, including a hat trick by Justin Dodge, and dominated the third, ending with -& an 11-5 win. Chapen Leblond was named MVP of the game. With no penalty minutes in game three, the Raiders extinguished the _ Quesnel Wildfire 13-2. Colin DaSousa. played an out- "standing ‘defensive’ game and Justin Dodge received the MVP award. The Raiders mowed over Ridge Meadows in a 13-0 defeat in game four, giving Ames his tournament shutout with Chapen Leblond add- ing five goals and Dunsmore receiv- ing the MVP award. Team spirits soared as the Raid- ers were now one game away from playing for gold. Battling injury and fatigue, Ter- race came on strong in their evening game against the Cowichan Valley, scoring eight minutes. into the pe- riod. Brock Norwood then showed how it’s done with an unassisted, underhand shot into the net, giving - the Raiders a 2-0 lead. Cowichan managed to sneak one by Ames on the power play, and again with: four minutes remaining in the:period to even the score. Terrace fans shuddered as ,Co- wichan capitalized one minute into the second period, but. the Raiders . retaliated and nailed two quick goals Kermodes won with confidence nw CHAPEN LEBLOND, Terrace Raiders lacrosse team: -captain, shows off his Most Valuable Playe and his gold medal from the Provincial Bantam “C” Lacrosse Championships i in Quesnel..He says being’. named the most valuable player of the ‘tourney surprised him. Leblond, who just joined the team this . season, was a top scorer for the Raiders throughout the championship: at first lacrosse Championship _ to inch ahead 4-3. Terrace chalked up two more in the remaining five minutes, and gave up one to end the period 6-4. Colton Dunsmore was quick to. increase the lead to 7-4 in the third period, but Cowichan came on strong, scoring twice and bringing the action-packed game to 7-6 with 4:21 left in the game. . Chapen Leblond ‘solidified: the win with one minute remaining for an 8-6 victory. David Low-Brady received game. : MVP and the team surrounded - Ames to celebrate his magnificent job in net. On the final day, with sore mus- cles, bruises and. an, unmistakable determination, . Terrace swarmed North. Okanagan in their - second meeting, outshooting them 28-5 in the first period. Near the end of the second, with : ' proud! » the score at 8-3, spectators watched in awe as the kids continued to bat- tle. The final period saw North Okan- agan score three but it was too little | too late. ‘The Raiders’ _ perseverance awarded them the 13-6 victory and the gold medal. Other highlights included Terry Monture receiving the Fair Player Coach Award for sportsmanship, and Scott Simpson being chosen as the Raiders Fair Player. The team’s inspiration, Chapen’ - Leblond, was chosen the Provincial . tournament MVP. ' Terrace was also” recognized throughout the tournament for. the fine sportsmanship shown. by play- ers ‘and coaches. Way to make us SEEan At home last week, assistant coach Don Leblond said the Raiders only played six games together in | 10 weeks before the tournament and | then survived six games in four days at provincials. A fantastic feat considering that Cowichan Valley had a 27-0 record coming into provincials before suf- fering | their first defeat to the Raid- ers, no pressure. The victory didn’t come easy. Players became quite beat up as ‘the | tournament went on. Coach Terry. Monture bought. -along seven boxes of A535 heated” stickers for muscle pain and every. player asked for them. Leblond no-: ticed players wearing one’ on.each thigh and one on eacharm. -. . But with their championship vic- . tory, “then the hurts don’t hurt that much anymore,” he said. MARGARET SPEIRS AWESOME. A really good feeling. Young = soccer players shared their feelings about . being the first to win soccer gold for Terrace last week. “We spent so much time It’s just a big, big thrill for — us,” said U-16 boys captain the team’s fifth trip to the - tournament. They previously won two “When we got the two that got gold by one goal,” he said, adding those rivals were Campbell River and Richmond. They went into the tour- nament with confidence and © a full, injury-free roster. -He said the team im- proved immensely over the years and have played 197 THE U- 16° KERMODES t taste victory by nipping their first t gold medals from the provincial s ‘soccer ar champion- ships. The team had played in provincials five times previously, bringing home two silver and one bronze. : MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO games together. 638-7283 MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO _ But ‘Leblond said his squad felt : The U-13 girls, who won silver last year, had a similar experience. “I think we had a pretty good idea of how we were going to do. We were pretty confident about going and winning the gold,” said U- _ 13 girls goalkeeper Bailey Neufeld. The tourney competi- tion proved tough for both squads. Redpath said his team- mates had faced the same opponents with one differ- ence now. “We just played our best. Everyone stepped up to play their best,” he said, adding they won all five games, which doesn’t typically hap- pen. The girls met many strong competitors. “The hardest were prob- ably Abbotsford, Kelowna and Maple Ridge. They just had a lot of really good - “players,” said Neufeld, add- ing their toughest game was against Abbotsford. “We knew we had to beat them if we wanted to win the gold.”