vat Wahleewiieh 58 The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, Apri 7, 1993 - Page Ci Kozak survives sixth end scare for win ~- Unbeatable, That was George Kozak’s rink as they took ‘A’ event in this year’s Terrace Totem Mixed bonspiel. _., But their final game was a lot closer than the 11-3 scoreline suggesled. "Playing fellow Terracite Fred Martens, Kozak’s foursome were only one clear going | into the fourth end. - Lying one, Martens threw a deep guard with his last stone, forcing Kozak to go “tothe in-turn on his hammer shot. ‘Although. the entire end had been played on the other side of centre, _Kozaks ‘made-no mistake with either ice vor. weight, punching the red counter be- - “tween two.of his own at the back to lake “three and a 6-2 lead. “A steal oF one in the next widened the Record run - for Rupert With the sun in their face and the wind at their backs, Prince Rupert runners sliced 25 minutes off the record to win this year’s Terrace-Prince Rupert relay - road race, “This year’s event, the 4th annual, “event: attracted runners from Smithers, ‘Hazelton and the newly formed Nass Valley: club to an event which has until ‘now been just.a Terrace-Prince Rupert duel: « Heading - out from Skeena Jr. “Secondary at 7a.m., Saturday March 27, “the: five® eams kept close order for’ the first hour. . However, “prince -Rupert eventually ‘opened up.a lead that only Smithers were ‘to seriously, challenge. “The, Smithereens managed to get “within six minutes of the coastal team at one’ ‘point, but Prince Rupert turned it on ‘as they neared home to double that gap | «hots 12 minutes. * Meanwhile, “nearly - an hour pack Hazelton ‘and Terrace were involved ina yWweve©, “elo san up‘an exciting finish which . Saw: the: two: teams exchanging the lead "within the last 400m of the race. Producing ‘the better finishing kick, ‘Terrace managed to edge Hazelton out in the: ‘Fast: 100m, , crossing the line in 10hrs. “18mins. Taking up the rear, but not far back, -.were. the Nass valley team. Essentially a fun event, the relay offi- “cally. launched the '93 running season which continues April 18 with the Prince “Rupert ‘Half-Marathon or two-member team, ‘relay. That’ gets-under way al 1 p.m. from the “vie Contre, Silver strike "Three tilles and. a couple of near misses. That ‘was the local boxing club’s lally “at this year’s Silver Gloves, held March - 26-27 in Vancouver. — . Aaron Petovello took one of the trio of top spots in the 125lb, Intermediate Novice division, earming a 4-1 decision over Jesse Moxley of Quesnel, In all northwest match, Brian Gervais overwhelmed Don Price of Prince Rupert In the 156lb. Junior ‘C’ Novice - bout, the , judges scoring it 5-0. And Darren Bell rounded it out without “even climbing into the ring, being un- opposed. in the. 156tb. Intermediate “Open. °° pel - Coach Jeff Dilley said he'd tried to fix - Bell’ up with a bout against one of the _ less experienced Senior division fighters. However, ‘They wouldn’t have any- thing to.do with him, they figured he ~~ (Bell) had just too much experience for “them. ; - Buddy. Doane got as close as you can - get fova victory, coming ‘out on the ~ wrong énd of a 3-2 split decision against “Tom Harper of Comox in the 1391b. Jun- tor,‘C* Novice class. “Short of competition in his division, “Robert Doane, 1251b., moved up to the 132lb, Intermediate Open where he scored a 4-1 decision over Dale Coulson of the Nicola Valley. That set up a: meeting with Paul Shaw of the Queensboro club for the Gloves. Emphasizing the disadvantage of the :finish'in a record breaking time of 9 vthe foriner: open up a "Terrace , began to steadily ‘ weight difference, Dilley said Doane. fought well but ‘‘just ran out of gas’’. against an experienced: ‘fighter who: will represent B.C. af this year’s nationals, . However, he said the bout was valu- able because it provided: excellent oxpe- — Hetice for Doane, a gap, but Martens was still to get a chance to get back into the game. Applying pressure from early in the sixth end, he got his break when Kozak’s last shot chip ‘attempt was’ overswept, leaving .Martens: counting only one but with other rocks inthe house. That meant chipping out. Kozak’s lone occupant could translate to four or five depending on whether the shooter stuck. However, Martens came up a touch light, the rock swung too far and he had to settle forthe single, |: Let off the hook, Kozak’s rink put it away next end with a four that had Martens shaking hands carly. Kozak, Cheryl. Fisher, Andy Hoffman and Sandra Hoffman had earlier knocked ’ Viveiros: were. merciless, ~ ; every end as they dispatched Mitch Gait fith’s foursome 8-Oin six: . Over “on: sheet five,: Diana English’s off Gordie Olson in the semis giving Oi- son third spot, There were early finishes in two of the remaining three events as well, © . ‘B’ winners Kelly Houlden (skip), Kathy Gardiner, Larry Turney and Susan scoring. tink picked up a single in the second to make it 2-1 only ‘to-have Dave Dennis’ quartet, explode for seven unanswered - points in the next three ends, ; That. game too was called after six leaving Dennis, Denise Sawitell, Glen Thomsen and Karin Parker with the ‘D’ - event tile. FAST AND FURIOUS. Thomhill Jr. Secondary was the scene of fast- paced action all weekend as northwestern badminton players smashed, vollayed and lobbed their way through the Terrace club's open tourna- ment. Above, Serge St. Laurent of Prince Rupert goes for the point in men's singles play. See next week’s Standard for full results. Winning decade for Cal’s birders For ten straight years, Caledonia’s badminton team has proved unstoppable when it com- es to zone competition. And though the team may not. have come back from the provincials with a championship during that spell, they’ve come as close as you can get. - That was in 1989, recalled coach Robert Cooper, when ‘Terrace finished junner-up. Three ycars carlicr they'd made the final four and overall, Cooper pointed “out Caledonia has five top-eight finishes. ‘And that, he suggested, is a record un- " matched in norlhwestern school sports. Perhaps the most disappointing years : have been those where the victorlous - zone. teams have . shad: 10, pass on the provincials, . Coopet explained the rules. fequire ° a tion, Cal was short on both counts, Two ycars ago, it was a lack of female players. thal kept them’ at home. Al- though (here were excellent . junior © secondary girls ‘available, ‘Cooper. said - badminton {s the only sport that docs not ~ allow younger. players to be drafted: to, make up the numbers, ° but the team ran into two aathers: with: the, draw, The. Aournament. format secs. ‘the. 16 teams divided into four groups’ of four - for the round-robin, the top two. from each advancing. . 'Cal ‘found themselves in. ‘the. sane” group. as Sentinel. and Notth Surrey, the eventual hamptons and fourih ‘Placed. team respectively. ‘*The pool left us an impossible task,”’ Cooper said. Sentinel, who play out of the Van- couver Lawn and Tennis Club and tecelve professional coaching twice a week, included the mumber ‘two ranked boy and number five ranked girl in Can- ada, he added... Although Cal went down 11-0, 11-0, 9- 2 when the two:met, Cooper pointed oul Sentinel did that to just about cveryone they met, even in the final games. North Surrey handed Cal their second _ defeat, 8-3, but-that scoreline was decep- tive, several: matches going the full Ihree - games with the outcome decided by only _.apoint or two. Cal picked up their lone win against Richmond, 8-3, carning.a berth in the playoff game {o scitle ninth and eleventh : where they were just cdged out 6-5. "Overall, Cooper was well pleased with “the team’s effort, ‘‘They played really team have six girls and six boys. The ~ "year they-slarted the decade of domina- well,’ he said. “With a different draw they could have definitely finished in the fop.eight.? Carrying the Cal colours at the championship were Paula McKay, Jas- mine Peleon, Mag Hugcon, Sherry Post- lock; Laurie Buteau, “Cathy Dickson, Shane -Holland,: ‘Bao. Van Diep, Greg -Reinaldi, Jake ‘Kirby, Mike McAllister ~and-Derek: Muller. There were no such problems this year, a Helping: Cooper wilh’ the. “coaching ‘dutles was Dave Comfort, who will like- ly take-over: Ihe team: next. year when Cooper: jakes-a yeur’s sabbatical, Cooper said thrée: boys and three. girls will be relurning, fext year and the word 48 there’ are” several: fine ‘mate. players coming up from the junior Tanks, -< His’ only-concetn was the problem of . insufficient female. © players might arise again oe - *C’ event: finalists, however, got full value for their entry money wilh the out- come in doubt right up to the last delivery. Dennis Fugere's steal of two in the - third had given’ his rink a-4-2 lead: and: . appeared to-pul them in the driving seal. - However, Kevin McDougall’s crew ~ dug in, a two in the sixth tying. it up at” five. - Facing three opposition counters. with his ‘seventh end ‘hammer, Fugere pulled off a pretly raise to 0 into the Jast 6- 5 up. His rink: guickly got a rock into the back of the four foot and from there con- centrated on throwing up guards. As a result, McDougal! found himself between a rock and.a hard place.when it came to his final stone : either a long raise requiring pinpoint accuracy or wicking off one of his own out in the 12 foot and coming across to ‘lake. out Fugere’s counter. ; “He chose the: latter and almost-pulled it off, making contact with the. shot rock but not solidly cnough to move it out. — The 7-5 win was also pay back lime.for Fugere, Nancy Fugere, Maurice Bulleid and Jennifer Quinn who had lost in an extra end to McDougall in their splel’s opener, Mark ‘Hoefling took ‘third in Ted and Ron. Murphy fourth, ° Dan Smith: and Roger L'Heureux rounding 0 out. the Plac- ings in*D?, Timberrrrrr' A shutout performance by goalic Gerry Lamming paced Northern Motor Inn Okies to this year’s Old- timer division playoff title in recrea- tional league hockey action March 25. And it only took 66 seconds for the Okies offence to score what would prove to be the winning goal in their 2- O defeat of the Terrace Timbermen. On a feed from Joe Duben, Ken Gor- don broke down the left wing and sent the puck to the front of the net where - Roger Harris gave Timbermen net- minder Rick Marko no chance, — Although the fired up Okies control- Jed the game for the next several minutes, Lamming was forced to start earning his shutout seven and half minutes in, coming up with a big save to deprive Ken Olson of the equalizer. The Okies were also, lucky to escape a penalty immediately afterwards for too many men on the ice when the er- ror went unnoticed, With 10 minutes gone the Okies pressed again, Marko pulling off a su- perb plove save against Duben, at point blank range. © . However, there was no stopping the next NMI break, Gordon intercepting a clearing attempt and going in alone to make it 2-0 at the 13:35 mark. Gordon had another chance four minutes later after a great move at the blueline set him free but he miscued on the shot and Marko was able to smother the puck. Seconds later it was the posts turn to come to the Timbermen’s rescue on a blast from the point. It wasn't all one way traffic, though, Rino Michaud cutting off a cross-ice pass to go in alone with 10 minutes left, However, he couldn’t stuff it un- der Lamming. Another brilliant save by. Marko and disciplined penalty killing over the last three minutes of the period got the Timbermen out of the first still down by only two. In the opening seconds of the second and final period, Joe Whitney tried to get the Timbermen back in the game but his shot whistled just wide. . It was that kind of night for the regu- lar season champlon Timbermen. In end to end action, their attacks too often broke down once within range of the Okies goal and when they did click, Lamming was able to slam the door shut..:: Hank Randrup twice set up good scoring ‘threats .only.to see the. ‘Op: portunity go wiconverted, ; Apart from the. constant threat posed by Gordon and the stonewalling of its defensive corps, the Okies also got a solid game out of Larry Payjack. Local Ju-Jitsu club dominates tourney Terrace’s Ju-Jitsu club members took 12 gold medals out of a possible 15 at their annual tournament, held Mar, 27- 28. In youth competitions held Saturday, Leeland Sturko led the way with top'spot in the Pee Wee (4-6 years old) division, finishing ahead of clubmate Eric Turner. Ryan Mitchel! kept up the golden pace in Pee Wee Junior (7-9 years) as Terrace swepl the medals. Stavros Darvoudis (juniors) added an- other while Dustin Haigh beat off a Kitimat challenge to win. the’ Teen divi- sion for white, yellow, orange and green belts. Halgh struck gold again in Kata ‘for white to blue belts, sharing top spot with (eHow Terracite Dave Falardeau, That same duo were back on the top podium later bul as partners, having tri- umphed in the two-member team event MAKING WAVES. aineics from across the ‘ealane get Into the awim over for white to bluc belts. In the Juniors-only Shiai three member team fight cvent, Randy Brown, Dar- voudis and Jared Mitcheli were vic- torious, Brown going on to add another gold in the Junior Open. Picking up bronze in that last was Joly Gill, the only fernale in the junior divi- sion. . In adult competitlon, Nino Roldo took the gold among blue-brown-black belts and another in the open class for those same bells. Bao Lanh Diep provided the Terrace. club with another first place finish in Im- pose for blue to black bells while Bobby Peacockbeat out teammate Mike Graham for gold among white to grecn belts. A total of 71 competitors took part in the tournament including members of the Kilimat, Williams Lake and Barrehead, Alla, Ju-Jitsu clubs. the weekend as the Bluebacks hosted their last big competition of the sea- son, the Copperside Invitational. One young lady got so caught up in the ‘competitive atmosphere, she bravely struck on a third length In what was just a two langth race. But the extra practice probably didn’t hurt. .