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_ TIGHT CHECKING: The futsal finals were a tough,
physical affair with lots of body contact as players
fought tor control of the ball.

| McDougall rink
| wins mixed spiel

; THE KEVIN McDougall rink once again ruled the ice

at the Tatem Mixed Bonspiel two weekends ago.

A total of 26 teams entered the popular spiel, which
‘| was the last mixed event of the season.
‘} And the McDougall rink, which won the Legion
Open earlier this year, tock top spol in the '‘A”’ event.

Second spot went to the Ray Demers rink, while third
was laken by the Dighton Haynes rink
'T Jn the ‘‘B”’ event, it was the Kurek rink taking top
‘| spot, followed by the Heather Gillis rink and the Mal-
coim Truesdale rink.
‘| And in the “C” event, the Ron Murphy rink placed
“| first. The rinks skipped by Greg Paulson and Dave
4 Dennis finished second and third respectively.
‘| The last event of the season is the Mens’ Loggers
Bouspiel, which is starting tomorrow.

This is one huge spiel, usually attracting between 40
-| and 5 teams from around the MOTILWESt yo.) vege ners
“f The spiel starts tomorrow night with three draws and
‘| continues with all-day curling Friday through Sunday.

* (futsal)

“| The finals are slated to be held Sunday at 3 p.m.

TERRACE STANDARD

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 8, 1998 - BS

SPORTS.

Underdog wins huge upset

Western Pacific beats
Super BM in futsal
championships

IT WAS the upset of the
year, marred only by an
ugly fight that broke out in
the last minute.

Last week Westem Pacific
defeated Super BM to take
the Men’s Indoor Saccer
League
Championships.

Super BM had been un-
defeated all year, finishing
miles ahead of second-place
Western Pacific in league
play. But Western played
tough and smart in the
finals, and that gave them a
well-deserved win,

This one was actually tight
throughoul, It wasn’! until
Nick Kollias potted West-
em’s third goal late in the

loaded with end-to-end ac-
tion, with chances on both
sides.

Tn the second half, both
teams again came out
strong, with players sacrific-
ing their bodies to make
plays. The action was pretty
intense and the couple
dozen fans on hand were
boisterous (one guy had per-
fected the ‘‘Beefcake, Beef-
caaake!’’ shout of South-
park’s Cartman).

Still, it was surprising how
few fans turned out for this
championship game, consid-
ering the calibre of play.
Anyone who’s a fan of
hockey would like futsal.
It’s fast and intense with a

“Super BM lost their focus and started
playing an individual game.”
—Jacques Corstanje

game that Super BM’s fate
was Sealed.

“Super BM was under
pressure to win,’’ says
league spokesperson Jac-
ques Corslanje. ‘'They lost
their focus and started play-
ing an individual game.”

That loss of focus can be
credited to Western Pacific,
whose stilling man-to-man
defence frustrated Super
BM’s normally strong pass-
ing. game.

And when Super BM ‘let

“Up, Western's Morton” Fed-

derson was there to get the
first goal, early in the game.
The rest of the first half was

fair bit of body contact —
what more do you want
from a sport?

Super BM had some good
scoring chances in the sec-
ond half, but superb goal-
tending by Gil Rego kept
Western ahead by one and
Tom Westle made it a two-
goal lead midway through
the half.

A few minutes later, Kosta
Kollias netted Super BM’s
first goal, and it looked like
the team might be heading
for a’ comeback. But Kosta’s
old man, Nick Kollias,
wasn’t about to let his son
get ail the glory and quickly

638-7283

QUICK HANDS: Western Pacific goaltender Gil Rego makes one of
any excellent saves to help lead his team to a 3-1 victory over Super BM.

got one back for Western.
The action in the last few
minutes got a little chaolic
as Super BM _ tried
desperately to gel back in
the game, bul it wasn’t to
be. Tempers flared and the
ref actually ended the game
early when a couple of
players started chasing each
other around the gym.
Corstanje says the Icague
will likely seek disciplinary

action against those in- |

volved in the altercation.
Overall, le says it was a

great season. Even though

Super BM dominated league

play, the fight for second
spot wenl dawn to the very
last game,

“On any given day, any
team could beat any other,”’
Caorstanje says.

Forestry, for example, up-
set the Internationals 1-0 in
the consolation finals to take
third spot. The Internation-
als had finished a hair be-
hind Western Pacific for
third place in league play. .
arian . Banwise...was the
season’s top scorer, with 24
goals. He was followed by
Willy McCleary with 22 and

Tom Westle with 21.

Players are already gear-
ing up for the coming out-
door soccer season, which
starts in May, Corstanje
says there are seveu teams
already guaranteed in the
league, and there will likely
be eight.

Teams are busy filling.
their own rosters, but indi-
viduals wanting to play can
sign up at lhe arena’s rec af-
fice, Team rosters .wilk be
presented ‘April.20, whenlin-
dividual players’ will --be
drafted.

: DEFENSIVE BATTLE: Goals were few and far between in the Women's indoor
“soccer finals. Mother Goose won this game, 2-1 ina shootaut,

Mother Goose takes
women's soccer title

IT WENT right down to the wire, but
Mother Goose (a.k.a, Blue team) won the
Women's Indoor Soccer League
Championships last weck.

It was a tough and exciting finish for the
Season, with Blue team and Red Rover bat-
‘ling it out goal for goal throughout their
three-game series.

Blue team won the first game of the

“it was incredibie the amount
‘of support we had. It was our
‘biggest year so far.”

—VJennifer Burns

‘serics 2-1 after a lengthy shoot-out, Red ac-
‘tually struck first in that match and stayed
‘ahead 1-0 until late in the second half,
‘when blue tied It up.

‘ With just minutes left, Red player Heidi
Sebring had two great chances, including
‘one off the post, but couldn't put one past
the biue keeper.

' The game then went into a shoot-out that
‘seemed lo ga on forever, Both teams went
Yhrough their entire rosters several times
‘before Blue scored to take the game.

' Red got their revenge in the second
match, This one also went to @ shoot-out,

but it was Red who came ont on top to tie
the series 1-1.

The third and deciding game was another
tight, defensive batile. But Blue managed
to get a goal and keep Red off the
scoreboard for a 1-0 win and the
championships.

In the consolation round, Beginner's
Luck beat Skeena Pub in straight games, 2-
1 and 1-0 to take third spot. Back Eddy fin-
ished fifth.

League spokesperson Jennifer Bums says
this year’s indoor soccer scason was the
best yet, with five teams and some 54
women involved.

“Tt was incredible the amount of support
we had,’’ she says. “It was our biggest
year so far.”

With the outdoor season fast approach:
ing, Burns says she hopes to have as inany
teams playing or more than last year,

“T would say close to half the indoor
women were new faces, so ] expect many
of them to catry aver inlo the outdoor sea-
son,’’ she says. “‘I think we’Hl see an ex-
pansion,’

Burns says anyone is welcome to come
out for the outdoor season. She notes that
the ages of players range all the way from
their teens into their mid 40s.

Women’ s rugby takes off

Speedy sport
finds fans in
female and
youth players

RUGBY PROGRAMS in Terrace are
ona roll this year.

The Northmen have become so pop-
ular that they’ve divided into two
separate squads, plus the the Under-19
boys team is back this season, along
with a high school program.

And now a women’s team is being
added to the list.

The women’s team joins Smithers
and Prince Rupert women’s squads,
which should make for some good
rivalries between the communities.

Team spokesperson Zsu Zsa Godar,
24, says her squad isn’t usually big
enough to make a full team, but they
do have enough lo for a sevens game,
and she’s hoping more women will
get into the sport,

“| chose rugby and I’m
really glad | did. I’ve never
played anything that was
so much fun. | was hooked
instantly.”

—ZSuU Zsa Godar

“We're slarting from scratch,’’ she
says, ‘We can’t expect everything
right away,”’

Right now there are 13 women
signed up, with between eight and 10
of them attending practices regularly.
Godar says she hopes to eventually
gel those numbers up to a core group
of 15 or more women so they can play
asa full team.

T's really exciting that we have a
team at all,’ she says. ‘But we'd love
for more people to come out and give
Ita try.”

Godar says that some women may
feel intimidated by the rough nature of
the sport, but she insists it’s not all
that violent if the rules are followed.

“Iv’s really not more violent than
many cther sports,’’ she says, “If
you’re in shape and you lear bow to
play properly you can avaid injuries.'*

Godar says she got into rugby after

NEW RECRUIT: Terrace now has a female rugby team. That's Zsu Zsa
Godar practicing drils with the senior men's and Under 19 boys teams at
the Northwest Community College fields last week, The team is looking
for more players, as are the high school and men's teams.

playing ultimate —- ber first attempt at
a tcam sport.

"I already had the cleats so Ggured
it was a toss-up between rugby and
soccer,” she says. ‘‘I chose mgby and
Pm really glad 1 did. ['ve never
played anything that was so muck fun,
] was hooked instantly

Godar says she’s also been Im-
presscd by the supportive, team-
oriented nature of mgby. And she
loves the speed and intensity of the
sport.

The women’s team Is open lo any-
one 14-years and older, regardless of
experience. Practices | are 6:30 p.m.

Tues. and Thurs. at the Northwest
Community Coliege field, in conjunc-
tion with the senior men’s, Under-19
boys’ and high school practices.

High schoo] rugby bas an extra
practice after school at Caledonia on
Wednesdays.

The high school program is open to
male and female students from grades
elght to 12,

Organizers say all students, male or
female, are welcome but don’t forget
to bring a pair of seccer-style cleats.

Anyone with any questions about
rugby programs can call David Hull at
638-1327,