Annual High School
Tournament

Prepared by: B.C.

Sports Hall of Fame
‘ In the spring of 1945,
basketball affictanadoes at
the Duke of Connaught high
school decided to play host
to an invitational tour-
nament. The teams invited
were Trapp Tech, Nanaimo
and Chilliwack.

The tournament was
played-at the New West-
minster YMCA and the
records show that a goad
time was had by one and all.

The following year, eight
of the best high school
basketball teams were
invited to the’ tournament,
including the Vancouver
College Fighting Irish. The
Catholic school proved to be
as adept at basketball as it
was at other sports and
promptly took the tour-
nament title by defeating
Kamloops 34-32, Duke of
Connaught 30-28 and King
George 25-21,

As.the lads from Van-
couver College smiled and
cheered as they clutched
their silverware they were
completely unaware that
they, and the other teams in

the foundation of what has
become the biggest ex-
lravaganza_ in British
Columbia high school sports
each ~=syear.

Next month, housed in the
huge Pacific Coliseum it will
happen for the 32nd con-
secutive year. Thousands of

and blues. Bands will play
and cheerleaders _ will
chant: ‘Hey, hey, wadda ya
say..... someone get that ball
away...”

Twelve teams will begin
play midweek and after four
days of torrid competition
only two teams will remain
for the final.

And that game will no
doubt be a_ blockbuster.
Emotions will be at a peak
_as the color and competition
cresendees under the glare
of television lights.

A champion will .be
decided and the annual B.C.
boys high school basketball
tournament will close the

chapter. ---

It's a far ery from 1946 in
the gymnasium of the New
Westminster YMCA but the
B.C. boys high school
basketball tournament has
grown steadily over the
years and today readily
qualifies as a ‘classic’ in
provincial sports.

The tournament draws
teams fromm all over the
rovince and over the years
its traditions have grown
stronger and stronger.
Strangely' enough the

517,000.00 - Three bdrm. 12x68
Detroit with additians at both
@ entrances for extra storage,
@ play area and mud room. Au
H jurnishings Included except
i: personal effects. VIEW BY
i APPOINTMENT.

PS,

a family is this 6 bedraom home
situated on over half an acre
win a quiet residential area.
WM Double carport and large
Mitiving room, are [ust a few
Micatures. PRICED AT JUST
Mm 549,900.99. MLS.

a

540,000.00 - Two bdrm. home,

full basement on 1,9 acres,
mm peacetul setting, also has a
W@ibarn for horses. VIEW BY

M@ APPOINTMENT. Listing No.
x 761,

this tournament, had played

book on another successful -

aprenden at

JUST WAITING for a large .

students will jam the reds —

Eese

635-6361

4611. LAKELSE

team which won that first
tournament — Vancouver
College — holds the record
for most times in the
tourney. College has made it
through the many qualifying
rounds on more than 20
occasions. Victoria High
School has also made it
more than 20 times and
other schools, which have
established their own
traditions of winning a berth
in the tournament are
Kamloops, Prince Rupert,
Alberni, North Surrey,
Abbotsford, Oak Bay,
Prince George and West
Vancouver.

Vancouver College has
taken the title an un-
precedented five times,
while Duke of Connaught
won it four times. Three of
those. victories came in 1950,
1951 and 1952.

In .1951 the tournament
was moved to spacious
University of B.C. Memorial

m and it stayed there
until 1968 when it was moved
to its present site, the 15,000
seat Pacific Coliseum.

. There have been many
memorable moments in this
tournament down’ through
the years but perhaps the
most classic of all came in

1964 when a team of unsung ©

heroes suddenly turned into

a. Cinderella side. Prince
Rupert won it ali by
crushing Kamloops 66-51,
then edged Magee 62-61. In
its next game the Prince
Rupert side upset defending
champlon Mennonite

Educational Institute 66-64 :

in overtime. That game, the
long-time tournament
watchers will tell you, was

-the most exciting in the

history of the annual
competition.

Following that win Prince

Rupert took claim to the’

title by downing Abbotsford
43-41, . .
This year more than 180

teams from throughout the’

province were eligible to
take a stab at making it to
the tournament, which is an
accomplishment in itself.
This week most regular
schedules will have just
finished or are. about to
finish and top teams will
begin fighting for their zon
berths. .

And no doubt such teams
as Vancouver College,
Victoria and Oak Bay will
probably be there next
month at the Coliseum.

The bands will play, the
cheerleaders will eheer and
the tournament which began
way back in 1946 will be off
and running again.

Men’s
Basketball
report

by Mike Ireland
There were only two

basketball games played

this week in the T.M.B.A.
These were played last
Monday night. The Wed-
nesday night games were
cancelled because the
league's top players had left
for the Northern Winter
Games at Dawson Creek.

The Terrace Reds were
able to knock off Ev’s
Clippers 91-79 in the first
game. Nick Tooms led the
Reds with 32 points followed
by Willie Chemko with 20
points and Al Glover with 18.
Rod Kluss led the Clippers
with a game high of 34 points
followed by Dave Crawley
with 21 points.

In an upset, the Skeena
Hotel Orphans finally.
defeated All Seasons, 81-77.
Albert Olson turned in
another fine performance
scoring 31 points. He was
assisted by Pat Kofoed with
20 points. For All Seasons,

WIGHTMAN & SMITH |

7 REALTY.LTD

$27,000.00 - twa bedroam
comfortable home ona 59x 150
ft. lot in central Terrace. For
convenience and comfort have
a look at this one. PRICEO TO
SELL. Inquire about Listing
No. 751. ; .

OWNER ANXIOUS TO SELL
this beautiful home, one year
new. Well built with extra
features not found in the
average home. Situated on 5
acre parcel, treed, absolute
privacy. VIEW BY AP-
POINTMENT ONLY.

$32,000.00 - Three bdrm. home
on a 680x200 ft. tot In Thornhill.
Home is In good condition,
lawn in front, new pump in
good well. Ail furniture and
applilances Included. TO
VIEW ask about Listing No.
762.

; VE;

“Stan Parker °

635-4031,

arry Smith ~ [

Ed Devries nelted 29 points
followed by Doug McKay
and Malcolm Cameron with
20 points each.

The following are the

‘winners of the Skeena

Basketball Valentine

_ Raffle:

First prize, 20° Sharp
color TV - Marvin Taylor,
Terrace; second prize, $50,
Ron Hymanyk, Terrace;
‘third prize, $25, Bob Park,

All Seasons Sports, Terrace. °
"Tie Skeena Junidr’ Boys’

and Girls’ basketball teams
would like to thank.everyone
who supported the teams by
buying a ticket.

GUARD HIS WORSHIP

Did you know that in 1954
the Mayor of Vancouver had
the strongest bodyguard in
the world? The guard was
world weightlifting
champion Doug Hepburn of
Vancouver. Hepburn has a
display in the B.C, Sports
Hall of Fame.

ae, enw aa a a ee

$32,000.00 - Appealing 75x300m
#. lot with a 3 bdrm. home. gy
20x40 well buiit garage with m
upper storage. Has great™
potential. LISTING NO. 2479.2

$35,000.00 - Two bedroom, form
comfort and convenience wef
would like to show you this il
cozy home on a parklike acre. @
VIEW BY APPOINTMENT. @
Listing No. 756. +

QUALITY, COMFORT,
ACREAGE
peaceful family flving. Three py
bedrooms on main floors
ensuite with. ceramic ttle ll
shower, large dining area, Ml
heal-a-lator flreplace, full

basement with family room,

fireplace, bulli-in fish tanks gy
bath with tited shower, pool gq
room complete with pool table ml
and laundry area. OURS

‘PLEASURE, TO SHOW YOU,@ .

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.@

EVENINGS .
» “Helen Gilbertson

| 635-2826.

» and more for
and z.

"535-3608

WELL KNOWN HANG GLIDER DAVE TOOP poses

with the new Hang Glider Association executive. (L to
R) Dave, President Michael Bowen-Colthurst, Vice-
President Walter Mantel and Secretary-Treasurer

Skip Whitefield.

Hang Gliders
elect officers

Skeena Hang Gliders
Association: held their an-
nual election of officers
meeting February 12 and
presented’ a program for
their 3rd Annua) B.C. Open
Hang Gliders Competition,
The election of officers were
Michael Bowen-Colthurst as
president, Walter Mantel -
vice president and Skip
Whitefield as secretary-
treasurer.

This year’s competition to

be held on June 18 and 19 is.

expected to draw more than
60 flyers, coming from all
across Canada and the
northwest U.S.A.

Dave Toov. having just -

returned from a meet in
Vernon said many flyers
had stated they definitely
were coming to Terrace.
All flyers agree that our
site is one of the finest,
having a vertical drop. of
over 2500 feet and a soaring
ridge of some six to seven
miles. .

Last year our site set the
Canadian record for time in
the air, over five hours.

Members are now waiting
for the snow to go to plant
lawn seed. The landing site,
some 10 acres, located near
the golf course, was cleared
last year.

With only eight
remaining it looks like the
Commercial League
standings wil! remain as
they are. Totem Ford seems
to have first place over
McEwan Motors by a slim
margin, with Gordon and
Andersona distant third and
Pohle Lumber bringing up
the rear. . .

The two top clubs pulled
farther away Monday night
at the local arena, both
winning handily over the
battom = two. :

Totem Ford scored two in

ames

McEwan GMs enjoy

THE HERALD, Wednesday, February 23, 1977, PAGE All

Lamming shuts out G&A:

the second and two more in
the third to blank the G&A
team 4 to 0 in the first game.

The first period was
scoreless. Gordon & An-
derson got great goalten-
ding, were outshot 16-5 and
managed to come out with a
scoreless tie.

Bob Peacock gave Ford
their first goal at the 2:30
mark of the second, assisted
by Dick Shinde and Mark
Hidber.

Shinde put Ford two up six
minutes later, assisted by
Hackman — and Rino

target practice

The second game of .the
evening Monday night saw
McEwan Motors swamp the
Pohle Lumber squad to the
tune of 11-3 with Lanny
Nevison and Frank O’Brien
picking up hat tricks.

Outshot 66-20 the Pohle
crew were never in serious
contention after the first
period which ended 4-2.

Lanny Nevison was the
first to hit the scoresheet,
assisted by Rick Lewis with
less than twe minutes gone.

Two ° minutes ater
Nevison scored again, Ken
Dean drawing the assist,

Mike Barg got Pohle on
the scoreboard with six
minutes gone; assists by

Lynn Kraeling and thescore *;

was 2-1 for McEwan.

Ken Dean got that one
back a minute later, taking
passes from Wilf Tripe de

Fordmen pull away

Totem Ford moved four
points in front of second
place McEwan GM with a 6-
4 victory over their closest
rival Thursday night. Ford
scored three times in the
first and twice in the second
giving them a 5-1 lead after
two periods. McEwan tried
to come back but could only
manage three goals as Ford
hung on.

Dick Shinde led the way
for the Ford gafig picking up
two goals. Linemate Larry
Hackman scored once and
assisted on two others.
Other marksmen for the
winners were Mark Hidber,
Tony Gillard and Bob
Peacock,

The first McEwan _ goal

‘came halfway through the

second period with Steve
Dillabough beating the Ford
goaltender. The last period
saw the GM comeback fall
short as Rick Lewis, Rae
Rowe and Frank O’Brien

each scored once.

The last period also
featured two disallowed
goals — one by each club.
McEwan’s nearly made it 6-
5 when the puck ended up in

the net after a scramble...

However, the referee ac-
cused Rowe of being inthe
crease, therefore no goal.
Just seconds later Ford

defenceman broke up a

McEwan rush and was alone
to face the opposing goalie.

Unfortunately, Ford’s Bob
Middleton slashed a
McEwan player, behind the
play, and although Peacock
scored on a beautiful deke,
the goal was not allowed to
stand.

The Fordmen completely
outplayed McEwan, firing
34 shots at Eric Chapman
and allowing only 14 to
reach their goaltender,
Gerry Lamming.

THERE MUST BE 50 WAYS
TO CELEBRATE ,

TERRACE’S GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
If you know ONE cali 638-8196

| TERRACE ANSWERING BUREAU
TERRACE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE

Roche and Frank O’Brien.

Rick Lewis made the
score 4-1 with Steve
Dillibough drawing the
assist.

Daryl DeWynter ended
the scoring for that period
assisted by Brian Kor-
mandy.

Before the second frame
was over McEwan Motors
had stretched their lead to 6-
3. Nevison and O’Brien
scored for McEwan and
Randy McDonald replied for
the Pohle team.

McEwan Motors scored

ae,
ote

—
i
®

commis

raMatatatahal

Michaud. The score
remained that way for the
rest of the second frame.
Gordon and Anderson
fired 15 shots at the Ford
cage during the third but
could not get the dise past
Gerry Lamming, while Ford
scored two more. Hans
Stach at the midway point of
the period, assisted by Tob
Taylor and Rino Michaud:
With less than a minute left
in the game Bob Peacock
fired the final goal of the
game, giving Ford a 4-0 win
over Gordon and Andexson;

aR RHE

Chabewdendoe

. cy
five straight times in the
third and won the gam
easily. Don Watt, Marc
Tookenay and Rick Lewis
scored singles. Frank:
O’Brien finished off his
three goal performance by
scoring the final two goals of
the game. 3

L.

Soon
Gentle Care Cleaning

Time Cleaners
Ltd

SENN iy ANAS

aes

re

i
RE DX Fa

=)
a

ptotetel

menace

ts
™

Wayne

Alignment

CHARGEX

4917 Keith

[=
UNIROYAL
as

1

Bernie
Manager .

{

SET OF SPARK PLUGS

Standard or Resistor

1 WITH YOUR NEW TIRES
FOR SPRING

Don't buy a tire ‘til you check OK wea

Mechanic

te Eve ae

A
Re

master charge

wig a Meat

635-6235