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BOXER Steve “laeger
a above), of: Prince
Rupert. ‘comers’ his
staggered opponent
Tyler Reti, of
Whitehorse — in the
178-lb senior open
‘ boxing diviston Satur-
day night. Jaeger won
the fight and the gold
‘medal by unanimous
«decision. Terrace’s
“Joey Losier put on a
shaw.. for the local
crowd the same night,
defeating William
_ Dehart — an Alaskan
“boxer two years older
‘and: 18° pounds
_. heavier-—- in” 125-Ib
~ Junior -'C' -action, “At. .
Soright, - Special Olym-
"pics bowler Alex Tom-
. omy,-- of. Telkwa, lets
one , fly during com-
- petition Friday. -

been Indoor. sdccer and basketball, ‘Im basketball those

: dds are really playing their hearts out -- and we're seeing ~

AE here," he added. "We've. been eetting I lots of of sprains
a dosel |

First aid ©
crews busy

"TERRACE — Athletic injuries throughout the Northern -
B.C. Winter Games kept a small but highly specialized |; .
squad of volunteers hopping over the weekend. _.
' “In the first two hours of basketball, we had two ‘sprain-—

ed-ankiz:, = ¢wisted knee, a possible fractured arm and a
possible fractured nose,’ sald first ald coordinator Fred

. Adair, So we knew right from the beginning we were Bo-

ing to be busy.’” .

Probably the most potentially serious injury of the games
came late Saturday night when Terrace’s Cheryl Spencer
took ‘a hard check fromy a Peace River player in women's
hockey at the arena. Spencer’s legs were taken out from
beneath her and she landed onthe back of her. neck,

. First‘aid attendants worked on her for more than 20
minutes before placing her on a backboard and whisking
her out to a waiting ambulance: Spencer — an ambulance
attendant herself — signalled she was okay by giving a
thumbs up to the crowd as she was carried off the ice. She
was released from hospital later (he same night.» -

+ Another serous injury saw a Williams Lake badminton

player | take a bird in the eye-on Friday. Part of the eye was.’

bleeding, attendants said, but the boy isn’t expected | to sul.
fer any loss.of vision. .

a. © badminton bird travels 40 to 50 miles an hour,” ”

Adalr’ ‘noted. “A squash ball doesn’t travel that fast, but in
squash you "re reqaired to wear. glasses. In badminton, you:

aren't.’ ane
. But he ald the events producing the most injuries have

A day,” oo

3

Bringing —
‘the north ©
together. -

Winter Games shone through in

the smiles of the athletes Sun-

day. -

The warmth of the
organizers, volunteers and hosts
touched the hearts of the more
than 2,000. competitors,
whether they placed in the final
medal standings or not. .

The award ceremonies took
on an international flavour as
athletes from Ketchikan,
Alaska, brought back to their
city nine gold, five silver and
two bronze medals from Ter-
race’s games. a

And when the time came to

‘ hand out the hardware, Terrace
athletes were also there, collec-
ting more gold, silver and
bronze than any other city that
participated.

Sixty-eight gold medals, $4
silvers, and 54 bronze medals
were awarded to local athletes.

Terrace medalists at press
time were as follows:

Archery
(2G / 28)

Lance Detwiler’ — - gold:
junior boys freestyle. ,
Vicki Brown —

women’s bare bow.
_ tackle sighted, -

womeéii’ freestyles

Badminton. .
(4G /58/ 7B) .

adult men singles.
Lisa - Mailloux  — bronze:.
adult women angles. :
Sherie Postak — bronze: age
13-15 girls singles.
Matt Soules —- bronze: age
13-15 boys singles. ne
Donnie Hill/Mark Sauer —
bronze: age 16-18 boys doubles.
John Shepard/Matt Soules
bronze: age 13-15 boys doubles.
Cathy Dickson/Jenny Murie .
— bronze: age 13-15 j junior girls
doubles.
Gord Clent/Rey Flaherty ~
gold: senior men doubles. . >
Ken Fraser/Bob Cooper —
silver: senior men doubles.
Gord Clent/Fran Mann —
gold: senior mixed doubles.

silver: senior mixed doubles.

] GRAPELING FOR position in the 60k open wrestling category are:
ohn McGowan from Terrace and. Jared ‘Minty

TERRACE — The success of
Terrace’s 1991 Northern B.C:

gold::
Gil Payne — silver: heavy
stan aye” er navel

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Surinder Dhaliwal — gold:

' Ray Flaherty/Diane Cey —
singles

presenting: the “a

ACROBATIC TWIST by Smithers badminton player Allen Leung
shows athletic form as that sport held its competitions at Thornhill
Elementary. Leung was one of those representing the’ Bulkley-_

Nechako zone in the games. -

Diane Cey/Fran Mann — ‘Terrace — bronze: mixed. —
gold: senior women doubles. team. /

Renate Webber/Lydia Cook ‘Boxing —~
‘— silver: senior women SGP
doubles. Neil Strain — gold: 1651b—

‘Surinder . Dhaliwal/Tony
Broman — silver: men doubles.
‘Mui. Luc/Lisa..Mailloux —
silver: women doubles. oe
‘Mui,..Luc/Norm.. Parry

senior novice division, <->.
Joey Losier — gold: 125-Ib
junior ‘C’ division, * : .
Buddy Doane — gold: Jd 1610 ‘
; , glass junior ‘A” division. *
bronze: mixed doubles: SPE Jeremy Hutter. 75. g0ld: 80-Ib
ang ible: Basketball 708 lass juniof iA’ i division.
(LBP. Clinton, Bell —._gold:. 95-lb
‘Thornhill junior boys’ — class junior 'B” division. oe
bronze: j # junior boys. Josh Peters ~ gold: 101-Ib
vs me elas junior ‘Bw division. ar

“Black Powder
(IS / 2B) Carpet Bowling
Lucas Kirby — silver: junior (IS 4-73).

Terrace host team’ — team
silver; mixed teams, team
bronze: pairs. . eS

knife and-tomahawk throwing, .
- bronze: junior mixed primitive,
bronze:. junior mixed. formal. __
Bowling
(G28 1B).
Kari: Haugland — ‘silver:
youth singles. oY
; Terrace — silver: yeu team,
“Fern Gagnon —: bronze:
senior men singles.
: Terrace — gold; senior team. .

Cribbage |. a
(IG / 28 / 3B):
oR, Perry/V. Rigler — silver:
. open. doubles.

S. Wati/R. Jensen — bronze?
open doubles... .
Reg Beckley ‘bronze:

. Golden Agers_ mixed; bronze:

: a _ Golden Agers singles. ;
‘ : Bowling | Jim Rigler — "gold: open |
. Special Olympies singles. 7 oe
ri . (2B). - Bob Jesson —. silver: open
"Steven Trombley 7! bronze: ‘singles. cont'd BS