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B4 Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 19, 1990

Teacher Wendy Sofiak pitches world-class softball

Wendy Sofiak: My major interest is to get my classroom going
and to be the best teacher | can possibly be.

Major B.C. sports:
fest in works -

Planning is underway for the
Good Sports Festival to be held
‘at-B.C. Place Stadium Dec. 7-9.
The non-stop sports extravagan-
za will attract about 2,500
players to compete in co-ed slo-
pitch, volleyball, 3-on-3 basket-
ball, arm wrestling and billiards.
Some of the highlights are: ©
@ The softball tournament will
likely be a new entry in Guinness
Book of Records, as this will be
the longest running, continuous
softball tournament in a domed
stadium.

e Sixty teams of softball
players from all parts of B.C.
and Alberta will compete.

e Two softball diamonds will
run non-stop for 60 hours, so in
all likelihood a team will have at
least one game in the “wee”
hours of the morning.

@ Three hundred fifty yards of
sand will be trucked in for the
construction of ‘‘beach’’ volley-
ball courts. Teams in Doubles
and Co-ed triples will play.
‘There will be five other volley-
ball courts on artificial turf.

@ High school teams play
volleyball and 3-on-3 basektball.
e A trade show of sports equip-
ment, sports wear and related

. goods will also be included.

@ Admission is free. Spectators
will have an opportunity of win-
ning prizes while watching all
the action.

@ A kick-off dance will be held

at the Commodore Ballroom,

Granville St., Vancouver. Band:

‘Wall Street”? will provide the
music and approximately $2,500
in prizes will be given away.

® Special rate of $55 per room,
per night (double occupancy) is
available at the Sandman Inn,
Georgia St., Vancouver — right
across the street . from the
Stadium. -

@ The Good Sports Festival is
presented and ‘organized by
Sports Travel Canada, a travel
specialist that ‘stages softball,
volleyball, tennis and soccer
tournamerits in’ Mexico, the
Caribbean, and Australia.

e@ Theme: “Sports under the:

Dome — almost as much fun as
sports under the Sun. And,
Good Sports are always
winners.’”

Any individual or team want-
ing further information can call
Sports Travel Canada at
535-2286,

Coming events in
regional sports

_ Terrace Bluebacks swim club has
registration for new and old mem-
bers on Thursday from 5 to 6 p.m.
at the club office, upstairs at the
swimming pool.

The Thornhill Pub’s first annual
car rally. is coming up Saturday
starting at 11 a.m. It costs $15 per
person to enter. Routes are in
Thomhill and Terrace. Picture-
taking and a- scavenger: hunt. are

‘included. Sign up by Friday | -at

Thornhill Pub..

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The high school zone sports
season for volleyball opens this
Saturday. Senior boys are at
Nisga’a, senior girls at Smithers,

plus junior boys and girls at

Nisga’a. Cross-country takes place
at Smithers.

Terrace Minor Hockey’s annual
shop-and-swap fot youngsters’
used equipment takes place at the

Terrace Arena lobby this Saturday |

from 12 noon o'3 p.m.

" py Harriett Fjaagesund

Wendy Sofiak, a new Grade 5
teacher at Clarence Michiel, and
professional softball team
member for the West Vancouver
Angels, finally achieved her
dream goal — she made it to the
Canadian National Softball
Team this year. Forty people
across Canada tried out for the
team, but only 17 were chosen.

Playing in Normal, Illinois,
Canada came in sixth in the In-
ternational Softball Federation
World Games. The. West Van-
couver Angels also won two
silver and one bronze medal in
the provincial-wide playoffs.

Born and raised in Saskatch-
ewan, Wendy has been playing

softball for about 20 years, the
last three in Vancouver. She
came to B.C. after the Saskatch-
ewan Harmony Centres team
she played for folded. She says
she just has a knack for it, but
admits she comes by it naturally.

Her father has played in the Na-.

tional Hockey League, and her
two brothers are into hockey
and slo-pitch. Of the three girls
in the family, she is the only one
interested in sports.

She has such things to her
credit as a two-year softball
scholarship at the University of
Texas. She completed one year,
then returned to Saskatchewan
to attend university to become a
teacher. She graduated this year.

She explains that kids have al-
ways been important to her, that
she enjoys being with them.

Wendy says she has no regrets
about the time spent at the
University of Texas, that in fact
she went on the condition that
she. would learn ‘something to
make her a better pitcher (she
also plays outfield and Ist-base).

As for the future, she hasn’t
made any definite plans, but is
considering retiring from profes-
sional softball. “It takes alot of
hard work and dedication. It’s a
very stressful and ‘tense occupa-
tion. Right now my major in-
terest is to get my classroom go-
ing and to be the best teacher I
can possibly be.””

GIRLS’ DIVISION
Richards 2, Kinettes 1
Tike Lakers 2, Pizza Hut 1
Richards 2, Tide Lakers 0
Kinettes 4, Plzza Hut 0
Kinettes 2, Tide Lakers 0

UNDER-10 DIVISION

A-G-K 5, Shoppers 1

Surveyors 3, A-G-K 2

A-G-K 5, Co-op 4

championship game

Linda Gibson, 133

Richards 3, Kinettes 0 — championship game

Surveyors 4, Skeena Sawmills 3

Skeana Cellulose 3, Co-op 0
Centennial Lions 5, Carlyle Shepherd 3

Skeena Cellulose 4, Centennial Lions 2
Skeena Sawmills 5, Shoppers 4

Co-op 5, Carlyle Shepherd 1

Skeena Sawmills 5, Centennial Lions 4

Skeena Cellulose 6,.Surveyors2 .:
Skeena Sawmills 4, A-G-K 3
Surveyors 3, Skeena Sawmills 1
Skeena Cellulose 5, Surveyors 1 —

T he Scores Are...

TERRACE YOUTH SOCCER
DOUBLE-KNOCKOUT FINALS

UNDER-12 DIVISION

Cedarland 3, Finning 2

Brady F.C. 1, Bandstra 0

Cedarland 3, Northwest Sportsman 2

Brady F.C. 3, Sight & Sound 1

Bandstra 4, Finning 3

Northwest Sportsman 6, Sight & Sound 4
. Cadarland-4, Brady F.C.0 -

Northwest Sportsman 2, Bandstra 1

Northwest Sportsman 6, Brady F.C. 1

Cedarland 3, Northwest Sportsman 1 —

champlonship game

UNDER-14 DIVISION
Northern Drugs 2, Bavarian Inn 0
Rotary 2, Sanberry 1
Rotary 3, Northern Drugs 1.
Sanberry 4, Bavarian Inn 2
Sanberry 5, Northern Drugs 3
” Richatds. 3, Kinettes 0 — champlonship game

: _ TERRACE SPEEDWAY RACE RESULTS |

SEPTEMBER 9TH
Sportsman. Heat: Dave Reinhardt
Trophy Dash: Ed Johnson Main: Clayton Kerr eihniearel
Heat: Joe Borouec ; “Br Street Trop D ardt
: Nea
Main: Danny O'Brien Trophy Dash: Dave Bruce phy Dash
“A” Hobby _ -Heat: Dave Bruce ~ Ist Gerry Normandeau
Trophy Dash: Brent McCarron ’ . Main: Major Craig 2nd Marcel Kristoff
Heat: Brent McCarron sags rd Jamie Kluss
C’* Street
Main: Brent McCarron Demolition
Heat: Rockzann Taylor .
“B” Hobby Demolition Races lst Dave Reinhardt
Trophy Dash: Blain Kluss 2nd Kerry Ross
Heat: Blain Kluss Bag Race 3rd Gerry Normandeau
Main: Blain Kluss ist Dave Reinhardt
aN 2nd Russ Gutknecht
A” Street 3rd Major Craig
Trophy Dash: Dave Reinhardt 4th Ron Diotte
= SMITHERS LADIES GOLF CLUB
CHAMPIONSHIPS — SEPTEMBER 8TH WEEKEND ©

Overall Low Gross First Low Gross First Low Net

Sue Morgan, 172 Flight A — Heather Gallagher Flight A — Toni Perreault

Overall Low Net Flight B — Edith Jones Flight B — Ingrid Palmer

Flight C — Noreen Arnett

SENIORS SUMMER GAMES IN COMOX

The Seniors Summer Games are over in Comox, and participants from the
Bulkley Nechako Zone came home with eight medals as follows:
Walking: Olga Walker of Hazelton a gold in the 5K and in the 10K for two;

Rex Shoop of Hazelton a silver in the 5K and in the 10K for two; Alice Dahl

of Kitwanga a bronze in the 5K.
‘Badminiom: Fran Bonneville and her partner from Hazelton a silver.
Bowling: Slim Passwel of Fraser Lake a gold for most points over average.
Bridge: Ed Animowski and Mike Patsiluk of Fraser Lake a silver in bridge,

Flight C — Geraldine Moore

Soba

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