~ nual ‘super’ series, Aug.

8 Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 19, 1989

About 100 boxing enthusiasts
turned out at Cassie Hall school
the night of April 8 to get a first
look at the talent offered by the
new Terrace Boxing Club. ~

The five bouts involving Ter-
race and Prince Rupert fighters
were worth the admission
despite -less-than-adequate
facilities.

' The opener featured two local
youngsters — Joey Losier (95

Ibs.) and Todd Hawryluk (108 ©

Ibs.). The rookies .went three
one-minute rounds with Losier
winning on a split decision.
Bout two. had two more Ter-
race boxers in action. Jassy Gill
(119% Ibs.) took on Clint Nadea
(117 Ibs.) for three rounds of
one-and-a-half minutes each.
Gill got the decision on this one.
The next scheduled bout had
local coach Gary Lok lined up
for ‘an exhibition match against
Prince Rupert’s Steve Jaeger.

Youth soccer registration _

Boxing club holds.
first local event _—

Jaeger (147 Ibs.) was a no-show,
$0 Lok (168 Ibs.) was declared
winner,

Bout four provided the only
knockout of the evening. Ter-
race’s Dave Carson (205 lbs.)
produced the K-O against
Rupert’s Dave Long (196 Ibs.) in
the first round.

For the second-to-last fight,
Jassy Gill came back to face
clubmate Darren Bell (119%
lbs.). It was another split deci-
sion victory for Gill.

The main event had three two-
minute rounds with Terrace’s
Marcus Bernaldez (160 Ibs.)
facing Brent Daschuck (165 Ibs.)
of Rupert. Bernaldez outscored
Daschuck on a split decision.

Coach Lok said later they’re

planning a major card for this

coming fall with hopes of

. attracting top boxers from

several B.C. clubs.

‘

Joey Losier and Todd Hawryluk were

two of the young contenders at the Terrace Boxing

Club’s first match hald April 8 at Cassie Hall. Losier won the bout on a split decision.

~ falls short of last year’s

With approximately 460
players signed up to date, Ter-
race Youth Soccer registration is
down almost 80 players over last’
season. However, not all is grim. |
as Youth Soccer’s Bev Bujtas
tells us they fully expect to hit
the 500 mark.

“The reason for a drop in
players is mainly the loss of the
older division,”’ she told us.
‘“*We had under-18 teams last
year, but none for this season.”

She said theyll have three
under-16 teams, but only nine
players on each team so far.

“But it’s mainly the loss of
one girls’ team plus cancellation

More local
players
to minors |

Three more area players have

been picked to play on minor
hockey select teams this sum-
mer.
The boys will be playing on
two of the four B.C. interior.
squads that were chosen at a
weekend training camp in
Kamloops, April6to9.

Terrace’s Jason Waldron
earned a spot on the major
peewee team, while Tommy
Nieminen and Miko Heikkila of
Kitimat were named to the
minor bantam team.

The other two age-group
teams are atom and minor
peewee. a

The boys return to Kamloops
for a summer training camp run-
ning July 30 to August 3. Then
alt four interior teams go to Sur-
rey to compete in the seventh an-
§ to 12.

Among awards to be handed
out ate scholarship funds for all-
stat picks, along with gold rings.

of the under-18’s that accounts
for the droppage in talent.”’

' The loss of a girls’ team ‘is
due, partly, to girls ranging: in

age from 11 to 17 playing on the .

same team. It caused discour-
agement among the younger
ones over having to play with
older players. —
“Yet, we've lost all the older
ones except for two and have all
the younger ones back. It merely
adds up to a younger division
with not quite as many players.”
Mrs. Bujtas said they’d like
more girls due to only three
teams with rosters of nine or ten.
She said another problem is a

\

Don Highe, al- original
organizer for Terrace Youth
Soccer, was honored fast
‘week when presented with a
special plaque for long-time
service. It also named him a
lifetime member of TYS. B.C.
Youth Soccer director
Maurice Gilet made the

presentation on behalf of the

‘local association. -

eh

lack of girls’ coaches so far.

y.. She.said they’d like more girls _

‘to boost rosters to'14 per team.
Any boys or girls not yet sign-
ed up should contact Bev Bujtas
at 635-3719.
Meanwhile, at a coaches’
meeting April 10, the B.C.
Youth Soccer director Maurice

Gilet explained that he was in .

town to meet the coaches and
find out how the youth program

‘was doing in Terrace.

Gilet, who represents interior
organizations on the provincial
youth soccer board, says his job
keeps him busy.

‘‘] try to get to each group’s

- annual general meeting and get

to each town involved with soc-
cer-once a year,’’ Gilet said. -

We pointed out that Kitimat,
Terrace and Prince Rupert are
all having good programs in the
sport, but wondered if com-
munities up the line are getting
involved.

“We have nothing lined up

-east of Terrace; but I’ve heard

plans are in the works for
Hazelton and Smithers joining

up with Terrace for an inter-city.

league, That’s one of the reasons
I’m here — to see how we can
help develop this idea.’” «

Joey Losier takes a breather between rounds at the Terrace | | |

Boxing Club’s first local match April 8 in Cassie Hall
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