he marina, Graham and I, Five years. maybe more. 2 You lik like living, on the penin- a e“Th erry’ S. a “hassle: ” he “But, yeah, generally: It's to. be away from the rush of “the city, ‘but. close enough to be 1 awhile.’ : ’-foad and “climbed up on the breakwater. an “There,” he ‘said, pointinig “4 down ‘the. coastline, “near the. park, Just outside ‘the swimm- ing area. 1 was tossing a buzz bomb and this fish hit hard then | leaped into the air three times . before I could get-it in,” * “Cutthroat?’”” » ‘Yeah, at least three pounds. year TERRACE — Terrace’s _ Michelle Hendry sparked for a _ game-high 29 points last ‘Thursday to lead the SFU Clan to their district championship victory over Seatile University, The win‘came as the 6:foot-2: former Caledonia player. was named the universi- ty women’s basketball district - player-of-the-year for the third ulivée'year. CIS UOY kis The Clan hammered’ Seattle $960 1 in the game aud are now . OFF to. the Mor: 619 NAIA na- tional championships in Jackson, Tennessee. Third-seeded SFU enters the tournament tomorrow night against unseeded Indiana University-Purdue University (UPU). ‘It's the Clan’s second shot at national college basketball glory. The first time was when Hendry last year led SFU to the second round of the na- — tionals, beating the University of Minnesota before being eliminated by South Carolina, Hendry’s 29 points Thursday night came in just 28 minutes, with 20 of her points in the first half. And the Clan, ahead 25 points at the half, never looked back. © Novice § hockey victory TERRACE — A Terrace novice division minor hockey ‘team cruised to a tournament victory ._ in Smithers two weekends on combination ‘of powerful: of- fence and near-invincible _ defence. : i They ‘took: the gold with a four-win®: : ;undefeated tourna- ment record,” The team’ opened ‘the tourney - with’ their 9-5 win over anothey "Terrace novice team. ‘Then they — went on to hammei’ Houston - _ 9-2 and beat Smithers 6-2. . Those wins set up: the ‘final against Smithers, which Terrace. 7 wom ‘blanking ‘the hometown team 6-0. “Top scorers’ for Terrace wire: a Tan Mills and Tyler Armstrong. “"" the'victory was goaltender:Paul __ King, whose 2.25: goals-against *Terrace's. other. team at the We walked down the nit to ‘How tong has’ it been?” I. ed,?” . .creaked | against®: ble'torun in: and enjoy it once» “We: reached the ‘end of the - way to the rush of the creek. “And: -backstopping thé team to... " Gverage’-was the: best: of ‘the: tourney; King’ faced'a Smithers a ~ breakaway in the dying secorids | | >of the‘final-dnd his spectacular . save ‘preserved the shutout, ©... I 7 What : a strong fi shi’ AS sally gust “of ‘wind hilt. us. head- ‘on. A” nearby. sailboat: followed the line. of the: beach! into the distance then turned and looked the other. WAYS OE “0H try here,” i said, ‘waving’. the rod at a ‘small cove covered, dn eel grass. °, “There's a creek. that comes. out there,"* said Graham. ‘ Perfect, L.thought.:..-. ' - “See you back-at the house,’”” _he,said and. strode: toward the hill. IT ‘stepped ‘down’: from ‘the’ breakwater: and walked | across the spongy’ ‘beach: “Sheltfish. ‘shells crackled underfoot. The . ‘sound of the - ‘long grasses. brushing against my boots. gave... A movement out of. time with: the Hhythms fe) é ‘fender: ° at grass, — the. measured and deliberate steps Of a great blue heron — made me pause. I’d missed him, stan- tall grass. After a pause he moved. again, step... pause... step... he pushed. into the air, carried . aloft with, great. wing beats, a beautiful study in form and tine from: point of beak. down the. an curvature of neck, “under the dun belly to the uplifted, legs . Sticking straight Out behind ding stalk still at the edge.of the ; him, In low tide.the mouth ‘of the creek had definition. 1 followed _it upstream as far as the salmon pause, each. step synchronous.’ with a cobra-like thrust of neck °.. and bill; Then at my next step, ~* mast, to the base of an im- Passable cascade, then. turned and made my way back down. Low slack: kelp lay on the beach, I walked into the water a - short way, and’ stripped some ‘line off the litle Perfect. the sin cast. ‘One pull, two, ne a thump, lit up the strands of tinsel when’ the wallet was open. I took out ' one of Tom Murray's mallard- winged, sparsely dressed mud- dlers: fixed it to the. tippet and sent it out into the salt, stripped it in,.and sent it out again, ; Low slack: the waves lapped - gently against the shore, a pair. of ducks bobbed in and out ‘of | sight. Someone was building a magnificient: house on a rocky. island. far. out-in the bay, the sound of a solitary hammer car- tied:across the water. A school of “baitfish: arced out of. the: water and landed like a handful of silvery. coins. Trout, 1 thought ‘and. threw the. line toward the spot where the. fish had emerged a moment earlier. Another flicker of silver, closer, _in this time, prompted some . rapid strips and another, quick: JEFF NAGEL 638-7283 | TERRACE STANDARD ‘TERRACE — The electric guitar riffs of AC/DC's “Thunderstruck’” were the first the favoured Prince Rupert Friday night in the wake of the gainmakers. Kermodes’ 75-73 stunner over on, Lobe ie 3B Pe tage ys, atthe oa woo game. KERMODE SHARPSHOOTER Paul Manhas, left, defen 75-73 upset victory over Prince Rupert Friday night. And “*thunderstruck” ds against surging Rainmakers in Caledania’s Manhas scored a game high 31 points in that Duncan two weekends ago. Local swimmer Marion Duf-’ fus won. Terrace’s ‘only gold medal. with her. perforinance i in women’s division,- And: Joe: ‘Mand ly. At the: same. ind. the’ sit bowling team wad, Minning team, silver. medals "Dun RY ! ac idur eared: a swimming bronze-in the: men's « masters division (age 50-59}, Terrace’s* Special Olympic bowling girls’ team — made up oft: ‘Monica’ Peacock, Bonnie ’ Edgars,’ ‘Arlene Lindley and : Marlene. Sampare — captured a «the C.A.S.A. masters over-60 a“ silver: medal. Deb’ Cascy won the silver in the kata 1 competition i in the 13 to : I. “Pin “Rupert players thrown together’. gtick-handled their : a B.C. 7 way: to: "or place at the Sines lympics Winter =: F relay Steven Trenbiae Peter. Nisyok, Peter Weal. Bri ¢ tick Duncan, Danny Datitiont."s “and: “Robin. Waits. Final medal tally now in for Terrace competition ’ --at-the B.C. Winter Games in - blue/brown/black belt karate division. She finished just. out of the medals in fourth place i in the kumite ~ or sparring - — competition. - Terrace’s ringette team came close .but not quite close enough, picking up. fifth place. Kitimat athletes picked up several medals in karate. ~ Mee Lain Ling won the gold medal in her kata -— individual forms = division. (age::13-14 girls blue/brown/black . belt). Ling 100k the silver in the sparr- ing event. Tanya Hartis won the . gold in age 17-18. girls blue/brown/black belt kata and - also took silver in kumite: Bran- . dy Flegel picked up bronzes in both events. Christina Florencio collected bronze medals in both. - events in the girls orange/preen . belt division, and Kelvin Mitan- da took another: bronze injthe | ' boys. orange/green' mi belt age . 13-14 division, .: i The -winnings “brought the of: ‘zone seven medal tally to,a total of eight: golds, 27. silver; : ” bronze medals; the Kermodes zone champs sounds to cut through the chaos "Makers coaches and top gutts definitely were. That defeat would mark the start of a 2-3 northwest zone champlonships viclory over the weekend by the resurgent Kermodes -- a team against whom Rupert had been urtdefeated this season. “This is going to be a baitle,’’ Rainmaker coach Me! Bishop muttered grimly during the first game as he watched Cal’s Paul Manhas take a sideline pass with one second left in the third quarter and hoop ap impossible-|ooking shot from three-point territory. That was just one example of the Manhas magic Friday night that saw the Kermodes' number 21 corral a game high 3] points. Caledonia's other high flyers were Geoff MacKay, with 20 points, and Gary Peden, with tl.> Cal held down a 37-31 lead at halftime. But the Rainmakers —~ ded by 30-point-scoring Ralph Bright - closed the gap and took the lead briefly with five minutes to play before the Kerthodes sparked again and put it away. On Saturday night the Rain- makers pulled out all the stops and cruised to a 74-59 yictory over a much [ess disciplined Kermode squad. Three key starters — Mike Parker, Kannin Osei-Tuw and Steve Dhansaw — fouled out and the team recorded nearly. Mi twice as many player touts as Rupert, If the fout trouble wasn’t: enough, coach Cam MacKay had to watch. numerous defen- line melted wae ‘the reel..: AS abruptly as-it had started, ts re the. action stopped. ‘The white line ‘rode. alop the waves; Salmon; I concluded. : Tao Strong for trout. ; 1 fished until the tide had: - pushed me back to the edge of... the grasses, ‘carried far away: , from. preoccupations. by | the sounds and rhythms of | ithe yok estuary... Near evening, I. brought a pan-sized cutthroat to hand, .- flanks and slipped the hook free. without taking him out of the water. He hovered .and disap- peared leaving a silvery ‘image behind. : Sacred_ spots, these places. ‘where fresh and salt water meet, . : [-thought,:rare, delicate habitat: = angler. habitat. : sive lapses and giveaways, and an inability to get inside when on the offence. : » Caledonia looked stIOng in the first half, entering the se- cond with a 26-23 halftime lead, but fell apart in the fourth quarter as the fou:s stacked up, Osei-Tutu led Caledonia scor- ing Saturday with {6 points. Parker had #2 and MacKay scored 1). Rupert managed to shut down Manhas, holding him to just seven points. » On Sunday afternoon,. the Kermodes wanted to win. They came out on fire to record a 61-57 victory for the champlon- ship. Geoff MacKay and Kannin Osei-Tulu led Cal scoring with 14 apiece. Paul Manhas was named tournament MVP, All-star awards went to Sieve Dhansaw and Geoff MacKay for Caledonia, and to Jamie Quast, Ralph Bright and Derek Dudoward for the Prince Rupert. “it was a big gut-wrencher for everybody,"’ coach MacKay said after the game. ‘Both i¢anis deserved to go." He said the three-game series was tough on the injury-plagued squad. “If you took at Gary ’ Peden, he’s got a balloon for a knee right now,” MacKay add- Caledonia now goes on to the meet the second-place team from the North-Central zone on Tuesday for the right to com- pete at the Mar. 13-16 provin- cial championships in Van- couver, | basketball zone playoffs two just a point. Skeena had earlier defeated Rupert. Kitimat. ' in the next game 61-45, Skeena triumph in zone final TERRACE — A down-to-the-wire finish in junior boys’ junior squad knock off their Kitimat rivals 44-43. The two teams exchanged the lead frequently in the see-saw battle that went on in the dying minutes of the game. Skeena coach Richard Trotter said Kitimat squandered their final chance when they missed a free throw with two seconds left on the clock and the Skeena Tsimshians up by ‘It was pretty exciting basketball,”’ he said. Skeena’s Todd Ducharme was high scorer that game with 15 points, and was also named team MVP. for the tourney. Trotter also pointed to Matt Soules as a defensive standout for Skeena, playing a key role in the weekend victories, -The win in the final over Kitimat gave the Skeena boys the zone title and a ticket to the 16-team junior boys provincial : championships Mar. 6-9 at St. Thomas More in Vancouver. - In junior girls action, the Skeena girls were competing in _ . Skeena opened the tourney: with their 59-55 win over [| , Kitimat, and Prince Rupert's Booth squad eliminated Kitimat ‘Thal set up a. Terrace-Rupert showdown i in. the: final, ‘and: | -Bfter giving it their all, the Skeena irs ' weekends ago saw Skeena’ s the Booth Ravens, of Prince Perea r=4.) ec rs apr TR Rene ee oe admired -his spotted a ancient ah aimee baal EE