eee and Prince Rupert runners clubs’ relay race on March 31 was a rousing success, according | to organizers. The 15 Terrace and 10 Rupert competitors ran ,ihe 92-mile Rupert-to-Terrace event as separate team entries. Rupert crossed the Skeena junior high school finish line in-10 hours, 16 - minutes — about eight minutes ahead of Terrace’s first runner. ‘Terrace’s Ed Ansems said they were extremely close to their estimated time. ‘‘Each run- ner did about 40 minutes work,”’ he told: us.. ‘They averaged about five minutes, 40 seconds per mile.’’ The original plan was to alter- nate runners from each: club. eae ree Pe Ye PCr: Man. ‘ae Rousing relay _ The combined Skeena Valley SPs Mian Bey a seas 'eg SIMA , along the route. However, . . Rupert wanted to use their own. runners in relay style, thus: set 7 ting it up more as a'race, - . The plan for everyone to meet |. | at Fishermen’s Park when enter- ing Terrace went out the window as well, although Terrace run- ners did: corhe into the city as a group. The race was accident-free. - One item of note was two Rupert runners spotting a pair of wolves along the edge of the bush. That helped i increase their: speed.’ Plans are afoot to-.repeat this effort next year, with ‘some “| . modifications. “Hopefully we'll . _be under. 10 hours in 1991,” Ansems said. _ . Losier wins: on. quick knockout — Terrace boxing club . fighters came home with victories in two out of five bouts at the Buckskin Gloves boxing championships in Kamloops .on March 3} weekend, Joey Losier starred for the Terrace club with a knockout just 17 seconds after the opening bell against Ryan Plante of Cranbrook. The 13-year-old Joey, who won a gold medal at the Golden Gloves’ fights in Vancouver earlier in March, fights in the ~ junior ‘BY’ class at 110 pounds, The other win was turned in by Todd Hawryluk (junior ‘A’, 110 pounds). He scored a 5-0 unanimous decision against David Chapell of Kelowna. Darren Bell, medalist at the Golden Gloves, didn’t fight at Kamloops. The: 14-year-old was suf fering froma severe head cold and didn’t enter. Three other Terrace. boxers lost out on identical 4-1 deci- sions. Marcus Bernaldez (senior — novice, 165 pounds) lost to Tony Romailler of Vernon. Michael Burkett, another senior novice at 178 pounds, saw his fight go — to. Bruce Campbell of Kam- loops. In the junior ‘A’ 75-pound category, Jeremy Hunter lost to Josh Elton of Kamloops. Badminton. finished” The Caledonia Kermode boys’ and girls’ badminton team started off with two victories, but then lost their next four mat- ches to place eighth out of 16 teams at the B.C. high schools’ annual provincial finals at Kamloops March 31st weekend. In their opening four-team round-robin set, Kermodes won two and lost one to advance to the top eight championship round, — . They started with a 6-5 win over Kelowna in their first l-game set. Then they downed North Peace 8- 3. Their final round-robin was a 6-5 loss. to Vancouver Tech, which gave them second in their division. In the top-eight playoff, Maple Ridge clubbed Kermodes 8-3. That put them ‘in the posi- tion of finishing between fifth and eighth: places. - After a 7-4-loss to sures Queen “Elizabeth, then a 6-5: - defeat by Crawford Bay, Ker-. modes. accepted their final. stan- - dings of efhth Place. Bronze for hoop masters. An opening game loss to a team loaded with former Olym- - pic and national team players held back the Prince Rupert - ' Terrace combines from finishing higher than third place at the B.C. master men’s basketball championships in Vancouver on wo April 1 weekend. The combos dropped a 94-87 decision to Vancouver’s Moun- tain Shadows squad — a team that included six-foot, 11-inch former pro Lars Hansen in their lineup. We held a one-point lead with three minutes to go. ’ Three Rupert players shared our scoring honors. Jim Ciccone socked home 39 points, while Rainmaker coach Mel Bishop . had 18 and Kirby Holdestad had a dozen. The old guys came- back to win their final two contests, They bounced Richmond | 112-82 with the scoring pair of - Bishop and Ciccone pumping home 34 and 29. They finished off with a 124-78 route of Vancouver Lambert. Bishop scored 30 while Holkestad had 23. According to organizer Cic- cone, our team had a better mark overall than the team winding up second, especially considering points for-and- against. the other { . The First: running « event. of. the season, a telay from Prince Rupert to Terrace, drew 25 hardy - competitors and was deemed a success. by organizers. A similar event for 1991 Penning stages. ts already in the . Tuesday Mens League - Sponsor Emco Supply Jason Warner Mat Fowler - Robert Karpyshyn Link Baker Ryan Matthews OT, he Scores Are... Devon Van Hulle ‘Bantam Division Link Baker Trevor Muller Bobby Basanti Midget Division Doug Worsford - ‘Thursday Mens League - Sponsor Spotless 1 Hour Cleaners Friday Mixed League - Sponsor Horderlake Contracting _ CURLING LEAGUE WINNERS "FOR THE YEAR 1989.90 “TERRACE CURLING CLUB : Sunday Family League - Linda Kewimky . Dave Estacaille ‘Gordon Oates - Ailan Estacaille . Doug McKay ‘ Suzette Estacaille . Kevin Oates Inez Lopez - Mark Brekke Tuesday Coffee League - Sponsor Terrace Co-op — Keith Williams. Fred Martens Lorraine Hildebrand Maryann Martens . Reg Beckley Randy Kluss Darlene Lockhart Marlene Kluss .Monday Mixed League - Sponsor Tillicum Twin Theatre . Saturday Commercial League - Sponsor Finning Tractor Mal Grant . Gordon Oates Mel Anderson Darlene Yeske Harold Olson Larry Yeske John Silsbe _ Sharon Oates Wednesday ‘Ladies League - Sponsor Lane Appraisals Kim MacDougall : 7 ; . . Jasak Logging” |" Kathy Simpson’ ' .. Skeena Health ‘Joan Kucharyshen us ' * LET International Trucks Leane Derow Eight Ender Mixed League Mitch Stolarchuk , Wanda Young . James Young - TERRACE MINOR HOCKEY SEASON-ENDING AWARDS .” > NIGHT. APRIL 5 — LIST OF ESSO MEDAL i ‘WINNERS — ALL DIVISIONS ' .Most Improved - Most sportemaniike . Most valuable mo - Novice Division ... Ghris Larue - - - Thomas Ames Allan Austin | Adrian Adair. Heath Morgan Mitch Armstrong Thomas. Derrick . 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