Uplands net title IN A TIGHT, low-scoring affair, Uplands emerged with this year’s grade six girls basketball title. Mecling Thornhill in the final ofthe March 12 event, Uplands outscored thelr cross-river rivals 12-600 oe _In earlier round robin action, both teams had finished at one’ and one, ~~ | , “Uplands opened sirongly by defeating . Verilas. 30-21. but: ‘couldn’t. get ‘by Cassie Heil in . their next, being edged 15-13. ~-Thornhill reversed -the pattern, ‘dropping (heir opener 22-17 ‘to Clarence Michiel, then clobbering Copper Mountain 36-15. Clarence Michiel also jumped on Copper Mountain 36-10 and Cassie Hall squeezed out Veritas 29-27 as the teams emerged from the round robin unbeaten. -- , However, their winning streaks came to an abrupt end in. the-~ semis, Thornhill doubling Cassie Hall 24-12 and Uplands handling Clarence Michiel 30-11... , Veritas and Copper Mountain played off in the ‘B? side final, Veritas coming away 32-10 win- NETS, oe oe ee a els Cassic Hall. were named the most sportsmanlike team. ‘Tweens ready for big test AS A DRESS rehearsal, il went off as well as the Terrace Tweens ringette squad could have hoped. » With the ‘C’ Provincials set to begin next Thursday, the Prince George northwest league play " mect-was a last chance for a com- -. petitive tune up. ~And host Prince George were the first to find out Terrace were ready for the B.C. championships as the Tweens stormed to a 14-5 victory. A tough Quesnel fared little better in game two, Terrace mar- ching to an 8-2 win. © : And they completed the sweep by doubling Burns Lake 6-3. Doane wins war WHEN LOCAL boxer Robert Doane climbed out of the Camp- bell River ring at the Diamond Bells, he knew he’d been in a fight. “*It was a-war’’, coach Jeff Dil- ley said of Doane’s' Jn °C 147lbs,. bout with Edwin Rodriguez of the Shaolin club, STL was an excellent see-saw baille,’* Dilley recalled, and onc [hal.went right down to the final | In.a‘splil decision, Doane got (he nod 3-2 to give Terrace onc of ils two titles. “The other came from the gloves _ of Jocy Losier in the Sentor Open 1391b, clash. “Losier faced 22-year-old Vern Trainer from Kamloops who is back in. the ring after a one year “ Jay-off “Although Trainer had a wealth of -experience. — 80 fights —— Losi¢r had the skills and quickly overpowered his opponent, forc- ing the referee to step in and stop the contest in the first. While happy with those resulls, Dilley was less so with the fate of Buddy Doane. Facing home-lowner Jason Storie in Intermediate 139]bs. ac- tion, Doane was disqualified in the second round. ‘Buddy was robbed and I don’t care who. knows: il,”’ Dilley maintained, charging the ref had been over zealous in tossing Doane out. In other match-ups, Jonathon Doane, 13, took on Brandon Fry of Queensboro and did an ex- cellent job against a fighter two years his senior. The Junior ‘C’ 147lbs, belt went to Fry via a 4-1 decision. Aaron Petovello put in a strong effort in the Intermediate Novice 125lbs. class but was simply out- gunncd by Kelowna’s Scott Penticost in a 5-0 decision. Making the trip with the Ter- race crew was Keith Gurski of Prince Rupert. With only five bouts to date, Gurski found him- self up against much more experi- enced Paul Shaw of Queensboro. While experience told in the end, Gurski made Shaw work for his 3-2 split decision victory. THE McBICYCLE ‘lwe@ Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 23, 1994 - C3 SKEENA JR. GIRLS came away fram this year’s basketball provincials with heads held high, and a ranking that cid not accurately reflect their performance, Above, the team that ter- rorized northwestern opponents all season. They are (back row, left to right) Teresa LeFebvre, Julie Gillanders, Becky if Ay Heenan, Kathleen Gook, Linnae Bee, Roxanne Chow, coach Bill Gook and (iront) Lucy Bothelo, Stacy Marceau, Felecia Arbuah, Lee-Anne Critchley and Joanne Cooley, The team will lose Bee, Heenan, Gillanders and Cooley next year but the remaining seven will benefit fram the experience. LACK OF BIG game experience told in the end, but Skeena’s Jr. Girls had no reason ta be disappointed with their provincial basketball championship performance. “Tm really happy with the way they played,’’ said coach Bill Gook of the Tsimshians 2- 2 record, A nervous Skeena squad opened the tournament with a 56-35 loss to McRoberts of Richmond. It was a game Gook thought (hey couid have won, but, coming off a long trip and facing a really tough defence for the first time, “‘We just didn’t click.’’ Under the tournament format, that loss sent Skeena to the ‘B’ side where they quickly bounced back with a 64-28 demolition of Jaffrey Jr. of Cranbrook. That set up a mecling with Salmon Arm, ranked fifth going in and the best team the Tsimshians were to face during the championships. It was also their closest game, a frustratingly close 55- 52 loss. Gook noted the result could have been different but for Skeena's problems at the - foul line. Explaining the team went 7 for 29 on those shots, he added, ‘*I don’t know what happened there.’’ Skeena’s final court appearance was another one- sided affair, a 71-24 clobbering of LV Rogers of Nelson. While the Tsimshians had shown ihey possessed the abilily and the skills necessary to be competitive, Good said the lack of game experience against strong teams hurt them. *“You can’t prepare kids Cor that,’ he added, “You can talk to them but they don’t understand until they get there,’” Now they do, and, with seven of the squad still witha year’s eligibility left, Gook ~ anticipates the experience will be a big help next year, Unfortunately, Skeena losses will include Linnae Bee and Becky Heenan, cach of whom picked up two player of the game awards at the championships. As for this year, he said the team had improved steadily Skeena split provincials over the season and suggesied they were ‘‘close to the best’’ outside Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland, Officially Skeena finished in . 11th but that was under an experimental standings system - that everyone has agreed will not be tried again. ‘The problem, Gook explained, was while a 2-2 record was only good enough for 11th, another team which won its first game, then lost three straight was given 8th spot. While conceding il unlikely Skeena could have beaten either of this year’s finalists, he had watched the third place playotf game and said the Tsimshians could have matched either of those teams. | PARTS & ACCESSORIES TECH AIR FOIL — * Sneti/Ansi Approvad * Hot Trendy Calotirs to Match Your Cloihing-or Bike. + Adutt. sizes Small ta Larga+ them For Free, 3° 2 ‘will’ Fit POWER BARS "The New Flavour" Apple- Cinnamon has arrived! + Kona.+ Dewey Bars « ra Grips Included. 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