6 Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 19, 1986

The Terrace teachers’
work-to-rule efforts was
not effective against the
Caledonia Kermode
girls' basketball team,
and the same can be said:
about the Skeena Boys’
Tsimpseans.

The junior basketball
team posted a similar
record to the Kermodes
in their B.C. , Junior
Boys’ Invitational series
on the March 8 weekend
at Vancouver college.
The Tsimpseans dropped
their opener, then won
three in a row for a fifth-
place finish,

Tsimpseans, who
finished runnerup in the
northwest zone to Booth
Ravens, went to the
12-team series on an in-
vitation. Ravens actually
won the berth in the
three-day tournament.

But the Ravens
managed only one win
and they ended up in
11th place. |

Skeena started by los-
ing 66-56 to Spencer of
Vancouver Island,
Skeena just couldn’t get
rolling against the
number one Island team.
Aaron Davis, who
played his best ball of the
season during this series,
was tops in scoring with
a dozen points. Harpel
Manhas came through
with 11, while Dave
Hogg chipped in with 10.

Skeena came alive. in
their second game
against Abbotsford and
posted a 53-45 win.
Despite spraining an
ankle in the second half,
Manhas ran up 14
points, Davis again led
the team in scoring with
15.

Game three saw
Skeena take on Arbutus
of Victoria, and Terrace
came out on top 51-41.
Manhas, playing on a
bad ankle, hooped 22
points in a gritty effort.
Davis continued scoring
in double figures with 10
points.

The win over Arbutus
put Skeena against
Alberni, the team that
eliminated Booth Ravens
earlier. The Prince
Rupert team had lost
65-51 in their opener to
Hugh Boyd of Rich-
mond. Then they beat
Fort St. John 47-24
before losing 53-47 to
Alberni.

Tsimpseans supplied
the most thrilling game
of the series in that
Saturday afternoon bat-
tle for 5th and 8th posi-
tions. They battled
Alberni to a 58-58 tie at

The Skeena Tsimpsean boy's high school basketball team
plonships at Vancouver College. They posed for our camera with coach Bob Rafter up

win, one-logs triumph.

oak,

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took fifth place at the recent provincial Junior Boys’ Cham-

on arriving home from their three-

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the end of regulation
time.

In the first three-
minute overtime period,
each team scored six
points and it was 64-64
going into the second ex-
tra session.

With 30 seconds left in

the extra-extra period,
Manhas canned a shot to
put Terrace up 70-69.
They held off Alberni
and Skeena ended up
winning by that score.

It capped a_ solid
season for coach Bob
Rafter and his boys, and

gave an indication to
Kermode boys’ coach
Phil Letham that he has
some good talent coming
to Caledonia High
School next year from
Skeena. No.all-stars were
chosen at this tourna-
ment,

Meanwhile, the
Nishga boys’ team from
New Alyansh fared
poorly at the single ““A”’
boys championship in
Cliver. Nishga was
eliminated in three
straight games.

Basketball! athletes shoot for three wins

Zone

$345 p.m,

skiers"
chosen

Five Terrace Bantam
skiers have been selected
for the northern zone
team that will compete at
the Provincial Pepsi
Challenge Finals in
Smithers on March 29
and 30.

In overall season stand-

ings for these under-14
youngsters, Ryan
Stevenson was third,
Scott Lopston 16th, and
Jason Konst 2Ist. For
girls it was Erica Prest
12th and Sandy Lopston
Oth,
In Alpine ski races held
on the March 8th
weekend at the Purden
ski village, there were no
winners for Terrace
skiers. In the girls’
slalom, Nicole Jenkins
was 8th and Sandy
Lopston 11th out of 13.
For the boys’ slalom,
with 37 racers com-
peting, it was Ryan
Stevenson 5th, Scott
Lopston 4th, Kyle
Stevenson 19th, Roddy
McMynn 20th, Chris
Thomson 23rd, and
Jason Konst 29th.

In Giant slalom action
for girls, Nicole Jenkins
was 9th and Sandy
Lopston 10th out of 12

~ racers. For the boys, it

was Ryan Stevenson 4th,
Jason Konst tith, Chris
Thomson 14th, Scott
Lopston 17th, Jason
Elorza 26th, Kyle
Stevenson 3ist, .and
Roddy McMynn 34th.
The boys’ race had 37
skiers,

Playoffs

underway

TERRACE — On Satur-
day, March 22 at 8 a.m,
the Kinsmen take on the
Lions in the Peewee Pup
minor hockey division,

At 9 a.m. that day the
Lions play Dave's.

On Sunday, March 23
at 3:30 p.m. the final
playoffs begin. The win-
ning team will receive a
trophy in recognition of
their success.

Ice hockey

TERRACE — On March
22 ice hockey game ac-

tion in the Peewee divi-

sion features Finning
against Rotary at 4:45
p.m, and Williams ver-
sus Thornhill Grocery at

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