Page B4 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 26, 1992 DARYL PITT finished second in the 37-kilornetre Alcan marathon event at the Onion Lake cross-country ski traiis Feb, 15. The only-other competitor to complete the grueling event was first-place Dave Allwood. Successful marathon at Onion Lake trails TERRACE — Despite fears of no snow, more than 75 people competed in the Alcan marathon two weekends ago at the Onion Lake cross-country ski trails. Only three competitors entered the full 37-kilometre marathon course, with Hazelton’s Dave Allwood taking first . place in that event, ahead of second- place finisher Daryl Pitt. In the 18.5-kilometre event, it was Kitimat's Julie Stevens taking first place in the women’s division. Ten-year-old Nathan Kerly was first . in the junior division. Prizes were awarded to the winners in each category. Organizers said skiing conditions were excellent, enhancing the event and dispelling the myth that there is no snow at Onion Lake, They also noted the small army of snowmobile club volunteers who were positioned along the route to hand out juice and cookies to passing © com- petitors. Cross-country skiers are seeking a grant from. city council for equipment and improvements at Onion Lake in time for. next winter’s B.C. Winter Games in Kitimat. Rob Brown | on vacation Columnist Rob Brown is on vacation this week, but returns in next week's issue with his regular column, The Skeena Angler. . Gold for Bluebacks SPORTS NEWS JEFF NAGEL 638-7183 TERRACE STANDARD — Page B5 SPORTSCOPE Losier wins grant LOCAL BOXER Joey Losier is receiving a $1,250 B.C. Athletics award this week for outstanding achievement. Losier has lost only once — by ‘split decision in the gold medal final of the Jr. Nationals last year — and has qualified for the B.C, team to the Jr. Na- tionals again this year. “It’s always a fight to get money,”’ said boxing club coach Jeff Dilley. ‘This is really going to help.” Although Losier is already carded to go tothe Jr. Nationals — which run Apr. 9-12 in Halifax this year — the money ‘ a, eae é ta will go, towards ‘travel. to”. specialized training camps: as well as equipment. Dilley said . both Losier and boxer Darren Hell will be sent to some camps this year. He said it’s unusual that a junior boxer is chosen for a B.C. Athletics. award, . noting that Losier was the unanimous pick of the B.C. Amateur Box- ing Association. Bikers plan ride-in MOTORCYCLISTS HERE plan to make Terrace a [wo- wheeling Mecca this summer — at least for the duration of Riverboat Days. Terrace Roadrunners Club spokesman Mark Collins ex- plained the club wants to make aride-in a part of this year’s an- nual festivities. That. would in- volve inviting members of motorcycle clubs across western Canada to join in the communi- ty celebration. Suggesting as many as 100 out-of-town riders would accept that invitation, he pointed out a Ride-In was being staged ‘in Dawson Creek . the. previous weekend for the Alaska Highway anniversary celebra- tions. He anticipated many of thase attending that event. could be — persuaded to. add Terrace: to. their travel itinerary. The club has asked the city to provide the required liability in- surance coverage and to provide campsites at Ferry Island. Registration this weekend IT MAY SEEM out of season, but softball season is just around the corner, In fact, registration begins this weekend at the Skeena - Mall. Terrace. Minor Softball representatives will be taking’ registrations at. a table «there from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday. night and 10 a.m. to:5:30 p.m: Saturday. Registration ‘¢on- tinues for those ‘same hours « on: the Mar, 6-7 weekend. Call Gary Turter tor more in- formate av £96 A042 vO, . OFF THE WALL 9:45 p.m. GONZO VOLLEYBALL action at its very best has returned to the Northwest Community College racquet courts. Yes, wallyball — basically no rules volleybail in a racquetball court — is back horne.at the Student Body Racquet and Fitness Centre, Spares are always needed, and prospec- tive wallyballers can drop in on league games on Tuesday and Thursday nights, from 6:45 to Zone battle begins TERRACE — The Kermodes vs. The Rain- makers. That’s right — the big one. Caledonia coach Cam MacKay will be hoping his squad can pull out another upset victory over Prince Rupert when the northwest archrivals clash in the best-of-three zone final this weekend. “We're the underdogs,’’ he says. “No ques- tion about it. But you never know. We were the underdogs last -year."’ The 1991 zone final saw Cal push Rupert to three games and eke out a dramatic home court victory. in-the final game, This time the Cal squad has lost the core of last year’s senior players and doesn’t have the benefit of the home court crowd. They still look a bit green but have been improving steadily all season. - “Ifthe kids are ready to play and they play ag- gressively, they can beat them,’’ MacKay said. “But they will have to play.a full game — not just halfa game or three quarters:of a game.”’ Last week, in their final game before zones, “they took on Oak Bay, losing at home 88-74. “Overall the kids played quite well,’ MacKay said of the 14-point loss. ‘‘We made some really ~ foolish turnovers, But they've grown a lot.”’. “With three minutes ‘left the Kermodes were down by only seven. ‘‘We were chipping away at them,” he said. He credited Fraser McKay and Kurt Muller for their play that game, as well as the defensive work of Chris Tomas. Geoff McKay led Cal scoring with 22 points, while Mike Newhouse added 18. Before that Caledonia was in Abbottsford tak- ing on teams at a tournament hosted by the Men- nonite Educational Institute (MED. The team were victorious in their opener, cap- turing a 99-88 win over Queen Elizabeth of Port Coquitlam. Newhouse led with 32, while Geoff McKay potted 28. Then they ran into the six-and seven-foot for- wards of Agassiz. “They were just huge,"” MacKay said. Cal lost 88-61, with Fernando Mil-Homens scoring 15 points, and Agassiz went on to beat host MEI in the tournament final, Caledonia then dropped a close contest to Semiamhoo by a 80-76 score. The team ended up in plenty of foul trouble there, with six players fouling out. They finished the tourney fifth out of eight teams competing. The zone finals begin Friday i in Prince Rupert at the PRSS gymnasium. Another milestone TERRACE — Number 3,000. In a basketball career full of triumphs it was just one more milestone for Terrace’s Michelle Hendry. With a game high 34 points in the Simon Fraser University Clan’s 104-78 victory over . Lewis Clark State Feb. 14, Hen- dry marched into the record books as just the 14th player in. women’s collegiate baskethall history to reach 3,000. "It’s not something I play for .otoceacht.a milestones likeuth ing. aun ~~ shevsaid, ‘I play ‘to have fun’ *~ and'l-play to win. Anything else is pure bonus.”’ And in typical Hendry style she was careful to spread the credit around. *T put it into the team perspective,’’ she says. ‘When I get an award, it’s not just me that's getting it. There are 12 other players on the court. It’s everybody. I couldn’t do it without them.’’ SFU athletics department of- ficials had planned a carefully orchestrated road _ trip calculated to bring Hendry to the brink of 3,000 in time for the Clan's final home game against Seattle University last Tuesday at Chancellor Gym- nasium in Burnaby, She would score her 3,000th point in front of the home crowd, Michelle Hendry Unfortunately the six-foot- two centre from Terrace didn’t play along. She went on a tear on the road against Lewis Clark, unexpectedly scoring 34,. giving her 3,003. Gunning for their 26th win of the season, Clan coaches simply forgot to- hold back Hendry and sidekick Andrea Schnider, who broke the NAIA record for career assists in the same game. And last week saw Hendry score another 30 points in 22 minutes on Tuesday night against Seattle University in SFU’s final game of the regular season. The Clan utterly dominated, winning 102-54, That victory gave the Clan a con't page B6 THE TIMBERMEN won their own tournament Feb. 14-16 with a 3-0 undefeated record In oldtimer hockey action here. The Terrace Timbermen won the ‘A’ division, beating the Kitimat Merchants 5-3, knocking off the Riverside Wranglers 3-0, and defeating Smithers’ J.P. Thomas Drillers 8-2 in the final. A Prince Rupert team won the ‘B’ division, with Terrace’s Nor-: thern Motor Inn Okies claiming second.