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it was a tired team of Terrace Caledonia Kermode girls arriving home on March 8 from thelr trlumph of placing third at the B. C. double “AAD
high school basketball finals at Penticton during the previous week. The girls still managed to show some spirlt after getting off the plane.

‘Kermodes finish third

_ The Terrace Caledonia
Kermode Girls senior bas-
ketball team didn’t win
the B.C. schools double
‘AA’ championship at
Penticton, but they did
come through with the

best-ever showing by a.

Northwest girls’ team at
this season-ending,
16-team series on the
March 7 weekend.

Coach Hugh McKin-
non’s girls posted a three-
win and one-loss record
over the four-day series.
That was good enough for
third place overall. Ker-
modes were ranked sixth
best in B.C.

They also won the tour-

“mament’s sportsmanlike

team trophy which is
awarded annually by the
refereeing crew. Another
plus for Kermodes was a
place on the first all-star
team for high-scoring cen-
ter, Michelle Hendry.
Only a first-place show-
ing by Prince Rupert’s
Rainmaker boys in 1964,
and a runnerup placing by
the same team in 1960, has

topped what the Kermode —
girls accomplished for this

season.
It tags on to the fifth-
place finish by Kermodes

’ last season, adding to the

prestige this effort has

brought to Terrace for .

two years in a row. Ker-
modes have been organiz-
ed for only the past 18
years.

Coach McKinnon
points out that his squad
had only two players back
from last year’s lineup,
but they put together 22
victories against four
losses over the season..

To gain fifth place last
year, Kermodes lost their
opening game before win-
ning three straight. This
year they won two and lost
one before needing over-
time for a 78-72 victory
over New Westminster in

- the playoff for third place.

New Westminster was
ranked fifth in B.C. over

. modes,

the season, and like Ker-
had won two
straight before losing
71-46 to Centennial of Co-
quitlam in the semi-final.

Centennial went on to
down Salmon Arm Jewels
68-53 in the tournament’s
championship game.

Against New Westmin-
ster, the Kermodes were
down 38-35 at halftime
and fell back 56-46 at the
three-quarter mark. Early
into the fourth quarter,
Kermodes were losing by
12 points.

But they staged a great

comeback and held their

opponents to a 69-69 score
at the end of regulation
time.

In the overtime period, .

Kermodes outscored New
Westminster 9-3 to clinch
a bronze medal effort.
Hendry paced the team
with a super 29-point
burst. It gave her a game-
scoring average of more
than 30 points. Darcy

_ Wadley came through

with 15 points, while
Stacey Buteau had 10.

‘Coach McKinnon prais-
ed all his team, saying that
each player had contribut-
ed key points and defen-
sive nioves to their tri-
umphs.. :

Kermodes ettorts open-

ed a lot of eyes at Pentic-

‘However,

ton. After all, a small
town team from the nor-
thern boondocks is not
supposed to beat their big
city. counterparts.

-Kermodes started the’
- 16-team series with a cou-

ple of tough two-point vic-
tories.

In their. opener, -they
faced un-ranked Vernon
and had to come back
from a four-point deficit

- with one minute to go to

pull off a 71-69 win. Hen-

dry poured in 38 points to
‘lead the way, while Stacy

Buteau added 18.

That set them up
against defending B.C.
champions Steveston, who
are also the number one-
ranked team in the pro-
vince,

Kermodes took a two- -

point lead in the first
quarter and held on
throughout the game to
edge Steveston 54-52.
Hendry was held to 22
points. Lisa Dams and
Melanie Jones each scored
eight.

Game three was the
Kermode killer. They fac-
ed Salmon Arm, the team
that fans felt should have
been ranked number one.
they were
number two-ranked in the
province and that was
goad enough for them to

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drop the Kermodes 70-55.
Against Steveston, the
Kermodes missed 17 foul

shots that should have
salted the game away long

before the final buzzer. It

was the other way round

in the Salmon. Arm
meeting. -

Kermodes got into foul
trouble from the start and
were ¢ down 36-30 at - the

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half. Hendry had another
22-point effort and got
help from Darcy Wadley
with 10. But it: wasn’t
enough, and Kermodes
dropped into that playoff

for third against New _ .

Westminster. .

A final note on “this. ve
series. Tournament organ- . —-

izers offered a trophy to
the team displaying the

Fred and Donna Lindsay are proud to announcé’ the .
birth of their second daughter, Robyn Alese, born March

10, 1987 weighing 7 Ibs. 7 oz.

We would like to thank Dr. Redpath and the rnaternity ;
nurses who assisted in the delivery and care of our baby
girl, Leah Marie, born March 13, 1987 at Mills Memorial
Hospital. Also, many thanks to all the hospital staff who

made my stay so pleasant.

*

Anne and Randy Leclerc.

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