NEW HAZELTON sweep in on another attack in Grade 7 girls basketball tourney

action at Uplands school, The visitors went unbeaten to claim the title.

Raiders take home title

THEY CAM, they played, they conquered.

But it was a close run thing at times for the
New Hazelton Grade 7 basketballers,

Veritas and New Hazelton each opened with
solid wins, then met each other in what would
prove to be the Pool B decider.

It went to overtime, the only game of the
tournament to do so, New Hazelton squeezing
out a 50-46 victory.

Both won their last, leaving the visitors to ga

into the final and Veritas to fight it out for .

third spot.

The other finalist, Uplands, had come
through action in Pool A undefeated, holding
off Centennial Christian 34-26 in their opener
then disposing of Thornhill 35-6.

But Uplands found they didn’t have quite
enough to keep the winning roll going, New
Hazelton prevailing in the showdown 32-25.

Veritas won an even closer battle for third
place, edging Centennial by a pair of baskets,

40-36. They also came with the most sports-
manlike jeam award,

Meanwhile, over at Thornhill Elementary,
another well-travelled team was making sure
the trip was worth it and frustrating Clarence
Michiel royally in the process.

Clarence Michiel had looked in about as
good shape as a school could get after the
round robin, its teams having taken top spot in
bath pools.

Stewart, however, rained.on the Terrace pa-
rade, eliminating one CM contender in the
semifinal, then downing the other 46-39 to
emerge on top of the eight team tourney.

Veritas again picked up the most spartsman-
like award,

The final tournament of the April 7-8
weekend saw another out-of-town challenge
almost succeed and Clarence Michiel get some
compensation as they defeated Kispiox to take
the Grade 6 Boys title.

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There will always be hockey in

@ Winnipeg. There has to be in a
B place with so much ice, Whether
& Winnipeg will always have the

NHL game is a question currently

§ without a definitive answer,

I's the same old tired story.

The cost of the NHL is going

through the root and the Jets
need a new one to play under.
Without a new building and all its
amenities, the Jets are likely
headed south, perhaps as scon
as this summer. And, make no
mistake; If it leaves, the NHL
wan't be back te Portage and
Main.

"| think people do realize that,”
said Randy Gilhen as he took off
his equipment following a Jets
practice. “But the people who are
against public funding for a new
building have been the most
vocal. I'd like to think those who
say we need it are just coming
forward.”

There are plenty of millionaire
skaters who couldn't care tess if
the Jets are in Winnipeg,
Minnedosa, or Minneapolis but
Gilhen isn’t among them. He
grew up in Winnipeg's south end
and the Jets were a staple in his
life before he got pay cheques
from them.

“| couldn't imagine growing up
without a team to look at.
Everybody thinks of Winnipeg's
hackey history as being 15 years
in the NHL but it goes back a fot
further than that. { grew up in the
WHA years with Lars Eric
Sjeberg, Hull, Nilsson and
Hedberg. They had a_ big
influence on me and it was great
seeing them out in the community
and at our hockey banquets.”

In those days the arena held
Just 10,000 people and generated

enough revenue to .keep the |

franchise afloat. Now It takes 15
to 20,000 seats plus luxury boxes
and restaurants to whip up the
cash for stars like Teemu Selanne
and Keith Tkachuk. It doesn’t
help that they have to be paid in
U.S. daliars.

“Maybe a new facility with new
entertainment ideas will get
people excited,” said Gilhen, who.

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 15, 1995 - C3

Prairie fans most loyal

The

The Voice of

Canucks

by Jim Hughson

has also played in the U.S. with
Pittsburgh, New ~ York, Los
Angeles and In Florida where
fans go to the game for a release
and the event as much as the
game.

The prairie fan has always
been most loyal but it's been
enough to have a hot dog and a
coffee while watching and
analyzing the game. The bells
and whistles of a club seat have
never had any importance.

Winnipeg is not alone in some

reluctance to build a space-age

‘stadium for an age-old game.

Other small market cities are
being forced to make changes
too. If they don't, Cenada wiil
continue to nurture 65 per cent
of the NHL's players but will
soon have only 10 per cent of
its teams.

There will always be. hockey
in Winnipeg but unless the
expensive niceties of the
nineties become part of the —
prairie game, it won't have the
NHL.

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