Podium Peaks

PEAKS GYMNASTS played host to clubs from as far away as Prince George and Richmond at last
weekend's Invitational meet. Among the home team medal winners were Chelsey Schulmeister

(left) and Anna Wittkowski (centre). It was the first tine a Vancouver club had been up here.

school curling wraps up

ELEMENTARY school cur-
lers have wrapped up their
most successful season to date.
Organizer Karen Kuemper
said a total of 40 teams from
five schools — Clarence
Michael, Centennial Christian,
Copper . Mountain, Uplands
and Veritas —- took part.

Even with two afternoons a
week set aside for the stu-

~ dents, she admitted that level

of support. created some chal-

lenges when it came to sched-
uling. However, it had all
worked out in the end.

In the Tuesday league, top
teams this year were Andrew
Nutma, Adam Hull, Eric Hull
and Jachin Estes of Centennial
and Uplands’ Cole Stephens,
Rodney Yeo, Kelsea Mazety
and Kayla Goriak.

On the Thursday side,
Uplands was there again with
Sarah ‘Fisher,

. Melanson _ for
. Matthew |

Guermsey, Amanda Chan and
Mike Hansen while Veritas
quartet J.P. San Tuis, Lisa car-
rita, David Scaife and Chris
Owens shared in the honours,

Kuemper thanked the curling
club for providing free ice
time and volunteer coaches for
the league plus the wind-up
“banquet’”’ of hot dogs and
juice, and’ manager Keith
all’ his as-
sistance,

“up

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L.A. King forever? |

Wayne Gretzky took off his
skates and slumped back in his
L.A. Kings locker. It was clear he
was in a mood to talk and there
was avery reason to hang around
and listen.

Sports Illustrated had just
published an article wondering if
99 was washed up with his team
slumping: and his -statistics
plummeting. The article
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meddling too much in the
management of the team and
implied he might be part of the
reason the Kings seemed to be
sliding downhill faster than he
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“Nothing | haven't heard in the
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read the article. Then he tock
over and shoulder the blame for
the Kings’ appearance as
paupers.

‘| really feel bad for the young
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“We veteran players should be
scoring more to make their
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and | take responsibility for that.”

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ald people pointed at me when

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with conviction. came here people said we

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Kings of Las Angeles with their taking the pressure off
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audience. Gretzky wasn't and as he headed for the
slighted. Instead, he smiled and shower, you knew he wasn't
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