B6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 29, 2000 CHRISTIANA WIENS. . SKEENA ANGLER | ROB BROWN That’s some trout L ast week the boys survived a boating mis- hap but managed to beach a trophy trout. I back cast a line across the forty years of trout, pageantry that have passed since our trip to Secret Lake, and measure that great fish of Bruce's against the many trout I’ve caught and seen others catch, and I’m forced to admit there have been bigger fish, -! but not many. Bruce’s trophy swam right out of the misty, blue depths of our imaginations to pounce upon Bruce’s hapless worm as it drowned hejplessly in the reeking water of Secret Lake. Viewed through the magnifying lenses of ten year old eyes, thal fish was big in a way that cludes common descriptors; it . was gargantuan and gigantic at the same time--it was gigantuan. i We emptied our shoes then wrung the pungent - water from our T-shirts. Bruce, still flushed with the , glow of conquest, took a lace from one of his run- ; ners and carefully threaded it through the fish’s - mouth and gills. We made our way back to our bikes. It seemed to take hours to reach the Lougheed Highway. My legs ached. My stomach growled. As we traveled under the hot sun over steaming pavement, Bruce’s magnificent trout lost lustre, It was bent like a banana, its belly had yellawed, and its skin looked as hard as the leather on a steel toed boat. We stopped at the Rod and Gun Club to rest and watch some men shoot skeet. One at a time they stoad up and called out something that sounded like “pull” whereupon a clay disk. shot out from behind a bunker to be nicked or missed or blasted to bits. One crack shot waiting nearby noticed the giant trout dangling from Bruce’s handlebars. He walked over, tousled Bruce’s blond hair, admired the fish then waved some of his fellow gunners over. The shooters crowded around Bruce like a team of sur- geons and diagnosed fishing prowess. Bruce stood in their midst overwhelmed, uncomfortable and proud | all at once. Jeez Murphy, I never caught a trout that big, said one man to another as he left to resume the hunt for mock pigeons In those days, gas stations were oases for dimi- nutive biking Bedouins. The sign and building pro- per were shady palms where we sat to gather the Strength demanded by the next set of hills. Every gas island had an air hose for sagging tires and a water hose with a rubber coated, nozzle for filling radiators or for slaking the thirst of trekking urchins. The B/A station at the corner Lougheed and Sperling was the only oasis on our roule home. | stopped, dropped my machine, and pounced on the hose belonging to the island on the east side. Bruce rade by me, trout dangling and commandeered one of the islands in the front. Thirst quenched, [ rode around the front of the station and found Bruce talk- ing to the gas station owner, who, with his snappy jacket, peaked cap, creased pants and bow tie, looked for all the world like Murray Wingate, the prototypical B/A gas station attendant of TV fame. That’s some catch, he said. Where'd you get him? It’s a secret, Bruce said, straightening up and sticking out his chest. The last leg of our return trip was agony. Last legs always are, it seems. We pushed our bikes most of the way up Feli Avenue. It was close to the dinner hour when we reached home. Bruce’s mom drove up as we leaned our bikes against the pink cedar siding of his hause. Bruce’s mom drove a Volvo. She had a job in an office, a rarity for a mom in those days. Even when she went shopping she wore stylish clathes. Moving quickly and confidently atop high heeled shoes, she carried herself in an elegant way reminiscent of. those tall and beautiful Hollywood stars of yestor- year. She looked particularly clean and sharp as she stepped down from her Scandinavian coach. that afternoon. Look what I caught, shouted Bruce rushing up to his mom and pushing the hardened, ycllowed, par- ched, brute of a trout far toa close to her. She winced and pulled back. ° ‘ Oh Bruce get that dirty thing away from me, she ! pleaded as if his trophy was a dead rat. . We could have it for dinner, said’ Bruce, his | \ voice trailing off. ‘ 4 Get rid of it! she ordered. , She dida’t mean to hurt her son’s feclings. 11 was just that her world was full of fine fabrics, stainless * steel, and shining plastic. Bruce's gross ‘trophy trout was a shock to this kind of germ free system, When his mom had found sanctuary in the house. Bruce handed his trout to me. He fought back - tears. You take it, he said, ‘ _ When T got home I-took a spade and opened the compost pile. | inserted. the trout from. the rotling lake into the rotting warmth of Its burial mound and ! covered it, knowing that the fat worms nurtured by ; its rotting flesh would some‘day enable another fish- - ing adventure; one, ‘quite: possibly, AS exciting aS. “TERRACE STANDARD | SPORTS _ GREAT PLAYS: Terrace’s ‘AA’ midget hockey team finished the provincial championship tournament March 24 and 25 with back to back victories. Fans sweeten glory days for midgets ROARING APPROVAL the team minus star goal-scorer from their hometown fans was the best prize of all for Terrace*s ‘AA’ midget hockey team, even though a provincial championship title eluded ‘them. “This is very satisfy- ing,” said team coach Roger Harris Friday after- noon as the team ended its ride through the midget provincial championships here last week with back to back victories. “When you hear those cheers it- makes you find . that ‘one*more step, that bit of energy to play above your levei,” Harris said. “All these players took one big step up this week.” He said the incredible fan support was especially important to the outgoing 17-year-olds, who are end- ing their two-year stint on “For them this is the end of one stage of their lives, and it’s on to school, praduation, work, whatever,” he said. “This was a very special mo- ment for these young men, and the fans made it more special in terms of their support.” The team finished with an overall record of two wins, two lasses and two ties. The twin wins closed the book on a more diffir:xwgood f cult first half of the-tournas: ment. ; ve Sakis After tieing Powell River 5-5 in the first game March 19 the Terrace mid- gets faced tournament fa- vourite Castlegar later that same day, Terrace would emerge “week Lance Armstrong. The team captain trip- ” ped and slammed head- first into the boards, suffer- ing a concussion, “1 don’t remember any of it — not being on the ice or even what day of the it was,” said the sidelined Armstrong. “That’s why they worldn’t let me play.” “That made a huge dif- ference,” Harris said of Armstrong. “He’s usually ira one. goal differ- games could easily have been two wins and a tie.” Anger spilled over and a major lapse of discipline resulted in Terrace taking numercus . penalties on their way to an 8-3 defeat. Cont'd Pg. B14 the one I'd just survived. oe Men's Men's Soccer ‘battered and scarred and Falcons tie Blazers for second place ways in soccer action before the GF GA GP WL T PTS school break. Super BM 96 38 17 t4 2 1 43 On Monday, March 13° they Kitwanga Falcons 61 69 18 10 7 14 31 played Northern Knight, Cavalheito’s Blazers 71 48 «#17 «9 3 5 31 The Knights took an early Jock's Pipers FC 4439 17 77 3 24 lead on goals by Keri Makela Internationals 81 82 16 79 O 20 and Mark Viveiros, only to see Canadian Tire | 54 70 17 610 1 19 Super BM come back to tie the Northern Knight 43104 18 116 1 2 game 4-4 before halftime. During the second half, Super BM controlled the game and scored four more while the Kniphts were able to pul one more behind Super BM keeper Kurt Mul- ler for an 8-5 final score. Super BM dominated Canadian Tire on Tuesday night, as Brian Barwise scored four times to lead his team to a 5- 1 win. Monday night’s second game saw the Falcons beat the In- ternationals 5-3, with With minutes to go in the game, the Pipers turned over the ball in their own end and the Knights Mark Viveiros squeezed the ball past Pipers’ keeper Brian Sayewich to give the Knights a 2-2 final score. League play resumes after spring break, subject to potential job action by school support staff. wow i THE TERRACE Senior Men’s Soccer Associa- Sandy Williams scor- ing three goals for the Falcons. Brian Barwise, Super BM 24 gister for the 2000 out- . This win put the Willy McCleary, Internationals 20 Goor soccer season. Falcons into a tie with Nilton Predicante, Blazers 20 Teams will then be re- Marc LeBlanc, Super BM ie «8 , . the idle Blazers. The Leading goal scorers Corey Trogi, Canadian Tire 29 tion has set Friday, April 21 as the deadline to re- quired to complete their Percy Fowler, Blazers 16 teed Falcons have comple- john Krisinger, Internationals i5 Player registration before ted all their games troy Maitland, Falcons 15 May 3 in preparation for and the Blazers have Trevor Lutes, Super BM 43 the upcoming outdoor one game left to play. Under league rules, the Falcons currently hold the second place, so the Blazers will be able to re- claim second place in the standings with a win or a tie in their last game on March 27 against the Internationals. The Northern Knight team was able to finish its season play on-a positive note against the Pipers Tuesday night. The scored early in the game when Keri Makela scored off a corner kick by bouncing it off a Pipers’ defensive player. The scoring was stalled until midway through the second half. when the Pipers' Dale Macedo tied the game, then scored another to give the Pipers a.2+1 lead. The Pipers kept up: the. pressure. and o only the goal tending of Harry Redmond a mi ‘Kept | the ball out of the: net, ae season, For information on sche- duling, team and player registration, costs and league rules call Jacques at 635- 4368, The TSMSA is holding its semi-annual general meeting Monday, April 17 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Terrace Public Li- brary. The objective of this meeting will be to hold elections for the new exec- utive, review the past year and make changes to league rules. All players are asked to attend. Drop in futsal.continues every Thurs- day. night, except March 23, from 7 p.m. ta.9 p.m, at Thornhill Elementary School. - This is a more relaxed form of co-ed in- “door soccer, and everyone is welcome to attend, Newmar indoor shoes are re- es quired. = fe or “ential