“Bbbawe ee ne ne ee ee eee aah ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee “| Sport Scope Clarence Michiel hang on THE FINAL BUZZER came in the nick of time for the Clarence Michiel B team. Facing Uplands in the Grade 7 girls baskelball tourncy final, -Clarence Michiel appeared to have the game wrapped up at the half. Led by Nancy Arbuah, the Bs opened a yawning 19-6 gap in the first stanza. But Uplands were not about to roll over and slowly but surely nar- - Towed the gap. “onto win 26-24, °~ . Arbuah -finished with 15 points while Linsey Smith (8) and Rachel Wilkerson-(6) led Uplands scorers, Both finalists had merged unbeaten from a round robin which . _ Saw four of the remaining five teams finish with a 1-2 record. ‘Veritas was named the sportsmanlike team. — For full resulls, sce the Score Board on page C4. Can Jams dull Blades? IT WILL BE up to the Traffic Jams to kecp the OPOY floor hockey |; tournament trophy in Terrace. And if they do, it’ll likely bé due to the stinginess of goalic Lorina Cormano. Named most valuable player last year, Cormano was al his brilliant best in last week’s ‘A’ division final. limiting the Blue -Whities to just a pair as Traffic Jams posted an 8-2 victory. ' Cormano was named first game star for thal effort, the second straight game he’s been selected. Joc Sangha and Spinder Gossal rounded oul the Jammerzs sweep of the game stars. :In the ‘B’ division final, Kitimat Blades and = West- point Warriors went down to the wire with the Blades hanging on ‘| fora 7-6 win.Ritimat's Chris Vilness ‘and Steve Waranock were named first and third game stars while Howic 0” Brien got the nod for the Warriors. : “Tl was a tough game for Westpoint’s Willy Wilson who was kept off the scoreboard alter having averaged five goals ¢ a-game_ until : then. The Traffic Jams and Blades play games one and Iwo of the best- of-five OPOY II final tonight. The face-off is 7 p.m. at the Thorn- hill Communily Centre. Games three and, if f necessary, four go tomorrow evening at the same time. Keep off the grass AS THE FLOOR hockey season winds up, Terrace Youth Soccer kicks off its 794 season next week. But they won’t be using the full fields just yel. Recreation director ‘Steve Scoit explained the goal mouth areas have been reseeded so for the time being a shortened field wiil be used. Noting the seeded areas have been roped off, he asked people to stay oulside the ropes lo give the new grass a chance, Coaches take note ON THE SUBJECT of soccer, there’s a coaches technical clinic this weekend at Northwest Community College. Level III sessions take place Friday evening and Saturday and Sunday. Level I] will be Saturday and Sunday only. For more in- formation on the clinics, contact George Buljas at 635-3719, ‘This Friday is also the deadline to register for the National Coach- ing Certification Level I program. Conducted by Shannon Murdoch and Cam MacKay, the sessions take place Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8 al Thornhill Jr. Secondary, room 13. The comeback fell just short, however, Clarence. Michiel hanging _ ales ) ae aa aa The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 27, 1994 - C3 BACK ON the local speedway track again this year will be the . Open Wheelers, just one of events expected to draw capacity WHEN THE flag drops on the ’O4 stock car season, the Sports- man class will be the centre of at- tention. Missing from the line-up will for a big field. There are also a couple of spe- cial cvents coming up which are bound to draw capacity crowds. crowds this season. The Stock Gar association is also waiting for confirmation of a July appearance by the Monster Truck show. Perkins takes the year off, McCarron makes his move Monster Truck show complete with Transformer, Fleming said the popular spec- tacle is tentatively booked for the be Ernie Perkins who has domi- ‘nated the class in the past few years. Also gone will be Ron Harris, third overall last year. ‘ Stack car association president The accent is definitely on action in the season finale, the Labour Day weekend Demolition Derby. Tim Fieming said both plan to take the year off, although Perkins may.take ina race or two. That should leave the door wide open for Albert Weber to take the title. However, there will be a new face there determined to ensure thal doesn’t happen. After running over the opposi- tion in the Hobby Stock last year, Brent McCarron is moving up. The duo get their first chance fo tangle Mothers Day, opening day for what Fleming promised will be ‘‘a really great season’’. While Hobby stock numbers - will-be about the same, he said The second weckend in July sees the return of the Open Wheels, super modified cars that burn straight alcohol al the rate of half a gallon a Jap and will hit speeds of 115 mph on the straights, , When the Open Wheels were last here in 1992, Richard Larson broke the course record with a scorching 14.95 seconds. the racers, the stock car associa- tion is putting up $5,000 in prize money. And, if all goes according to This year, as an added draw for. nights of Tuesday, July 12 and Wednesday July 13. Local racers have the spotlight the August long weekend when the annual Memorial takes place, Is a 50 lap race with ail classes of cars on the track at the same lime — ‘“‘lots of action, lols of fun’’, © And the accent is definitely on action in the association's season finale, the Labour Day weekend Demolition Derby. Another popular event to look for are the Kiddies Days, race *'They love it,’? said Fleming, ‘About 100 show up every year.” Since the focus is also on safely, the youngsters will have to wear a bike safety helmet when taking their spin: , If they don’t have their own, one will be provided by the asso- ciation, he added. . Special events aside, every meet offers exciting racing and draws big crowds. Although really hot weekends tend to .draw people off to Lakelse Lake, Fleming said the track had never had less than 700 spectators. And . for big races like the Memorial, it’s standing room only at the 1,500 capacity speed- way. Admission is $6 on regular race days, $6.50 for special events, ex- cellent value for up to four hours of entertainment. For more information on the as- Cost is $40 plus GST. 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