Runnerup Bil! Foster of Victoria and his rink won special engraved powter mugs for thelr effort at the B.C. Police Curling Championships held at the Terrace Curling Club. THE READ REPORT > by Ken Read Countdown to Calgary sponsored by aH _ SHAMES. MOUNTAIN The critical role of. CALGARY — The course set- ters for each Olympic event have been chosen by the International Ski Federation. These people are coaches nominated by their na- tional ski teams and chosen by ballot — one for each athlete _ tanked in the top 60 in the world. From the ballots, one name is drawn randomly. Naturally, a country with strength has pro- portionately more ballots and thus a better chance of being selected. - - At first glance, this does not seem to be a particularly signifi- -cant event. But, for the ski rac- ing community, these choices will do nothing less than deter- mine the outcome of several Olympics events. Felix Belezyk’s recent super-G win at Leukerbad was a long- | awaited breakthrough for the veteran of the Canadian men’s team, But, as much as I would like to see a Canadian on the podium in an event other than downhill, we should not get our expectations up. Super-G is a new and largely undefined event that is influenced by two factors: the slope of the hill and the course setter. If the hill is relatively flat, the course is often set similar to a downhill. Then, the downhill skiers dominate, Alternatively, a steep hill usually results in a race more similar to a giant slalom. ‘Course setters | Then, the technical skiers dominate. So, ‘where does Calgary’s Nakiska fit in? Well, the super- G hill is steep and unrelenting on the top half but very flat on the lower half, That configuration suggests a possible dead-heat between the two different orien- tations in alpine skiing. However, the International Ski Federation has designated the Italian coach to set the super-G course for the Olym- pics. The course will likely be set to best benefit Italian slalom and giant slalom sensation Alberto (La Bomba) Tomba. That means it is more likely to be a giant slalom than a downhill — to the detriment of Felix — Belezk's chances in this event. Canada’s other medal chances in skiing are also influenced by the course setters, but with a positive prognosis. ‘The Canadian men’s team got — good news from the course- setter draw. Downhill coach Heinz Stohl was selected to set the men’s downhill course. Not only does Stohl know the Nakiska layout better than any other coach, but he can subtly influence the line of the downhill to fit the strengths of his team. Score a big point for ‘‘home- court advantage.” continued on page 10 0,4,0,9,0,8 610,08, 0.3,0,0,0,5.0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0 0,09 9 te eatatstatats a atatntetutetelete treiisan Patateter ere eb s 6 6/4/8,8'6'6.5'0,2,8.0-87) x Sec Picture Framing Sale! | On complete picture framing Northern Light Studio 4820 Halliwell Avenue Terrace, B.C. — Open Monday - Saturday 9:30 - 5:30 636-1403 Terrace Review — Wednesday, February 17, 1988 9 Tournament losses for both Kermode teams Both Caledonia Kermode high school basketball teams looked good in their opening games at Lower Mainland tournaments on the Feb. 6 weekend. But lady luck deserted them in further ac- tion. . On the boys’ side at the M.E.I. Eagles series at Ab- botsford, Kermodes opened with a tight 68-67 victory over Mountain of Langley. They were up 41-29 at the half. Harpel Manhas led the scor- ing with 17 points. Dion Orbell and James McKay each chipped Midgets drop final Terrace Totem Ford midgets looked like they’d go all the way at the Penticton midget Minor Hockey triple ‘AAA’ tourna- ment on the Feb. 6 weekend, but fell short in the championship game. Terrace von all three round- robin contests, plus their semi- final playoff. Then in the cham- pionship game, they lost to a team they beat earlier. We opened with 2 3-2 win over Cranbrook with Jason Wiley, Ted Taylor and Derek Phillips scoring the goals. Wiley was named the game’s MVP. They were scheduled to meet Clearwater next, but this team failed to show up. So they took on the host Penticton squad and came up with a 5-2 win. Phillips scored twice and won the game MVP. Wiley, Mitch Shinde and Ken Lavalle also scored. The next victim was Merritt — the team that would eventually spoil our series. The first meeting was a 6-1 win for Ter- race. Wiley had a three-goal ef- fort, while Shinde, Rod Epp and Russ MacFarland added singles. Goalie Lanny Paul was MVP. ” With first-place clinched in round-robin, we went up against Cranbrook again in a semi-final and came out with a 4-2 win. Wiley, Epp, Shinde and Phillips scored with Shinde getting the MVP. ' The title match was a 3-1 loss to Merritt. Our only goal came from Doug Stewart. Peewee results After placing last in the round-robin portion, Prince Rupert came back to win the four-team Hazelton peewee Minor Hockey tournament on the Feb. 6 weekend. Smithers topped the round- robin with Hazelton second, Kitimat third and Rupert fourth. In the playoffs, Rupert blanked- Smithers 3-0. while Kitimat outscored Hazelton 7-6. The championship game was a 5-3 victory for Rupert over Kitimat. Kitimat’s Ryan Bennato was most valuable player, while Reynold Starr of Hazelton was most sportsmanlike. Best goalie was Chris Moloci of Rupert. M. .- Innes. of -Rupert. was - best defenceman, A. Rivers of Kitimat was best forward, and T. 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