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- River Kings shut out

By MARGARET SPEIRS
THE END of the season
came earlier than hoped for

the River Kings in Houston

“Feb! 2..

Houston shut out the Riv -

er Kings 3-0.

The first Wo periods saw

only one goal despite several
shots made on the Houston
nel. mo
~“It was a. really » good
game. We played. really
well," _said coach Trevor
Hendry.

“We just.ran into a very
“hot goalic. Their goalic
. played well. We outplayed
him, outshot him.

“We. hit a couple posts

but just nothing‘went in.”

Hendry put Leland Mac- .

donald in nel, who held his

own throughout the game.

The first goal was a lucky
one that happened to sneak
by Mucdonald. who'd al-
ready made a couple saves,
Hendry said.

Fighting was kept toa
minimum: it was a clean
game without penalties until
the third period, “unusual”

for the River Kings. Hendry

said.

He credited: the referees
for letting the teams play
hockey,

» About 40 fans drove the
distance to cheer them on,
which the team-appreciated.

“It was wonderful they

made it:” Hendry said.
“They’ve‘been great fans
all year.”
The team received grea

- Skaters set
for provincials

TEN SKATERS. compete
“in the Star Skate’ Provincial
Championships in Campbell
River this weekend. |

Joanne Homeniuk skates
-in the Silver Triathlon. She
bronze in.the Senior

Silver Skills event last year.

. Janet. Lewis skates in
‘Bronze Interpretive and Ju-.
nior Silver Freeskate... She
placed in the top [0 last year
in Freeskate and Interpre-
live.

‘Jenna Pavao: makes her
debut in the Senior Bronze
Skills and “Introductory In-
‘terpretive programs, ©

At the recent Cariboots
*n’ Blades competition, she

won gold in Music Interpre-
tation and a bronze in Inter-
prelive. °

Coach Jennifer Kuchne-

has high hopes for her ath-

letes. ©
“I think that the three of ,

them will do ‘really well,”
she said.

The trio will travel to

‘Campbell River with team-

mates Amy Mattern, Kelsey
Minhinnick, Jamie Penner,
Kelsey Wilcox, Hayley Les-
sard, Jacqueline Lenuik and
Julianne Lenuik.

Two other skaters, Heath-

‘Graziano and Kelsey
Owen, qualified but can’t go
duc to prior committments.

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“the team will
better.”

“support, even more than ex-

pected.
Even though they didn't

«make the finals, Hendry has

no regrets,

“We had a great year, a |
fantastic year,” he said.

“Te was -a-fot of fun. Phe
guys played really hard all

_ yeur.

“We fought through some
good times and bad times, It
was a rewarding year.”

Hendry is already pre-
dicting for next year, saying |
“do a little bit.

“As good.as you do the

one year, you" ve got to do
; better the next.”

The River Kings will cap.
‘the year with an upcoming
awards banquet.

JANET LEWIS,
Homeniuk and Jenna Pavao
skate in Campbell River this
weekend.

left, Joanne

Busy
bantams

TERRACE BANTAM
rep hockey is gearing up
to host two major events.
First up, they welcome
local teams to the zone
playoffs this weekend.
Then they host and
compete in the’ Bantam -
AA -Provincial Champi-
onships from March 19 to

Coach John Amos
would love to win zones, ~

“That'd be nice. I'm,
not going to predict but it’s
what we've been shooting
for since the beginning of
the year,” he said.

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Old Timers Hockey wraps up

25th annual Classic tourney

One local team wins division, two others score second.

. By
MARGARET SPEIRS.
OLD TIMERS — Hockey.

Classic finished up its 25th

annual event with one focal

team winning its division.

Evergreen Pub won the
followed -by
Kitimat JHW, ¢
the CNER Classi¢s.

The Bo division went
to Smithers. followed by
the second place Northern
Oakies. third place SRD
Blues and fourth Kitimat
Northstars,

Smithers .also took the

Hazelton and

over-50 division, followed
by the Terrace Timbermen
in second, Stewart Glaciers
in third and Kitimat 50+ in
fourth.

The divisional prize win-
ners were Evergreen Pub in
A division, SRD Blues for B

‘division and Prince Rupert

Wrinkles for the ov er-50 di-
Vision.

Steve Smyth — said
event ran smoothly, except
for the discov ery that it was
actually the 25th, not the
24th, vear precluding plans
fora silver anniversary bash

the.

next year.

Old Timers Hockey has
been successful, he said.
with many players return-
ing to the game after years
away.

If more ice .time was
available, a women’s league
could start, Smyth said,

“We've been trving for
(wo years to have a women’s
division but we've been un-
able to get enough ice time.”
he said, adding four wom-
en's teams expressed inter-
est in the tourney, 4
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