B2 Terrace Review —. Wednesday, August 14, 1991

SPORTS |

Riverboat
Days match
pays $1,600
top prize

A sparkling five-run rally in the
bottom of the seventh inning
earned Westpoint Rentals $1,600
first prize money at the annual
Riverboat Days men’s slo-pitch
softball tournament.

On the championship side’s
double-knockout windup,
Westpoint won ‘A’ side with
victories over Terrace Inn and
SKB Molsons, after opening with
a bye. Meanwhile, Prince George
Video Pop beat Skeena Hotel on
‘A’ side, but then lost to SKB to
drop to ‘B’ side.

They took ‘B’ side on straight
wins over Terrace Inn, Skeena
Hotel and SKB. That put them in
the big money final against
Westpoint where they had to win
two in arow to take the title.

From all appearances, Video
was headed for a game one
victory. They moved into a 9-3
lead and fans were counting on a
second game.

But the undefeated Westpoint
guys got a second wind and
charged back. By the seventh and
last inning, Video had an 11-7
margin. .

That’s when Westpoint rallied to
plate their five runs and count a
12-11 win. Video Pop blew the
big prize but still managed to take
home the runnerup $1,000 prize.

SKB wound up in third place —
good enough for $600. Fourth
place money of $400 went to
Skeena Hotel.

On the consolation side of the
12-team tourney, [ronhorse of
Prince George downed Rudon 7-3
to take top prize of $400, Rudon
went home with $200.

WEST

ALL THE MARBLES. Westpoint Re

ntals launched a five-point rally in the seventh inning to take top spot and

$1,600 in the annual Riverboat Days slo-pitch tournament.

Injured knee keeps Christensen

Bike racer Mike Christensen of
Terrace is grounded for a while to
get treatment on his left knee.

The B.C. team member injured
the knee while mountain biking
just before the Skeena Valley
Triathlon in July. Although
painful, he entered the triathlon
and came up a prize-winner with
his team mates.

_ The triathlon aggravated the
bruised knee and he left Terrace
to resume his racing career at
Langley in late July. Mike and
fellow Terracite Chiron Kantakis
took in the 130-K Langley event,
but Mike had to bow out due to

his knee problem.

Chiron entered and placed a
respectable 28th.
Both riders then headed for the

Bolton tops men’s
open in Kitimat

‘Dave Bolton Jr, returned home

to familiar surroundings from
Vancouver on August 4 weekend
to win Kitimat’s annual men’s
Hirsh Creek Open golf
tournament.
' Bolton shot a 54-hold score of
222 in the three-day event to grab
overall low gross honours. The
averatl low net went to Jari Yrkki
of Kitimat with a 212 effort.

dn the championship flight,
Tetrace’s Dan Rosengren came
up with low gross honours while

Ron Venman of Kitimat shot the
low net.

‘A’ flight winners were Mike
Steponavicius for gross and Vic
Bernard for net. For ‘B’ flight it
was Augie Penner and Kari
Juustila for gross and net,
respectively.

Tony Ferreira won gross and
Lance Berrisford Jr. took net in
‘C’ flight.

The tournament attracted a large
turnout of 150 golfers.

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four-stage races at Prince George
on August 3 weekend. Mike
thought he’d give it a try, but 45
kilometres into the 150-K road
race his knee gave out.

So, Mike came home and is

getting the injured limb treated.
He hopes it will be well in time
for the B.C. road race
championships in Penticton at the
end ofthis month.

As for Chiron, he fared poorly

off track

in the climbing event, but held his
own with top riders in the
criterium. Chiron is looking
ahead to the Skeena River 150-K
challenge from Prince Rupert on
August 18.

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