B14 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 7, 1997 Terrace runners place third in meet AND THEY'RE OFF, to a wet start, that is. Skeena Jr, Secondary hosted the first track and field meet in the northwest on Apri 26, Terrace athletes placed third overall, out of a field of seven teams. Close one for Northmen THE TERRACE Norihmen Rugby Club batiled its old foe Prince George at the B.C. Rugby Unien third division championships held in Victoria April 26/27. The Northmen knocked the pesky Prince _ George Gnats out of contention at last year’s championship, but this year they weren’t as fortunate. The Gnats were look- ing to “‘avenge their humiliation,’’ said Northmen spokesperson David D. Hull. It was a very close game, he explained, with a final score of 26-12, That knocked the Northmen out of con- tention, and left them with a game to decide 5th and 6th place. The next day the Northmen butted heads with the Burnaby Buffaloes, The Northmen held onto a slim lead until the dying minutes of the game when the Buffaloes kicked a successful penalty kick to sneak past the Northmen 8-7, That left the northwest’s finest in sixth position. Considering that 53 clubs had battled to be included in the championships, a ‘‘sixth place finish is pretty darn im- pressive,”” said Northmen coach Graham Bayles, The Northern Rugby Union teams are al- ways af a disadvantage in the championships, explained Hull. ‘The southem clubs are just finishing their fall to spring season while the Northmen’s prepa- ration for the championships took place in- doors and on frozen playing fields.”’ The Northmen have rallied from their loss, and battled the Prince Rupert Seamen last Saturday night at the NWCC home grounds. Then on Sunday the Scamen played the Smithers Camels in a neutral match site on the Northmen’s grounds. 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Stephanie LePlante of Terrace Midget girls had some great times, and was aggregate winner, gaining the most points for female athletes in that group. No zone records were set this time, due to the poor track conditions. About 40 students from Terrace took part in the meet, Plenty of parent volunteers donned rain slickers to lend a hand as well. , The next meet in the northwest takes place tomor- row in Kitimat. It’s followed by one on May 10 in Smithers and another meet on the long weekend in Prince Rupert. Box 22, IMPROVING Terrace, B.C. Major | Credit Cards oops V8G 402 ‘Accented -yearr | AGaiNsT — Marjorie Park Your donation is AND STROKE | CANADA'S 638-1167 tax deductible FOUNDATION | #7 KILLER Your In Memeriam gift is a lasting tribute, Please send your donation to the address abave, along with the name and address and the name and address of the next-of- kin, for an acknowledgement card. m Any good buys? 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