Bé - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 18, 2000 TERRACE STANDARD. KEITH FREEMAN S P ORTS 638-7283 een | Ultimate team enlists big city help for tournament SKEENA ANGLER ROB BROWN Radio river rmed with a radio, Bruce and I set out to find the. rod and staff Td left in the river the week before, ith a radio you get a distant impression of the landscape to go with the one playing out before your eyes. At 4k we were staring down at Blackie's. "Loaded at eight, Copper," came out of the radio and an image of a big, Kenworth rolling over the bridge al Wet Ass Creek rolled through our heads. --We'd better pull over before the Canyon, I told Bruce. He did, Two minutes later the truck roared by, We looked up to the cab. The driver loaked down. I pressed the button and wished him a nice day. --Thanks, he said. We navigated the bends of the Canyon. On the straight away one click before Glenn Falls, the aural landscape started to get complex. We heard a dump truck driver talk- ing to the grader operator. | knew that both of them had the loaded truck at 18, who'd just called in from 18 on their minds, -Emply pickup at 15, Copper, I called in, putting anoth- er player on the board. We all had a similar picture: a loaded tuck coming at us at fifty miles and hour just a few minutes away from the deadiy snake's back bend where Ray Pillapow’s pickup was smashed to bits by an empty truck fifteen years ago; a grad- er widening the pull out just above Simpson Creek; a dump truck, turning beneath the bluff up road of the grader; Bruce and [ approaching Simpson Creek from the town side at 60 ] looked in the rear view and spotted a ted jeep racing up behind us, With no radio he wasn't on the mental maps of the grader operator and the truckers. The jeep pulled aut to pass. I stuck my arm out the window and waved. He pulled up #8 Bruce stapped. ~You pot a radio? [ asked --Radio, nein, no. No radio. --Get behind me, I ordered, He did. ~-That guy coulda been killed! Bruce nodded-Natural selection at work, he said. We traveled another kilometer then pulled over, The German and his six pals pulled in behind us, Ahead there - was organized congestion. We watched and listened as the choreography unfolded. After five minutes the logging truck roared past, Next, the dump truck rumbled by. The grader pulled out allowing us to move on, the Germans fal- lowing close behind. --Empty pickup at 34. --Loaded at 13, ~Boy this guy's gat good reflexes. --They'te getting really brave. New characters appeared on the electronic landscape, Tension then release, ebb and flow, everything in flux. ‘We tured onto the Clore Main. The red jeep was still with us. At Four Mile he was still with us, We passed Elf Creek, winding around the twists on the serpentine road, past 10K to the turn off to Thomas Creek. "-They'e still with us, I said. We pulled out at the head of the trail to Gordan Doll's cabin, The red jeep pulled in behind us. Bruce rolled down the window in anticipation. The German driver walked up. ~-Zo, vee are going to za same place, he has a phony smile on his face, --It is a surprise, no? --Like Hell you are, Told him, my voice hard, law and cold.--We saved your life on the way up, so you follow us and think you're going to fish the same pools we want to. ‘You better think again. The German was startled. He stammered something unintelligible. Bruce waved his arm to calm me. ~-Look, we're looking for his rod. We won't be long. The German walked back to his rental jeep. There was some discussion. They pulled out anc drove off, --Sure looked like a guided party to me, I said,-A bunch of scofflaws. We made out way down the creek. After fish- ing the pools just upstream of the confluence we and up the river, From the trail overlooking the river from the bluff I could see the battom. I stopped put on my polaroids, Every rock embedded in the stream bed became clear. There was no sign of the rod, ~-[ guess there's not much chance. ~It'll be out down in that canyon somewhere, Brice assured me. We climbed down to the river. While Bruce hooked two fish in the space of an hous, I pitched sticks to the place where I'd gone down and almost drowned. I traced their passage downstream then waded out as far as] could rak- ing the bottom with my staff hoping I just might feel the rod on the bottom. On the way back I spotted two men down- stream. One struck out for the far side of the river then reconsidered. We assumed they were the Germans at first, but when we got clase, we noticed they had grocery bas- kets strapped to their waists. ~You picking mushrooms? asked Bruce, One of the men started to tell us how to use a stripping basket. --Yeah, we know, said Brice.-Where ya from? --South Africa said one, We're doctors, --We shoulda persuaded them to stay here, I told Bruce, as we made out Way back to the truck, They may be spe- Cialists. * a ‘vision. The field frisby sport is co-ed, meaning TERRACE’S ULTIMATE team made it to the quar- ter-finals in the B Division at a Vernon tournament late last month. The performance was one win less than last year, but the level and amount of competition the team faced was high. A total of 33 teams in two divisions from around the west attended the Ulti- mate High Fest 2000, Led by team captain David Jones, the Terrace contingent won three of four games played on day one — Sept. 23. These included a 13-0 thrashing of the Calgary Summer Fling and an 8-4 triumph over the Edmonton Randy. Terrace dropped an 8-4 decision to the Flap team from Calpary. They beat [egal Smile from Vancouver 13-12. The results meant that Terrace advanced to the quarter-finals on day two where they’d face Easy from Vancouver Island. They weren't as easy as their name might have in- numbers next spring. we i CAPTAIN DAVID Jones (in white) led Terrace's Ultimate Team to the quartertinals of a tournament in Ver- non iast month, The team won three of four games on day one, but dropped a decision to a Vancouver island team in the playoffs. The Terrace league's season is over, but they're lacking for strong registration dicated. Terrace dropped the decision 9-7 in a tight- ly played game. Terrace finished in fifth place overall in the B Di- to woman ralio. This meant that some . Terrace Ultimate League members had to stay be- hind in Terrace. It also meant that Jones had to that the teams are required recruit women from Van- to maintain a 4 to 3 man *.couver who used :to.live ins: Terrace to be a part of the team, The crowning moment for the team. occurred when they were presented with the team spirit trophy. Uitimate is known as.a- sport where-fun:is a domi- »,.. nant feature. This includes an array of sideline antics and impromptu songs about the other teams. The league, which will fire up again next year “with registration in the Speedway hands out awards THE TERRACE Speedway wrapped up its 2000 season Oct. 7 with the presentation of its awards at the Thornhill Community Centre. Trophies were handed out for racers in all categories from rookies to bombers to street and habby classes among others. The presentations kicked off with the C- Class (ladies) bomber trophies. Veronica Praupst amassed 808 points win- ning the first place trophy, followed by Corina Erickson’s 716 points and Mary Severeid’s 654. Here are the rest of the winners and high- point riders of the season. Tetrace Speedway 2000 Awards presentation Oct. 7 C-class bomber 1st - 808 points Veronia Paupst 2nd - 716 points Corina Ericksen PRESIDENT'S PICKS: Debb way’s President's Awards fo also picked up a most improved driver an - . famed ihe member of the year. y Reinhardt and Ken Le gros receive the Terrace Speed- r their dedication to the sport during ihe season. Legros d A-class hobby trophy, while Reinhardt was spring, is looking for more women players. It’s hoped more over 30s might also get in on the frisby-tossing action as well, which will allow Terrace to send a team to more tournaments. 3rd - 684 points Mary Severeid 8-class bomber 1st - 903 points Jaret McCabe 2nd - 747 points Kris Sweet 3rd - 682 points Paul Fleming B-class street ist - 488 points Christine Miner 2nd - 306 points Len McArthur 3rd - 277 points Jason Chelsberg B-class hobby 1st - 653 points David Horsfield 2nd - 419 points Raulis Hotman 8rd - 408 points lan Black A-class bomber ist - 1045 points Kevin Pongracz 2nd - 923 points Yves Thibodeau 3rd - 820 points Stan Sweet A-class street ist - 648 points Lyle Miner 2nd - 340 points Thomas Bolton ard - 198 points Simon Boiseault A-class hobby ist - 864 points Gary MacCarthy 2nd - 644 points Bob Barnett 3rd - 593 points Ken Legros Top team award oe 2175 points - Bomber car #515 team of Tamaras, Stan and Kris Sweet ee Rookie of the year C-class; Mary Severeid Bomber; Stan Sweet Street: Jasan Chelsberg Hobby: Jan Black Roll-over trophy (3 this season). Debby Reinhardt in car #180 . Jason Severeid in car #057 ' Jaret McCabe in car #180 Fast Times C-bomber - 21.18 Veronica Paupst* Bomber - 21.06 Kevin Pongracz* ~ Street ’- 20.40 Thomas Batton Hobby - 18.43 lan Black *new track records Memorial Award Race Winners #92 - Gary MacCarthy #181 - Lyle Miner #117 - Kevin Pongracz Member of the year Debby Reinhardt - Most Improved driver Bamber - Mary Severeid Street - Christine Miner: Habby - Ken Legros Continued Page B7 _ MYSTERY PACKAGE: Raulie Holman ‘opens what turns out to be a rearview mirror presented to him by a fellow racer, ek