Mat rehearsal goes well TERRACE TRIO Matt Kerby, Greg Buck and Emie Mil- Homens produced solid per- formances at the BC Age Class wrestling championships. More than 700 wrestlers took part in the Kamloops competi- tion and the field included all the province’s best. Which makes the event a perfect tune-up for the High School provincials, says coach Joe Murphy. And the results achieved by the Terracites offers hope of medals al the upcoming championships, Fighting in the 78kg class, Kerby finished fourth out of the 17 entries. All his matches were close ones, Murphy pointed out, all being decided on points. '‘They could have gone either way,”’ he added, The same applied to Buck’s 74kg matches - he finished — fifth in a field of 24. . Mil-Homens, in the same group as Buck, picked up val- ' uable experience with a Solid eighth place finish. .. The Terrace - performance was part of a strong northem showing at the Age Class, the Smithers team finishing fourth overall and Kitwanga’s Tyler Johnson (68kg) being named SNOWARAMA Having LOCAL SNOWMOBILERS will get extra en- joyment out of a Sunday, Feb. 5 ride on the Big Cedar logging road, Apart from spending time on their favourite outdoor winter pursuit, they’ also know they are helping children with disabilities. That’s because the ride is Snowarama '95, organized by the Skeena Valley Snowmobile Association. It’s the thirteenth year the club has staged the event in which the only competition is to see who can raise the most money in pledges. “It’s a whole lot of fun for the whole fam- ily,”’ event chairman Sharon Fell emphasized. The participants will set off at 10 a.m. and. with a stop for a hot lunch, cover anything up to 100km by the end of the day. “Community support is the kcy to our suc- cess,’” Fell said, adding everyone who pledges $5 or more will have their name entered in a draw for a three-day trip to Reno, Ail pledge money goes to the BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities and the outanding male wrestler, fun in good cause goal is to raise $125,000 between th 26 clubs taking part across the province. ’ Snowarama was originally conceived in Ontario in 1974 by Wipper Billy Watson as a winter recreational event which would also benefit disabled children. The B.C. Snowmobile Federation and its member clubs took up the challenge in 1978 and since then have raised well over $2 mil- lion. That money has helped pay for more than 300 specially equipped Easter Seal buses, Easter Seal camps and the continued work of Easter Seal houses which provide close by ac- commodation for the families of children are undergoing treatment in hospitals far from ; home. . Anyone is welcome to participate in. this year’s ride and can obtain a pledge sheet from any local snowmobile dealer. If you are unable to take part, show your support when asked to pledge. ; For more information, contact Fell at.635- 2934. oo Valentines filling fast LADIES TEAMS wanting to enter this year’s Valentines Bonspiel had better hurry. The 44 team, 4 event ’spiel is filling up fast. And with all entrants getting a chance to win two retum tickets to Van- couver, it’s little wonder. 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The a same can't be said for players who scored 14. But Sergio Momesso is more like a hockey hit man so perhaps that’s why the godfather arranged a job in Italy. “A good friend, who's the godfather of our children, asked if | wanted to go over to Milan and play. | have relatives there so | decided to try it,” the bruising winger was saying after a practice with his NHL team in Vancouver, While the trip gave him a chance to play in a few games it was the education, not the competition, that stood cut upon his return. Hockey, as you might imagine, is not quite the same in a Milan as in Millbrook, — “The first thing | noticed was that everybody wanted something out of my hockey bag,” laughed Momesso. “Skates, gloves, T- a shirts, anything they could get ‘their hands on because, if they could find it anywhere in Italy, it’s double or triple the price.” There’s no pampering of the star import players either. f Momesso had to carry his own _ | equipment to and from the bus § and provide his own towel and soap for the shower. It was just like playing pickup hockey in .. wall, actually, there probably isn’t another place like it. “Everybody smokes in Italy and there's no ventilation in the rinks so it was like playing.a game in a bar, Even when | went for my physical, the doctor had a cigarette in his mouth, But the fans were great. There would be - two or three thousand of them singing and making more noise than much bigger crowds do over here” On the ice the Italian game sounds considerably different, I 00, “The first line might be a decent AHL or IHL line," analyzed Sergio. “They'd play 40 minutes a § game. The third and fourth lines B weren't. as. good as juniors. and. | Es=1he Canucks by Jim Hughson barely got on the ice," Momesso got on the ice in five at home and learned French through =the common : 4555 Lakelse Ave. games but the experience Off it was far more valuable. He traced his family roots and got a chance to use the Italian his parents made sure he never lost ‘growing up in Montreal. A division two soccer player, his dad came to Canada in the ‘50s with hopes of starting a professional leaque. 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