B6 - The Terrace Standard, Wadnesday, March 5, 1997

Cal MESSes up Kitimat

THE KERMODES lit up

Caledonia's courts twice
this past weekend to take
the Northwest ‘Zone
Championships.

The Cal boys are a pretty
young team this year, Wilh a
number of green players.
Add to that several recent
injuries and the prospects
for a big win weren’t over-
whelin ing.

But the boys pulled it off,

Starting with a 74-58 trounc-

ing of the visiting Mount
Elizabeth Secondary squad
on Friday night

The next day, they
repeated their efforts to post
a second big win and take
the best-of-three
chainpionship series.

Cal looked fairy strong
throughout the second foul-
Jaden match, They were
slightly shead at the end of
the first quarter but broke
away in the second, when
Kitimat ran ito — foul
trouble,

At the half, Cal was up by
a dozen, 44-32. The second
half was much the same —
more fouls (a total of six
players fouled out) and Cal
managed to hang on to their
lead. The final score was

89-77 for the Kernodes,

All stars from Kitimat in-
cluded Bernie Whelan, who
had a 27 point performance,
Bruce Grant and Dwayne
Belleville.

Terrace all stars were
Brooks Robinson and Ches-
ley Neufeld. David Kelly
was voted lournament MVP.

Coach Cam Mackay says
that while the boys won,
they still aren't playing up
to full potential.

‘Ht definitely wasn’t the
best we can play,’” he says.
“Our post people did well,
and some of the people we
don’t usually have to rely on
like David Kelly also
stepped in, which is good to
see,"

Mackay says for the
Kermoades to do well at the
Provincials, they will have
to play more as a team,
something they’ve had
trouble with all year.

‘They really need to work
on the team aspect,’’ he
says, ‘‘Everyone is going to
have to pull together.’’

The Kermodes head south
next Monday. Their first
game of the Finals is Tues-
day, March 11.

{New club rides
into town

A NEW club is ready to roll in Terrace.
The Terrace Mountain Biking Club held its inaugural

meeting Friday and it’s already gearing up for its first
season of racing and recreational riding.

“There are tons of riders out there,’? says Mike
Christensen of the club. ‘‘And tons of areas to ride. It’s
just that not everyone knows where to go.””

Christensen says the club is planning to hold a series
of eight or nine races in the northwest. Some will be lo-
cal, but others will take place in Smithers and Kitimat.

The club is open to everyone from serious competi-
tors to weekend recreational riders just looking for
some biking partners.

Christensen says the group may even be able to get
funding to help develop some trails.

“There is money out there to enhance forestry
recreation,” he says. ‘‘We just have to find the right
areas and work together with other groups. It’s going lo
take a collective effort”

And Christensen says be hopes to have a map togeth-
er very soon outlining some of the best areas to bike
near Terrace,

“It would be nice to be able to give out a map so
everyone kiows where the good trails are,’’ he says.
“And when visitors come into town it'll be easy to
show them where to go.””

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OUR SKEENA Girls’ Jun-
ior basketball team is off to
the Provincial Finals taday
after beating out Kitimat’s
Mount Elizabeth Secondary
at the Zone Finals here two
weekends ago.

The girls won the final
game of a very tight series
46-41.

Terrace’s top scorers were
number 10, Nancy Arbuah
with 15 points and number
13, Melanie Mahn with
eight.

Arbuah also walked away
as the tourmament’s most
valuable player. Solid play

CALEDONIA is heading

south now that the boys
have won the Narthwest
Zone AAA Basketball
Championships. Cal
played well this weekend,
beating Kitimat's Mount
Elizabeth in two straight.
Above, that's Fraser
deWalle going far two. On
the left, Tyson Hull and
Chesley Neufeld team up
on a Mount Elizabeth
player,

Finals

throughout the weekend
from Rachel Robinson,
number 12, further helped
the Wildcats edge out the
competition.

Both Arbuah and
Robinson were recognized
for their efforts by being
selected to the All Star
team.

Fellow All Stars Michelle
Wakita and Stephanie
Thomson of MESS played
well too, albeit in a losing
effort.

The Provincial Finals be-
gin on Friday,

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“Is that the monster?” Marilou asked
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afraid to take her In. The only thing that’s

he's locked up for good.”
~*~ Suddenly the courtroom became dead-
ly silent. The prosecutor got up to address
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“Your honor, you've got to lock up

Heather for eight years: The combination of
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A psychiatrist described Frank as the most
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