reer Sure 2S, a “unexpected. Teammates Marie Wilson and Lisa- Dams Caledonia Kermode girls ~ repeated as Northwest zone dou- ‘ble ‘AA’ high school basketball - Champions in the three-team, _double-knockout playoff with ‘Kitimat Orcas and Prince ‘Rupert Rainbirds on the _ February 20 weekend at Kitimat. And the selection of Ker- _ modes’ Michelle Hendry as zone most valuable player was not Jan- gained placed on the zone all- _$tar squad with Lisa Basso of - Prince Rupert, and Cheryl Kin- ton and Nina Hirvi of Kitimat. Kermodes now travel to the . Fraser Valley’s Clearbrook for provincial finals March 9 to 12. ~ Kermodes finished third in B.C. _ last year and are currently rank-. ed about sixth in the province. In their quest for another zone ‘title, Kermodes started with a 75-55 win over Orcas as Hendry and Kinton starred with 27 and 28 points. The second game of the series ‘saw Orcas outscore Rainbirds 64-56. Kinton had 16 for Kitimat “while Basso had 20 for the Birds. Kermodes eliminated the - Rupert gals 67-36 in game three. Dams came in with 22 to pace the winners. Basso was held to 20 points, Game four was a 72-57 win for Kermodes over Orcas and another zone title for Terrace. Kinton had 15 for the losers. Hendry contributed 33 and Jody Cox added 20 for Kermodes. Meanwhile, the three-team junior ‘A’ girls playoff at the Same time saw Rupert’s Booth Ravenettes triumph with vic- tories over Terrace Skeena (60-6) and Kitimat Junior Orcas (65-32), The other game was a _ 34-29 win for Kitimat over Kermode girls | zone winners Skeena. Ravenettes now head for R.C. Palmer School at Richmond for the 16-team B.C. junior cham- - pionship starting March 10, The grade eight boys and girls zone championships were held the same weekend at Prince Rupert’s Booth School, and the host teams won both sides. Booth. took the five-team girls’ double-knockout series by beating Kitimat 37-24 in the final. Kitimat knocked out Skeena 40-39 in the semi-final. Smithers placed fourth and Hazelton took fifth, Booth won the boys’ side by beating Skeena 65-37 in the final, Skeena gained a berth against Booth by virtue of their 37-31 win over Kitimat in the semi-final. Smithers took fourth. Garth Coxtord, Jocelyn Coxford and Cory Holland hold trophies the y won at the sixth annual six-a-thion at Richmond on Feb. 6 weekend. The Bluebacks swim club youngsters swam six events against other 12-and- unders from around the province. Basketball finalists emerge Smaller high schools in the Northwest zone came up with basketball winners for provin- cial finals following playoffs on the February 20 weekend. Clark races Terrace wheelchair athlete Dr. Paul Clark spent late February in Florida where he took part in a pair of non-winning events. His first race was a _15-kilometer event at Tampa where he placed 10th out of 70 competitors. Clark was 19 seconds out of first place. According to Clark, he was disqualified from this race just before the start. Rules for the event state that the chair requires four wheels, whereas Clark races'on a three- In the new setup for schools with fewer than either 100 boys or 100 girls, Nishga won a three- team playdown at Hazelton by beating the host team 34-33 in In Florida. wheeled chair. An explanation that he came all the way from Canada and was prepared for disqualification and lack of prize money finally enabled him to enter. His second race was at Miami for the Orange Bowl Marathon. He finished sixth despite a flat tire during the race. Clark now will continue train- ing for this year’s events, in- cluding a possible trip to the Olympics. Giles top rink at Smithers spiel Despite a low turnout of only 50 teams, the annual Smithers ‘Steelhead men’s open bonspiel was declared very successful. It was part of the 60th anniversary celebrations for the Smithers Curling Club, Ken Giles of the host club was the major winner. 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They won the opener here 11-4 as Mark DeJong scored four times. Jason Waldron counted a pair, while singles went to Dale Irwin, Chris Wilkinson, Shane Bourgoin, Dennis McCarron and Chad Wilson. Game two went only two-and- a-half periods. Kitimat pulled their team from the ice when down 10-4. Apparently Kitimat didn’t take too kindly towards the officiating. Wilkinson set the pace with a five-goal effort while Bourgoin added a hat trick. Waldron and Dawson Keln each scored once. The atom division best-of- three final at Prince Rupert went to the host team. They downed Terrace All Seasons 6-4 in the opener, then came back with 7-6 overtime victory over the sports store lads to clinch the title in two straight games. Kitimat Lions and Terrace In- land Kenworth played two ex- hibition games on the February 20 weekend at Terrace. Terrace took the opener 6-9 behind Den- nis Bannister’s three-goal effort, then played Kitimat to a 3-3 tie in the nightcap.