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“hockey player who performed

EX Terrace player —

signs with Rangers

”. Rudy Poeschek, a 21-year-old |

-, one year with the famous Ter-

““yace minor hockey team that - -

won three B.C. age group cham-

_-pionships, becomes | the third.

niember of that team to sign a a:

a Professional contract,

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Rudy Poeschek.

_ Poeschek.” son. of Mr. and:
Mrs, Gerry Poeschek of Ter-
race, signed a-contract with the .
New York Rangers late in July.’

He had been drafted. by them in

the 1985 entry draft i in the 12th
round.

Rudy spent his last four years

“with Kamloops of ‘the Western
-Hockey League. © He played
mostly at right wing, although in .

“his early years: of. hockey he

‘played defence,

He started playing hockey asa
tot while his. parents lived at

_Kitimat. They moved to Vernon. |;:
where Rudy spent most. Of his

minor hockey years.

The family came to Terrace‘ in”

time for Rudy to join coach

Cliff Sharples’ Bantam team in’ |: .
1980-81. This team had ‘ won the. .

provincial Peewee title in 1979,

and during Rudy’s one year with alee :

the squad they placed second in
the province at B.C. finals at
Salmon Arm.

go to Grand Forks for a season
of Junior ‘B’ hockey. The next
year had him at Vernon to play

.with the B.C, Junior ‘hockey .
. league. entry.
_ He then went to Kamloops for.

his . final. years of. amateur
. hockey. Rudy, who actually

: turns 21 at the end of Sep-

tember, has been attending
‘Ranger training camps for the

‘Past.two years and will likely be:

assigned to. the NHL team’s
farm system. for 1987-88,

~ Hendry’ s team

oan ge third
at Phoenix —

: The B. C. youth: girls (under —
ny ‘basketball team had help.
. from two Northwest zone play-

_ ets in the lineup as.they placed a

‘very respectable 12th out of 44.

‘teams at the Basketball Congress
‘International Tournament. at
_ Phoenix, Arizona, July 13 to 18.

Terrace. Caledonia’s Michelle

Hendry and. :Prince Rupert’s
Jennifer Clifton helped the
“select team to a two-win, two-

loss record against strong entries -

' from across Canada and the
_ United States.
-B.C.. Started out: by beating

- the Peoria, Phoenix team by.25 .

points. Then they met: ‘Puget
Sound of Washington and whip-
Ped them by 30 Points,

North Vancouver.

Game three was up agaitist the

icon tournament .champs
-from southern California. B.C:
lost that contest by seven points.

In the final. match, they lost.
‘by one point to’ Baton. Rouge,
. Louisiana. .

Next action for the team is the:.
‘Canada’ Juvenile:
Championships at. Nanaimo,

Western

August 4 to 6.

‘The team was. formed late in’

June and had practiced together’

for seven days before heading to’
Phoenix. Other team members
came from Kamloops, . Court- .
enay, New Westminster, Salmon |]
Hope, and {)

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The following year siw Rudy ; Boe

Clayton Stephens ‘of: Terrace, Reg McNab and Darren Connolly of Kitimat, and Jett Babuln of Prince Rupert.

Kitimaat Selects take © 8

own soccer tournament.”

Four’ straight victories gave

the: ‘Kitimaat Haisla Selects the
championship of the second ani-

nual..Kitimaat Village Athletic

Club men’s: soccer tournament
on the July 18 weekend.

The Selects won the series and

_ $e 500. first: prize by downing
Kitimat ‘B’ 3-0 in the title game.
Os The ‘B’ team took $1,000 for se-
cond place,

-. Third-place money of $500 -
: went to Thornhill Pub of Ter-
* ae “race: who lost 1-0 to the ‘B’ team
-.*. dn-the final of ‘B’. side of the”

“= “double-knockout series, |
_. The 10-team © “tournament:

played 18 games, and enjoyed
such: ‘Sidelights asa pancake
breakfast and a salmon barbe. -
que put on by the Haisla United
Church.

were handed out, including the
most valuable player: ‘award to:
 Medric:McIntosh.of the Selects. .
Kitimat ‘B’ had- two. single |
honors. -- ‘best goalie to. Marvin -
Stewart and inspirational player
to: Charlie Wilson.

Mcintosh, Alex Grant, and Wes
Pryce of: the Selects; Lorne Hen-
dry. and Darryl Stewart of

Kitimat ‘B’:

Terrace; and Alfie. Tome and -
Dean Devideros of Rosarios,
‘, Scores of all games can be
found in this week's
Scoreboard.

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