B12 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 5, 2000 a Sports Scope Local soccer sends five teams to Nike Cup TERRACE YOUTH soccer will sending five full teams to the Nike Provincial Cup on the weekend. Three boys teams and two girls teams will make the trek to Chilliwack and Prince Gcorge to compete after fending off teams from across the Northern In- terior. The under 14 boys squad hopes to better their bronze medal performance in last year’s games. Weekend will be last chance to enter B.C. Senior Games OVER A HUNDRED people are likely to be head- From B6 Team has no sore thumbs On the mound throwing those curves is Fallon Yasin- chuk. Fallon takes her job seriously-- it’s. the strikeout that matters. The proud fecling she gets afterwards helps make the arm work worthwhile. When people think of sore thumbs they usually think of the old phrase “sticks out like a sore thumb.” With Caitlin Westerman, scrub the negative. Sure she had a sprained thumb, but the only thing she'll be noticed for is her gamesaving plays from the plate as catcher and in the outfield. Caitlin’s hero is Mark McGwire, so here’s what we want from you when you're at the plate, Caitlin: think like Mark, Joining Caitlin behind home plate will be Kayla Goriak. You'll notice how she stays on top of the run- ners. Nothing pleases her more than the joy of having thrown out a runner at second. A word of advice to the opponent: don’t even try for extra bases. When we asked Candace Klein, 15 to tell us her . nickname, she simply put down “nope.” Maybe because when she’s al the plate, facing a pitcher, ball flying to- ward her, she silently says “nope-- this ball isn’t getting Close call at finish line as McComber captures first Terrace pro-stock title LYALL McCOMBER of Prince George look home first place in the main. 100 lap event ‘at the: Terrace pro-siock invitational on June 24. The race was tight right down tothe finish’ line as -McComber, running out of gas, was trailed closely by Leonard Wilnechenko. Smokey. Prest. won the “A” trophy dash, while « BROWNING « Kevin “MeComber,. who -blew out his engine during practice, and smashed against the wall, brenking his rear axle during the main event, managed to win (he “B” trophy dash. “Some of the olher win- ners on the weekend inclu- ded Veronica Praupst, Jaret McCabe, Stan Sweet, Lyle Miner, Kevin Pongracz, Yves Thido- _ MARLIN *« BERKLEY « FENWICK beau, and Rauli¢ Holman. There was also a “fearless fathers” competi- tion, where spectators + were scleled to race. Jake Vandenbroek. The event, sponsored by McEwen GM = and Fountain Tire, is part of a northwest pro-stock circuit that includes drivers from as far away as Williams Lake and Fort St. John. pert’s Moe Hays. east of town. lots of water. the junior C Flight. ing south this September to participate for Zone 10 in this year's B.C, Senior Games in Kelowna. Final registration will be held at the Happy Gang Centre at a meeting Saturday at 2 p.m. In order to re- gister, you must be 55 or alder by December. Some of the core sports featured at the games will include badminton, bridge, darts, table tennis, and track and field among athers. The games provide senior athletes with a chance to showcase the importance of an active lifestyle, while competing for their regions. The games began in 1988 with 650 participants. Last year’s games drew over 3,000 seniors from across the province. Rosengren repeats victory at Vic Marion DAN ROSENGREN defended his hold on Prince Rupert’s Vic Marion Seniors Open on Sunday, June 25, with a convincing 13 shot victary. Rosengrea’s clasest competitor was Prince Ru- “He drives the ball long and hits a very good iron,” said Hays, the CPGA professional. Hiking Club to take on Bornite Mountain INCREDIBLE VIEWS of the Skeena winding to- wards Terrace, old growth, and alpine will be the order of the day on Sunday, when the Terrace Hik- ing Club traverses 1751 metre Bornile Mountain, The hike is expected to take about four hours in total, and will start at a logging road, already part- way up. Hikers are advised to bring sunscreen and The club will meet at the library at 10 a.m., where car-pooling will be arranged. Junior Tennis season comes to a close THE TERRACE Junior Tennis Club held a singles tournament June 25 to round out the 2000 season, About 25 boys and girls aged 9-15 took part in the season, which began in May. The top winner in the A Flight section was Kelly Dall, who beat out Alex Redpath. Douglas Hayes captured the B Flight, while Mathew Marcellin won “The improvement has been incredible,” said ten- nis organizer Ada Sarsiat of the play this year. MIKE CHRISTENSEN broke his own single lap record at this year's Spring Creek cross country. X-country cyclists succumb to heat THE WEATHER was on-. side June 25 as over 35 cyclists took to the trails for the Spring Creek X- Country. In fact, the hot weather, combined with the mulli- ple 14 km laps ted many racers ta drop out, includ- ing all four participants in the 17-18 year-old junior category. Individually, Sean Bee-. son, Chris Walker, and * Mike Christensen turned in the fastest laps al 29:59, surpassing Christensen’s previous mark of 31:23 set last year. Both Beeson and Walker fell victim to the heat and couldn't com- plete the gruelling four lap circuit. Overall, Christensen, was the only racer to com- plete a full four laps, clocking in at 2:09:09, “[ drank three jugs of water dry during the race,” said Christensen. “Same of the younger competitors had never raced that dis- -tance before.” Vincent Drouin topped the 15-16 year-old cate- gory, completing three laps in 1:35:30. Kristian Gough was four minutes behind that mark. Tara Valk captured the two lap women expert ca- tegory, with a time of 1:20:41, while Gail Sheas- by won the one lap women’s competition, This was the fourth an- nual. Spring Creek X-coun- try. The event is one of many that take place throughout the spring and summer in the northwest. Contact the McBike shop in Terrace at 635- 5225 for more information. ast me, it’s going long.” p gomg lang, Let’s hope the same silent thoughts are with her when she’s behind the plate catching. If her “nope” game is working, our chances just got a whole lot better. “Crazy A” Anna Schachner, is hoping to be the ace ~ pitcher we'll need ta take home the championship. Anna, a hometown girl, has heen playing ball since she was seven. You can add basketball to the mix, along with a bit of wakeboarding, jogging, and rollerblading, phew! Injury-free and ready to hit the field is 16-year-old Anna Johnson. Look for smart swinging from this Anna, the embarassing strikeout is, not surprisingly, her least favourite aspect of the game. Anna, like 11 other players on the team, is from Ter- race, so hometown pride will be on the line. Oh and so will Anna at third base, gloving quick grounders and get- ling those crucial line drives and outs at first. All Seasons takes title as favourites fall BY TYLER NOBLE IT WAS a busy end to the 2000 Junior Baseball Sea- son as the regular season schedule came to a close, followed by the league’s playoffs taking place June 25-29. Closing out week eight ac- _ tion in the regular season were two games on June 24. The first featured Kinsmen taking on All Seasons. A win for Kins- men would allow them to clinch top spot in the regu- lar stason. All Seasons found some late offense and capita- lized on some Kinsmen errors. All Season defeated Kinsmen by a score of 13- 8. As a result of the Kins- men loss, the doors were opened for Spee-dee Prin- ters to win tap spot. All they needed to do was get past Terrace & District Credit Union, a team that has never beaten Spee-dee in their previous four meetings. After a scoreless second inning, with the Credit Union ahead 2-1, Spee-dee posted five runs in the third, five in the fourth and five in the fifth. If that wasn’t enough, they added eight more in the sixth. Spee-dee handily beat Terrace & District Credit Union by a score of 24-4, With the victory, Spee- dee achieved a last minute clinching of first place in the league standings, and would face All Seasons in semifinal action for the playoffs. Kinsmen would play Terrace & District Credit Union in the other semifi- nat match-up. Both semifi- nal match-ups took place on Sunday, June 25. With Spee-dee up on All Seasons 4-2, they star- ted to slide and went scoreless in the second and third. In the fourth, with the score 7-4 for All Seasons, All Seasons pitcher Cody Latimer struck out the first two batters. Spee-dee did manage to pull off two runs in the inning, but they were still behind 7-6. All Seasons’ Matt As- selstine smacked a double to the outfield in the sixth and later came around to score to give his team a two run lead. However, Spee-dee’s Jordan Cowman lived up to his team’s name and stole all the bases and scored to keep the lead to- one run. Spee-dee began to Iet this one slip away. All Seasons scored four runs in the seventh inning. All Seasons defeated Spee-dee Printers 12-7, and gained entry into the championship game. Spee-dee would be playing for third. In the other semifinal, Kinsmen took on Terrace & District Credit Union. The Credit Union upset Kinsmen by a score of 10- 9, and would play All Sea- sons in the championship. Kinsmen | would play Spee-dee Prin- ters for third. The match-up, which took place on June 27, was typical Kinsmen/Spee-dee: intense, close, and nerve- racking, Spee-dee was down 12- 7 going in to the bottom of the seventh, but a last- minute rally was not ruled- out. With the score 12-11 for Kinsmen, one oul, and runners at secohd and third, Richard Gosselin stepped up to the plate and sent the game winning single to right-centre field. The two runs came in to score, and Spee-dee de- feated Kinsmen, 13-12. After the game, the two teams were awarded tro- phies for finishing first and second place in league ac- tion. Finally, on Thursday nigh the final game of the 2000 season featured All Seasons and Terrace & District Credit Union bat- tling it out for the playoff championship. In the fourth, with All Seasons up 3-1, Terrace & District Credit Union tied it up with two runs, but All Seasons fired back.In the fifth, with the bases loaded for the Credit Union, Stach hit another double and scored two runs lo tie the pame, this time at five. All Seasons added -four in the sixth to take a commanding 9-5 lead, The Credit Union team only had one chance and fell just short. All Seasons went on to become the 2000 playoff winners as closing pitcher Corey Paulson pitched four solid innings to lead his team to a 9-6 victory, MAGELLAN « LEATHERMAN TOOLS MISTY RIVER TACKLE & HUNTING t- 6 1/2 ft.-100 lb. (CATCH OF THE WEEK elon ft OSD S. Woter evel wind with 300 yds. 80 pd. TUFFLINE only 179% For Chinook - 10 1/2 f.PROTAC casting red with AMB 700 $poo od with 30 pd test. Berkly Big Game only *299% For Sockeye, Steelhead - 7 wt. and 8 wt. 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