Annual High School Tournament

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Sports Hall of Fame ‘ In the spring of 1945, basketball affictanadoes at the Duke of Connaught high school decided to play host to an invitational tour- nament. The teams invited were Trapp Tech, Nanaimo and Chilliwack.

The tournament was played-at the New West- minster YMCA and the records show that a goad time was had by one and all.

The following year, eight of the best high school basketball teams were invited to the’ tournament, including the Vancouver College Fighting Irish. The Catholic school proved to be as adept at basketball as it was at other sports and promptly took the tour- nament title by defeating Kamloops 34-32, Duke of Connaught 30-28 and King George 25-21,

As.the lads from Van- couver College smiled and cheered as they clutched their silverware they were completely unaware that they, and the other teams in

the foundation of what has become the biggest ex- lravaganza_ in British Columbia high school sports each ~=syear.

Next month, housed in the huge Pacific Coliseum it will happen for the 32nd con- secutive year. Thousands of

and blues. Bands will play and cheerleaders _ will chant: ‘Hey, hey, wadda ya say..... someone get that ball away...”

Twelve teams will begin play midweek and after four days of torrid competition only two teams will remain for the final.

And that game will no doubt be a_ blockbuster. Emotions will be at a peak _as the color and competition cresendees under the glare of television lights.

A champion will .be decided and the annual B.C. boys high school basketball tournament will close the

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It's a far ery from 1946 in the gymnasium of the New Westminster YMCA but the B.C. boys high school basketball tournament has grown steadily over the years and today readily qualifies as a ‘classic’ in provincial sports.

The tournament draws teams fromm all over the rovince and over the years its traditions have grown stronger and stronger. Strangely' enough the

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team which won that first tournament — Vancouver College — holds the record for most times in the tourney. College has made it through the many qualifying rounds on more than 20 occasions. Victoria High School has also made it more than 20 times and other schools, which have established their own traditions of winning a berth in the tournament are Kamloops, Prince Rupert, Alberni, North Surrey, Abbotsford, Oak Bay, Prince George and West Vancouver.

Vancouver College has taken the title an un- precedented five times, while Duke of Connaught won it four times. Three of those. victories came in 1950, 1951 and 1952.

In .1951 the tournament was moved to spacious University of B.C. Memorial

m and it stayed there until 1968 when it was moved to its present site, the 15,000 seat Pacific Coliseum.

. There have been many memorable moments in this tournament down’ through the years but perhaps the most classic of all came in

1964 when a team of unsung ©

heroes suddenly turned into

a. Cinderella side. Prince Rupert won it ali by crushing Kamloops 66-51, then edged Magee 62-61. In its next game the Prince Rupert side upset defending champlon Mennonite

Educational Institute 66-64 :

in overtime. That game, the long-time tournament watchers will tell you, was

-the most exciting in the

history of the annual competition.

Following that win Prince

Rupert took claim to the’

title by downing Abbotsford 43-41, . . This year more than 180

teams from throughout the’

province were eligible to take a stab at making it to the tournament, which is an accomplishment in itself. This week most regular schedules will have just finished or are. about to finish and top teams will begin fighting for their zon berths. .

And no doubt such teams as Vancouver College, Victoria and Oak Bay will probably be there next month at the Coliseum.

The bands will play, the cheerleaders will eheer and the tournament which began way back in 1946 will be off and running again.

Men’s Basketball report

by Mike Ireland There were only two

basketball games played

this week in the T.M.B.A. These were played last Monday night. The Wed- nesday night games were cancelled because the league's top players had left for the Northern Winter Games at Dawson Creek.

The Terrace Reds were able to knock off Ev’s Clippers 91-79 in the first game. Nick Tooms led the Reds with 32 points followed by Willie Chemko with 20 points and Al Glover with 18. Rod Kluss led the Clippers with a game high of 34 points followed by Dave Crawley with 21 points.

In an upset, the Skeena Hotel Orphans finally. defeated All Seasons, 81-77. Albert Olson turned in another fine performance scoring 31 points. He was assisted by Pat Kofoed with 20 points. For All Seasons,

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WELL KNOWN HANG GLIDER DAVE TOOP poses

with the new Hang Glider Association executive. (L to R) Dave, President Michael Bowen-Colthurst, Vice- President Walter Mantel and Secretary-Treasurer

Skip Whitefield.

Hang Gliders elect officers

Skeena Hang Gliders Association: held their an- nual election of officers meeting February 12 and presented’ a program for their 3rd Annua) B.C. Open Hang Gliders Competition, The election of officers were Michael Bowen-Colthurst as president, Walter Mantel - vice president and Skip Whitefield as secretary- treasurer.

This year’s competition to

be held on June 18 and 19 is.

expected to draw more than 60 flyers, coming from all across Canada and the northwest U.S.A.

Dave Toov. having just -

returned from a meet in Vernon said many flyers had stated they definitely were coming to Terrace. All flyers agree that our site is one of the finest, having a vertical drop. of over 2500 feet and a soaring ridge of some six to seven miles. .

Last year our site set the Canadian record for time in the air, over five hours.

Members are now waiting for the snow to go to plant lawn seed. The landing site, some 10 acres, located near the golf course, was cleared last year.

With only eight remaining it looks like the Commercial League standings wil! remain as they are. Totem Ford seems to have first place over McEwan Motors by a slim margin, with Gordon and Andersona distant third and Pohle Lumber bringing up the rear. . .

The two top clubs pulled farther away Monday night at the local arena, both winning handily over the battom = two. :

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the second and two more in the third to blank the G&A team 4 to 0 in the first game.

The first period was scoreless. Gordon & An- derson got great goalten- ding, were outshot 16-5 and managed to come out with a scoreless tie.

Bob Peacock gave Ford their first goal at the 2:30 mark of the second, assisted by Dick Shinde and Mark Hidber.

Shinde put Ford two up six minutes later, assisted by Hackman — and Rino

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The second game of .the evening Monday night saw McEwan Motors swamp the Pohle Lumber squad to the tune of 11-3 with Lanny Nevison and Frank O’Brien picking up hat tricks.

Outshot 66-20 the Pohle crew were never in serious contention after the first period which ended 4-2.

Lanny Nevison was the first to hit the scoresheet, assisted by Rick Lewis with less than twe minutes gone.

Two ° minutes ater Nevison scored again, Ken Dean drawing the assist,

Mike Barg got Pohle on the scoreboard with six minutes gone; assists by

Lynn Kraeling and thescore *;

was 2-1 for McEwan.

Ken Dean got that one back a minute later, taking passes from Wilf Tripe de

Fordmen pull away

Totem Ford moved four points in front of second place McEwan GM with a 6- 4 victory over their closest rival Thursday night. Ford scored three times in the first and twice in the second giving them a 5-1 lead after two periods. McEwan tried to come back but could only manage three goals as Ford hung on.

Dick Shinde led the way for the Ford gafig picking up two goals. Linemate Larry Hackman scored once and assisted on two others. Other marksmen for the winners were Mark Hidber, Tony Gillard and Bob Peacock,

The first McEwan _ goal

‘came halfway through the

second period with Steve Dillabough beating the Ford goaltender. The last period saw the GM comeback fall short as Rick Lewis, Rae Rowe and Frank O’Brien

each scored once.

The last period also featured two disallowed goals — one by each club. McEwan’s nearly made it 6- 5 when the puck ended up in

the net after a scramble...

However, the referee ac- cused Rowe of being inthe crease, therefore no goal. Just seconds later Ford

defenceman broke up a

McEwan rush and was alone to face the opposing goalie.

Unfortunately, Ford’s Bob Middleton slashed a McEwan player, behind the play, and although Peacock scored on a beautiful deke, the goal was not allowed to stand.

The Fordmen completely outplayed McEwan, firing 34 shots at Eric Chapman and allowing only 14 to reach their goaltender, Gerry Lamming.

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Rick Lewis made the score 4-1 with Steve Dillibough drawing the assist.

Daryl DeWynter ended the scoring for that period assisted by Brian Kor- mandy.

Before the second frame was over McEwan Motors had stretched their lead to 6- 3. Nevison and O’Brien scored for McEwan and Randy McDonald replied for the Pohle team.

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