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WFC SEMI-FINAL

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Winnipeg Blue Bombers to take a chance on Terry Luck in their Western Football Conference sudden- death semi-final match against Calgary Stampe- ders.

Luck, pte came to vie nipeg after being cut by Cleveland Browns of the National Fcotball League, is expected to start at quar- terback in the game Sunday afternoon in Calgary.

Luck’s sudden vault to prominence comes a3 a result of an injury to veteran quarterback Ralph Brock in

e fourth quarter of Win- nipeg's 22-14 loss to Calgary last Sunday.

The 25-year-old native of Fayetteville, N.C., had

played only about three minutes throughout his first six games on the Blue Bombers’ roster, mostly as & holder on field goal and convert attempts,

But he atepped into the breach last weekend when Brock was sidelined with stretched knee ligaments which will keep him in a cast for the next six weeks.

calgars Bot hit hard by the ry in game's dying minutes and suffered a contusion of the right shoulder, but the injury isn't Berious enough to hold him

“He’s tough and he has a good arm," said Winnipeg head coach Ray Jauch. “He takes control and he's a leader type. I think he'll do all righ! J

Luck, who played college ball at the University of Nebraska, could be a key factor in Winnipeg's efforts to get past the Stampeders and into the WFC final, set

-for Noy, 19 against the] |.

Eskimos in Edmonton.

Harry Knight, the Bom- bers' regular backup quarterback, has been inactive since July 18 with a shoulder injury which put a crimp in his passing.

Knight has been working out inrecent days, and Jauch believes he'll be all right as a backul Sunday,

“He's laboring a little bit, but’s he’s been away a long time." Jauch said, “We'll work him hard this week and hope he improves cach day, Ive gone into much bigger games with quarterbacks in ‘worse shape,

“If we can't throw, we'll run some and hope it’s a grim defensive struggle,” he

“added wryly,

Ken Johnson, who ap- peared to have the inside

track over John Hufaagel as.

the Stampeders’ top signal- caller, suffered Iigament and cartilage damage to his left knee last Sunday, so the quarterbacking duties have fallen to returned import Craig Juntenen.

Calgary's hard-running

duo of James Sykes and Willie Burden likely will give Bomber defenders plenty of headaches. Sykes, who picked up 1,020 yards rush- ing in the regular season, sat out the game last week but will be ready to roll in the last game of the year at McMahon Stadium.

Calgary head coach Jake

Gotta, whose team won all -

three games this season with the Bombers was philosophical after the teams’ latest encounter.

the ‘Luck’ |

“Football is a game, of emotion,” he said. “We're _ pretty evenly matched. The winner will probably be the team that comes in charged up the highest and can sustain it longest.”

“We've won the last two weeks, but I'd gladly give them back to win the next one. The whole season for both teams is wrapped up in that one game.”

The game begins at 2 p.m. MST and will be seen on the full CTV network.

JR. A VOLLEYBALL Championships to be held

The Northwest Zone Jr. A Velleyball championships will be held in Terrace this weekend, although because of the recent washouts, there will be less teams competing than previously planned.

.Prince Rupert’s Booth

Memorial team has pulled out of the championships because of the road con- ditions between here and the coast city, but Thornhill Jr. Secondary School, Skeena Jr. Secondary School, Port Simpson, and Kitimat's Mi. Elizabeth Secondary School will be sending both Boys and Girls squads to the

championships, If the natural gas lines are repaired by Saturday

morning, in time for the start

of the tourney, the cham- pionships will be held at Thornhill Jr. Secondary School. [f not, they will be moved to Caledonia’s gymnasium. In either case, the championships should begin al 10:00 A.M. Satur- day.

The preliminary event will be a round robin affair, with the teams playing each other once. After the preliminaries, the top two teams will play a final match, and the winner will

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be declared the Northwest Zone Jr. A champions. This format will be followed by both Boys and Girls teams.

Since Thornhill boasts the top Eastern Division Boys team, Skeena the top Western Division Boys team, and Kitimat the top Western Division Girls team, only Smithers, which has the top Eastern Division Girls team will be missing from the championships, It's possible that a match between the top

Girls team from these _

THE 1979 PANTERA

Championships, and Smithers wili be held at some time in the near future, but nothing is definite at this time.

In any event, a Jr. A Volleyball championship tournament for the Nor- thwest Zone will be held, beginning Saturday morning at 10:00 A.M., at either Thornhill Jr. Secondary School, or Caledonia Sr. Secondary School, depen- ding on the natural gas situation at the time.

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