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B4 Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 19, 1990

Teacher Wendy Sofiak pitches world-class softball

Wendy Sofiak: My major interest is to get my classroom going and to be the best teacher | can possibly be.

Major B.C. sports: fest in works -

Planning is underway for the Good Sports Festival to be held ‘at-B.C. Place Stadium Dec. 7-9. The non-stop sports extravagan- za will attract about 2,500 players to compete in co-ed slo- pitch, volleyball, 3-on-3 basket- ball, arm wrestling and billiards. Some of the highlights are: © @ The softball tournament will likely be a new entry in Guinness Book of Records, as this will be the longest running, continuous softball tournament in a domed stadium.

e Sixty teams of softball players from all parts of B.C. and Alberta will compete.

e Two softball diamonds will run non-stop for 60 hours, so in all likelihood a team will have at least one game in the “wee” hours of the morning.

@ Three hundred fifty yards of sand will be trucked in for the construction of ‘‘beach’’ volley- ball courts. Teams in Doubles and Co-ed triples will play. ‘There will be five other volley- ball courts on artificial turf.

@ High school teams play volleyball and 3-on-3 basektball. e A trade show of sports equip- ment, sports wear and related

. goods will also be included.

@ Admission is free. Spectators will have an opportunity of win- ning prizes while watching all the action.

@ A kick-off dance will be held

at the Commodore Ballroom,

Granville St., Vancouver. Band:

‘Wall Street”? will provide the music and approximately $2,500 in prizes will be given away.

® Special rate of $55 per room, per night (double occupancy) is available at the Sandman Inn, Georgia St., Vancouver — right across the street . from the Stadium. -

@ The Good Sports Festival is presented and ‘organized by Sports Travel Canada, a travel specialist that ‘stages softball, volleyball, tennis and soccer tournamerits in’ Mexico, the Caribbean, and Australia.

e@ Theme: “Sports under the:

Dome — almost as much fun as sports under the Sun. And, Good Sports are always winners.’”

Any individual or team want- ing further information can call Sports Travel Canada at 535-2286,

Coming events in regional sports

_ Terrace Bluebacks swim club has registration for new and old mem- bers on Thursday from 5 to 6 p.m. at the club office, upstairs at the swimming pool.

The Thornhill Pub’s first annual car rally. is coming up Saturday starting at 11 a.m. It costs $15 per person to enter. Routes are in Thomhill and Terrace. Picture- taking and a- scavenger: hunt. are

‘included. Sign up by Friday | -at

Thornhill Pub..

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The high school zone sports season for volleyball opens this Saturday. Senior boys are at Nisga’a, senior girls at Smithers,

plus junior boys and girls at

Nisga’a. Cross-country takes place at Smithers.

Terrace Minor Hockey’s annual shop-and-swap fot youngsters’ used equipment takes place at the

Terrace Arena lobby this Saturday |

from 12 noon o'3 p.m.

" py Harriett Fjaagesund

Wendy Sofiak, a new Grade 5 teacher at Clarence Michiel, and professional softball team member for the West Vancouver Angels, finally achieved her dream goal — she made it to the Canadian National Softball Team this year. Forty people across Canada tried out for the team, but only 17 were chosen.

Playing in Normal, Illinois, Canada came in sixth in the In- ternational Softball Federation World Games. The. West Van- couver Angels also won two silver and one bronze medal in the provincial-wide playoffs.

Born and raised in Saskatch- ewan, Wendy has been playing

softball for about 20 years, the last three in Vancouver. She came to B.C. after the Saskatch- ewan Harmony Centres team she played for folded. She says she just has a knack for it, but admits she comes by it naturally.

Her father has played in the Na-.

tional Hockey League, and her two brothers are into hockey and slo-pitch. Of the three girls in the family, she is the only one interested in sports.

She has such things to her credit as a two-year softball scholarship at the University of Texas. She completed one year, then returned to Saskatchewan to attend university to become a teacher. She graduated this year.

She explains that kids have al- ways been important to her, that she enjoys being with them.

Wendy says she has no regrets about the time spent at the University of Texas, that in fact she went on the condition that she. would learn ‘something to make her a better pitcher (she also plays outfield and Ist-base).

As for the future, she hasn’t made any definite plans, but is considering retiring from profes- sional softball. “It takes alot of hard work and dedication. It’s a very stressful and ‘tense occupa- tion. Right now my major in- terest is to get my classroom go- ing and to be the best teacher I can possibly be.””

GIRLS’ DIVISION Richards 2, Kinettes 1 Tike Lakers 2, Pizza Hut 1 Richards 2, Tide Lakers 0 Kinettes 4, Plzza Hut 0 Kinettes 2, Tide Lakers 0

UNDER-10 DIVISION

A-G-K 5, Shoppers 1

Surveyors 3, A-G-K 2

A-G-K 5, Co-op 4

championship game

Linda Gibson, 133

Richards 3, Kinettes 0 — championship game

Surveyors 4, Skeena Sawmills 3

Skeana Cellulose 3, Co-op 0 Centennial Lions 5, Carlyle Shepherd 3

Skeena Cellulose 4, Centennial Lions 2 Skeena Sawmills 5, Shoppers 4

Co-op 5, Carlyle Shepherd 1

Skeena Sawmills 5, Centennial Lions 4

Skeena Cellulose 6,.Surveyors2 .: Skeena Sawmills 4, A-G-K 3 Surveyors 3, Skeena Sawmills 1 Skeena Cellulose 5, Surveyors 1 —

T he Scores Are...

TERRACE YOUTH SOCCER DOUBLE-KNOCKOUT FINALS

UNDER-12 DIVISION

Cedarland 3, Finning 2

Brady F.C. 1, Bandstra 0

Cedarland 3, Northwest Sportsman 2

Brady F.C. 3, Sight & Sound 1

Bandstra 4, Finning 3

Northwest Sportsman 6, Sight & Sound 4 . Cadarland-4, Brady F.C.0 -

Northwest Sportsman 2, Bandstra 1

Northwest Sportsman 6, Brady F.C. 1

Cedarland 3, Northwest Sportsman 1 —

champlonship game

UNDER-14 DIVISION Northern Drugs 2, Bavarian Inn 0 Rotary 2, Sanberry 1 Rotary 3, Northern Drugs 1. Sanberry 4, Bavarian Inn 2 Sanberry 5, Northern Drugs 3 ” Richatds. 3, Kinettes 0 — champlonship game

: _ TERRACE SPEEDWAY RACE RESULTS |

SEPTEMBER 9TH Sportsman. Heat: Dave Reinhardt Trophy Dash: Ed Johnson Main: Clayton Kerr eihniearel Heat: Joe Borouec ; “Br Street Trop D ardt : Nea Main: Danny O'Brien Trophy Dash: Dave Bruce phy Dash “A” Hobby _ -Heat: Dave Bruce ~ Ist Gerry Normandeau Trophy Dash: Brent McCarron ’ . Main: Major Craig 2nd Marcel Kristoff Heat: Brent McCarron sags rd Jamie Kluss C’* Street Main: Brent McCarron Demolition Heat: Rockzann Taylor . “B” Hobby Demolition Races lst Dave Reinhardt Trophy Dash: Blain Kluss 2nd Kerry Ross Heat: Blain Kluss Bag Race 3rd Gerry Normandeau Main: Blain Kluss ist Dave Reinhardt aN 2nd Russ Gutknecht A” Street 3rd Major Craig Trophy Dash: Dave Reinhardt 4th Ron Diotte = SMITHERS LADIES GOLF CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS — SEPTEMBER 8TH WEEKEND ©

Overall Low Gross First Low Gross First Low Net

Sue Morgan, 172 Flight A — Heather Gallagher Flight A — Toni Perreault

Overall Low Net Flight B — Edith Jones Flight B — Ingrid Palmer

Flight C — Noreen Arnett

SENIORS SUMMER GAMES IN COMOX

The Seniors Summer Games are over in Comox, and participants from the Bulkley Nechako Zone came home with eight medals as follows: Walking: Olga Walker of Hazelton a gold in the 5K and in the 10K for two;

Rex Shoop of Hazelton a silver in the 5K and in the 10K for two; Alice Dahl

of Kitwanga a bronze in the 5K. ‘Badminiom: Fran Bonneville and her partner from Hazelton a silver. Bowling: Slim Passwel of Fraser Lake a gold for most points over average. Bridge: Ed Animowski and Mike Patsiluk of Fraser Lake a silver in bridge,

Flight C — Geraldine Moore

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