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*.Kermodes suffered through a season that saw them go from a ; third-place ranking to one month of no games due toa teachers’

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~ Their two-game series against top-ranked Richmond Colts, and a 7 lop-sided victory in zone finals showed. that Terrace fans were

behind them.

The Colts’ games attracted the largest crowds ever for basketball

-at Caledonia gym.

Kermodes deserved a better fate considering al the adversity they

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-, Coach Phil Letham’ ) Caledonia Kermode. senior boys’ high

i school basketball squad was benched in two straight games.at the ‘anaual triple ‘AAA’ champlonships at Vancouver's Agrodome last

os Week, , _ Kermodes, coming off an up-and-down season with one of the . Detter teams ever produced at Terrace’s halls of higher learning, fell E 12-62, to John Oliver Jokers in their opening contest, then couldn't oo put enough. together as they lost 80-68 in game two against

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suffered. Perhaps. coach Letham will be able to build another win-. ner mext season — without any obstacles. ;

Terrace golfers

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"Twenty-eight dedicated Ter- race golfers are back home with _tans and the satisfaction of hav- ing ‘played in a warm-weather winter golf tournament in north- em Mexico earlier this month,

The 36-hole mixed event was the first annual. Skeena Valley Golf Club’s winter tournament as part of a two-week vacation from Feb. 27 to March 6 at Guymass.

Participants played on an ex- cellent 18-hole layout, or loafed ~ around on sandy beaches. Some even took part in the exceptional fishing noted in the area, Organized by Terrace Travel’s

sun belt

George Clark and golf club pro Danny Rosengren, the tourney featured low net and © Bross prizes.

An extra prize included a re- fund of the trip cost to a lucky — golfer chosen under the Calloway handicap system, _

Dick Graf was winner on the men’s side following a three-way tie with Doug Little and Chick Henderson, Anne Pruner top- ped the ladies’ section.

Clark said response to the event was very ‘positive, and they’ll be holding a second an-

‘nual tournament about the same

time at Las Vegas next year.

_ Local minor baseball getting under way

Contributed by Gall Kilgren

Terrace. Minor Baseball ‘Association held their monthly meeting last week and things are starting to look good for the ‘association this year.

The Babe Ruth Major League Baseball Association have agreed to supply us with a pitch-

ing machine, and to help spon-

sor the Tadpoles team of 7 - 9

year olds. They have assured us

. they. are willing to help us in any way possible.

Our sponsors are lined up and

- the coaches’ clinic is scheduled

for April 15 and 16. Fields have.

been booked, equipment will be updated and uniforms cleaned and replaced if needed.

Plans are now under way to

: Close title game in AAA |

Pitt Meadows shaded Maple Ridge 58-57 to win the B.C. high school boys’ ‘AAA’ basketball championships in Vancouver.

: -Tt was a tight-checking contest although the underdog Pitt Meadows Marauders led by 13 at one point in the third quarte.

_ The Maple Ridge Ramblers chipped away and closed to

within one point with 10 seconds.

left in the game. It was Pitt Meadows who knocked last year’s winners, Richmond, out of the championship round

-host the Bambino provincials for 10 - 12 year olds July 21, 22 and 23. There should be 90 players taking part in the provin-

_ cials, and TMBA is looking for a

lot of help from the public and business sector of town to make this an event to be remembered. If you would like to help out with the event, please give one of the executive a call: Earla Peden, 635-5940; Pat Neeve, 638-0191; Bruce

Nicholls, 638-8486; or Erlene

Steele, 635-6786.

Another registration day has been planned for April 8 at the Skeena Mall,‘or you can pick up registrations at Terrace Parks

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The Skeena Junior Secondary School Tsim after another on thelr recent tri | Ridge.

pseans basketbail team hit one stumbling block p to the B.C. junior. high basketball championships in Maple

No luck for Tsimpseans

Very little of the luck destined for Skeena Tsimpsean boys dur- ing their crack at a provincial

junior high school basketball ti-

tle was on the good side of the ledger. It probably added up to 10, percent for and 90 percent against.

. The March 9 to 11 series at

Westview Junion High in Maple —

Ridge featured the 16 best junior boys’ squads in the province.

For Skeena,. it. was felt we at

least had a chance to crack the top eight, (A separate story on coach Cam MacKay and the team's nightmare trip can be found elsewhere in this edition.)

But such was ‘not to be as Skeena wound up with one win following two tough losses.

They opened with a 50-48 loss to M.E.1, a team they had . defeated by 10 points in a Feb-

ruary meeting. Mike Parker’s 15 points led their scoring.

They followed the M.E.I. loss. ‘up with another. two-point

defeat — this time to Sum- merland in overtime. Paul Manhas had 20 points in this 54-52 decision.

Tsimpseans finally put it: all together on the last day and counted a 53-47 win over St. Thomas More. Parker had 18 points, :

Meanwhile,’-on the’ same weekend, Kitimat’s junior Orca girls ran into three straight losses at their provincial finals in Rich- mond,

Orcas gota dozen points from

Colleen Johnson in their §9-34.

loss to Maple Ridge. Hazel Max-

well counted 12 points as they

lost 52-43 to West Vancouver. Orcas’ third and final game

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Coach Bob Irwin felt Kitimat took 13th place despite a winless record.

Another area team that took it. on the chin was Smithers boys at the double ‘AA’ finals at Aldergrove, They lost three in a row and opponents

went over the 100-point Scoring '

mark against Smithers in all three matchups.

It was 116-53 for Nechako Valley of Vanderhoof in ‘the opener, 101-43 for Vernon in game two, and 109-58 for Sum- merland in the final outing.

Smithers managed an 84-80 win over Grand Forks in their

last game.

By the way, Westview of Maple Ridge beat R.C. Palmer of Richmond 59-56 in the junior boys’ title game,

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In Saturday’s consolation ac-

tion, MEI took third place with an 83-70 win over the Kitsilano Blue Demons. Oak Bay notched fifth place with a 67-61 win ovet Varicouver’s John Oliver school.

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