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"The Caledonia Kermode boys’ senior high school basketball team showed us why they’re cur--

. rently ranked 10th best in B.C.

when they downed arch-rival

Prince Rupert Rainmakers

100-87 in their: opening game of the season at Caledonia school Friday night.

And while Terrace truimphed on the boys’ side, Rupert’s Rain- birds offered evidence on whey they are touted seventh best in the. province with a one-sided 68-32 victory over the hometow Kermode girls. °

With both sides now playing under the new triple ‘AAA’ ban- ner (a notch up on double ‘AA’ competition from past seasons), the games attracted about 200 fans.

Games involving. Kitimat Rebels and Orcas on Saturday had to be cancelled due to the teachers’ strike situation in Kitimat.

The girls’ game was never in doubt as the Birds ran up 24-4

lead at the quarter and held a

38-11 margin at the half. By three-quarter time, Kermodes * were down 31 points (52-21). Even though they played much better in the second half, Kermodes weren’t in the same class as coach Cary Dalton’s Rainbirds. Terrace rookie coach Dan Vanos expects improve- Ment over the season from his Kermodes. a Nina Phillipson paced the

Birds with 17 points, Audrey.

Dennison chipped in with 14 while Joanna Vierra had 11 and Susie Jarosch 10. Jody Cox pop- ped in 14 for Terrace. Danielle ‘St. Thomas added nine.

Rainbords had 20 of the 31 fouls called.

As far as the Kermode-Rain- maker game goes, it was Mike

Hogg’s night. The six-foot, six-

Shorthanded

girls lose

-The Kermode girls high school

basketball team lacked several

starting players on Dec. 4 week- end at Prince George, which is why they were unable to win any of three games played.

The missing players happened to be at the B.C. volleyball finals at the same time. _

New coach Dan Vanos and girls had to suffer through 4

69-25 loss to Prince George.

O’Grady Catholic, a 55-30 one- sider to Quesnel’s Corrilieu, and

a 51-30 decision to Prince

George Duchess Park.

‘Exhibition.

hoop won

_by Kermodes

. Terrace Caledonia Kermode girls fought off Hazelton Spartleties to score a 43-36 ex-

- hibition basketball victory at Cal

-high last Thursday night. Ker- _ mode's got a sparkling 24-point effort from Jody Cox.

-bounds in Kermode’s victory.

_with the game, but coach Phil _Letham subbed regularly and -gave his rookies lots of floor ~ time.

From the start it appeared that Kermodes would run away

The hometowners took a 31-18 lead at the half and were up 56-43 by halftime. At the three-quarter mark it was 83-69 for Kermodes.

_- John Favela was next in scor- ing for the winners with 14 points. Rick Tolman with 20 and Paul .Haffey with 14 topped the visitors. Fifty-five fouls were called —- 28 against Rainmakers. ' This week has Kermodes travelling to Salmon Arm for the Ff Treasure Tournament. . ao

They're stopping today for an .§ exhibition game at Vanderhoof, Tomorrow morning they’ll play. Corrilicu in the morning at Quesnel and Columneetza at Williams Lake in the afternoon. Tournament play at Salmon Arm starts Friday night. -

teams.

6-4.

Two all-stars and a coach — Kermode all-star players Bruce Neid, left, and Garrett Hidber, center, sat beside coach Richard Kriegl during Caledonia High School’s assembly on Nov. 28. The entire team was honored for tak- _-jng second place at the B.C. high school championships.

"Terrace Review — Wednesday, December 14, 1988 ‘9 | igi Kenworth second —

The Terrace Inland Kenworth Bantams put their nine-win, one-tie record on the line Dec. 4 weekend at a six-team tourna- _ ment in Vanderhoof. oY

When it was over, Terrace had suffered its first two lasses of the | season. But they also won three games and placed runnerup to Burns Lake — a team they faced three times. : a

In an unimaginative tourney: — schedule, | Kitimat and Burns Lake entries, - ) but none of the other three =~

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Terrace played -. |

They started with a 10-2 loss. to the Lakers, then beat Kitimat 6-2. In game three it was Burns Lake again and this time we won

Kitimat had its second turn against us in game four and we beat them again —- 8-4. The last - game was a demolish job with Burns Lake dumping us 12-1.

Meanwhile, the Bantam house league’s Avco Jets won the Northern B.C. Winter Games. berth at home on the same weekend. In a three-team playoff, Terrace beat Kitimat 10-0 and downed Hazelton 8-5.

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