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Westpoint Skeena |

wins Larry Swanson |
softball tourney —

 Westpoint- -Skeena roared
back from ‘B? side of the cham-
pionship double-knockout to

- whip ‘A’ side's Ralph’s Self-

Serve in two straight games and

‘capture top money of $1,477 at

the first annual Larry Swanson
Memorial men’s slo-pitch soft-
ball tournament at Riverside
Park on Labour Day weekend.

- The series attracted nine

-teams to play round-robin por-
tions and then go into a six-team —
championship twin K-O and a
~ three-team consolation. ;

-On the big money side,

Westpoint-Skeena started with
an 11-3 win over San-Berry Con-

“tracting. Then they ran into All
Seasons Expose and dropped to

‘B’ side on a 10-7 loss.
Westpoint then put together
three straight wins to earn a
berth in the final — 11-4 over
Kitimat, 4-1 over SKB
Wreckers, and 7-6 over Expose,

who had lost 6-3 in the ‘A’ side

final to Ralph’s earlier.
Ralph’s of Prince Rupert

‘started with a bye on ‘A’ side,

then downed Kitimat 4-1 in the

semi-final before taking out. Ex- =.

pose...

In game one of the fina ,

Westpoint scored four runs in
the seventh to break a 5-5 tie and
count a 9-5 win over previously

unbeaten Ralph’s. This set up an
extra game under the true

‘double-knockout system and

Westpoint did it again, this time

‘by a 6-4 score.

For finishing second, Ralph’s
pocketed $677. The third-place
Expose won $377.

On the three-team consolation
side, .Titan Explosive. beat
Norm’s Auto 3-1 for $277 in
prize money.

Individual awards saw West-
point’s Dave Kawinsky win the
Most Valuable Player award,
and teammate Phil Webb pick
up the Best Outfielder trophy.

Ross Vendittelli of Prince
Rupert was: named Best In-
fielder.

They played a total of 24
games. over four days.

As an added attraction on the
Sunday, a special Olympic-type
contest was held. Teams of any-
where from three to seven.
players: underwent three events
for a $30 entry fee.

All Seasons Expose won top
prize of $120, while Prince

~ Rupert came second for $70 and
. first prize. The prize was award-

the (Crazy Guys third for $50.
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The contests were — running

the’ bases from home to home; .

relay throws from outfield to
home; and a home run contest.

‘by on Labour Day weekend.

‘Dave Kawinsky of tthe winning Westpoint: ‘Skeena crew Was |
awarded the Most Valuable Piayer trophy from Richie
Mallet of Thornhill Motors after the Larry Swanson
- Memorial softball tournament.

‘Coming events in’
-- regional sports

"Terrace? s annual Terry Fox
Run for cancer goes this Sunday
the 17th. It starts at 1O a.m. and
also at 1 p.m. at the Terrace
Library. Pledge sheets are
available at numerous business
‘locations in Terrace and Thorn-
hill. If you'd like to volunteer to
help; or need more information,
phone Fred Stratham at
635-9269.

The Totem Saddle Club i
holding a. dressage. hunter

uimper show on Sept. 30, Oct. 1

- and 2. Those 7 bithrested, phone

Soleene (635-9497), or Cathy

(635-5329).

The Terrace Chito- Ryu
Karate Club has registration this
Friday and Saturday at ‘the

Skeena Mall. For information,

phone 635-3322.

The Terrace men’s recrea-
tional hockey league © requires
_ qualified referees and linesmen,
and goaltenders aged 35 and
older for the upcoming season.
If interested, Phone Earl” at
635-2017, .

~

The Westpoint: .Skeena team downed Prince Rupert’s Ralph’s Self-Serve in two straight
games to finish the first Larry Swanson Memorial softball tournament and walk away with

the $1,477 in prize money.

Kitimat derby taken by 15- pounder _

ed, adding up to 1,798 pounds.

tries including some from .
Europe, the United States and
across Canada. In many cases,
‘the out-of-towners were merely
visiting the area at the time. .
Officials awarded Michael.
Muir a plaque and fishing kit for
topping the junior category with
a 12-pound, 14-ounce salmon.

They came from near and far .
to dip their bait and try to catch :
the largest. coho salmon at>
Kitimat’s fourth annual fish der-

day night barbecue and saw Kel-
ly Hughes of Prince George win
the door prize of a trip for two
When ‘it: was over, ‘Archie

Begin’s 15-pounder earned $750 Airlines International.

ed at a $50-per-pound rate. ,_ We're told it was bigger and

The derby attracted ins en-

About 200 attended the Satur-:
to San Francisco via Canadian |

vA total of 222 fish were land- better than any previous year. .

The scores are...

THORNHILL MOTORS FIRST ANNUAL

‘LARRY SWANSON MEMORIAL’ MEN’S

SLO-PITCH SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT -
LABOUR DAY WEEKEND -

a Round. Robin Section
SKB Wreckers. 23, Norm's Auto 12
Westpolnt-Skeena 10, Titan Explosives 7
Ali Seasons Expose 5, San-Berry Contracting 2.
_ Westpoint-Skeena 7, Kitimat 0
Ralph's Self-Serve 13, Norm's Auto 6. .
_ All Seasons Expose 3, Houston 1 oy
” Ralph's Self-Serve 8, SKB Wreckers 3... Westpolnt-Skeena 9, Ralph's 5 -
Kitimat 5, Titan Explosives 4 - Westpoint-Skeena6, Ralph's4 >
San-Berry Contracting 8, Houston 6 ae
Consolation Round
Norm's Auto 9, Titan Explosives 6
Titan Explosives 14, Houston9 = ~..
Houston 8, Norm's Auto 5
Titan 3, Norm's 1°

All Seasons 10, Westpoint-Skeena 7°
SKB Wreckers 9, San-Berry1 ©. ~~
Westpoint-Skeena 11, Kitimat 4
-Ralph’s 6, All Seasons 3
-- Westpoint-Skeena 4, SKB 1-
-Westpolnt-Skeena 7, All Seasons 6

Championship Round
Westpoint-Skeana 11, San- ‘Barry 3
Kitimat 8, SKB 4 -

Raiph's 5, Kitimat 1

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5s, DOUBLE-KNOCKOUT SERIES

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: Tide Lake 4, Richards 0; Tide Lake 5, Plzza Hut 1

7 Under 14 Division
~ Rotary 5, Northern Drugs 0; Rotary 2, , Sonor 7
“San-Berry 6, Bavarian tnn-2;-:

Northern Drugs 4, Bavarian Inn 2

Urider 16 Division
Bralds 1, Philpotts 0; Bralds 6, Brady F.C. 1

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