Page 8 The Herald, Monday, December 3, 1979 f” TERR ACE-KITIVAT daily herald SPORTS Games berth to T The Terrace Men's Basketball Association All- stars beat the short-staffed Kitimat Teachers 80-71 to earn a trip to the Northern B.C. Winter Games in February, Sunday at Skeena Junior Secondary School in Terrace. Kitimat’s John Walburgs (centre) ta The game was close all the way, with the All-stars leading the entire game, but never by more than ten points and often only by one, The game's biggest lead was at about one-quarter time, with Terrace up ten points, but they couldn't pull away from the stubborn Teachers and led 40-38 at half-time. Early in the second half Terrace took a seven point lead but then lost their shooting touch and the Teachers pulled themselves inta a 61-61 tie. The All-stars tried to run Or Menai ideaee tay ”* kes a shot while Terrace's Willie Harvey checks him and Andy Ruygrok watches in the Northern Winter Games playoff Sunday afternoon, MESS poor hosts in own basketball tournament Mount Elizabeth Secon- , dary School in Kitimat hosted a junior girls basketball tournament on the weekend, and the hosts did very well by winning all three separate ends of the weekend's play. In the junior A girls’ event, Mount Elizabeth won the final 60-38 over Kispiox, Mount Elizabeth advanced to the final of the double- Eagles By ALEX SACHARE The Associated Press ‘It's a humbling ex- perience,” said Philadelphia coach Dick Vermeil after his Eagles became the firat team to clinch a berth in the National Football League layoffs by beating Detroit ons 44-7 Sunday, Knockout six team event by beating Kispiox in the first Bame 58-44, Quesnel 66-19 and Skeena 45-39, Kisplox advanced to the final through the back door, winning their ‘first loser’s bracket game over Port Simpson 35-18, beating Booth and then taking Skeena (who were in the loser's bracket after losing to MESS in the other semi-final) 40-28, The junior B girls event was a round-robin setup, with MESS winning with a 4- 0 record. The grade 8 event ‘was also a round-robin affair with MESS 8's golng 3-0 to come out on top. Teams from Booth, Skeena, Quesnel and Port Simpson took part in the B event, with teams from Stewart, Booth, Skeena and Port Simpson playing in the grade 8 games, clinch berth “But I've said all along the playera win games, and I really believe that," added Vermeil. “I told the players I'm just thrilled that they me along.” With two weeks to go in the regular season the Eagles, 10-4, lead the National Conference's East Division (— Dec. 5 and Dec. 12 WINSDAY tickets good for BIG BONUS TOTAL OF 500 OF $1,000.00 EACH \ Dec. 12 PRIZES ty one game over ashington, which beat Green By 38-21, and Dallas, which defeated New York Giants 28-7. Tampa Bay failed (o lock up the division for the second successive Sunday b dropping a 14-0 decision to Chicago. The Buca, 9-5, lead the Bears by one game and can clinch their first divislon title by winning either of their last two games, against San Francleco ‘dfers and Kansas City Chiefs. In other NFL games Sunday, Pittsburgh Steelers beal Cincinnati Bengals 37- 17, Cleveland Browns topped Houston Ollers 14-7, Angeles Rams trimmed Minnesota Vikings 27-21 in overtime, Denver Broncos defeated Buffalo Bille 19-16, Atlanta Falcons upset San Diego Chargers 28-28 Kansas City out-scored Seattle Seahawks 37-21, New York Jets beat Baltlnore Colts 30-17 and St, Loutls Cardinals defeated San Francisco 13-10, Miami Dolphins beal New England Patriots 30-24 on Thursday night. Oakland Raiders plays at New Orleans Saints tonight. the Teachers towards the end of the game, to take advantage of the fact that the Kitimat team only came’ with five players, and the strategy worked as Terrace finally pulled away in the last two minutes to take the . nine-point win, Dale Prest got 17 points and Willie Harvey scored 14 for the Allstars, while John Granisle wins! In Pacific Northwest Hockey League action over the weekend, ‘Terrace Timbermen won two games, the Kitimat Winterhawks lost two, Smithers split their two games and the Granisle Lakers did the impossible~ they won a game, Granisle, who recently got a new goaltender to help shore up their porous defence, haye been im- proving steadily and finally won on Saturday night, beating Kitimat 64, Blair Sharp held the Winterhawks to four goals, Granisle’s lowest goals-against total so far this year. The Lakers were tied 2-2 after the first and led 43 after the second on their way to their first win. Norm errace . Dow, Greg Paulson and Mike Walbergs got $1 and Chris Fox 20 for the Teachers, It was an entertaining, well-played game with both teams playing a fast- breaking game for the first half. The Kitimat team tried to slow the game down in the fourth quarter, but Terrace kept running and eventually wore the others down, Richard got a hat trick, Steve Tar got two and Al Scott the other. Replying for Kitimat were Allen Paul with two, Blaine Marleau and John Rich. ' Thursday the Lakers lost to Houston 11-7, and Sunday to Terrace 7-4. Cliff Flury got two for Terrace, with Chris Hyland, Dave Sharpe, Bill Mowat getting singles for the Timbermen. Saturday night they beat Smithers 2-2, but details of the game were not forthcoming. Sunday afternoon the Burns Lake Braves doubled the Winterhawks 10-5, and Smithers beat Vanderhoof 3- 2. Jim McAloney, Gary Stacey and Ken Noulton got the Smithers goals. Cherry returns A defector cheered by Boston Brulns’ loyal fana? It was hard to believe. But there was coach Don Cherry behind Colordo- Rockies’ bench acknowledging a standing ovation of more than one minute, 12,542 fans welcoming him home at Boston Carden, “I don't care where I go, what I do, if I win the Stanley Cup, i'll never feel the same like I did with that crowd giving me that ovation,” .Cherry said. ‘That's the tops for me, I can't go any higher than that. I have never felt any better than I do right now.” Cherry, who quit the Bruins after five years last summer to move to Colorado as one of the highest paid coaches in the National Hockey League, had an even nt reason 2-0 lead on first peri er plays and then roared back for a 5-4 victory. In other games Sunday, Quebec Nordiques beat Vancuver Canucks 3-1 Buffalo Sabres blanked Washington Capitals 2-0, New York Islandera shut out Winnipeg Jets 4-0 and Detroit Red Wings held Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-4 He. : On Saturday, Toronto Maple Leafs also held Philadelphia to a 4-4 draw, Hartford Whalers tled Montreal Canadiens 4-4, Winnipeg tied Minnesota North Stara 4-4,Washingtan beat Quebec 7-2, Pittsburgh Penguins edged Colorado Rockies 5-4, Detroit upset Boston 6-3, New York Rangers blanked St. Louis Blues 2-0 and Loa Angeles Kings blanked Chicago Balck Halwks 7-0. With Bill McKenzie frustrating the Bruins in goal, the Rockies were shorthanded at 19:41. Valiquette scored the tie- breaker while Boston was two men short a t 9:13 of the third period, and Doug Berry made it 42 less than two Y minutes later. Boston's Join Wensink and Paiement swapped goals in the final minute. Red Wings 4 Flyers 4 Dan Labraaten’s goal with 3:07 remaining capped a Detroit rally that earned the Red Wings its tle with Philadelphia, extending the Flyers’ unbeaten streak to 21 Dynasties winners VICTORIA (CP) - Seattle Dynasties defeated University of Victoria Vikings, the top-ranked Canadian college team, 92-88 Sunday to win the Pacific Rim basketball classic. Vern Thompeon tallied 25 points to lead scoring for the U.S. Senior A amateur team and was named the tour- nament's most valuable player. mes. The Flyers, 160-5, ven't lost since a 9-2 defeat in Atlanta in the second game of the season, Dennis Hill scored twice for the Flyera with Al Hill and Dennis Ververgaert getting the others. Dale McCourt scored twice for Detroit. Nordiques 3 Canucks 1 Real Cloutier scored one goal and assisted on the other to lead Quebec over Vancouver, ending a seven- game winless streak. Serge Bernier and Richard Leduc also scored for Quebec, while Ron Sedibauer had the Vancouver goal. Sabres 2 Captlals 0 Rick Martin scored two goals within a two-minute span early in the third period and Bob Sauve turned aside 20 shots for shots for his third shutout of the season aa Buffalow blanked Washington. The win was Buffalo's ith straight. Islanders 4 Jets 0 Goalle Billy Smith stopped 33 drives to spark New York to its victory over Winnipeg, the first triumph in seven games for the Islanders. Anders Kallur fired a first- period goal for New York and John Tonelll, Bob N Ike Bossy d M trom an periad second added markers. MATT LAING.. sw 8doker champ Laing takes snooker Matt Laing won the A division final of the North Coast Amateur Snooker Tournament held at Danny’s Place in Terrace on the weekend, Laing beat Peter Giutck 116-85 in a two-game total- polnt final, and took home $75 and a trophy for his trouble. Glutck won a cue and a case for his second- place finish. In the B division final, Dan Rosengren won §50 and a. trophy from Ron Swanson by beating him 132-104 In their two-game total-point mateh. Swanson also won a cue and _ case for second place. Larry Olson won a 144-62 C division final against Graham Scott, who aiso took home a cue and case for his second place finish. Olson won $25 and a trophy in the match, Arlene Christie of the Terrace Trailblazers wins a jump against Carol Angus in their semi-final game Saturday night. | Kitamaat wins title in Trailblazer tournament The Kermode Friendship Sociely Trailblazers hosted their firat ladies’ basketball tournament on the weekend, with six teams taking part and the Kitamaat Village Senior team winning the final in double-overtime. Teams from Alyansh, Greenville ‘and Hazelton joined the Kitamaat ‘Senior ‘and Junior teams in the Trailblazer's tournament. Greenville placed third in the tournament, whipping the host Trailblazers by forty-eight points in the consolation final, and: the Kitamaat Seniors took two overtime periods to beat Hazelton 64-63 in the final. Hazelton began ‘the final by leading the entire first half, only to lose their lead with three seconds left in the half, giving up two foul shots and letting Kitamaat take the lead 31-29, Xitamaat pulled out to an eleven-point third quarter . lead, with tournament MVP Audrey Holton leading the Senior’s attack. Kitamaat couldn't hold on to their lead over the course of the half, though, and ended up swapping foul shots at the énd of the fourth quarter and having their one-point lead disappear into a 57-57 te, Kitamaat took a three- point lead half-way through the first overtime but Theresa Jack’s foul-shot with nine seconds left on the clock tied the game again. Hazelton enjoyed a 63-62 lead with 50 seconds left to play, but their defense collapsed and Pauline Stewart got the winning basket with four seconds left on a lay-up. Hazelton was voted the tournament’s most sport- sman-like team. Caro] Angus was voted the tournament’s most inspirational player, and Kitamaat Senior's Bolton was voted most valuable player. All-stars were Carol Warburton from Aiyansh, the Traiiblazer’s Arlene Christie, Greenville’s Angus, Sandy Woods from Hazelton, and Bolton and Jackie Greene from the Kitamaat Seniors. Twin River reps 10-1 Terrace’s Twin River Timber Peewees have now- gone ten games without a loss in the Minor Hockey Inter-city Rep Team League, after beating Prince _ Rupert's Peewee's 7-3 and 5- 2 over the weekend. Friday night Cliff Furn- seth and Albert Watmough got two each and Scott Fairless, Dean Kraeling and Mario Desjardins each got one for the Peewees. Saturday Trevor Hendry got two for Twin River with Ron Dahl, Gerry Lambert and Bowling News from the Terrace Bowling Lanes this week sees Monday Night Mixed © League led by Co-op In- surance with 51 points, followed by the Comets with 42 and Gillis Contracting with 36, . Co-op Insurance also walked off with last week's team highs with a 1057 single and a 2993 triple, Men's highs went to Dale Lufkin who had 4303 single and finished with & 675 total. Joyce Ray took the ladies highs with a 266 single and finished with a 682 triple. League high averages are a 199 held by D. Kemp for the men and a 207 by Darleen Frank for the ladies. Tuesday Coffee has the Goofers leading with a total of 48 points, followed by the Head Pins with 47 and the Silly Larks with 41. Head Pins rolled a 1054 single and finished with a 2783 total to take the team highs. Ladies high single went to Donna McKay with a 283, while Diane Francis took high triple with a 649 total: High average for the league is a 204, held by Lorna Sperman. Team highs in the Wed- -neaday Matinee League were a 908 single by the Cob Webs and a 2490 triple by the Kings Kids. Lois Long walked off with ladies’ highs With 4 233 single and a 599 triple. High average is a 198 held by Pat Seichuk. League leaders are the Scott Fairless each got a All Seasons Midgets from Terrace split their games with Rupert's midgets, losing 6-4 Friday but mur- dering Rupert 18-4 Saturday, Terrace got goals from Dan Fagan, Bruno Hidber, Rob Collins and Larry ‘Swanson Friday night, but Saturday Swanson got 9 goals and five assists ta lead All Seasons past their op- position. Hidber got six goals, John Amos got two and Emil Gagnon scored a single, results Early Risers with 59 points, followed by Smiles and Chuckles with 52 and the Coffee Wippers with 47, Thursday Mixed sees Mickey Johnson leading with 57 points, followed by the Question Marks and the Lumber Kings, both with 53 points. Men's highs went to Len Guignard with a 258 single and 726 triple total. Ladies’ high single was a 299 by Anne Mayer, and Joan Ziraldo took high triple with a 690. - Team high single went to the Mickey Johnson team with a 1065, while Tillicum Theatre had high triple with a 3018. Christine Coombs holds ladies’ high triple with a 219, while Dell Bjornson holds a 229 for the mens high, Friday Mixed has As It falls leading with 53 points, followed by Funny Five with 80 and Pot Luck with 49, Team highs for the week were an 1117 singie and a 4096 triple, rolled by Over- waitea. Ron Lorette roiled a 292 for men’s high single, with Gerry Ray taking high triple with a 738. Ladies’ highs were @ 274 single by Marg Mumford and a 691 triple by Sperman, Sperman also holds ladies’ high average with a 24. Men’s high average is @ 255 held by Doug Mumford, e Saturday Kitimat’s pups tied 6-6 with the Rupert pups in Rupert, and Sunday Rupert’s pups beat their visilors 5-4, In league Bantam action, Kitimat and Rupert Ban: tams split two games, Kitimat winning 5-4 Saturday and Rupert win- ning 1-5 sunday. In exhibition Bantam action Sunday, the Terrace Inland Kenworth team beat the Smithers bantams 5-2. Next week's league action sees the Terrace Peewees and Midgets in Kitimat to meet their Peewees and Midgets, and the Prince Rupert Pups and Bantams are in Terrace to meet the Terrace Pups and Bantams, Curling berths decided Kitimat curlers won two of the four Northern Winter Games playoffs which took place at the Kitimat Curling Club Saturday. The Don Friesen rink from Kitimat won the senior boys' round-robin final, with three wins and no losses. Chris Clitford’s four-some won two and lost one placing second, Rob Collins’ rink won one and lost twa to take third and Dave Farkvam’s quartet went winless. The Laurie Barry rink from Terrace won the best- of-three senior girle’ final two games to one from the Dale Louder team from Kitimat, and Josie Mueller from Kitimat beat Kathy Epp from Terrace in two straight games to take the junior girls’ final, The Junior Boys’ final finished ina three way tie, so there will be another playolf for that title in Terrace, likely on Tuesday. John Evans from Terrace, and Andrew Sitnpson = and Randall Burke-Smith from Kitimat will participate tn the playoff.