Local amateur boxing champ Joey Losier has been awarded
the 1991-92 B.C. Athletic Award, and a cheque for $1,250 that
goes with it from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Sports and
Recreation. This award was determined by the B.C. Amateur
Boxing Association in recognition of Joey’s outstanding
achievements in boxing in the prior year, including the most
consecutive wins and a Silver at the Nationals in 1991.

This year, Joey Losier and Terrace’s Darren Bell are two of
eight British Columbia athletes already on the team for the
Nationals to be held in Halifax. Joey’s cheque was presented by
Skeena MLA Helmut Giesbrecht Tuesday, with Joey’s coach, Jeff

Dilley, present.

BASKETBALL
SEASON ENDS
WELL FOR
JUNIOR TEAMS

Northwest zone Grade 8 boys’
and girls’ high school basketball
seasons wound up Saturday with
playoffs for both held at Terrace.

The Skeena boys put together
four straight wins to capture their
section at their own school. The
girls finished up in the bronze
medal spot.

The boys started off with a
51-36 win against Nisga’a, then
knocked off Prince Rupert Booth
50-41. In the semi-final they dis-

posed of Kitimat 53-38.

The championship game put
them up against Rupert’s Senior
Secondary, and they posted a
68-46 win for the title.

Skeena girls began with a
one-point 23-22 victory over
Nisga’a. In game two, Skeena
dropped a 42-35 contest to Rupert
Booth — the eventual winners.

This forced Skeena into a ’B’
side match against Nisga’a once
more, and they won 28-21. Next
up was Kitimat, and Skeena took
a two-point 32-30 loss and wound
up third.

Both Skeena teams had some-
thing else to shout about: both
boys and girls were named most
sportsmanlike teams in their sections.

LOCAL PROS
HANG ON IN
BIG LEAGUES

The scene concerning pro
hockey players from our area has
shuffled somewhat according to the
most recent statistics.

Dale Kushner, after another
fling in the AHL (this time with
Hershey Bears), is back in the big
league with Philadelphia Flyers.

The aggressive Kushner has
three goals in seven games and only
seven minutes in penalties. At Her-
shey, Kush played 44 games. He

chad only seven goals and five

assists (plus 96 minutes in the
penalty box). But he’s not noted as
a high scorer.

Defenceman-winger Rudy
Poeschuk continues work in he
AHL with Moncton, although he did
get an unproductive four-game stint
with Winnipeg Jets.

At Moncton, Poeschuk has
played 47 games, has four goals and
12 assists, and 126 penalty min-
utes.

With the sale of Steve Weeks,
Kitimat’s Mark Fitzpatrick con-
tinues to show well in net with New
York Islanders. Apparently one of
three goalies had to go and Weeks
was labelled.

Fitz has played 649 minutes
and given up 39 goals. His goals-
against is a little high right now
(3.61), but. he has a four-win, six--
loss, one-tie mark which improves
as the season progresses.

What can we say about Jeff
Sharples?

Well, he went for a 10-game
tryout with the AHLs Capital Dis-
trict and performed well enough to
have his contract extended beyond
20 games. |

He was also dickering with an
NHL team and had hoped to return
to the major league from the AHL
by March.

His stats for C.D. as of late
February showed 22 games played,
with two goals and eight assists,
plus 16 minutes in the penalty
box.

Terrace Review — February 28, 1992