JF Ce nS B10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Bantam season ends early — THE BANTAM reps season ended sooner than hoped with two crushing defeats in the playoffs in Kitimat. They started the round robin with a solid 11-6 wallopping - of Bums [ Lake, before falling. to Smithers 4-1 and Kitimat " ing once then thrashing the squad twice. 8-6. a Smithers beat Kitimat 5-4 in the final. “Coach John Amos said his squad was disappointed, al- 7 though the losses weren’t unexpected: * Smithers finished higher in the standings and the team split its games’ with Kitimat all season. The team had faced Burns Lake three times this year, los- “Amos: credited Smithers with consistent play all season : while his team had its ups and downs. - Goaltending and defensive zone: coverage could've been | , better in the playoffs, he said. _» “No, they didn’t play as well as they could’ ve,” he said, - “Reid Turner played great the whole weekend, I thought. “And Chapen [Leblond] came to play, but it takes all 17 guys. You can’t rely on two or, three.” ‘The ‘Kitimat game, proved ‘‘weird” “with Terrace play- ing well then receiving undisciplined penalties and having . “to battle back, whereas Kitimat capitalized.on its 's chances, . Amos said. : "From Page B4 Ringette gold. “The squad started with a loss to Kelowna followed : | by a win over Coquitlam-Moody.. oo The Juniors beat Enderby to advance to the playoffs ‘against Kelowna, whom:they beat this time. ~~ _- | In the championship game, the squad played hard : but lost to Quesnel. . ‘Tournament coach ; Teresa Wraight credited. the 7 team for. its. ‘outstanding play, especially goalie Kara | ‘Jobb, who made “some amazing saves to. keep the team in all the games.” —_. - _: The Sweetheart Tourney welcomes 90 to 100 teams _ from bunnies up to the ladies open; the largest ringette ‘tournament in western Canada. 7 “North I island Capitals return - . to fight for Coy Cup . Royals in Port Hardy. Feb. 18 and 19. The best-of-three senior men’s playoff against Chilliwack — ended early, as Capitals dethroned the Royals 6-1 Friday and executed them 6-4 Saturday. Those victories send Capitals back to the Coy Cup pro- vincial final, in March in Kitimat, where they hope to wreak . a little revenge on Kitimat who spoiled their plans for a Coy Cap win in Port Hardy last year. - " “We are flying back to Terrace on Mar. 6 and the final will be on the 11th,” said Capitals manager Jim Henschke. “We will have one mission . *.. we already have a seat booked for it.” ay _ Sports Menu mt March 1 Skeena Valley Snowmobile Association holds its month- ly club meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Denny’s restaurant, For more - information, call Aina at 635-0064. I March 3 and 4 Terrace Youth Soccer registration, goes at 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m: ' Saturday at the arena ban- * quet room. Proof of age is required for all new players. Care . cards are not acceptible: A’ $25 uniform deposit per player ‘is due at time of registration. A separate cheque is required. Any uniforms not reutrned from last year must be returned .. to fly back with the Coy Cup NORTH: ISLAND | Capitals will. fulfill. their dream of -returning to the Coy Cup.after twice defeating: Chilliwack AIO LOCAL TEAMS grabbed two of three medals at the Grade 8 Girls Basketball Secondary Feb. 17, 18.. Nisga’a. ’ Prince Rupert Secondary | 63-43 to take the gold medal. «=. , To get to that game, "they destroyed Charles ~ Hays 64- 16 and Smith" ers 50- 38. ; The. Skeena Grade. 8. girls captured. the bronze’ Smithers after a 60-37 trouncing of Mount Eliz- ' abeth anda 44-42 loss to Houston 25-24 and lost to top-ranked Prince Rupert Elizabeth. . ‘T?'m : pleased with the perfor. ‘mance of our girls,” Says Haynes. _ , Skeena athletic direc- tor Audrey MacKay, said "ran smoothly.” ‘ In out-of-town basket- ‘Junior boys took second in Prince Rupert. The Ju- nior girls lost in the zone. round robin in Smithers. zones at Skeena Junior : * slammed | with a 37-32 defeat over. | Prince Rupert Second-.. Thornhill Junior beat | .Secondary’ and Mount . extremely - Thornhill coach Dighton the event “was busy. but. ball. action, the Skeena | ' in zones at Charles Hays ° -SKEENA’S CELINA GUERREIRO, _ Snatch the ball from a Mount Elizabeth player at the Grade 8 girls basketball zones Feb. 17 at Skeena. Skeena won 60-37 and went on to.win the bronze MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO medal. 0 - Grade 8 girls snare | two medals at zones. right, tries - to Evans takes ~ second curling | trophy win By MARGARET SPEIRS A LOCAL rink curled to: victory *in the 62nd annual Steelhead Bonspiel Smithers. a John Evans’, rink won the C Event trophy over the » Sandberg rink from Smith- ers. “It was good. We unfor- tunately got. knocked down to the C event in the second ‘game: against the A* event . champ,” Evans said. In that loss, Evans’ last rock, destined for the four in: foot, fell victim to a little eee es overzealousness and keener .. ice than expected and was © ‘swept through to’ the back | - eight’ letting Brad Leroux, ‘president of the Smithers’ curling ‘club, steal two for. — «the win. he ‘After that, Evans’ _Tink went undefeated. “We had, . good games. We felt, we were in control of every game,” he said. Evans now has his sights set on the Loggers Bonspiel here in mid- April. Knoedler | moves on up - ALLISON KNOEDLER sliced through the water to rise in’ the standings at the Western Canadian Champs: swim meet : in. Winnipeg Feb. 16 to 19. ‘Knoedler finished 18th in the 200- metre breaststroke, as move up from 25th coming into the event, 18th in the-400- - metre individual medley, up from 22nd, and camé 22nd in .* the 200-metre butterfly, up from. 23rd place. « ° Coach Mike Carlyle said: with 470 swimmers attend- ing the meet, Knoedler faced excellent competition against “some national team members competing in the’ last prepara- tion meet béfore the Commonwealth Games. This meet marks the end of the short course season. Swimmers now begin preparations for the long course . season at a swim meet and camp in Smithers this weekend. ’ The camp will feature guest’ swimmer and two- time ‘Olympian Morgan Knabe. ' L To place your. 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