Sports Editor: Glenn Werkman 656-1151 Panthers ready for Islands Sandown patron wins Pic 6 prize A regular patron of Sandown Harness Raceway made a lot of Cloverdale harness racing fans jealous Sunday when her $8 Pic 6 ticket paid over $20,000. All the horses Claire Ander- son picked during live inter- track wagering from Cloverdale Raceway at Sandown came in for a pay out of $20,899.55. Over 700 people crowded into Sandown for the intertrack feature. Basil Parker run. Saturday in C.S. Central Saanich residents can, Se€ cross country runners go up and doewn hills, through pud- dles and across ditches Satur- day in the 23rd running of the annual Basil Parker Cross Country race. It starts at 10 a.m. at Stelly’s School on Stellys Crossroad in Central Saanich and covers dis- tances from three fo 10 kilo- meters across private property. Organized by the Peninsula Track and Field Club this year, the Basil Parker features a record of 22 age categories for men, women and children. There is a $4 registration fee per runner and awards will be presented to the top six fin- ishers in each category. Runners will register just prior to the race. Slowpitch rolling Monday is the first meeting of the Sidney Mixed Slowpitch League, organizers are remind- ing players and coaches. The league is looking for- ward fo a new season with as many as 24 teams, up from 18 teams registered in two divi- sions last year. The first tournament of the year is scheduled for the April 21-22 weekend. The meeting is scheduled to Start at 7:30 p.m. in Club Images. Final registration for Babe Ruth ball Final registration for Babe Ruth baseball players is Satur- day and Sunday at Centennial Park in Central Saanich. A special emphasis is being put on a new 16-year-old divi- sion, offered for the first time on the Peninsula, spokesman Gordie Tupper said. Shane Ruman put on a shooting clinic against the Belmont Braves as the Parkland Panthers guaran- teed themselves a berth in the Island tournament, Feb. 20. “He was great that night, he didn’t miss a shot,” coach Joe Milligan said. Ruman scored 31 points as the Panthers dropped Belmont 91-83, despite a rally of three-pointers by Belmont in the dying minutes. ~ We played on top ef our form the whole way,” Milligan said. The win set the stage for a battle with Spectrum for second and third place in league Standings, during the last league game of the year. : It was a close game until a Spectrum shooter got loose in the fourth quarter. Down 35-31 at the end of the first half, the Panthers brought the score to within one point with seven minutes left in the game. After Panther guard Dave Milli- gan was pulled for a rest, the man he was covering, point guard Wayne Moore, got loose and gol hot, scoring 14 points and bringing the score from 52-51 to 64-53 in minutes. “One little spurt and that was the difference,” Milligan said. “Instead of being a one-pointer we were down by 10.” The game ended with a 78-63 loss with Daryl Lawes earning Panthers’ top scorer with 16 points and Mark Bunting getting 14. The loss left Parkland with third place and a 6-4 record, behind first place Oak Bay but ahead of Bel- mont, Mt. Doug and winless Esquimalt. Tomorrow the Panthers start the Islands in Courtenay against Port Alberni. A win would match the team against the winner of Oak Bay-Nanaimo, likely Oak Bay. “We've got to win the first two to get into-the final,” Milligan said. There’s only two berths to the provincials, in Vancouver’s Agro- dome March 14-17. Or else there’s a long haul — where the Island’s third place team plays off against third place teams from Fraser Valley, Van- couver and North Shore for one berth, “but we don’t even want to think about that.” To get ready the Panthers played an exhibition match against a like- ly provincial finalist, Steveston, Saturday. The Panthers played well, com- ing from a nine-point deficit at the half to take a 69-66 loss. ~That’s a good score because in the playoffs we have to keep the other team in the 60s,” Milligan said. “It shows that we can certainly play with the better Vancouver schools.” Mahon scores record points TheReview Wednesday, February 21, 1990 — B4 Jenny Mahon led the Stelly’s senior girls’ basketball team with 39 points in the team’s final game of the Island Tournament last weekend in Qualicum Beach as the Stingers thumped Chemainus 62-35. Mahon was the tournament’s top scorer and would have set a record for free throw completions, had there been one, by scoring on 16 of 18 attempts. She scored an amazing 91 points in three games, coach Peter Mason said. Mahon was selected to the tour- nament’s first all star team and will play in the North-South All Star game and the Pepsi B.C. All Star game, Mason said. The team finished in seventh place of eight teams after losing its opening match to Port Hardy 63- 51, despite 31 points from Mahon, then dropping a 64-53 decision to Kwalikum, in which Mahon scored 21. “If we'd played a little better, like we can, we might have fin- ished as high as third or fourth,” Mason said. NICHOLAS W. LOTT R.G. WITT LAPPER D. MAYLAND MCKIMM 9830 FOURTH ST. SIDNEY, B.C. 656-3961 McKIMM & LOTT BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS & NOTARIES GEORGE F. Personal Injury / Real Estate Criminal Law / Wills & Estates Family Law / Commercial & Co. Law Municipal Law FIRST 1/2 HOUR CONSULTATION FREE McKIMM CHRISTOPHER S. LOTT TIMOTHY F. LOTT GRANT S. WARRINGTON 118 HANSON RD. GANGES, B.C. 537-9951 ~ We have to learn to be consis- tent when we get to Island tourna- ments.” This year the Stingers were mostly a young team, with Mahon the only senior moving on. She plans to go to UVic next year and may pursue basketball there, but is also involved in rowing, Mason said. WATCHING HIS SHOT is Panther Steve Lefebvre, as Shane Ruman looks on, against Belmont. Parkland cross couniry on track Parkland junior cross country teams are in fifth place of 17 teams after finishing in the top three, of three races this season. The bantam girls team is ranked second with top runners Sarah Thornber (second) and Caroline Moris (ninth). The junior girls is ranked third with top runners Kristi Gregory (second), Heidi Redding (fifth), Dana Keller (tenth) and Jenny Du Wolf (11th). The junior boys is ranked third overall with top runners David Lougheed (fifth) and Adam Parfitt & (tenth). ge Two races remain in the season, : one at Parkland, followed by finals at Brentwood College. comes first. Skills for livin Both the Victoria Real Estate Board and the Garth Homer C entre believe the community The Board supports the Centre where hundreds of disabled people are involved in vocational, recreational and integration programs which help them to become more self- sufficient. As shown in the photo, a centre member, Tracy, is learning to make fish and chip bags for a local restaurant with assistance from her supervisor, Theresa. It may only be fish and chip bags to you and me but to Tracy, it’s a job that needs doing. She can be proud and dignified in doing that job well and knowing that her contribution leads to a better community. The end result is that we all benefit. That’s why the Board and the Garth Homer Centre put the community first. 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