THE CITIZEN, Prince George — Saturday, February 15,1986 — 15 JUNIOR CURLING iiniiiisfii FOR MULOCK AT B.C. FINAL Tami Mulock lost both her Friday games 6-5 at the B.C. junior women’s curling championship, but the only similarity was the final score. Mulock, who won both her games Thursday, battled back Friday morning from a three-point deficit to fall one short against Melissa Solico of Trail. In the afternoon draw, the Prince George rink led 5-1, but Leanne Matkovich of North Vancouver earned a double in the seventh end, then stole single points in the eighth, ninth and 10th. Entering today’s play, Colleen Hannah of Haney led at 4-0, with Solico and Heather Thompson of Tswwassen at 3-1. Mulock, Matkovich, Jodie Sutton of Oliver and Christine Ho of Prince Rupert were each 2-2. At 9:30 this morning, Mulock played Kim Stewart of Fort St. John, followed by a 2 p.m. encounter with Tracy Fryer of Victoria. The Prince George foursome meets Thompson tonight at 7:30. Sunday, Mulock challenges Hannah at 9:30 a.m. and completes her portion of the 10-team round-robin at the Vancouver Curling Club with a game against Ho at 1:30 p.m. The B.C. winner goes to the national championship March 15 to 21 in Noranda, Que. Quebec skip leads rink into playoff KAMLOOPS, B.C. (CP) - Jean St. Pierre of Buckingham, Que. survived three tie-breaking draws to win the third and final playoff spot from Glenn Goss of Newfoundland 6-3 at the Canadian mixed curling finals Friday night. Playing his fourth game of the day, St. Pierre faced Goss’s team that had won six of their last seven games and beaten Don Lowdon of Nova Scotia in an earlier elimination match. St. Pierre eliminated Hal Tanasichuk of Manitoba and Wayne Statton of B.C. to advance to the third elimination round needed to break a six-way tie for third place. Quebec successfully blanked Newfoundland on the first three ends, peeling off attempted guards with regularity. Key misses by Newfoundland in the fourth end, gave St. Pierre a chance to draw to the four foot for three. Goss gave up last rock with a nose hit in the fifth end and St. Pierre felt that may have set the tone for the rest of the game. “We felt if we could have last rock in the sixth end, and be up by one, we could control things. We are a good hitting team and could wait for a chance to get two,” St. Pierre said. Trailing by two in the final end without last rock, Newfoundland was still able to put a scare into Quebec. “They had two rocks partially covered and I couldn’t throw a takeout weight so I had to draw into them,” the winning skip said. He successfully drew to the button for the 6-3 win. St. Pierre played four games Friday and now faces Dave Van Dine of Southern Ontario in the semi-final at 8:30 a.m. PST. He admitted the schedule may hurt them, “We will be tired but getting into the playoffs will give us a big boost.” The winner will face Randy Fer-bey of Alberta at 1 p.m. In the other elimination round, Quebec took an early lead to coast to a 7-4 victory over Statton’s rink from Chilliwack, B.C., while Goss stole two in the 10th end to break a 4-4 tie with Lowdon’s Halifax rink and win 6-4. In the first elimination round, Lowdon downed Al Deimage’s Whitehorse rink 7-6, while St. Pierre beat Tanasichuk 10-9. The final is on at 1 p.m. on The Sports Network (cable 16). Son attempting to follow mother RED DEER, Alta. (CP) - Trenton McQuarrie is trying to follow in his mother’s footsteps and win a Canadian curling title. McQuarrie, from Lethbridge, Alta., is among the rinks that begin play Sunday in the Pepsi Canadian junior men’s curling championship. Rinks representing the 10 provinces, Northern Ontario and the Ter-ritories-Yukon are entered the 11-draw, round-robin competition. Playoffs and any tie-breakers will be held Friday, with the semifinal Saturday and the final Sunday. Edmonton’s Kevin Martin, last year’s champion, will not be back, having lost in Alberta finals to McQuarrie, 17, the son of former Canadian women’s champion Myr-na McQuarrie. Don Stevens tucks en route to his first national ski championship. TITLE TO STEVENS 'Flu no problem ROSSLAND, B.C. (CP) - Don Stevens went from the bathroom to the penthouse Friday as he won his first Canadian men’s downhill ski championship. The stubble-faced 22-year-old from this ski-mad Kootenay community shook off the effects of a stomach ‘flu to win on the Granite Mountain course he often skied as a youngster. He spent a fitful night, including an hour beside the toilet, but it didn’t show. He flashed down the tough, 48-gate course in one minute, 56.66 seconds, to edge Rob Boyd of Whistler, B.C., by two one-hundredths of a second. “I thought I was going to be in bed all day today,” sard Stevens before slipping off the hill and back to bed in his parents’ home. “But I got up at 9:30 and 1 wasn’t feeling too bad. I skipped inspection so I could save my energy for one run. I didn’t expect too much, so all the pressure was off me and it went well.” It was a nail-biter though as the top four all finished within 12 one-hundredths of a second of each other. Felix Belczyk of Castlegar, B.C., was third in 1:56.77 and national team veteran Todd Brooker of Paris, Ont., still looking for his first national title after nine tries, was fourth in 1:56.78. Belczyk, coming off four consecutive top-25 World Cup results, said a “silly” lapse in concentration probably cost him the race on the icy fast course. Brooker, racing for the first time since stretching knee ligaments in January, said he still doesn’t have full mobility. But the big redhead has regained his competitive, almost cocky, spirit as he heads into the final four downhills of the World Cup season. “I’m pleased with the race,” he said. “I got out of it exactly what I was looking for - the mileage on a good, hard course and some confidence.” It was announced earlier that financial problems would result in only Brooker and Belczyk going to the double downhill in Are, Sweden. But after Friday’s race, head coach Glen Wurtele said that Boyd, who turns 20 today, and 19-year-old Brian Stemmele of Aurora, Ont., who had a Europa Cup (level B) victory in Europe this winter, would join the veterans. Wurtele said Stevens, who has struggled in his second year on the World Cup circuit, needs to rest and can use the time to prepare for the season-dosing downhills in Aspen. Colo., and Whistler in March. The Export A national championships resume here Sunday with a super giant slalom. Sponagle gaining for new opponent Prince George boxer George Sponagle ate a hearty dinner of lasag-na and pizza Friday night in Montreal. Sponagle, who earlier in the day had an llth-hour opponent switch, fights today at the sold-out Paul Sauve Arena on the undercard of the Matthew Hilton-Wilfredo Benitez main event. The 18-year-old Sponagle, seeking to improve his pro record to 7-0, was on target to weigh the welterweight limit of 147 pounds against Pietro Napolitano of Montreal, 6-1 as a pro. But Sponagle. the country’s seventh-ranked welterweight in Canadian Professional Boxing Federation rankings released Friday, learned Napolitano had dropped out and been replaced by Jacques Deblois of nearby La Salle. Deblois, the CPBF’s seventhrated welterweight challenger in November when George was No. 10, now is in the middleweight range at 156 pounds, Sponagle’s father and manager Wayne revealed Friday night from Montreal. Although Deblois subsequently lost to Marlon Wright of Montreal and was dropped from the CPBF rankings, Wayne admitted he’s “a little worried about this fight because of the weight. “I’m trying to get him (George) up to 150 or even 152. I didn’t want him coming in at 146 or 147." Sponagle agreed the last-minute increase in weight “might make him a little slower,” but he didn’t want to back out. “George has been training in Montreal for five weeks. It’s a really good chance for the kid. “We’re here and we’ve gotta fight.” The elder Sponagle wasn’t impressed by Napolitano’s withdrawal. nor with his excuse of having a cold. “The guy just wouldn’t fight George,” continued Sponagle, who said he discovered Napolitano had heard how hard George has been punching in training. “The word got around somehow,” said Sponagle, who claimed, “back here in Montreal they think George is one of the best bangers (hard punchers) they’ve seen.” Meanwhile, fellow Prince George fighter Laurie Mann retained his No. 4 CPBF welterweight rating. Mann earned a 10-round unanimous decision over Californian Dennis Mulholland last Sunday in Reno, Nev. Former Prince George resident Marty Burton of La Salle is the fourth-ranked featherweight and Gord Hanna of Fort St. John, who’s fought several times in Prince George, is still No. 4 among lightweights. The Benitez-Hilton bout is on this afternoon at 1:30 on KIRO (cable 7). Livingstone Bramble fights Tyrone Crawley for the WBA lightweight title at noon Sunday on KIRO. Mike Tyson fights Jesse Ferguson in a heavyweight bout at 2:30 Sunday on KOMO (cable 8). Mike Weaver meets Carl (The Truth) Williams at 3:30 Sunday on KOMO. Bird Mounting The most advanced course we have offered, allowing you to mount one standing bird and one flying bird during the weekend. Students must bring two upland game birds (not migratory birds) and the following tools: sharp knife, hammer, wire cutters, needle, thread, and if possible a portable vise. U) DATES: Feb. 22 & 23/86 TIME: Saturdays & Sundays, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. FEE: $120.00 (plus $16 for supplies * bring to class) COLLEGE OF NEW CALEDONIA 1TX 22^ too*?* 1C V2N in I PVr* 2131 I Spruce King victory ends Mustang string The hottest team in the Peace Cariboo Junior Hockey League lost to the league’s best team Friday night. The Prince George Spruce Kings, who clinched first place Jan. 31, improved their record to 37-6 with a 6-3 win in Williams Lake. It snapped an eight-game unbeaten streak for the Mustangs, who toppled Prince George 5-4 Feb. 2 in Williams Lake the last time the teams met. In Fort St. John, the Huskies downed the visiting Grande Prairie North Stars 6-5 in overtime. Third-place Fort St. John (24-19) is seven points behind the 27-17-1 Mustangs and four up on the fourth-place North Stars (22-23). “It started off pretty slow,” said assistant coach Jim Dodds, who was behind the Prince George bench while head coach Len McNamara was away on business. “We started to pick it up in the second period, then just took over in the third,” elaborated Dodds, who admitted Prince George was outshot 39-33. Victor Gervais led the Kings with two goals and three assists, while Lyle Rose scored two of Prince George’s four power-play goals. Gervais, who has 30 goals and 60 assists, vaulted past teammate Mike Van Sickle into second place in team scoring. League-leading scorer Randy Zu-linick assisted twice to raise his points total to 105, although he remains one goal short of tying the PCJHL single-season goal-scoring record of 55. Prince George, which trailed 1-0 after the first period and led 2-1 af- Goal drought grows by Canadian Press Wayne Gretzky hasn’t scored many goals lately but his playmak-ing abilities remain unparalleled. Gretzky failed to score for the ninth straight National Hockey League game Friday night but he earned seven assists for the third time in his career in the Edmonton Oilers’ 8-2 victory over the Quebec Nordiques. Gretzky shares the single-game assists record with Billy Taylor of the 1947 Detroit Red Wings. Elsewhere, it was: the Winnipeg Jets 5 Hartford Whalers 4; Calgary Flames 3 Buffalo Sabres 3; and New York Rangers 7 Detroit Red Wings 5. In Edmonton, defenceman Kevin Lowe scored his first goal in more than a year, ending a 107-game scoreless drought. His previous goal was on Jan. 21,1985. Paul Coffey, with two short-handed goals to increase his season’s total to 30 goals, Jari Kurri with his 43rd, Ken Solheim, Mark Napier, Craig MacTavish and Dave Se-menko scored the other Edmonton goals. Peewee Kings in semi-finals The undefeated 5 Seasons Sports Peewee Kings won their third game Friday afternoon to reach the semi-finals at the Vernon Winter Carnival minor hockey tournament. The Peewee Kings bombed Penticton 8-1 after edging the River East Royals of Winnipeg 5-4 Thursday and outscoring Victoria Racquet Club 15-7 Friday morning. After topping their four-team round-robin division, 5 Seasons plays Cowichan of Duncan at 3 this afternoon. A win means a berth in the final at 6 p.m. Sunday, while a loss will put 5 Seasons into the B final Sunday at 3. “All three lines are scoring goals,” manager Don Witala said Friday night to explain 5 Seasons’ success. The Peewee Kings have a bye into next weekend’s Cariboo Minor Hockey League final. The Viking Construction Peewee Spruce Kings are playing host Quesnel and Williams Lake this weekend for the right to meet 5 Seasons. The Pacific Valve Midget Kings and Firefighter Midget Spruce Kings entertain Quesnel and Williams Lake at the Kin Centre in the first round of the CMHL midget playoffs. In the bantam division, the Farr Fabricating Bantam Kings and Chieftain Autopar Bantam Spruce Kings are in Williams Lake to play the hosts and Quesnel. The top two midget and bantam teams this weekend advance to CMHL finals next weekend. Quebec’s goals were scored by Mark Kumpel and Alain Cote. Jets 5 Whalers 4 In Winnipeg, Paul MacLean, playing with strained stomach muscles, scored twice, including the winner with 28 second remaining. Also scoring for Winnipeg were Doug SmaiH Mario Marois and Bill Derlago. Stewart Gavin, with two goals, Torrie Robertson and Sylvain Tur-geon replied for Hartford. Flames 3 Sabres 3 In Calgary, Joel Otto’s goal at 15:47 of the third period earned the Flames a point and spoiled a 45-save performance by Buffalo goal-tender Jacques Cloutier. Jamie Macoun and Hakan Loob also scored for the Flames. Bill Hajt, Paul Cyr and Gilbert Perreault had Buffalo’s goals. Rangers 7 Wings 5 Pierre Larouche, Tomas Sandstrom and Don Maloney each scored two goals for visiting New York. James Patrick had the other Ranger goal. Joey Kocur, with two, Dwight Foster, Gerard Gallant and Reed Larson scored for Detroit. The Philadelphia Flyers visit the Montreal Canadiens at 5 p.m. today on CKPG (channel 2, cable 3) and CBC French (channel 4, cable 5). The Vancouver Canucks visit the Toronto Maple Leafs at 4 p.m. Sunday on CJCI (Radio 620). ^S&GEonoeT^. 1986 MARDI GRAS LOT TOY R. ERICKSON Paxton Place Thc Citizen Mainlines Anchor Industries 681 2nd Ave. Prince George, B.C. 563-3656 Sons of Norway Ski Club 13TH ANNUAL BIRCHLEG SKI TOUR SUNDAY, Feb. 23,1986 TABOR MTN. SKI RESORT Registration 9 a.m. Sharp Open to all skiers 10 years and older ADULTS $6 STUDENTS-CHILDREN $2 Please Leave Your Dogs at Home! SHRINERS/CKPG-TV TELETHON THANK YOU The Shriners/CKPG-TV Telethon organizers and participants would like to thank everyone who donated time or money to the 1986 Telethon. Your funds will go towards construction of a Therapy Pool at the Prince George Regional Hospital. All donations received will be eligible for 2 draws of 2 tickets, Prince George - Toronto return compliments of the Telethons "Official Carrier" Pacific Western Airlines. Draw to be held Feb. 20. 1986. 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