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Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Terrace Standard
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From Left to right, that’s Jenna Hoornenborg, Emma Kenmuir, Olivia Resch, Bryn Giesbrecht, Michelle Roseboom, Quinn Beblow, Sara McLeod, Cassidy Pavao, Jessica Dahl. These nine girls will represent Terrace in ringette at the BC Winter Games later this month.
Ringette players take aim Half of the BC Winter Games northwest zone ringette team roster is made up of Terrace players, with nine teammates heading to Mission at the end of the month to compete with the best in the province. The other nine players are from Houston – and all 18 are used to sharing the ice in regular season play, either as competitors, or for some, as teammates on the northern AA team. The team has really come to-
gether, agree coaches Jacque Dahl and Mike Giesbrecht, and since the roster has been solidified since October, they’ve had plenty of time to get excited about the games. “The kids are all really easy going and they seem to really get along, and they’re all so excited about going to the winter games,” said Dahl, who competed at the winter games in ringette in ‘90 and ‘91. “I have lots of good memories of it,” she said.
Peewee Reps go six for six The Terrace Kermode Peewee Reps went undeafeated in Prince George’s Tier 2 tournament the first weekend in February, giving them a perfect regular season tournament record after winning all six tournaments they competed in. “It was a team effort for the weekend with some highlights,” said co-coach Kevin Marleau, of the tournament. That includes Cody Bailey scoring all four goals in the championship game against Grand Prairie Tier 2 and goalie Dalan Marleau earning the 4-0 shutout in the gold medal final – with a little help from Quinn Mulder who stopped one shot by diving behind his goalie to maintain the shutout. “Our defence has been outstanding this year,” said Marleau. A strong defence allowed the offence to perform over the weekend, with the team taking a 5-1 win over Grand Prairie Tier 3 in game one, a 6-2 win over Fort St. John Tier 2 in game two, a 7-3 win over Williams Lake – who have been tough competition all season –in Game three, and a semi-final 5-1 win over Prince George Tier 2 before the championship win over Grand Prairie Tier 2.
Now the northwest players are set to make their own memories, with it being the first games ever for all of the players, and for many their first big tournament experience. “For some of the girls that play AA they’re more used to it, but for the ones that haven’t yet, it’ll be really mindblowing how big the tournament is, how good the competition is. They’ve only seen the inter-league play, they haven’t seen how really good some ringette can be,” said Giesbrecht.
“It’s actually pretty exciting to just go down and watch some of the other teams too,” adds Dahl. “Some of the teams they’re picking their teams from pools of 120 players... It’s phenomenal play.” The team arrives in Mission on Feb. 19, practises the next day and then faces off against the Quesnel/ Prince George zone on Feb. 21 – a team they’ve played against and one of the teams they expect to be competitive with. “There are teams we’ll be com-
petitive with, which is nice,” said Dahl. “We have some really valuable players, both in offence and defence, we have two goalies, which is nice, who are both strong. And it’s nice to go down with a full roster,” she said, noting that two years ago the team she took down had a roster of nine. “We’ve got a really good mix of players, and we’ve got a couple of younger girls we’re taking along with us as well who will benefit from the experience,” she said. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
■■ Champs Caledonia’s Sr. Girls basketball team’s season is on the rise, with the team winning first place at the Valleyview Classic tournament in Kamloops two weekends ago. The team beat the hometeam, Valleyview, 66-43, Correlieu 87-18, and Prince George Secondary 65-47 for the top spot. Guard Annaig Benard was named MVP, and Khali Pelletier received tournament all star. Here’s the team after their win: Back row (left-right) Arnie Pelletier (coach), Kaisa Mikkola, Cassidy Kitchen, Khali Pelletier, Kavneet Tut, Carly Davies, Shelley Klassen (assistant coach). Front row: Anna Benard, Hannah Jay, Cassy Twiname, Anke deWit, Sarah Peden.