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Sports CALGARY HERALD Thursday. October 8, 1993 C9 HIGH SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Western Canada, Scarlett runners speed to triumphs NBA Rodman eyes new role Kroshus, Lee made marks in Montana, too The Canadian Press MONTREAL Dennis Rodman, the bad boy of basketball, said Wednesday he's seriously thinking about hanging up his jersey after this season and devoting himself to acting. "This isn't an option, this is a career now," Rodman said in an interview on the set of Special Ops Force, a TV series in which he plays a commando leader. "At 37, it's time for me to move on and get something else. I 'i.

Vf r. i TODD KIMBERLEY Calgary Herald A fast pace is their case. Emily Kroshus and Heather Lee were two of the more fleet-footed participants on Wednesday afternoon as the Calgary Senior High School Athletic Association staged the 1998-99 city cross-country ranning championships at North Capitol Hill Park. Kroshus, the 15-year-bld from Also See Western Canada, Results and "Lee, the 17- CIO year-old from Dr. E.P.

Scarlett, did pretty much what was expected of them during the city-wide meet that drew about 200 participants Kroshus won the junior girls' three-kilometre event, while Lee prevailed in the senior girls' four-km race. That wasn't exactly the situation about two weeks ago, when the pair of city "athletes members of the Cal-garySpartans track club shocked a field.of 450 female elite high school athletes from Washington, Montana, Utah' and Oregon at the Mountain West Classic in Missoula, Mont. Kroshus and Lee finished first and second, respectively, with Kroshus shattering the three-mile course record and Lee just missing the old mark. "There was a story in the (Missoula) paper about how two girls, the previous year's state champs from Washington and Montana, were going to duel it recalled Alex Ulaszonek, the Spartans head coach and the CSHSAA cross-country chair. "Emily and Heather went in there and just spanked 'em.

They ran really, really well." Kristen Heembrock of Bishop Carroll finished first in the intermediate girls' four-km event on Wednesday. Oni the boys' side, Ian Manyfingers of Bishop Carroll won the six-km senior race, Andrew Alley of Dr. E.P. Scarlett won gold in the five-km intermediate event, and Western Canada's Phil Chugg took top honours in the four-km junior race. Western Canada won the meet.

The top 12 finishers in each of the six categories 72 local runners in all Shannon Oatway, Calgary Herald Boys competing in the field of about 200 runners embark in a mass start during the Calgary Senior High Schools Athletic Association city final cross-country running championships at North Capitol Hill Park on Wednesday. it-- I I can't play basketball forever, so maybe after this year, I'm done with basketball. This will be my next career." He was more categoric when asked if he was serious about quitting after the next Dennis Rodman season. "Got to, man, got to. Basketball is not my only thing.

I got other things that I can do, other things that will provide me with entertainment and fun and excitement and thrills," he said. The flamboyant, multi-tattooed Texan who has earrings, a nose ring and a lip stud and sports various hair colours during the season didn't think becoming a movie action hero was a big stretch. "I've been an action hero for 12 years," he said, referring to his dozen years in the National Basketball Association. The six-foot-eight forward has been named the NBA defensive player of the year twice and has five NBA championship rings two with the Detroit Pistons and three with the Chicago Bulls. He has led the league in rebounding for seven consecutive years.

CURLING Rankin rink ready to rock Calgary Herald Calgary sharpshooter Heather Rankin headlines a knock-out lineup of curlers this weekend in the annual Husky Oil Autumn Gold Classic at the Calgary Curling Club. Rankin, the '97 Autumn Gold champ, will have her work cut out in defending against the likes of Calgary's Shannon Kleibrink, also a former Autumn Gold champ, reigning Alberta and Canadian champion Cathy Borst of Edmonton, two-time world champion Marilyn Bodogh of Ontario, reigning Saskatchewan champion Cathy Trowell and Scotland's Kirsty Hay, who finished fourth in the '98 Olympics. Rankin opens Friday in the 3:30 p.m. draw against Sue Garvey of Kamloops. The same draw of the 32-rink shootout features a clash of Borst and Bodogh.

The 11:30 a.m. opening draw features another Calgary hotshot, Cheryl Kull-man, against Cindy Serna of Fort Saskatchewan. The $33,000 event, which runs through to Monday afternoon, pays $9,000 to the winning rink. Tickets are available at the door for $5 a day or $10 for the weekend. 7t has been running for six years.

While the shorter distances of 800 and 1,500 metres are her forte, Lee finds longer jogs a mind-clearing experience. "At the beginning it just came naturally to me," she said. "Going for distance runs is really nice. I'll go for a run and just contemplate." Carroll's champ Manyfingers, who joined the Spartans 18 months ago, believes his optimal distances are the 3,000 or 5,000 metres, but knows one thing for sure it always feels good when he stops. As expected, the 17-year-old Manyfingers, was the runaway winner in the senior boys' race.

"It's the feeling you get after running real hard. I just love it," said Manyfingers, who is hoping for an athletic scholarship to Eastern Washington University. I've enjoyed running ever since I was a little kid. It's my passion to run." advance to the provincial championships at Athabasca on Oct. 17.

Wednesday's finishing times were not recorded. Family matter Kroshus, a Grade 11 student at Western, likes the sport's individualistic mentality although there is a familial aspect to her track pursuits. "Team's fine," said Kroshus, also a volleyball and basketball player at Western, "but individual is best, because it's your fault or your success. You don't need to rely on anyone else." Claire Morgan, Kroshus's mother, is a former member of the Canadian track team and still holds the national record for 15-year-old girls. "I know Emily would like to break her mom's record," said Ulaszonek.

"She's come within six seconds." Pause for thought Lee, a Grade 12 student at Scarlett, NOTEBOOK years yet," he said, noting the majority of players are Grade 10 students. The Saints, and most of the high school girls' teams, have a number of city league players and relative beginners in the sport. "It's a matter of gelling as a team. We've had a rash of injuries and had to change some positions, so the girls have been a little confused, but we can get on top of that," said Altrogge. "They're an easy team to coach." Trojans primed Mike Craig, coach of the William Saints set to take best kick at Ian Manyfingers of Bishop Carroll rambles to victory on Wednesday.

success Cards come together The Bishop Carroll Cardinals girls' soccer team works well together, as their record attests. The Cardinals, 5-1-0, are in first place, but coach Ed Wozniak says, "It's anybody's game." Wozniak's young team has club players and those who haven't played for a few years, but on the field the team comes together. "We get better each time out," said the coach. The team's strength, says Wozniak, is its ball handling. "It's a real passing game and when that's working, that can really shred through the other team's defence." Aberhart Trojans, says the first high school season provided some of the best girls' soccer in Calgary.

"We (coaches) were surprised at how competitive the league has been. Each game turns out to be challenging," said Craig. "All the coaches are so impressed." The Trojans sit with a 3-2-1 record and, with playoffs set for next Tuesday, the team is taking it one game at a time. "I don't think anyone will be able to predict who'll move on (to the final)," said Craig. The coach credits the Trojans' success to leadership of veterans such as sweeper Jen Trew and striker Julia Mathison.

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