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Sports CALGARY HERALD Monday. October 23, 2000 D3 CURLING CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE Als rough up Riders to clinch East title B.C. team bound for Olympic trials The winner of today's final earns Gretzinger beats Middaugh in Kelowna final I 'J ii .1 ALLEN CAMERON Calgary Herald Home-ice advantage translated into a berth in the 2001 Olympic curling trials in Regina for Kelowna's Bert Gretzinger. The bearded B.C veteran qualified for the trials Sunday winning the Kelowna Triple CashspieL defeating Wayne Middaugh of Victoria Harbour, Ont, 7-3 in the championship game. Actually, Gretzinger qualified just by reaching the final of the 56-team event because Middaugh had already clinched a berth in the trials by virtue of his win at the SGI Canada Charity Classic earlier this month in Regina.

Gretzinger, 49, third Bob UrseL second Mark Whittle and lead Dave Mellof, will join nine other teams at the trials, chasing a berth in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Middaugh, PHI 1 1999 Brier winner Jeff Stoughton of Winnipeg and current Brier champ Greg McAulay of Richmond, B.C, also have berths, with six more teams yet to be determined. The next qualifying event is the Welton- "1. $10,000, with $6,000 going to the runner-up. In Brandon, Mao, Allan Lyburn of the host city won the Guild Insurance Brokers Classic, defeating Winnipeg's Chad McMullan 6-4 in Sunday's finaL Lyburn earned $7,000 for the victory, while McMullan pocketed $3,500.

In Berne, Switzerland, McAulay, the current world champion, won the Bund Trophy 'spiel with an 8-3 win over Bernhard Werthemann of Basel, Switzerland to collect the top prize of $9,300 Cdn. Werthemann WCT-Eu-rope's money leader this season earned nearly $6,000 Cdn from the 32-team event Edmonton's David Nedo-hin did not reach the playoffs. TTT Four-time world champion Elisabet Gustafson of Sweden won the world's richest women's bonspiel Sunday in Winnipeg, beating current world champ Kelley Law of Richmond, B.C, 8-2 in the final of the JVC Women's Classic The victory was worth a total of $30,000 $14,000 in cash, $16,000 in prizes to the Gustafson team, which includes third Katarina Nyberg, second Louise Marmont and lead Elisabeth Persson. Renelle Bryden of Calgary earned a berth into the JVC Women's Skins Game in Regina by finishing third. The berth was supposed to go to the 'spiel winner, but Gustafson won't be able to attend, and Law has already qualified.

Bryden clinched the trip to Regina by beating Kelly Scott of Kelowna, B.C, 9-5 in the battle of semi-final losers. Both teams earned $12,500 ($7,900 cash, $4,600 in prizes). Sheila Heath of Calgary also qualified for the 13-team playoff round, bowing 9-8 to Scott in the quarter-final Heath and ca earned $3,800 ($2,280 cash, $1,520 prizes). Calgary teams skipped by Heather Fowlie, Glenys Bakker, Cheryl Bernard and Bronwen Saunders missed the playoffs, as did Calgary skip Shannon Kleib-rink and her Regina-based teammates, who lost in a event qualifier Saturday. In Medicine Hat, Calgary's Sandy Turner lost 8-7 to Jennifer Loudon of the host club in the final of the Hat Super 8 Motel Charity Classic's 16-team women's division.

Loudon earned the top prize if $2,500, while the Turner foursome settled for $1,500. Amy Nixon of Calgary was a playoff semi-final loser to Loudon to earn $1,000, while Calgary's Donna Phillips bowed out in the first round of the six-team playoff, also losing to Loudoa Phillips pocketed $800. In Kelowna, the women's division of the Triple Cashsoiel wraps up today, with Sherry Union and Kristy Lewis of Regina, Sherry Heath of Vernon, B.CH and Maria Mallett of Richmond, B.C having qualified for the playoffs. The 'C event qualifiers were being decided late Sunday, with Calgary's Diane Foster still in contentioa Pringle breaks rushing TD record The Canadian Press REGINA Mike Pringle continued to solidify his place as one of the CFL's all-time great running backs with a record-breaking performance to lead the Montreal Alouettes to a 39-22 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday. Pringle's eight-yard touchdown run in the third quarter gave him the CFL record of 19 rushing touchdowns in a season, bettering the mark of 18 shared by Gerry James of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1957) and Jim Germany of the AlOUetteS 39 Edmonton Eski- mos(io8i).

RlderS 22 Tve been for- tunate to be extremely blessed to be surrounded by a group of guys who give their all to help me along," Pringle said after his 145-yard performance. "It means a lot to finally get the record and it came with a victory. Anytime you can break a record, and it comes with a victory, it's icing on the cake. "It's great to be able to do it in the town that was home to (legendary Roughriders running back) George Reed." The win also clinched first place in the East Division for the Alouettes, who celebrated by soaking each other with beer in the visitors' dressing room at Taylor Field after 27,138 fans filed out. Montreal improved to 12-4-0-0 and is six points ahead of Hamilton with two games remaining in the regular season.

Saskatchewan lost its fifth straight and dropped to 4-11-1-0. The Roughriders are four points behind the B.C. Lions for the third and final playoff spot in the West. The Lions lost to Calgary 45-38 Sunday. With only two games remaining and the teams facing each other in the last game of the season, the Roughriders still have a faint hope of making the playoffs.

Saskatchewan was dealt a blow late in the fourth quarter when starting quarterback Henry Burris left the game with an injury to his throwing arm. It was later diagnosed as a separated shoulder and he is listed as day-to-day. He was replaced by backup Marvin Graves. Pringle now has 299 carries for 1,650 yards this season. He has sur- Bert Gretzinger Beauchamp Bryan Schlosser, Regina Leader-Post Mike Pringle eludes the tackle of Roughriders linebacker Aaron Collins.

Championship Nov. 10-13 in Ottawa. "It was a goal that we had set as a team this year," said Gretzinger, a member of Rick Folk's 1994 Canadian and world championship team. "Obviously we're going be more relaxed this season, but we still want to get to the Brier. Obviously this is a morale booster." Not to mention a financial shot in the arm as the win was worth $10,000 to the Gretzinger team, while Middaugh settled for $7,000.

Airdrie's Dan Petryk was the lone Calgary-area team to qualify for the 16-team playoffs, but was a first-round 8-4 loser to Dan Lemieux of Debreuville, Ont. He returned home with $2,000 for his efforts. Kevin Koe was knocked out Friday. Meanwhile, in other weekend World Curling Tour events, play wraps up today at the $33,000 Hat Super 8 Motel Charity Classic in Medicine Hat. Reaching the eight-team playoff round out of the 'A' event were Jamie Schneider of Regina and Dave Boehmar of Winnipeg, while the 'B' event qualifiers were Peter Lindholm of Sweden and Al Schick of Regina.

Qualifying out of the 'C event late Sunday were Calgary teams skipped by Mike Sali and Harold Breckenridge, along with Bryan Derbowka of Yorkton, Sask, and Edmonton's Blake MacDonald. ter, and Saskatchewan recovered at the Montreal 17. But the Roughriders failed to take advantage of the turnover. Wide receiver Curtis Marsh, returning from a one-game suspension for an incident in practice, dropped a pass in the end zone and Saskatchewan settled for a field goal. Marsh atoned for that error by recovering a Burris fumble late in the second quarter and running one yard for a touchdown to make it 15-10 for Montreal But the Alouettes bounced back, driving 68 yards and scoring just a minute later on a 10-yard TD reception by Kevin Alexander to take a 22-10 lead into the half.

"We know the season is not over," Pringle said. "We still have work to do. This is a minor celebration. passed 1,500 yards six times in his career. He has also rushed for over 2,000 yards once before.

"He's tenacious, he perseveres and he's tough," said Montreal offensive lineman Pierre Vercheval, who is in his third year blocking for Pringle. "I've been fortunate to play with a lot of good running backs. As far as intensity, he's probably the best athlete. It's not something that's once in a while. It's every game, every year." After Pringle's touchdown, the Alouettes put the game out of reach when Davis Sanchez intercepted a Burris pass and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown.

That made the score 36-13 at the end of the third quarter. Montreal led 8-0 after the first quarter on Thomas Haskins touchdown and a safety. The Alouettes fumbled away a punt to end the quar BOXING Golota in hospital with concussion, neck injury where he would have no restrictions." "Everybody just assumed, well here you have a winner and a quitter," Mariola Golota said. "There was more involved." "There's no question he sustained a concussion from head blows," Yapor said. Golota was knocked down by a right to the head late in the first round.

He also complained of several head butts by Tyson. cording to Yapor. "It's not uncommon for people who sustain serious head injuries to have a cervical injury," said Yapor, explaining that all head injuries are considered serious. Numbness in Golota's left arm led to an MRI that disclosed the herniated disc An EEG was normal Asked if Golota could fight again, Yapor said, "That's a difficult question to answer. My goal is to get him to husband's refusal to go out for the third round Friday night at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan.

Golota was taken by his wife to Resurrection Medical Center on Chicago's Northwest side after they returned home Saturday morning. Dr. Wesley Yapor, a neurosurgeon treating Golota, said the fighter sustained a concussion, a fractured left cheekbone and a herniated disc between the fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae. Yapor, who shared a conference call Sunday with Mariola Golota, said the 32-year-old fighter was fitted with a cervical collar and will need therapy. "If the symptoms persist, he might need surgery," said Yapor, who indicated Golota could be released early in the week.

After an MRI, it was thought there was a little bleeding in the brain, but that does not appear to be the case, ac ED SCHUYLER JR. The Associated Press NEW YORK Andrew Golota remained hospitalized Sunday after suffering a concussion and a neck injury in his fight against Mike Tyson, which he refused to continue after the second round. "He got hurt, he got injured and it's probably the smartest thing he did," Mariola Golota said Sunday of her SERVICE I. WHILE MORNING Briefing Sports Editor Contact MANUFACTURING TRUCK TOPS IN CALGARY SINCE 1977 The only tops in Western Canada made using pure resin No heavy filler siLi canopies from mm tut ui 00 We Are ll-30 Cheaper than Anyone Advertised msuoe OSJ i i i. i Broncos defeat weary Hitmen MURRAY RAUW Calgary Herald The weary Calgary Hitmen ended their Western Hockey League prairie road trip on a glum note Sunday.

A 7-3 loss to the Swift Current Broncos was understandable, considering it was the Hitmen's fourth game in five nights. But the Hitmen departed the Swift Current Civic Centre con- BrOllCOS7 cerned about the health of high- "3 scoring forward Pavel BrendL who missed the third period. "He's been fighting an illness for about the last three days," said Hitmen coach Dean Clark. "There is no sense him going out there if he can't perform." Jay Langager, Craig Priestlay, Brent Twordik, Clay Thor-ing, Scott Henkelman, Duncan Milroy and Matt Sommer-feld each scored a goal for the Broncos, 8-3-2. David Vrbata, with his first WHL goal, Brandon Segal and Jordan Krestanovich replied for Calgary.

"We have to get back to the basics of getting pucks on the net," said Clark. "We're trying to be too perfect, waiting for the perfect shot The Hitmen, 6-6-1 overall, finished the road trip with a 2-2-1 record. The Hitmen will play nine of their next to games at the Pengrowth Saddledome. The homestand starts Friday against the Prince Albert Raiders. Krestanovich's goal extended his point-scoring streak to 10 games.

ICE CHIPS: Swift Current played its second straight game without leading scorer Layne Ulmer, sidelined with a charley horse. Ulmer has 34 points this season, second only the points leader Mike Comrie of the Kootenay Ice. Ulmer is expected to return to action in a couple of days. To contact Calgary Herald sports editor Larry Wood, call 235-7578; associate sports editor John Down, call 235-8764; assistant sports editor Mike Reimer. call 235-7376; sports department fax 235-7313 or e-mail (text only) af sportstheheraliLsoutham.ca lJTTEimN'SLIST David Lettennan on his "Top Ten Cool Things About Having the World Series in New York." A sampling: "We're going to add a Mike Piazza-style mustache to the Statue of Liberty.

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