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C2 SPORTS Monday, November 3, 1997 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan The StarPhoenix GR01TOI MUSE Parktown Classic features alLS'toon final I l) A 11 '-m' ,,.......1................ Jr I Sherry Shelrich (left) put a halt to Kim Hod-son's winning streak Sunday, giving her a rough ride in the final. (SP Photos by Gord Waldner) Hodson eyes prize, but Scheirich steals show women's champion, 8-1 in only five ends. Kopach, who had lost out to Friske 7-2 Friday, bounced back with four straight wins and then took control of the seniors final when she counted two on the first and stole deuces on the next three ends. The $1200 first place money "will get us about as far as Winnipeg," Kopach said with a laugh afterwards.

was too heavy with her final rock, Scheirich had a draw for the bundle. "That was the end that decided the game," Scheirich said. Hodson had won four straight to qualify out of the A-side and then defeated Saskatoon's Jill Johnston and Regina's Michelle Schneider to qualify for the championship. Schneider and Goodwin each picked up $2,200 for their semi-final appearances, while Fahlman, White, Johnston and Regina's Atina Ford pocketed $1,600 each for their quarterfinal appearances. Kopach win senior crown In the eight-rink senior women's 'spiel, Saskatoon's Merle Kopach made it an all-Saskatoon success story as she easily defeated Gray's Crystal Frisk, last year's provincial senior Park Town win and then received her team's $1,000 Flexi-Coil entry fee back.

That opened the door to Hodson. As the second-place finisher, she pays the $1,000 entry fee out of her $5,000 second place money. "We've still got a little room for improvement," said Scheirich, who is hoping to use both the Park Town and Flexi-Coil to propel her into the Olympic qualifying bonspiel, Nov. 22 in Brandon. Scheirich, who defeated Faye White of Sherwood Park, and then Charlene Goodwin of Saskatoon in the semi-finals, broke her game up with a three- ender in the eighth to go in front 7-5.

Both Hodson and third Lori McGeary said that they had trouble with their draw weight When Hodson the Stamps, Hodson was putting her undefeated streak on the line against Sherry Scheirich in an all-Saskatoon final. "I didn't know it was an omen," Hodson said. In one respect, it wasn'tThis time around, it was a lose-win situation. While Hodson dropped an 8-6 decision to Scheirich, she still picked up the eighth-and-final spot in this week's Flexi-Coil Curling Classic, which has $30,000 in prize money up for grabs. Scheirich, meanwhile, picked up $8,000 Sunday after drawing to the four-foot to prevent the game from going into an extra end.

Scheirich, whose only loss in the bonspiel came in the A-final Friday to Kathy Fahlman of Regina, picked up $7,000 first-place money for her first That's about half the distance to Sault Ste. Marie, where the Cana By Doug McConachie SP Sports Editor Scheirich 8 Hodson 6 The last time Kim Hodson's rink made it to the Park Town Ladies Classic final, it was 1989. "I remember it we won," Hodson said, referring to her 1989 victory that came on the same day that the Saskatchewan Roughriders defeated the Calgary Stampeders 33-26 to advance to the CFL West final. It was deja vu all over again Sunday for the pixie skip. As the big-screen TV in the Nutana Curling Club's upstairs lounge was showing the Riders' 33-30 victory over dian senior women championship will be played February.

"That's our goal," said Kopach, whose rink will play in a Hub City qualifying bonspiel in early Decem ber. If they don't earn a berth there, it will be the northern playdowns a week later in Biggar. Blades blank Blazers Burtnyk on a roll mm added Klippenstein. On Saturday, the Blades lost to the Kelowna Rockets 6-3. Blade bits The Blades' newest addition, Kevin McKay, has get the Super Spiel East He was undefeated in the A-event and then won his first two championship games before losing out to Smith 7-3 in the semi-final.

Still, it was good enough for $5500. Kronau's Jamie Schneider lost to Burtnyk 6-3 in the quarter-finaL He received $3,000. Schneider advanced with a 74 win over Saskatoon's Doran Johnston in the final. Gerald Shymko of Yorkton lost 7-2 to Vic Peters of Winnipeg in another qualifier. Brad Heidt of Kerrobert lost 7-3 to Kevin Park of Edmonton.

Gord Bell of Saskatoon was out after losing two straight while Rob Ewen of Jansen and Randy Woytowich of Regina lost out earlier in the event Cockell Kerry Burtnyk heads into Saskatoon this week for the $150,000 Flexi-Coil Curling Classic on a roll. Burtnyk defeated Dave Smith 8-7 in an all-Winnipeg final Sunday at the McCain Super Spiel West Bonspiel at Portage la Prairie to pocket $12,000 in first place money. The win also earned Burtnyk a berth into the $95,000 McCain TSN Skins Game in Cranbrook, B.C., Dec. 6-7, and a spot in the McCain Super Spiel "97 East bonspiel in New Brunswick Nov. 28-30.

However, with Bertnyk and Smith competing that week in the Brandon Olympic qualifer, Yorkton's Bryan Derbowka will Rebels fire coach The WHL's Red Deer Rebels fired head coach Rick Carriere on Saturday. The dismissal came a night after the Rebels lost 6-3 to the Calgary Hitmen. Red Deer struggling ever since losing team captain Jesse Wallin, of North Battleford, with a broken arm has lost eight of its past nine games. Carriere was the second coach in team history and took over during the 1995-96 season. His record was 77-74-8.

Doug Hobson will take over coaching duties in the meantime. SPStaff The Saskatoon Blades accomplished something Sunday night they haven't done since the 1995-96 season. They got a shutout Matt Cockell played a solid, and, at times, spectacular game to lead the. Blades to a 3-0 victory over the Kam-' loops Blazers. "Matt played well when we needed him to," said Blades assistant coach Wade Klippenstein.

"He faced some pressure in the last few seconds but held on. "The defence was a total team effort There weren't many second chances and, when there were, they were mostly long shots." Cockell made 33 saves for the shutout Greg Phillips notched the game winner at the 17:39 mark of the first period. He jumped on a rebound from a Dennis Mullen shot to collect his 14th impressed the coaching staff. The six-foot-three, 200 pound defenceman from North Battle-ford has two points in the two games with Saskatoon. "He's played really well," Klippenstein said of McKay, who was drafted by the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks.

"He's had a couple good checks and he's been around the league, so he knows what's going on. He'll be a good addition." The Blades have released 20-year-old forward Rob Boleski So far, the Blades are 3-3 on their west-coast trip. Their final game is Tuesday in Prince George. A (rEP JQ goal of the season. Petja Pietilainen and Nathan Rempel also scored for the Blades, who improved to 9-10-1.

"We've been getting contributions from a lot of guys, like Petja. It's not just three or four and that's important" Blazers split "ITtfi fA- v-Hf 630 fc Offtorf 3.0L V6 5 speed wXLT trim, air, tilt, cruise, pwr steering, amfm stereo wCD. 6040 split bench, leather wrap steering wheel, handling pkg more. MSRP $21,643 rlArl rtr 0)n http:ZAvww.saskstar.sLca SPStaff The Saskatoon Blazers batted .500 on the weekend. After downing the Notre Dame Hounds 9-2 on Saturday, they lost a close one, 4-3, to the Tisdale Trojans on Sunday.

Tyson Kentel paced Tisdale with a pair of goals. Chad Anderson and Cory Unser added singles. Travis Eagles, Jar-ret Stoll and Curt Korte scored for Saskatoon. On Saturday, Warren Peters led the way with three goals for the Blazers. Shane Endicott with two, Chris Bourdon, Garret Bembridge, Stoll and Eagles all added singles.

Preston Callander and Clint Atkinson scored for the Hounds, who outshot the Blazers 42-40. Meanwhile, the Saskatoon Contacts were undefeated on the road during the weekend, beating Swift Current 104 on Saturday and tying them 2-2 on Sunday. Ryan Bayda had four goals in Saturday's win. Lyndon Leard had two. Dustin Lloyd, Michael Broadfoot Dean Beuker and Keegan McAvoy had one apiece.

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