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Monday, October 30 2000 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan The StarPhoenix SPORTS C3 Regiiia, here they come Heather Fowlie's rink from Calgary was runner-up in Park Town Classic, but earned berth in Olympic qualifier next year in Regina 4 Olympic playdowns qualifiers Dec. at Regina Agridome Sherry Anderson, Delisle Amber Holland, Regina Colleen Jones, Halifax Kelley Law, Vancouver her first two games of the bonspiel, bounced back with five straight wins to qualify out of the and then won her first two games in the championship round: 7-6 over Calgary's Shannon Kleibrink and 8-3 over Toronto's Kim Gellard. Then she ran into Anderson. "We'd gladly have given you the $7,500 if you'd let us put up that five," Overton-Clapham's third Jill Thurston said afterward, ordering the Anderson rink to bow before them and pay homage, if not at least pay for a round in the lounge later. "We'd even have given you some more of our own money." Fowlie, with third Carolyn Darbyshire, second Shannon Nimmo and lead Denise Martin, were beginning to wonder if they were destined to be bridesmaids in the pursuit of an Olympic qualifying berth.

They finished second to Anderson on the Tour money list last season. At the recent Husky Autumn Gold in Calgary, again with a berth in the Olympic qualifier up for grabs, they qualified out of the edged Anderson 9-8 in an extra end in the championship draw, then lost to eventual champion, Regina's Amber Holland. "We put our rink together with one purpose to get to the Olympics," Fowlie said. "Now that we're there, our goal now is to get to the Scott out of Alberta." Fowlie got a hint in the A final against Gellard that this bonspiel might work out well. "We were three down playing eight, counted a deuce and then stole in the ninth and 10th." Anderson also thought her rink of Hodson, second Sandra Mulroney and lead Donna Gignac just got better.

"The last four games, there aren't many By Doug McConachie SP Sports Editor For the past year, Calgary's Heather Fowlie has been waiting for Delisle's Sherry Anderson to repay a debt. Sunday, Fowlie finally collected. Even though she lost 7-3 in eight ends to Anderson in the final of the $40,000 Park Town Classic at the Nutana Curling Club, Fowlie got the grand prize. She is going to the Olympic qualifier, scheduled for Dec. 1-9, 2001, at the Regina Agridome and Anderson played a large part in it.

Anderson, you will know, had already qualified for the Olympic playdowns. She secured her berth last season by being the leading money winner on the Women's Tour. But it was close. Had Calgary's Renelle Bryden won a semi-final game at the SaskPower bonspiel last year, she would have topped the money list and got the Olympic qualifying berth. Bryden lost that semi-final, though.

She lost it to Fowlie. So Anderson owed Fowlie, big time. Fast forward to the Park Town Classic. With six straight wins, Anderson made it to the final Sunday. Because Anderson had already qualified for the Olympic playdowns, that meant whoever won the other semi-final in the Park Town Classic would get another of the 10 berths in the playdowns that will decide Canada's representative for the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.

Score it a 7-6 win tor Fowlie over Toronto's Sherry Middaugh in the semi-final. While a $7,500 purse awaited the winner of Sunday's final, with $5,500 to the runner up that was a bonus. Fowlie's rink took the bigger prize. "That was our goal to get to the trials," Fowlie said. "It didn't matter whether it was front door or back door." When Middaugh, whose husband, Wayne, has earned a spot in the men's Olympic playdowns, missed a double for two in the ninth in the semi-final, Fowlie started watching the other scoreboard.

Anderson, two up with hammer coming home, ran Cathy Overton-Clapham of Winnipeg out of rocks for a 9-8 win. "We actually talked about letting Cathy putting up a five on the ninth, just so we could see the looks on their (Fowlie rink) faces," Kim Hodson, Anderson's third, said as the two rinks prepared for the final. "Besides, we already repaid them for that (Regina victory). They got into our beer box during the Brier. Anderson and Fowlie were the two best teams among the field of 48 at the Park Town Classic.

Both qualified out of the A event and both went 6-0 on the way to the final. The other A qualifier, Saskatoon's Stefanie Miller, lost to Middaugh 7-4 in a quarter-final, while the hard-luck award went to Overton-Clapham. She lost SP Photo by Greg Pender Heather Fowlie (r) went 6-1 at the Park Town Classic, won by Sherry Anderson of Delisle shots I would want back." Middaugh and Overton-Clapham each pocketed $3,500 for reaching the semi-finals, while quarter-finalists Miller, Edmonton's Cathy Borst, Gellard and Maria Mallett of New Westminster, B.C. each took home $2,500. Catherine Derick of St.

Lazar, Cindy Street of Stony Beach, Sherry Linton of Regina and Kleibrink won $2,000 each for reaching the championship round. Bull riding a tough way to make a buck Bumps and bruises Saskatoon cowboy Brian Schira dislocated his shoulder in Sunday's bareback event. "I'm feeling a little rough," said Schira, 27. "This is probably one of my worst injuries. I was almost done my ride.

The horse (Grizzly Rose) turned around to the right and I got bucked off and landed directly on my shoulder." Kyle Switzer, an 18-year-old from Aneroid, got bucked in saddle bronc. His back got trampled and he remained motionless until the paramedics arrived. Switzer refused a stretcher, however. "I don't even remember (what happened)," Switzer later said, showing a bruised and bloody mouth for his efforts. spills.

Claypool was not alone in that regard. Sunday's final go-round started off with an extremely close competition between Chris Walsh of Beechy and Mike Tuck of Esterhazy to decide the bareback riding champion. Walsh, the last rider, needed a score of 75 to repeat as champion. He settled with a 73, just missing out on a tie-breaking ride-off. "I was hoping that I wouldn't have to get on another one," said Tuck.

"I'm getting pretty sore." Tuck, 24, has been competing for only four years. "Everybody makes goal at the beginning of the year. That was kind of my and had three third-place finishes during the weekend. He did not want a ride-off. "I had a ride-off two years ago.

I fell off. I prefer to win it straight out. Mike won 'er. Good for him." Dwayne Detchon, from Lloydmin-ster, claimed the all-around title over CCA year-end champion Jeremy Harden of Kindersley. "This is what I set out to do when I started bull-doggin': win the all-round championship in the CCA," said Detchon, 32, who competed in steer wrestling and bareback riding.

"I went after it really hard this year. "Jeremy's a tough hand. He's a hell of a cowboy." By Darren Zary of The StarPhoenix Shylo Claypool looked woozy as he trudged out of the ring as the last competitor at the 2000 Canadian Cowboys Association Finals Rodeo. With his mouth bloodied by a nasty fall in the bull riding event, Claypool returned a short time later to receive his prize saddle and trophy buckle as CCA champion. Claypool, a 21 -year-old cowboy from Regina, hung on to win as the top bull rider after five rounds of competition at SaskPlace.

The four-day event drew more than 20,000 spectators. There were plenty of thrills and a few CCA Finals champions Mike Tuck, Esterhazy, bareback riding Stacy Cornet, Swift Current, calf roping Todd Humphrey, Eastend, saddle bronc William Beierbach, Maple Creek, steer wrestling Rusty Quam, Montmarte, barrel racing Teri Leilbrand, Peerless, Mt jr barrel racing Phillip Litton, Prairie River, jr steer riding Rocky Dallyn, Nanton, and Murray Linthicum, Glentworth, team roping Shylo Claypool, Regina, bull riding goal, to finish the year-end and come in here just to get a chance at a saddle. That's a bonus." Walsh, also 24, won top money once P.A. has to dig deep at Mustang Volley i. 'A i and Dan Hall of St.

Mary, Cole Armstrong of Swift Current, Rosthern Junior College's Joel Ens and James Holmes of North Battleford John Paul II. North Battleford beat RJC 2-0 (25-18, 29-27) for third. St. Joes wins girls final When the St. Joseph girls aren't at the top of their game, a Saskatchewan team might be able to beat them.

On the other hand, when the Guardians are playing at or near peak efficiency, they're as untouchable as Elliott Ness. St. Joes downed Evan Hardy 2-0 (25-12, 25-20) in a match that started with all the drama of an Adam Sandler movie, but ended up being competitive. The Souls, never in the first game, took it to St. Joseph for large portions of the second.

Hardy led 16-11 before the Guardians started to roll. "We weren't in control for a lot of the second game. We knew we'd have to work for it," said St. Joes middle Stephanie Wheler, the tournament MVP. Getting past the psychological block is one of the toughest parts of playing the Guardians, said Hardy coach Marilyn Walter.

"Everyone knows how good they are," Walter said. "You have to fight, do your best, and good things will happen." Good things were happening for Hardy in the second game until St. Joes went on the big run. "We got back into a flow and were passing and hitting better," said Wheler. "It was more what we think we should be playing like." Said Walter: "When (the Guardians) are playing like they can, what are you going to do? Maybe jump a little higher." Making the all-star team were Deanna Albers and Christina Albers of St.

Joseph, Hardy's Linda Walter, Carmen Gabriel of Watson, Becky Sarauer of Meadow Lake Carpenter and Kelly Harmsworth of Aden Bowman. Carpenter downed Bowman 2-1 (25-23, 21-25, 17-15) in the third-place final. By Dave Deibert of The StarPhoenix After waiting three years to win back the boys championship at Mustang Volley, an extra hour wasn't going to bother the Prince Albeit St. Mary Marauders. Looking to avenge losses to Swift Current in the tournament final the last two years, P.A.

was beating the Colts handily on Saturday night at Mount Royal Collegiate. A quick match soon became a longer one. "We nearly gave that one away," P.A. coach Dale Regel said after the Marauders won 2-1 (25-15, 25-27, 16-14) for their third championship in five years. "We started doing stupid things when we had a big lead.

We got a little cocky, Swift Current started playing better and they almost beat us. "But my guys showed heart and won it, even if it took a little longer and was a little closer than I had hoped." The Marauders dominated the first game and were up 19-13 in the second. It appeared P.A. won a point to go up 20-13, but the official called the Marauders for a back-row attack. Swift Current stormed back and, after saving a match point, forced a decisive game.

"I was having flashbacks to last year," said P.A. middle Jesse Heit, who was named tournament MVP. "It was exactly the same thing. We won the first game and then blew it. I couldn't live through doing that again." Neither team led by more than two points in the third game.

Swift Current was up 12-10, but the Marauders took advantage of a Swift Current rotation to come back and win. Colts all-star left-side hitter Gerod Wiens had been destroying P.A. all match, but was stuck in the back row for the crucial final points. "Anytime he wasn't in the front row, we had to take advantage," said Heit, who had a critical 1-on-l block off a Wiens backrow attack. The Marauders closed it out moments later.

"We wanted this so bad," said Wiens. "Mustang and provincials are the two tournaments we focus on every year, the two big daddies." Other all-stars were Daryl Gareau rA SP Photo by Greg Pender Dan Hall of the Prince Albert St Mary Marauders slices Inside the block of Devin Loeppky of the Swift Current Colts In the final at Mustang Volley Marion Graham soccer team something special Korney added singles. The 4A boys championship went to Regina LeBoldus, a 2-0 winner over North Battleford John Paul II. Leigh Sem-baluk and Steven Tramer scored for LeBoldus. Muenster 2A champs Muenster won the 2A girls provincial title, defeating Notre Dame 2-1.

Candice Benning notched both goals for Muenster; Jeni Creary scored for Notre Dame. Rosthern Junior College placed third, defeating Wynyard 1-0. The 2A boys title went to Lanigan, which defeated Muenster 1-0. Brian Wiens scored the winning goal. The bronze medal went to Osier with a 5-4 shootout win over Chief Little Pine.

DEIBERT Graham 5, P.A. Carlton 1 To say the Marion Graham girls soccer team was dominant at the high school provincial championships during the weekend in Muenster would be like saying the Grand Canyon is wide. By the time Saturday's 4A provincial final was finished, there was no doubt Graham was the best girls team in the province. In two games at provincials, the Falcons outscored their opponents 13-3, including a 5-1 win over defending champion-Prince Albeit Carlton in the final. "We were so focused and so excited before both games this weekend," said Ashley Mario, who scored the gold-medal winning goal.

"There's so much good soccer in Saskatoon and for us to get through cities, we had to play well and earn it. Winning so heavily at provincials shows how good the Saskatoon league is." Falcons coach Brett Mario echoed his daughter's thoughts. "We peaked at the right time. Once we got through cities, we were riding such a high." The Falcons were so loose they were playing tag in the woods as a pre-game warm-up. Erika Sollid scored two goals for Marion Graham, with singles by Karla Morris, Amy Vermeulen and Ashley Mario.

Jennifer Desjardins scored for P.A. Estevan beat Regina Balfour 2-1 to claim the bronze. The St. Joseph boys won the 4A bronze medal. The Guardians downed Yorkton 4-3.

Greg Yaholnitski scored twice for St. Joseph, while Alvaro Campos and Kris a I 1.