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Monday, November 18, 1985 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Star-Phoenix Sports B3 Blades end coast trip with win in Spokane Saskatoon Blades dug down deep Saturday and pulled out a key Western Hockey 'League vic- tory. They scored five third-period goals and came back from a 4-2 deficit to upend Spokane Chiefs 6-4. It was pretty amazing, assessed Blades coach Marcel Comeau of his teams comeback, considering it was the Blades fourth game in five nights. I didnt think the guys had it in them. But we outworked and outplayed Spokane, and deserved the win.

Tracey Katelnikoff scored two goals as the Blades wrapped up a gruelling six-game Western Division road trip with four wins. You try to judge your performance by comparing it to others, added Comeau. Lethbridge got seven points on the West Coast and Calgary and Brandon each got six. We got eight, so Im very happy." Rod Matechuk scored twice and Larry DePalma and Troy Vollhoffer each added singles as the Blades improved their road record for the 1985-86 WHL season to 6-4-1. DePalmas marker upped his consecutive goal-scoring streak to 10 games.

Centre Randy Smith assisted on DePalmas goal, extending his consecutive-game point-scoring streak to 21. More importantly, the win moved the Blades into sole possession of third place in the WHLs East Division, one point ahead of Regina Pats, who lost 5-1 at home to Victoria Cougars on Sunday. Larry DePalma We havent been playing that badly, said Comeau, who said he wasnt surprised by his clubs third-place position. Weve lost some close games, and I think well be even better when we get some of our injured guys back. Forward Kevin Kowalchuk and defenceman Brent Severyn are still on the sidelines, nursing knee injuries, while Grant Tkachuk and Todd McLellan are out of action with separated shoulders.

Terry Perkins led Spokane with a pair of goals while Tony Hora-cek hnd Grant Delcourt added Photos by JettWinmck Winning skip Marilyn Darte of St. Catharines (left) and hard-luck loser Cordelia Schwengler of Calgary Darte nails down win without hammer Gotaas, Issel lead Raiders past Broncos heart. Id really love to go back to the Canadian championship. Darte represented Ontario in the national womens championship in 1980. Schwengler, who never skipped before this season, had Darte in trouble most of the final, but was never able to finish off.

In the seventh, for instance, the Calgary skip tried to guard her own stone in the four-foot, but left a piece of the button available to Darte, who proceeded to cover the hole and take a 5-4 lead. I never got the guard where I wanted to, Schwengler said. Youve got to make those shots. Second place was worth $4,000 to the Calgary rink, which also included third Carol Thompson, second Connie Bennett and lead Barb Senyk. Kathy Fahlman of Regina picked up $2,500 after beating Saskatoons Lori McGeary 7-5 in the third-place playoff.

Both had lost heartbreaking games in the semi-finals of the championship round. Schwengler scored one on extra end to beat McGeary 8-7 while Fahlman fell 7-5 to Darte. Other rinks to qualify through the 32-rink bonspiel for Sundays championship round were Mrack, the defending champion, Calgarys Sandy Turner, Mamie McNiven of Saskatoon and Thunder Bays Kim Clark. First-round losers picked up $1,200 for qualifying. Neither did Schwengler, a first-year skip who had wowed them all week with her consistency and coolness under fire.

I always felt confident I was going to make it, said the quiet, 47-year-old Calgary skip, but after I let it go I knew I was in trouble. I gave if a touch too much (weight)." So history repeats itself. In the previous years, Chris More of Winnipeg (1982), Saskatoons Carol Davis (1983) and Carolyn-Mrack of Delisle (1984) all won tight games without benefit of the hammer in the 10th. Darte could be accused of setting the trend. Back in the original Classic, as Marilyn Bodogh, she had last-rock playing the 10th against More but still lost.

I remember that one," Darte said. And thats been the trouble. We've lost so many finals over the years its been depressing. Thats why Im so glad we could win one. Actually, this is the second bonspiel win this season for Darte and her lineup of third Kathy McEdwards, sister Christine Jurgen-son at second and lead Jan Augustyn.

They won the $6,500 top prize at the Calgary Autumn Gold in October. The foursome also reached the semi-finals of the rich Molson Classic in Toronto while Darte combined with a Calgary rink to qualify for the cars in Kelowna. Its been a great start, Darte but I'd give it all back for another red By Dave Komosky of the Star-Fhoenix Marilyn Darte knows a grim situation when she sees it, and had already accepted the fact that rats! once again she was going to finish second in a major curling event. The final of the Saskatoon Mid-Winter womens cash bonspiel wasn't over, but it might as well have been. At the other end of sheet four at.Nutana, Calgarys Cordelia (Red) Schwengler was in the hack, needing only a draw to the eight-fo8t for the victory.

As far as I was concerned, we had lost," Darte was to say later. Aha, but if Darte had consulted recent history, she would have realized she was very much alive. No rink in the previous three-year history of the event had ever won the final coming home with the hammer. And it wasnt to happen this year, either. Schwengler was a touch heavy with her draw, sliding to the back of the house, leavings Darte's counter in the front 12-foot enough for a 7-6 victory Sunday.

Can you believe it?" said Darte following closing ceremonies, which included the presentation of a $7,000 first-place cheque to the kilt-clad St. Catharines. rink. When she (Schwengler) went down to throw the last rock, I thought there was no way she would miss." S-P Services Steve Gotaas and Kim Issel scored two goals each to lead Prince Albert Raiders to an easy 9-1 win over Lethbridge Broncos in a Western Hockey League game Sunday. It was the fourth straight win for the Raiders who lead the East Division with 15 wins and five losses.

David Manson, Ryan Stewart, Dale McFee, Scott Kruger and Pat Elynuik had the other goals for Prince Albert. Terry Houlder was the only Bronco to beat Prince Albert goal-tender Kenton Rein who made 21 saves. Prince Albert fired 40 shots at Lethbridge netminders Grant Thomlinson and Greg Hubert. In Regina, Victoria goaltender Randy Hansch blocked 35 shots to spark the Cougars to a 5-1 win over the Pats. Len Nielsen was the only Regina player to beat Hansch.

Korey Sundstrom, Dan Logan, Adam Morrison, Tim Maracle and Greg Batters scored for the Cougars who handed the Pats their fourth consecutive loss. The setback left the Pats in fourth spot, one point behind Saskatoon Blades and only one ahead of fifth-place Brandon Wheat Kings. In other WHL action Sunday, Brandon doubled Medicine Hat Tigers 4-2, Kamloops Blazers dumped Seattle 5-2 and New Westminster Bruins topped Spokane Chiefs 6-5. Saturday, Medicine Hat defeated Calgary 6-2, Moose Jaw Warriors downed Victoria 6-3, Saskatoon shaded Spokane 6-4, Kamloops edged New Westminster 3-2 and Portland stopped Seattle 4-1. simplicity works Huskieffe volleyballers: best Brandon Bobcats defeated the Huskies 91-76 on Saturday and gained a split of their non-conference series.

Sheldon Ryma had 17 points for Saskatchewan and Byron Tokar-chuk 15. At Toronto, Concordia won the National Invitational Tournament with an 83-80 victory over St. Francis Xavier. Calgary defeated Toronto 89-56 in a game to determine third place. Huskies play host to Regina non-conference action Tuesday.

Game time at the Education gym is 8:45 p.m. Huskiettes meet Regina in a womens game at 6:45. first)." Elsewhere, Calgary beat Lethbridge 3-2 and British Columbia downed Alberta 3-0. Saskatchewan heads to Edmonton on Friday for a doubleheader. Men's volleyball Huskies improved to 2-0 in conference action, and 16-0 overall, with a 15-9, 15-7, 15-8 defeat of Victoria! Elsewhere, B.C.

downed Alberta 3-2 and Calgary beat Lethbridge 3-0. Hockey Huskies ran their Canada West record to 8-2, two points back of leading Alberta, with a 5-2 defeat of B.C. Thunderbirds in Curtis Stewart had a pair of goals for Saskatchewan, with singles by Rick Bourassa, Peter Spafford and Marc Chartier. Spaf-ford, who will leave the team at the Christmas break to serve his internship at Stanford University, has scored in six consecutive games and leads the club in goals with eight. I guess he wants to put up some good stats before he goes, coach Brent McEwen said of his veteran forward, a seven-goal scorer last season.

Huskies are in Brandon on Friday. Mens basketball John Carson scored 43 points as Saskatchewan trailed 5-0 in the second game. But here was the cool. Huskiettes worked to within four points, at 7-11. Then three.

Then two. Lori Tkatchuk, one of two rookies in the rotation, made it 11-12 with a wipe-off hit. Whereupon Victoria pounded an attack into the net for 12-12. Vikettes would end the game bv spraying two more spikes out of bounds. That second game was one of the most rewarding and encouraging things Ive seen this season, Tennant says.

"We just kept chipping away, a point here and point there. In my mind, coming Back like we did was far more important than winning 15-3 (in the By Bob Florence of the Star-Phoenix Saskatchewan Huskiettes, the team which earlier in the decade left a legacy of three Canadian championships, two coach-of-the year plaques and a Best Buns contest (won, incidentally, by some bum), is entering a whole new phase. Call it generic volleyball. Pound for pound, this years attack does not measure up to the old Huskiettes. And unlike the old Huskiettes, the defence is not founded on blocks and stuff.

Nope. The 1985-86 edition is about as fancy as cardboard. But, like the Huskiettes of old, all they do is win. We don't try to do too much," coach Mark Tennant was saying. We just play our game.

Saturday at the Education gym, Huskiettes played their game rather well waiting for their breaks, allowing Victoria to fritter the same for a 15-3, 16-14, 12-15, 15-7 victory and a 2-0 start to the Canada West conference schedule. Years ago, Tennant said, we had a saying with the team: poise and power. Then we changed it to poison power." How about now? Just poise. With a capital And that rhymes with and that stands for cool. Stands for cool.

Dickinson State Mayes passes 1 mark wrestlers dominate gory; Kim Clossen at 152 pounds; Brock Turner at 169 pounds; and Terry Johnson at 212 pounds. "Were looking forward to a good season," commented Hanbidge. The Huskies won the Canada West title and placed third in the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union championships. We really surprised a lot of those big Eastern universities, grinned Hanbidge. This year, weve got nine veterans back, and were looking to improve on that mark." Hanbidge doesnt see much resistance being put up by the rest of the CWUAA.

Most of the CWUAA team and 3.352 in his career, passing 1965 Heisman Trophy winner Mike Garrett of Southern Cal to become No. 7 on the Pacific-10 Conference career rushing list. Senior running back Junior Tautalatasi gained 115 yards on 15 carries and scored one touchdown for the Cougars. Montana State, defending Division I-AA national champion, committed four turnovers in the first half, with three leading to Washington State touchdowns. Early in the second quarter, Kevin Thomasson blocked a Bobcat punt and teammate Ricky Reynolds returned the ball 35 yards for a Cougar touchdown.

Montana State kicker Anders Larsson booted field goals of 33 and 30 yards, and linebacker Ron Hanson recovered a Washington State fumble in the end zone for the Bobcats only touchdown. PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) -Senior running back Rueben Mayes of North Battleford rushed for 157 yards and scored four touchdowns, passing the mark for the second straight year as Washington State Cougars blasted Montana State University 64-14 Saturday in a non-conference football game. Mayes scored on runs of one and two yards in the first quarter and had two touchdowns within eight seconds in the second quarter to give Washington State a 50-6 halftime lead over the Bobcats of the Big Sky Conference. Mayes scored on a six-yard run with four minutes and nine seconds left in the second quarter, 'then bolted in from 13 yards at 4.01 after Montana State kick returner Cory Lamey fumbled the kickoff.

Mayes raised his rushing totals to 1,069 yards this season The University of Saskatchewan Huskies wrestling team opened its 1985-86 season Saturday with what Huskies asssistant coach John Hanbtdge classed as a schooling meet at the Huskies Physical Education Building. It turned out that North Dakotas Dickinson State University Bluehawks taught most of the lessons, collecting 14 of 30 available medals in winning the team title at the Central Plains invitational meet. This was a kickoff meet," said Hanbidge. We modified the rules, because Canadian freestyle rules differ from the National Collegiate Athletic Association rules that the Bluehawks are used to. As well, we had 11 categories in this meet, whereas normally there are only 10.

And there was only one referee. Under normal conditions, you would have three officials a mat chairman, a referee and a judge." The Huskies captured four gold, three silver and one bronze in taking second place overall. Huskie winners included Shane McDonald in the 128-pound cate members were Huskies last year. Traditionally, Alberta has been our main competition. But last year, we sort of steamrolled through the finals.

Saturday, Dickinson captured four gold, seven silver and three bronze in winning the meet. The Huskies travel to Dickinson for a meet this weekend. Rueben Mayes Complete Results Page B6 I I 4 I.