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Sports C3 Baker big hit in new role with Huskiettes Monday, November 19, 1984 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Star-Phoenix S-P Photo by Richard Marian Maxine Montgomery (left) and Judy Leonard of the Carolyn Mrack rink had 6,000 reasons to smile Sunday Classic brings out best in Mrack By Bob Florence of the Star-Phoenix Bent on injecting a bit of fizz into the Saskatchewan Huskiette volleyball team which only last weekend was as a soda pop gone flat Mark Tennant had just the answer. Call it the shake-and-stir approach to coaching Nancy Baker, an all-Canadian at off-side hitter, was shifted to power. Colleen Venne, a rookie the Canada West University Athletic Association, moved into the weak-side position vacated by Baker. The rotation, Tennant figured, was now duly carbonated. And how.

If a 3-0 dismissal of Victoria on Friday wasnt enough to endorse the lineup shuffle, then a 3-1 decision Saturday over British Columbia surely was the clincher. When Mark makes a decision," Baker was saying following the 15-11, 12-15, 15-13, 15-9 win, you dont question it, you just do it Although I was kind of scared at the time Me? At power? I couldn't remember the last time Id played there She performed as if tailored to the position Milking the strong-block tactics of the Thunderbirds to the hilt. Baker finished with a team-high 16 kills She attacked cross-court at liberty. She tipped effectively And she produced the best doctored ball seen this side of Gaylord Perry Wiping off (their blocks) consistently had to frustrate them no end," Baker says. Believe me, Ive had it happen to me.

Nothing is more discouraging But if you're the wiper-offer, its wonderful On the Huskiettes, grease is the word If not Baker, then Donna Karol. If not Karol then Venne. If not Venne than Colleen Pura More than anything, Baker says, "it was the setting Laurie (Baber) was perfect Sometimes the (B middle blocker wouldnt get there in time, other times thered be a big hole the middle of the court. They couldn't read what she was doing No, but the T-Birds could comprehend the damage Pura contributed 13 kills and Karol 10 as the defending conference champs improved to 3-1 on the season In other conference action, Calgary won for the third time in as many outings, beating Lethbridge 15-7, 15-10, 15-12 and Victoria downed Alberta 15-9, 15-7, 15-10 As for the Huskies, second verse same as the first. To wit, power hitter finds a niche.

Daryl Young, of late a defensive specialist with the national team, registered 15 kills as Saskatchewan beat C. 15-5, 15-9, 15-9 Thats the Daryl we need," says Huskies coach Frank Enns We're counting on him. Darcy Busse added seven kills and Jerome Linnell six for the 3-1 Huskies. Elsewhere, Calgary ran its record to 3-0 with a 15-5, 15-5, 15-8 win over Lethbridge and Victoria defeated Alberta 15-4, 15-4, 12-15, 15-11. Hockey Alberta Golden Bears scored four third-period goals to defeat Saskatchewan Huskies 7-3 tn a CWUAA game Saturday in Edmonton Alberta improved its record to a conference-leading 8-2 while Saskatchewan dropped to 4-4 and into a third-place tie with Calgary Dinosaurs BC.

holds down second place ith a 5-3 record Gerald Koebel, with his 11th of the year, Pane Proft, Dave Souch, Jack Patrick, Rick Swan, Craig Dill and Tim Krug handled the scoring for Alberta Bob Bray brook. Peter Spafford and Brian Pugh replied for the Huskies Men's basketball Saskatchewan Huskies posted consecutive wins Saturday in Regina to finish the Basketball Saskatchewan Incorporated tournament with a 2-1 record and second place overall. Huskies defeated Brock 80-79 as Byron Tokarchuk scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds John Dewar added 17 points Later, Saskatchewan downed Lakehead 73-70 behind the 23-point, 18-rebound outing of Tokarchuk Brock, also 2-1. was awarded first place on a points for'against system. Women's basketball Huskiettes dropped a two-game exhibition series to the University of North Dakota Williston during the weekend Saskatchewan rookie Barb Dmytryshyn had 21 points and seven rebounds in a 69-56 first-game loss Barb Mercier added 12 points and Heather Bray 10 UND won the second game 74-65.

Jacquie Smith topped Huskiettes with 24 points and five rebounds Dmytryshyn and Bray added 10 points apiece and Barb Klassen nine. By Len Roberts of the Star-Phoenix A pre-bonspiel press release said that there was something about the Molson Mid-Winter Classic which seemed to bring out the best in Carolyn Mrack It definitely does and did again Sunday at the Nutana Curling Club as Mrack upset reigning world champion Connie Laliberte ot Winnipeg 6-5 on an extra end to win the richest women's bonspiel in the world "I'm thrilled and its hard to believe I never expected to go this far." said Mrack. who finished third the inaugural event '83 and who was one ot eight rinks to qualify tor the championship round last year This year we put it all together, we made the right shots at the right time One of Mrack's Tight shots at the right time' came on the 10th end ot the finale Alter blanking the ninth end. Mrack trailed 5-4 cotiung home and was looking at two Laliberte counters when she executed a pressure-packed takeout with her final rock to count one and send the game into overtime Down to the skip's final shots on-the extra end. the only rock the The rink is listed as being from Mrack's hometown of Delisle, however, Mrack now resides in Lloydminster, Leonard at Harris, Montgomery at Perdue and Hand in Saskatoon Hand joined the team this season, while the other three have been together for three years They get together weekly to play in the Saskatoon Super League on Wednesdays and bonspiel on the weekends Laliberte and her rink pocketed $3,400 and had advanced to the final with a 7-6 win over Linda Saunders of Calgary Mrack advanced by shading Crystal Brunas of Gray 6-5 the other semi-final The final straw Brunas defeated Saunders 10-3 in a game to decide the third place and picked up $2,300 Saunders' rink took home $1,800 In the Molson Challenge game Saturday night (for the two A-event qualifiers) Saunders downed Mrack 10-6 Other rinks to qualify for Sunday's championship round were Wanda Pucci of Winnipeg, Susan Seitz of Calgary and Carol Davis and Sheila Rowan of Saskatoon Additional results Page C9 at lead They said they were not nervous about the prospects ot trading shots with Laliberte's rink of third Janice Sandison, Corinne Peters and Janet Arnott Peters and Arnott are sisters to Laliberte and rpgular members of the team, while Sandison replaced Chris More at third More represented the team at a dinner Winnipeg which the foursome was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame "No.

we weren't intimidated because theyre the world champs." said Leonard. "We were just hoping to give them a good game We had an excellent bonspiel as far as our own curling was concerned, we played pretty steady through it all Blades overpower hapless Warriors house belonged to Mrack It was settled the eight-foot ring back of the T-lme and was partially guarded by a rock out in front ot the house Mrack threw another guard with her last delivery, forcing Laliberte to try a come-around draw on outside ice "It was frosty out there the boomes and I gist couldn find the four-foot weight," said Lali-bertc of her shot which stopped short of the rings to give Mrack a steal of one. the victory and the accompanying cheque "I wished it could have been an easier path with my last rock, but that's curling Mrack was backed by Judy Leonard at third. Sherry Hand at second and Maxine Montgomery opened the scoring, but the Blades rebounded to take a 2 1 first-period lead on goals bv Ron Dreger and Bowkus Then Saskatoon slammed home five unanswered goals the second period to all but decide matters Thietke had both ot his tallies in that period, while Morin got the first ot his two Kevin Kovvalehuk and Trent Yawney added the others Morin. Randy Smith and James Latos rounded out the Blades scoring in the third period Theoion Fleury scored a late goal tor Moose Jaw Bowkus has been an impressive addition since returning from Melville Millionaires of the Saskatchewan Amateur Junior League last Wednesday "jack missed most of training camp, so he needed ice time to get back into shape," Comeau said We sent him to Melville, and he played 30-35 minutes a game there.

The improvement in his game really shows Naturally, Comeau was pleased with Saturdays outcome "I thought we moved to the open areas of the ice much better tonight." he commented At the other end of the link. James was baffled bv the result "We beat Regina 6 4 on Tuesday. and smie then have played two very poor games It's tough to explain Alter Tuesday. I thought a winning streak would follow." Perhaps his frustration was best summed up midway through the final period, when a heckler from behind the Warrior bench wondered aloud how they had beaten the Pats James turned to the crowd, shrugged his shoulders, and shook Ins head It's going to be a long year in Moose Jaw. Breakaways: Blades outshot Warriors 51-14 Moose Jaw took five of seven minor penalties The three stars were Bowkus.

Morin and Clark By Bob Duff of the Star-Phoenix Blades 10 Moose Jaw 2 Monday Night Football announcer Don Meredith is famous lor singing "Turn out the lights, the partys over," when the game appears out of reach Well, Saturday night at the Arena, the lights went out before the party had even started. One minute and fifteen seconds into the contest, a power failure caused the Arena lights to tail, leaving the Saskatoon Blades, Moose Jaw Warriors and the ciowd ot 2.358 in total darkness Intoi tunatelv for Moose Jaw. the power was resloied shortly thereafter and the Blades proceeded to till the Moose Jaw net with pucks en route to a 10-2 romp The Blades finally found the palsy they've been looking for all season Mark Thietke and Mike Morin led the way with two goals each, while Jack Bowkus contributed a goal and two assists Wen-del Clai the hero of Fridays 5-4 win over Brandon Wheat Kings, notched three assists We finally came out on the long end of one of these." was Blade coach Marcel Comeau's reaction to the win "I hope this is a confidence builder tor our forwards Blade tot wards have had problems finding the back of the opposition's net all season, but had little difficulty Saturday Moose Jaw coach Graham James had a simple reason for the rout "Saskatoon was very good tonight, and we were very bad. They were simply the better team They gave us nothing in their end of the rink. We had no offensive chances At the same time, they wandered around at will our end "We simplv did not play as a team tonight It was a team loss The Warriois' Jay Johnson After the fall An ankle injury to Darren Jenkins was one of two casualties suffered by Prince Albert Crusaders during the Saskatchewan High School 4A boys volleyball championship Saturday at Mount Royal Cobegiate The other setback was collective as Crusaders bowed 15-5 15-6 to Yorkton in the title match Yorkton went unbeaten through seven matches for its fourth consecutive provincial championship Mount Royal defeated Weyburn 15-3, 15-12 to finish third In the girls' 4A championship at North Battleford, Feehan Troys capped a successful title defence and won the crown for the third time in four years with a 15-1, 15-8 decision over Lumsden Troys lost just one match and six games through the preliminary and playoff rounds Swift Current beat North Battleford 15-8, 15-7 for third place (S-P Photo by Richard Marian) tops in Australian Open from the beginning, Watson said On a scale of one to 10, 1 played to about eight this week, but my putting rate was about four.

The five-time British Open champion was unable to commit himself to defending the title next year and said it would depend on the timing and his tournament schedule. Watson MELBOURNE API Tom Watson of the United States staved off a last-round challenge by Australian Bob Stanton and won the $200,000 Australian Open golf championship by one stroke Sunday at the par-72 Royal Melbourne course Watson collected the $36,000 first prize after firing an even-par 72 for a seven-under-par total of Watson, already on top of the US money winners list this year, said. It is like putting th. chocolate sauce on the ice cream It's a great feeling to come to Aus- tralia and win the Australian Open For the American, the final round was less than spectacular. It was one of those days in which nothing seemed to happen 281.

Stanton shot a superb final-round 69 for a 282, refusing to wilt the face of the American's talent and reputation. Stanton, 38, collected his biggest paycheque in almost 10 years, pocketing $21,600. Australians Greg Norman and Rodger Davis tied for third at 285. each earning $11,800. i mi I.