Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 12, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba C2 sports Winnipeg March 2001 Kodiaks silence All sceptics underdogs beat Oak Park to capture provincial title by Chris Cariou n 0 More duels River East Grade 11 student Darryl Munch led a first period onslaught yesterday by scoring the games first then set up two More in a Span of 55 seconds for a 30 Lead that the to seeded Oak Park raiders overcome As the Kodiaks beat their Crosstown rivals 5 2 to win the 2001 Manitoba High school hockey the win for the River East seeded 2 heading into the Provin Cial tournament even though they had beaten the raiders in the Winnipeg High school hockey league left no doubt about who the top team was this season and helped erase some of the pain of last years 61 loss in the provincial final to the Stonewall and since provincials started in the Kodiaks have appeared in the championship game a provincial High four times the same As the rams and yesterdays convincing Victory gave them their third tied with the Lorette scorpions for most by any the rams have won it All but yesterdays Victory was especially the raiders finished one Point ahead of the Kodiaks in the Washl regular season and the two big schools were about even against each but in the City finals Only a week end the Kodi aks hit the Swift Raider forwards and their top line of Adam Chris Ribachuk and Harry Nott hard in route to a 41 Joe Bryksa Winnipeg free press Oak Park goalie Dave Ouimet makes a save on River easts Tyler Kevaney during yesterdays provincial its a Good Way to end the its a school Pride theres a great legacy of Good hockey coming out of River East River East Kodiaks assistant Captain Dustin Dreger River East belted every thing that moved and limited the Rumsey line to one goal by while the raiders came Back with a pair of goals by Ribachuk and Grant Calhoun within an 84second Span in the Sec Ond period to Cut Lead to the Kodiaks regained control of the game with a critical goal by Thomas Graf Only 76 seconds after Calhoun Dustin the Crafty Assis Tant Captain and graduating senior who admitted after the game he was playing with two broken Bones in his foot thanks to a spirit week goof ing around incident involving a put the raiders away with a breakaway goal in the third Sean Cole and Darcy Nazar had the Kodiaks other we came out we played the body Well and had lots of Dreger that exactly the Way we played them in the City we just got on them right away and just didst let them in the we shut them Down before they could get no dispute its a really great he we Felt this year it would be Nice to take them both cites and provincials and now theres no question As to who the better its a Good Way to end the its a school Pride theres a great legacy of Good hockey coming out of River Kodiaks coach Scott Wong said there can be no dispute now about who top dog there great but we were better he every body said Oak Parks the 1 we proved them the win was also Gratifying for another the Kodiaks had worn the initials on their uniforms this year to Hon our 17yearold River East student Amanda who had served As the teams assistant the Grade 11 student died of cancer last summer and the Kodiaks dedicated the season to Oak Park coach Lee Davis was Gra Cious after the they worked hard and deserved to he the first three shifts of the game we were All Over them and had some chances but we didst put it they got some Energy from the fact they weathered our Early pres they scored the first goal the first three goals and there a really Tough team to try to come Back River East goalie Mike Grey was named tournament map while defence men Adam Rath Michael Wahl Kodiaks and Kelsey Muggaberg Kodiaks were named All along with forwards Nott Ribachuk raiders and Cole i Brief Parne Viks pursuers fall Short Coral Jesper Arnevik held on to win the Honda Clas with a big assist from his Arnevik shot an even Par 72 yester closing at 18under Par and beating Mark Geoff Ogilvy and Craig Perks by a stroke for his first win this season on the pea Calcavecchia Ogilvy 69 and Perks 66 finished in a three Way tie for second each of the top four finishers bogeyed the par4 Cal Cavecchia missed a 15foot putt that would have forced a playoff with in obviously pretty disappointed right said who slammed his hat against a radio Booth As he walked into the Media broke the clasp on the Back and then tossed it into the i i had my not going to say Jesper did it deserve to but i blew to a High school Sophomore and the second youngest player to make the Cut in a pea tour shot a 68 and wound up 10under Par in his he finished tied for i cant believe its but at least i had a great round said who would have made for his showing but collected nothing because of his Amateur Glen Hnatiuk of finished six shots Back at 276 after a David Morland in of shot a 74 to finish at Stephen Ames of Calgary shot a 69 to give him Arnevik took a three stroke Lead into the final round at the pc at Heron but it was gone at the the 36year old who stands out with his plaid Bright shirts and flipped up hat trailed Ogilvy by a shot As he approached the par3 but Ogilvy gave strokes Back on the 15th and he was equally As frustrated As kicking his bag Over after he signed his associated press 3 floors of excitement at the Winnipeg convention Centre March 1518 Winnipeg convention Centre 3 floors of recreational products Winnipeg free press draw Patio furniture set free daily draws the free press were there for you for ital show times 6 m noon f v Friday y4 show admission general admission includes tax citizens children 12 and under with adult free show office or childrens variety fun zone Brier Winner continued from Page c1 heading into Mani Toba had won every game that Burtnyk out curled his skipping counterpart and lost every game in which he did it was no different Burtnyk out curled Nedohin for the first four ends and was threat ening to run away with the game when Nedohin made a perfect Dou ble takeout with his last Rock of the fourth end to turn what was shaping up to be a steal of two into a game tying Point for the shot seemed to deflate the Manitoba squad and Burtnyk in particular and by games Nedohin had posted a Stellar 90 per cent average to Burtnyk our disappointment is we didst curl better in the second half of the Burtnyk if we had stolen that fourth it would have been Tough for them to pick up the pieces and go on to the next Manitoba third Jeff Ryan agreed his teams fortunes seemed to turn on but said its hardly news that Burtnyk carried the of he always Ryan Hes done that for 25 Manitoba Lead Keith Fenton was Quick to agree that there was at least one Silver lining in yester Days loss for the third year in a Row Jeff Stoughton in Greg Mcaulay in the Brier was won by at least one Guy who was born and raised a Manitoba i guess we can take some Solace in Fenton added Ryan now we get Back to the kids dont so we get Back to its not our f Alberta wins women Gold up Alberta knew goals were going to be scarce against Quebec goalie Kim but it turned out one was All they needed to win the women National hockey Dana pretty scored the Only goal of the game at of the second period As Alberta blanked Quebec 10 yester Day in the championship Alberta goalie Robyn Rittmaster turned aside 23 shots for the Morenstam smashes Mark a Annika Soren Stam knew she was close to a Morenstam defended her Welchs Circle k championship title yesterday by shooting 7underpar she won by six shots Over four players with a tournament record 23under 265 the Sec on lowest score in Lyga tour Laura Diaz shot 66 to join Michelle Dottie Pepper and Seri Pak at Lorie Kane of Charlottetown closed with a 69 to gain a share of 10th place at cougars win hoops title Edmonton up Heather Dedman scored 24 Points As the Regina cougars won their first Ciau women Basket Ball championship with a 9485 win Over the Alberta pandas yesterday Regina led 5039 at Alberta Cut the Lead to six with less than a minute to but the cougars came through at the free throw line to Seal the Yankees sign cuban a the new York Yankees announced the signing of cuban third baseman Andy Morales to a fou year contract yes is Best known for hitting a three run Homer in Camden Yards when the cuban National team beat the Baltimore orioles 126 in a 1999 exhibition he defected from Cuba on his second attempt in july croatian skis to title Sweden a Croatia Jana Kostelic became the youngest women world cup Overall Champion in 20 years yesterday when Renate Goetschl of Austria skied off the course in the first run of the giant Switzerland Sonja Nef won the race in two minutes her fifth straight giant slalom skiing cautiously on a sore finished second last but clinched the Overall title when Goetschl skied Calgary Allison Forsyth was fourth yesterday and finished the season eighth in the world cup giant slalom standings with 226 former Champ critical Cincinnati a american Boxer Greg a former Aba heavy weight remained in critical condition two Days after injuring his head in a fight in was Hurt during a 10round loss to Dale Crowe in he won the Aba championship by knocking out South african Gerrie Coetzee in the eighth round in but lost it in his first defence the next year to american Tony amazing continued from Page c1 his tosses became More erratic and finally desperate As the old Champ looked for a Way to get Back into the but the Young Buck kept dodging and shuffling until finally Burtnyk was swinging throwing a Hail Mary triple takeout with his final Rock of the ninth the punch failed to by about an Manitoba third Jeff Ryan estimated and the old Champ threw in the Down it was no it was a Hollywood and probably Only fitting then that actor Paul Gross he of due South Fame was in the House doing research for a new Curling movie he is producing in Toronto next the players provided Gross his ending one minor edit in Gross the Young contender will surely not be taking a leak in the washroom and Csc will not be in a when the old Champ after some to proffer his hand in a Concession of the Down 64 in the ninth Manitoba had a shot to get Back into the game yesterday when Burtnyk elected to try a triple takeout with his final he might have scored or possibly but just missed and gave Alberta the game clinching steal of two the chances of stealing two 10th end and the someone came running Back and said Hes Nedohin recalled of his untimely potty and i what so i must have mowed Down four or five people running out there and saw Kerry come up and it was just an amazing feeling to see Kerry Burtnyk come up to me and shake my hand after winning the it was of the end ing Burtnyk yesterday was supposed to be the 42year old investment advisers moment in the National spot his Chance to claim his spot among Curlings Al time greats with what would have been his third Brier Only four other men in this Rich and storied game have Ever done that Only one from it would have been the crowning glory to what has been a remarkable but it was not to be and if yesterday turns out to be Burtnyk last appearance at the spoken in recent years about the possibility of retiring after next season its probably Only fitting that ends in a Row were pretty slim Burtnyk said of his Deci Sion to not simply draw for one in the it was a desperation but we Felt it was Worth the and it was really Alberta skip Randy Ferbey who won his third Brier title yesterday had spoken openly about retiring after this years but it was Nedohin who Nedohin is a Man after grew up idolizing Burtnyk and was just seven years old when Burtnyk stunned a curl ing nation by winning his first Brier in 1981 at the tender age of no one younger has Ever skipped a Brier and might never again in a game that has evolved Over the ensuing two the Point where it is men in their 30s and 40s who seem to now which makes who once asked Burtnyk for a Job on his team More than just a bit of an anomaly at the tender age of Randy Ferbey May technically be the Alberta but make no Nedohin is the Man who makes it happen for this Burtnyk and mates Jeff Rob Meakin and Keith Fenton will look Forward to the olympic trials in Regina this december where they will be one of 10 mens teams looking to represent Canada at the 2002 Winter of Nedohin will also be sound like a rematch to you too after winning the Canadian title and an olympic trials he said yesterday hed stick around for another and he had no illusions about How fortunate he was this past if they started this again next said in sure there would be a different ;