UNBC BASKETBALL Men's February 20 Results UNBC 82 KWAN 76 High scorer: A. Nadrazsky 19 . J. Gladdish 19 February 21 Results UNBC 73 DC 76 High scorer: M. Holtz 17. February 28 Results UNBC 75 UCC 96 High scorer: P. Nadrazsky 20 Men finish season 8-10 Women's February 20 Results UNBC 60 KWAN 53 High scorer: C. Hicks 20 February 21 Results UNBC 75 DC 61 High scorer: C. Hicks 23 February 28 Results UNBC 41 UCC 54 High scorer: M. Pontes 16 Women finish season 7-11 UNBC HOCKEY - PGRHL Rec. A - UNBC Timberwolves GPW LT -@ A 35 15 13 7 241 373 February 22 Results UNBC 7 LUMBER KINGS 10 February 27 Results . UNBC 7 NOR-SPEC 9 Next: March 14 6:15pm Kin 3 Vs. Nor-Spec Rec. B - Greywolves GP WLT GA 35 15 19 1 185 281 February 22 Results GREYWOLVES 2 SHOOTER’S/B.P. 9 February 28 Results GREYWOLVES 3 PINESTAR 6 Next: March 14 5:15pm Plex Vs. Env. Dynamics/ P.W.H. Rec. B - U Grad Wolfpack GP WLTG#A 35 14 16 5 165 246 February 22 Resulis WOLFPACK 2 CANFOR 5 February 29 Results WOLFPACK 3 ENV.DYNAMICS 2 Next: March 12 9:30pm Kin 1 Vs. Shooter’s/Boston Pizza UNBC INDOOR SOCCER - BCISL Men's February 23 Results UNBC(1) 6 SUMMIT INSURANCE 2 UNBC(2)5 AEK TABOR PIZZA 5 Women's February 25 Results UNBC.5 BX PUB/PW BREWERY 1 UNBC NORDIC SKIIN BC Cross Countr Championships February 14 Result Jr. Men's 10 km Classic: ve Ian Jackson 8th Place Stephen Duck 10th Place Sr. Men’s 10 km Classic: Scott McMillan 9th Place Patrick McMechan 11th Place Sr. Women’s 5 km Classic: -Marnie Graff 5th Place February 15 Results Sr Men’s 3 x 5km Free Technique Scott McMillan, Stephen Duck, Ian Jackson 6th Place Sr Women's 3 x 3.5km Free Techniques Tuppy Hoehn, Katherine: © Scheck, Marnie Graff 4th Place BC Cup and University Cup: Overall Points: Tan Jackson: 1st Place Jr Men’s Category BC Cup Points 3rd Place Men’s University /College Cup Marnie Graf: 1st Place Sr. Women’s Category BC Cup Points 1st Place Women’s University /College Cup Photo by Marlon Francescini On February 28th and 29th Over The Edge held our first annual Soul Calibur tournament. Above we see some guy who's like “Gee... how can she kick so high with such large bouncing titties.” Incidentally this guy is going to, like, kill Dana. The Moral? Vote for zombie Joseph Buey 10 MARCH 10, 2004 STeielata=feGi Looking Towards Next Season No playoff spots for Timberwolves’ basketball By Jessica Johnson The men’s and women’s basketball teams played their final games of the season on Saturday, February 28. Both were defeated and both were one place away from a playoff berth. Not that spirit and motivation weren't lacking though. Both team’s coaches agree that their teams like to work and play hard, and now the only thing to do is to look forward to next season, and as women’s head coach, Loralyn Mungockh says, “Recruit, recruit, recruit!” The men battled the University College of the Cariboo Sun Demons in their last hope for a possible playoff spot. Unfortunately, UCC was determined to win, and it showed as they. played one of their better games of the season and beat UNBC 96-75, causing the Timberwolves to end their season with a record. of 8-10. “Obviously I was disappointed with the result,” says Zane Robison, UNBC men’s head coach. “We missed a lot of easy shots. It was an off-night shooting for a lot of guys, and [UCC] played well.” Alex Nadrazsky, who led the season with an aver- age of 16 points per game, was only able to play just over eight minutes, due to a foot injury that has taken away his game for the last couple of weeks. He left without scoring any points for his team, which defi- nitely hurt them offensively. Phil Nadrazsky, who returned to the Timberwolves after his two-game suspension for leaving his team to play in the all-native tournament, stepped up to fill some of the void. He scored 20 points in 18 minutes of playing time, making 8 of 12 from the field and 3 for 3 from the 3-point range. Robison was happy with the forward’s contribu- tions, but said that given the same situation next year, he would handle the suspension differently. “I was satisfied that he tried to redeem himself by playing as hard as he could and as well as he could,” he says of Nadrazsky. “I'll stand by my decision [to lift his suspension]. I think next year Ill do it differ- éntly, if it happens again, but I already know it won't.” Next season, Robison plans on making the conse- quences known beforehand to avoid any future prob- lems. The women’s team was also defeated by UCC with a score of 54-41, concluding their season with a 7-11 record. Marlene Pontes, a first-year 5’9” forward, led the scoring with 16 points, but was forced to leave the game at the mid-point of the second half after suffer- ing a knee injury. The interruption broke the momen- tum for the rest of the team, as Pontes had been domi- inating the game. ; “With only had a small amount of time left in the game, someone else had to step up,” says head coach, Loralyn Murdoch. “And there just wasn’t enough time for whoever that might be to get comfortable enough with having to score.” As always, Murdoch looks back on the season very positively. When asked if she has any regrets, she instantly replies, “No, not at all.” “I was very pleased overall with how the girls grew as a team and developed as players,” she says of her team. “We had some ups and downs, we had some player turnoverObut they worked hard, they got along and they were a pleasure to coach.” “Overall, we had great support locally from UNBC, from [Over the Edge], within our press from Prince George and also TV. It was a really good year.” Murdoch is getting busy looking ahead to next sea- son already. All of her team this year could potential- ly return, leaving only four to six spots open for new players. She looks forward to the team being much more mature, as she will have four 3rd year players. She says there will definitely be new girls coming in to compete for these spots at her I.D. camp in April. In the meantime, she will be at the AA and AAA high school provincials in Kamloops and Kelowna, recruit- ing others. Murdoch’s only sore spot is the possibility. of losing Carlye Hicks, a first year 5'10 forward who led the season's scoring with an average of 10.4 points per game, to a Canadian Interuniversity Sport- (CIS) school. “Brandon University is looking at Carlye quite strongly, and I’m not sure what she’s going to do there,” says Murdoch. “They’re actively recruiting her, so hopefully I don’t lose her, but if I do, she’ll get to go to a CIS school.” Robison looks back on his season with the men’s team, and while he has a positive outlook on the next season, he is not very satisfied with the season he just wrapped up. _ “No, absolutely not,” he replies when asked if he is satisfied with the season. “I think we could have done a lot better. Injuries were definitely part of the reason we weren't as successful as we wanted to be, and a lit- tle bit of the controversy with Phil [Nadrazsky] leav- ing. “So that all attributes to a disappointing season. But that happens sometimes and you just have to learn from it and move on, so that’s what we’re going to do.” Most players can potentially return to the men’s team as well, except guard Christian Desierto, who is currently in his fourth year. “Recruiting-wise, it’s a strong year, so I’m pretty optimistic about next year,” he says. “I think there are a lot of top-end players that can really contribute right away. “I say this every year, but I think we’ll do better next year. The talent’s out there, so we should improve. There's a lot of motivation in the guys to do better too.” Both coaches are actively preparing to recruit new players by traveling all around BC to see them play and invite them to UNBC. “Hopefully some people will come tour the school and get to take a look around,” says Murdoch of her recruits. “Hopefully [they will] fall in love with the place and come to UNBC!”