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Stapleton leads Saskatchewan
to 4th place finish at Nationals
by Mlark Cripps
To Christine Stapleton, being a
'university basketball coach gives
her more than the chance to stay
involved in the game she loves,
It also gives her a chance to make
a difference in peoples' lives,
"1 like coaching young women
athletes," said Stapleton, head coach
of the University of Regina
Cougars. "And helping them tum
into good people and maybe,
someday, good coaches."
In January of this year, Stapleton
earned another prestigious position
in the world of women's basketball
- Head coach of Saskatchewan's
National Under 19 Women's Team.
The 27 -year-old. Dungannon
native was in Goderich recently,
after earning a fourth place finish
with Saskatchewan at the National
Under 19 Women's Basketball
tournament held in Waterloo, July
25-31.
After round robin play,
Stapteton's team finished first in
their group. But a lack of bench
depth cost Team Saskatchewan in
the playoff round, and they enged
up fourth .in the country. However,
the team received the most
sportsmanlike award.
"We were expecting a better
finish," said Stapleton, adding that
Team Saskatchewan was a silver
medalist at the Canada Summer
Games in 1993. "But fourth in the
country is still pretty good."
Stapleton described herself as
"very intense" and "animated"
coach.
"I never scream negatives," she
said.
As for her coaching debut at the,
Nationals, Stapleton said it was a
"great experience."
"It's very stressful, but it's a good
stress."
"It was a great experience to be
among some of the top coaches in
the country. And I was coaching
In a park somewhere ...
against them."
She said the week-long tour-
nament was very draining, with her
team playing six games in seven
days.
After a brief stay at her family ,
farm, Stapleton heads back<to
Regina to begin preparations for the
upcoming university basketball
season. As well as coaching, she
also co-ordinates public relations
for athletics at, the University of
Regina.
She said she enjoys life in Sas-
katchew,. Ind recently signed a
three year extension to her contract.
"I have some great talent coming
up, so my game plan is to stick
around and see what we can do,"
said Stapleton.
She said that people have asked
her about the possibility of going
south for a coaching job, but
Stapleton said she has a patriotic
commitment to Canada.
"I want to give something back to
Canadian .youth," she said.
Are you ready for another strike?
by Jim Hughson
My pal Stewart hunched over his
coffee mug, elbows on the table
and, with a 'scowl, uttered his
definitive word on the current state
of major league baseball.
"If I see one more dour -faced
lawyer pleading hardship for bil-
lionaire owners or millionaire
ballplayers, I'll never watchanother
game. I'm sick of it."
It was sug.gested:he might have a
different view . had the Blue Jays
been one game' up instead of '16
games back' when the. strike was
called but he wouldn't hear it.
11 "Nope," said Stewball firmly. "I
like the .•Expos just as much and
they're having a great season. }'m
just sick of all the talk. 1 hope this
strike goes on .for a while so they
both get hurt badly, then maybe this
nonsense will go away for a while."
That, however, isn't likely tb
happen because right on the heels
of baseball's /dispute is a similar
battle on ice. The National Hockey
League and its players are also
without a collective agreement and
there's a chance that baseball's
short season will be followed by a
delayed hockey season and we
won't see pucks or bats on the
highlights until Christmas. Unless,
of course, Don Fehr and Dick
Ravitch finally go at each other
with the tools of the trade and that
might make them worth tuning in.
Soon Stewart's worse fear might
be realized as Donald gives way to
Bob 000denow with a dour look
telling us how the players) don't
want a strike but have no choice
because hockey's owners are
greedy, bumbling fools who can't
do anything right., I
Even if it's true, who wants to
hear a? Can anyone handle another
countdown to a strike date? Fans
have had it. up to.their mouthguards
with salary caps and 'arbitration.
•Just drop the puck or throw out
the first pitch and stop telling them
that it's a business.
"But it is and always has been a
business," argues Goodenow, the
director of the NHL players' As-
sociation. "Public perception is very
important so we've tried to keep
our negotiations' quiet but now that
it's out in the open we must make
sure the proper information is for-
warded to the public.", Which
means you'll hear more about book-
keeping than goalkeeping in the
days to come.
This brawl with the owners comes
at , a most inopportune. t -.me for
hockey. The game on ice is on the
upswing and has a chance to be the
great growth sport of the 90s. But
following a baseball strike with a
shutdown of their own might be a
gigantic turnoff. No matter what the
issues and how much sense either
side makes, some fans will be
thinking, "Here's another bunch of
prima donnas who don't know how
good they've got it."
For some it will spoil the grand
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reputation hockey players have.
Unlike baseball players, hockey's
heroes. are seen as down-to-earth
small-town guys who just want to
play the game.'
"If being small-town means not
being businessmen, then we're not," •
says Goodenow. 'But if being
small-town ime'ans holding onto
virtues and ethics, then we have 'a
lot of people like that."
Big town or small town, it seems
hockey players are desuned to go
the way of r their peers on the
diamond. ' Carrying brief oases
instead of ,skate laces and talking
strikes, not streaks.
And even my pal Stewart doesn't
care about that, as long as he sees
the game and hears from Ferraro
'and Babvch instead of !heir Fenr
and Ravitch.
Tournament
rescheduled
The Mosquito tournament planned
for last weekend got rained out. It
is rescheduled to this weekend with
Lucknow meeting Clinton at 10
a.m. on the Kinsmen diamond.
Twelve teams were .slated to
participate and recreation coor-
dinator Gary Nicholson is hoping
all teams will be available for this
weekend.
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