February 2021 to April 2021 Newsletter

SPORTS (306) 664-6744 Saskatoonsportshalloffame.com HALL Saskatoon OF Sports Hall FAME of Fame on Facebook s President of the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame, I am happy Murphy for your many years of service. McLean and Murphy are Ato bring greetings on behalf o the hardworking volunteers leaving the board this year. Thank you to the members at large who who make up the board of directors. Without their work and are helpful in so many ways. dedication our Hall would not exist. Thank you to Bob Florence and Mark Tennant for continually Hopefully, we are all feeling optimistic with the start of a new year releasing such a well written, researched newsletter on the past, Dana Kidd and the daylight increasing to help us through the winter months. present and future of our sporting community. As it is 2021, I have come to the end of my term as President. I Further information will be provided regarding our 35th induction Hall of Fame president feel truly honoured to have served as the President of the Hall for ceremony and banquet when we have a better understanding of the last three years. I look forward to handing the reins to my what Nov. 6 2021 will be like. Athlete inductee, golf, 2014 successor, Bob Fawcett, and see what comes next for the Hall. Nominations of candidates must be received by April 1 to be Board members returning to keep things running smoothly are considered for induction that year. The three categories are athlete, Bob Fawcett, Lisa Down, Eugene Hritzuk, Jacki Nichol, Anna-beth builder and team. We rely on nominations to recognize and honour Zulkoskey, Don Bates, Phyllis Wilson, Dale Yellowlees, Don Gallo, people in the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame. Kelsie Hendry and myself. Thank you Keith McLean and Noreen For a nomination form, click here: www.saskatoonsportshalloffame.com Line change *Dave Adolph ends his shift of 38 years with Huskies hockey *Enshrined in Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame l Leader in Canadian in career coaching wins in the regular season for men’s hockey with 488. 456 University of Huskies..... 1993-2021 32 University of Lethbridge Pronghorns.... 1989-92

l At nationals 20 times with the Huskies Three as a student-athlete, once as an assistant coach, 16 as the head coach.

l 10 West conference titles with the Huskies Three as a student-athlete, seven as the head coach.

l Canada’s coach at the 2003 World University Games in Italy, placing third, and the 2015 World University Games in Spain, placing third. l The game ends early for Adolph as a player in two of the Huskies’ all-time Adolph at a glance highlight wins. Huskies defenceman...... 1977-78, 1979-83, five years In a conference game in 1981-82 in BA, BEd, conference second team all-star Rutherford Rink, *Tim Hodgson scores Huskies assistant coach...... 1984-1989, five years with 32 seconds left in regulation time Huskies head coach...... 1993-2001, 28 years and *Randy Wiebe scores the winner Huskie Athletics coach of the year...... 3 in double overtime as the Huskies Canada West men’s hockey coach of the year...... 4 defeat the Alberta Golden Bears. U SPORTS men’s hockey coach of the year...... 1 Adolph is one of five Huskies who get Since 1993-94, when Adolph became head coach, 77 student-athletes on the hockey club have averaged at least 75% a game misconduct in a chippy first period. in class and made the academic team in Huskie Athletics; Early in the 1983 Canadian championship 17 have been named athletic All-Canadians in U SPORTS hockey. game in Moncton, won by the Huskies against the Concordia Stingers, Adolph suffers a concussion. He watches the game on a TV screen in the medical clinic. Dave Adolph, above and in the centre on the l Adolph plays defensive back left, is enshrined in the Saskatoon Sports on the Evan Hardy Souls high school football team in 1975-76 and 1976-77. Hall of Fame. He was in his fifth year as a *Bill Seymour, the coach of the Souls defenceman with the defensive backs, is an assistant coach on the 1982-83 Huskies hockey team hockey team when it won the Canadian that wins nationals. —Saskatoon StarPhoenix photo university title in 1982-83. l Adolph plays for the Swift Current Legionnaires does homework. Being a teacher at Aden l Wife Bev (Britton) Adolph wins a Canadian midget team, the Saskatoon Blazers juvenile team Bowman Collegiate, he class plans to prepare university championship in track and field in 1981-82 and in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and review for Monday. on the Huskiettes 4x800-metre relay team for and . with *Teresa Hlady, Lesia Pillipow and Leila Preston. Bev is third in the 4x400 with Hlady, Gwen Wall l After winning a playoff series in Edmonton l Instructor in the Hockey Academy * in 1985, the Huskies are on a charter bus for the trip back to skill development program at Walter Murray and *Janice Zunti. Saskatoon on a Sunday. While the players rest and decom- Collegiate for Grade 9 and 10 students. press, Adolph, at the time an assistant coach with the Huskies,

Thank you Hall of Fame sponsors Hall directors l President Dana Kidd l Phyllis Wilson l l Al Anderson’s Source for Sports l Hunter’s Bowling l Past president Keith McLean Dale Yellowlees l Don Bates l Anna-beth Zulkoskey l Members at large l Lisa Down l Cherry Insurance Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon l Bob Fawcett Mary Green l Don Gallo Gerry Heskett l Jerry Shoemaker l Kelsie Hendry Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express l Realty Executives Saskatoon l Eugene Hritzuk Mark Tennant l Noreen Murphy Bob Florence l Jacki Nichol l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l

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l*William Kinnearl is froml Scotland, l l l l l SOFTBALL l l l l l l l l l Johnny l Hayes is 45l when he playsl his l l hits a two-run double and is the winning the home of golf. When he settles in Saska- *Muriel Coben last year of senior soccer, playing some of pitcher as the Ramblers defeat the Clippers to win the best-of- ltoon in 1909l at age 30l he golfs in Saskal - l l l l l l l l l l l l l hisl league gamesl in Kinsmen Parkl in 1958. l l five championship in the Saskatoon Ladies’ Senior Softball League toon in the same place where everybody A native of Belfast, he has been in senior l l l l l l l l in four gamesl in Kinsmenl Park in 1952.l l l l l l l l l l l l else does, in City Park, later known as soccer in Saskatoon since 1933. He has Coben is added to the Edmonton Mortons lineup that same Kinsmen Park. In 1911, because the city mostly played goal, playing for Thistles and l l l l l l l l seasonl and winsl the Canadian lsoftball championship.l l l l l l l l l l l needs land at the north end of the park for United, for Wanderers and Legion —Saskatoon StarPhoenix *William Kinnear She is the lead on a Saskatoon rink with *Donna Paton, nearl Queen Streetl for a hospital,l the Saskatoonl Golf Clubl l l l l l l l —Saskatoonl StarPhoenixl l l l and Corinthians.l His clubl wins the l l l and that wins the na- Johnny Hayes moves to a site near the exhibition grounds. *Sylvia Fedoruk *Joyce McKee shield as provincial soccer champions six times. He plays for the tional East-West Challenge in 1960, a year before the first *Muriel Coben l Kinnear,l an apprentice l cabinet makerl and stairbuilder l with his l l l l l l l l l l l l Saskatchewanl Selectsl against touringl sides froml England. l official Canadian women’s curling championship. father in Scotland, works as a carpenter in Saskatoon. He helps Hayes is a soccer official. Kinsmen Park, the home of women’s softball in Saskatoon from the start in 1931, makel the first buildingl at the lUniversity of Saskatchewan.l Hiredl l l l l l l l l l l l l He coachesl the Saskatoonl Mayfair lClub to the provinciall l has league, playoff and tournament games through 2012, from Ramblers pitcher by the Saskatoon Golf Club to lay out its new course, he is the junior title for three consecutive years. *Nick Patola is on to Harmony Centre catcher to DBJ Leasing short- lclub’s instructionall pro forl almost 30 years.l He even namesl the l l l *Bethl Britton l l l *Pat Wegnerl l l l l Hayes’sl title-winning l Mayfair teaml in 1950. l l stop . holes, everything from #6 Winds Abeam to #13 Lucky Strike. He *Jacki Nichol Among other soccer people who frequent Kinsmen Park l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l also designs the Riverside Country Club in Saskatoon. Courses are Corinthians manager Cyril Newman, who was a goal- lin Kindersleyl and Northl Battleford, Moosel Jaw andl Weyburn l l l l l l l l l l l l keeperl in the Firstl Division inl England duringl the war, andl have Kinnear’s touch. He manufactures golf clubs. Hollandia centre half *Henk Ruys. lHe is a link withl tradition. Thel place wherel he golfed in hisl l l l l l l l l l l l l As for lHayes, the namel endures. Thel winner of lthe boys l youth was a club near his home, the Old Course in St Andrews. FOOTBALL championship in the Saskatoon High School Soccer League l Being a lScot he can be lfrugal. In 1943, lto make sure hel beat the l l l l Rod Milnel, Skip Wakel and Randyl Ross are lneigh - l l l l receivesl the Johnnyl Hayes Trophy.l l l April 1 price hike when the cost of a Canadian stamp increased bours on Spadina Crescent. They live two hundred yards north byl one cent, Kinnearl mailed Christmasl cards on Marchl 31. l l l l of Kinsmenl Park, the lplace where theyl practise andl play for the l l l l l l l l l l Roughriders in the Saskatoon Touch Football League. l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Wake scores five touchdowns in the semi-final and four in the final as the Roughriders win the championship in 1964 in l l l l l l l l l l l l —Saskatoonl StarPhoenixl l l CRICKET l l l l l l LAWN BOWLING the eight-team league. Bert Thompson is the captain of the Technically speaking, the City Lawn Bowl- l l l l l l l l l Wake is a guyl for all seasons.l He is the lhigh roller onl * Bob Fawcettl l l l team on thel Saskatchewan l Cricket Asl- l l ing Club isn’t in Kinsmen Park. That’s only be- the Saskatoon team that wins the Saskatchewan high school boys 5-pin bowling sociation all-stars who have two days in l cause Spadinal Crescent l gets in the way;l the l l l l championship.l He finishesl third in lthe junior boysl 100-yard sprintl in the provinciall l l the sunl in 1966, playingl New Southl Wales l l l club’s greens are near the west bank of the high school track and field championships. In Grade 12 at City Park, Wake breaks from Australia in an exhibition match at l Southl Saskatchewan l River. l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Kinsmen Park.l l l—Saskatoon StarPhoenixl l —U of S Archives A-2784 the single-season record for yards rushing in the Saskatoon High School Football City champions Tommy Broadbent League. He goes to the University of Denver on a hockey scholarship. He plays for The Emus win the match, their sev- Bert Thompson l and Williel Morris arel members ofl William lRutherford l l l the Saskatchewanl teaml in the Willingdonl Cup interprovinciall golfl championship. l l l enth stopl on a tourl through Canada.l l l l the club. So is Jimmy (Small Voice) McDougall. So is Milne goes on to become a director with the CFL’s . “Our score was the second highest so far against the Aus- l Archiel Forrestl , who wasl a prisoner ofl war in thel First l l lMilne is a big lreason why thel Riders bringl training campl to Saskatoon lin 1982 for l l ltralians,” saidl Thompson. l l l l World War for 2½ years after being called to service in Eu- the first time in 10 years. Thompson is active in cricket in the 1960s and ’70s, playing l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l rope with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. for the Spartans and the Empire in the Saskatoon Cricket Also playing for the 1964 Roughriders flag team are *Bob Fawcett and his William Rutherford, who is the dean in the College of Ag- l l l l l l l l lyounger brothersl John , Glennl and Gerryl Fawcett l. Bob Fawcett lhas been a l l lLeague at Kinsmenl Park, asl well as on thel provincial teaml for l riculture at the University of Saskatchewan, is the face of the club. prime timer in sports in Saskatoon for going on 60 years, from winning the Sask- national tournaments in and Ottawa. Limited by a leg injury in his youth, the athletic Rutherford goes into l l l l l l l l atchewanl juvenile hockeyl title as a lforward with lthe Anavets tol winning the Longl l l Aszarl Ali Khanl, a native of Trinidadl and a playerl on the l l curling and lawn bowling as an adult. He wins the singles title in Lake League championship as a left-handed pitcher with the Torchinsky Spartans, is the batting champion in the four-team Saskatoon l thel lawn bowlingl club in 1927. lHe serves as presidentl of thel Sask- l l lT-Birds, from coachingl the Auroral Devils inl minor soccer lto being chair lof the Kins - l l lCricket Leaguel in 1960. Dr.l S.K. Sen, anl experimental l nu- l atchewan Lawn Bowling Association. In 1939, the Saskatoon Lawn men Hockey League for underprivileged youth. clear physicist from Germany, is captain of the university team. l Bowling lClub and the Riversidel Bowlingl Club amalgamatel under l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l the name Rutherford Lawn Bowling Club. The l clubl keeps that namel until it foldsl in 1965. l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l

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HOCKEY NORDIC SKIING TRACK & FIELD ARCHERY In a meeting with city council in 1955, the Kinsmen Kinsmen Park today, Italy tomorrow. , a dentist, started l l l l l l l l l l l l *Pat Lawsonl goesl 4-for-4 in the lan - l l lDr. Arthur lSalter l l l Club proposes building an arena in Kinsmen park *Colette Bourgonje lives in an nual Saskatoon Playgrounds Association the Saskatoon Archery Club in the late withl seating for l2,200. Council can’tl bite ­— cityl tax- l l apartment l highrise onl the west sidel of l l trackl and field lmeet in 1946 lat Kinsmen l l l 1920s. Indoorl training isl in the basementl l l payers would have to pay half of the $178,000 cost. Kinsmen. She trains in the park all winter. Park. Lawson, from the Mayfair play- of the Canada Building, downtown at the l At leastl King George l Elementary Schooll in Kins- l l Al nordic sit-skier,l she wins ltwo bronze l l l ground, winsl the 75-yardl dash, high jump,l l l cornerl of 1st Avenuel and 21stl Street. l l men Park has an outdoor rink. Dale Zeman medals at the 2006 Paralympics in Turin, long jump and ball throw in the Outdoors, the club has training —Saskatoon StarPhoenix —Saskatoon StarPhoenix —Lions Speedskating Club —Saskatoon Library Archives playsl for King George.l He scoresl a goal inl the l l Italy. l l l l l girls’l 15-16 age lclass. l l l l and weeklyl shoots inl Kinsmen l l l first round of the Saskatoon Public and Separate Dale Zeman Bourgonje goes to the Winter *Colette Bourgonje As a student at Bedford Road *Pat Lawson Park. Eddie Mather and his wife Eddie Mather lSchool playoffsl in 1959.l In 1960, hel is in the largestl graduating l Paralympicsl sevenl times, froml Al- l l l Collegiate, l Lawson winsl provincial highl school titlesl in mixed l Gladysl Matherl frequent Kinsmenl Park lthroughout thel class in history at King George School. bertville, France in 1992 to Sochi, Russia in 2014, winning doubles tennis and the 100-yard sprint, javelin and long jump summer of 1939, using homemade bows and arrows. l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Zeman is a teammate of *Keith Magnuson and three silver and three bronze. She is twice selected to carry in track and field. Eddie is big into sports. He’s been the provincial champion in

*Herb Pinder and *Bobby Schmautz on the Saskatoon the Canadian flag at the Paralympics in the parade of nations. track and field — tying Saskatchewan’s record in the 100-yard l l l l l l l l l l l l She is al provincial championl in swimmingl and speedl skating. l l l l l l Blades in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in 1964-65. He A school teacher by profession, Bourgonje coaches nordic In university, Lawson is named the most valuable player in dash — and in swimming. He becomes a diving judge. He serves isl on the Cityl Park Collegiatel high schooll track andl field l skiing. l l l l l herl rookie seasonl with the Saskatchewanl Huskiettesl basketl - l as an officiall in the Westernl Intercollegiate l track and lfield meet. l team with *Gord Barwell. Kinsmen Park is a hot spot for skiing, both recreational and ball team. She wins two Canadian senior titles, first He is named the honorary director of the first Saskatchewan l Zemanl plays seniorl baseball forl the Commodoresl withl highl performance. l Among thel people who lhave maintained l l with thel Vancouver Eilers,l then with thel Saskatoon lAces. l Indoorl Games, laterl known as thel K of C Gamesl. l *Len Breckner, *Murray Eddy, *Cliff Koroll and the two-kilometre ski loop in the park is Randy Chapman, She coaches high school and university basketball. Mather is a renaissance man. He is supervisor of the Western *Randyl Munchl , managed l by *Spero Leakosl . l l a medallistl in the Canadianl marathon l canoe championships.l l l*Patti Sebestyenl breaksl school recordsl in long jumpl l Development l Museum inl Saskatoon. A trombonistl in thel Saska - l Although Zeman goes to the University of Denver on a baseball Judy Stockdale has served as president of the Saskatoon and shot put at the Sion High School track and field meet in toon Symphony Orchestra, he goes on to be its assistant conduc- lscholarship, l he wins back-to-backl nationall collegiate lchampionships l Nordicl Ski Club.l Her daughter, l Mary Stockdalel , is the firstl l Kinsmen l Park in 1966. Thel Canadian ljunior champion l in gym - l tor.l He helps developl the Saskatoonl Lions band. lHe makes violins.l as a defenceman on the Denver Pioneers hockey team. Saskatchewan athlete ever to win a medal in nordic skiing at nastics, she goes on to be a coach with the Marian Gymnastics He golfs, sort of. On Playgrounds Day in 1931 in Kinsmen Park, l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l the Canada Games, winning one silver and one bronze at the Club and an international gymnastics judge. Mather is challenged to a round of marble golf. Instead of using 1983 Winter Games in Chicoutimi, QC. clubs and a golf ball, players shoot a marble with their finger. Play- l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l grounds director George Ward beats Mather by two shots. Passings Bill Remenda, 1939-2020, age 81 Eiler Humbert, 1927-2020, age 93 Builder inductee, baseball Multiple sports Even when Bill Remenda loses, he wins. Oh, the sports stories Eiler Humbert could tell. In 1971-72, he was playing for the senior Saskatoon In 1950, when Humbert completed a degree at the Uni- Quakers in the Prairie Hockey League. In the third period versity of Saskatchewan, he was awarded the Tommy Fra- of a game in Calgary, Stampeders goalie Gary Simmons ser Memorial Trophy for athletics and sportsmanship in was injured. Remenda, the Quakers’ backup goalie, was the College of Agriculture. Presenting the award was pressed into service for the home team. He stopped all *Joe Griffiths. eight shots by his Quakers teammates. Saskatoon won 6-3. At the Kinsmen’s annual Sports Celebrity Dinner in the Remenda’s presence in hockey started in 1954, winning winter of 1964, Humbert — who was the president of the the Saskatoon Public School championship with Princess Saskatoon Kinsmen — gave a special plaque on behalf of Eiler Humbert Alexandra and playing for the West team in the annual pub- Bill Remenda the Kinsmen to *Gordie Howe as the outstanding grad- lic school all-star game. uate of the Kinsmen Pee Wee Hockey League. Because Howe was playing for He played for the junior Quakers. On the senior Quakers, he was a team- Detroit in the NHL that weekend, Red Wings general manager Jack Adams mate of *Jack McLeod and Daryl Lubiniecki, who both went on to be made the trip to Saskatoon to accept the plaque. head coach of the . He was named goalie of the year in the Humbert later served on the board of directors with the Saskatoon & District Commercial League with the league champion Midtowns. football club, including a year as president. Shake Remenda coached the pee wee Mohawks hockey team that included One of Eiler’s sons, *Doug Humbert, is enshrined in the Saskatoon Sports *Brent Ashton. He was coach of the Hawks team that won the Saskatoon Hall of Fame with the 1985, 1991 and 1996 Hilltops, when Doug was an assis- bantam title. tant coach on the team. He was the co-ordinating instructor for the annual Parks & Recreation hockey camp. Bob Laycoe, 1947-2020, age 73 a leg He had an on-ice role in the movie Paperback Hero. Filmed in Delisle and Football, wrestling Saskatoon’s Rutherford Rink in 1972, the show premiered in Saskatchewan in Bob Laycoe makes an impact in his four years in Saska- 1973 and hit the screen in New York in 1975. toon. Remenda was an umpire in baseball, highlighted by working the World Youth He is an assistant coach with the Huskies football and Baseball championship in Kindersley. He did senior games in both the North- wrestling programs at the University of Saskatchewan from ern League and Southern League in Saskatchewan. He served as the commis- 1969-70 to 1971-72 and the head coach of both teams in sioner of the Prairie Baseball League, a minor pro league. 1972-73. Laycoe is the interim athletic director at the U of S when Marilyn (Truscott) Walter, 1953-2020, age 67 Don Burgess is on sabbatical in 1971-72. Bob Laycoe Volleyball athlete, coach, official As a football player, Laycoe was a conference all-star for Linfield College in Finishing second at the 1975 Canadian championship in Oregon, then played offensive and defensive line for the UBC Thunderbirds in Quebec City was a first for the University of Saskatch- his native Vancouver. In wrestling, he won a Canadian university title for the ewan women’s volleyball program. The Huskiettes had T-Birds and a Canadian senior championship in the heavyweight class. never been to nationals before. Bob’s father, *Hal Laycoe, is enshrined in the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame * Marilyn (Truscott) Walter was the captain of the team as an athlete in hockey. John Sands 1933-2020, age 87 coached by *Mark Tennant. The Huskiettes, with just one student-athlete not from Saskatchewan that season, Steve Molnar, 1947-2021, age 73 Athlete inductee, speed skating went 15-0 in the regular season and defeated the Alberta Football, track and field Pandas in the conference final for their first league title. Marilyn Walter Steve Molnar hits the top of his game in 1976. Team inductee, 1953 Hilltops football Walter, from the Class of ’71 in Aden Bowman Collegiate, was with the Hus- He runs for more than 800 yards and five touchdowns in kiettes for five years. She played volleyball to 2019, including at the Huntsman the regular season with the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughrid- World Senior Games in Utah. ers. He has 144 yards rushing and a touchdown in the Inon the She was the first person hired when Saskatchewan Volleyball opened a provin- Western final against the Edmonton Eskimos. In the Grey Using money he made cial office. She went on to be a teacher at Nutana, Walter Murray, Bedford Cup, the Riders are defeated by Ottawa in the final 20 1946 on his paper route, Road and Evan Hardy Collegiates, coaching high school and club volleyball and seconds. John Sands, 13, spends $4.50 instructing at volleyball camps. Steve Molnar Molnar reaches the Grey Cup three times to buy a pair of hockey skates he As a national referee, she officiated university volleyball, as well as at the in his 10 years with the Riders; the Green saw in the window of a shoe repair 1989 and 1993 Canada Games and in Nunavut. and White losing to Ottawa Rough Rid- shop. He joins the Lions Speed ers in 1969, to Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Skating Club and is coached by Bill White, 1948-2020, age 72 a last-play field goal in 1972 and again to Team inductee, Ottawa in 1976. Sands finishes fourth 1948 *Clarence Downey. In his first 1968-69 Huskies cross-country, Molnar wins a title with the Tiger-Cats — the in the junior division in City Playgrounds Association meet 1969-70 Huskies track and field Saskatoon Ticats, that is. They’re champions in the the annual StarPhoenix road race, at Victoria School, Sands breaks After training in the wind and the mud and the snow in Sask- Saskatoon Minor Football League in 1961, his third a three-mile event that starts at two records and wins the boys atoon, running in Halifax was a day at the beach for Bill White. season with the team. the foot of the 25th Street Bridge 14-and-under title. White was on the University of Saskatchewan Huskies cross- He plays for the Aden Bowman Bears for three seasons. The Tech and loops around to the finish country team coached by *Lyle Sanderson that won the Tigers won’t forget the game he played against them in 1963. line in front of the newpaper’s Canadian championship in Nova Scotia in November 1968. With the Bears on third down and needing 45 yards for a first A graduate of Aden Bowman and an honours student in building on 20th Street. Sands Sands, a Bedford Road down, Molnar scores a 50-yard touchdown. The next year, in 1964, chemistry at university, White added a second Canadian returns to the race in 1949 1953 and Molnar in Grade 12, he leads the league in yards rushing, Collegiate grad, scores title in the winter of 1970 as the Huskies won the national and again finishes fourth. a touchdown in the final game Bill White scoring and punting average. Bowman twice finishes second at track and field championship in Winnipeg.* Gerry (One provincials. Molnar’s teammates on the Bears include *Keith Magnuson, of his three-year career with the Jump) Filson scored the winning height in his only jump in , with *Ralph Schoenfeld, *Don Seaman and *Bill White, who all go Saskatoon Hilltops. A light and *Merv Krivoshein second. *Ken Loewen was second in the 1,000 metres. on to be inducted into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame. —Photo from Regina Leader Post shifty halfback, he dekes past White, who was primed to run distance, qualified for nationals in a shorter Molnar plays one game with the Saskatoon Hilltops, led by head coach two defenders from Windsor race, the 600, and finished sixth. He was third in the 4x4 relay with *Al Ledingham, then moves to the States, playing college ball for the George AKO and outruns two more as *Charlie Simpson and Loewen — two of his cross-country teammates — Washington Colonels in Washington, D.C. When George Washington drops its In the months 1956 the ’Toppers win their first Ca- and *Rick Bell. football program, he moves to Salt Lake City and plays two more seasons in college leading up to the Olympics in Cor- nadian junior football champion- for the Utah Redskins. tina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Sands works ship before a crowd of 7,500 at Molnar is big into track and field in his youth. He wins the high jump title in the out twice a week at the Saskatoon . Sands opened Cheryl (Stirton) Zipper, 1950-2020, age 69 Saskatoon Public Schools championshp when he is in Grade 8 at Churchill School. YMCA, skates outdoor every eve- Team inductee, At Bowman, he is the city high school champion in hurdles, pole vault, discus and the playoffs with two touchdowns ning at Optimist Park and skates 1970 Dorenda (Stirton) Schoenhals rink, shot put. He wins eight medals in individual events at high school provincials. against the Winnipeg Wildcats in in the downtown Arena, thanks to 1974 Rick Folk mixed rink Steve’s brother, Timothy Molnar, is enshrined in the University of Saskatch- the Manitoba-Saskatchewan final. Moose Jaw Central Collegiate, with Cheryl Stirton at third, ewan Huskie Athletics Wall of Fame as an athlete in football and wrestling. Arena manager Norman Couch. He separates a shoulder return- finishes second in the provincial high school girls championship After arriving in Italy, Sands shows he ing a kick against Winnipeg and in 1966. Ron Perkins, 1929-2021, age 91 is primed for the Olympics by break- isn’t sure he can get time off to Stirton has more to come, much more. Football, track and field ing the Canadian record in the 500 join the Hilltops on the train to Stirton and her rink of lead Janet Crimp, second Jackie Ron Perkins is a teacher at Aden Bowman Collegiate and third go undefeated to win the pro- metres by more than a second in Vancouver for the West final. His Moffat Rae Clark when it first opens in 1958. His name endures. Take 1962. vincial high school title in 1968. a training session. On race day five co-workers at Robin Hood Mills An anonymous donor gives a set of portable wooden days later, one of his skates catches In 1969, Stirton plays third for the University of Saskatchewan buy him a plane ticket. Sands, a Cheryl Zipper corners to the school in 1962 so students can run laps in a rough spot on the oval’s final rink skipped by her sister *Dorenda Stirton that wins Bowman’s gym. The gift is made in recognition of Perkins 5-foot-8 two-way player, plays the the Western Canadian university championship. is the lead and turn. He falls. “I had a bad bang on *Joan Anderson and *Bob Adams, who coach track and field not only whole game at safety against the *Linda Burnham the second. at Aden Bowman, but with the Saskatoon Track and Field the head, but I guess that’s all,” he Vancouver Blue Bombers. At the 1970 Canadian women’s curling championship in Calgary, the youngest rink in Club. said. In the 1,500 he finishes 45th. the event look like seasoned pros. Dorenda (Stirton) Schoenhals, 22, Linda Burham, 21, With Perkins as one of its coaches, Bowman wins the team Ron Perkins Cheryl Stirton, 20, and Joan Anderson, 19, of the Saskatoon Nutana Club score three in title in the city high school track and field championships for 11 consecutive years. the sixth, steal one in the seventh, and defeat Donna Clark of Burnaby, B.C., to win Among the athletes on Bowman’s teams are *Diane Jones, *Joanne Jones, 1960 Sands is now based in the title. *Garth Hilderman, *Ken Loewen, *Keith Magnuson, *Gord Remmen, Montreal, where he meets his fu- Cheryl Stirton makes it a double at nationals in 1974. She wins the Seagram’s Cana- *Ralph Schoenfeld, *BIll White and *Keith Zary — who are all After competing for ture wife Micheline. John com- dian mixed championship in Winnipeg on a first-year rink from Saskatoon with lead enshrined in the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame — 1968 , second and skip . Steve Molnar 31 years and winning the Canadian petes in his second Winter Olym- *Bonnie Orchard *Tom Wilson *Rick Folk and . “Tom was the best sweeper there,” said Folk. “Cheryl also led in sweeping. Our edge Brenda Zeman senior championship four times, pics, going to the Games in Squaw Perkins also coaches Bowman’s football team, winning the city title in 1962 in sweeping was a big advantage.” Valley, CA. He is tops among and 1963 and the provincial title in 1970. Sands says the 1968 season is his He serves as president of the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association. last. “Speed skating kept me out Canadians in the 500 metres, finish- He goes on to be the vice-principal at City Park Collegiate, the principal at of trouble,” he said. Besides com- ing 27th. He is 43rd in the 1,500. Nutana Collegiate and the principal at Mount Royal Collegiate. peting, he’s been president of the Saskatoon Lions Club and a coach.

—Photos from Saskatoon Lions Speed Skating Club Touching base*Enshrined in Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame With Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame inductees That’s a wrap for Down from 1969 to 1975, and also on the Huskiette volleyball team for one *Lisa Down has stepped aside from her service on the board season. She won 12 individual events in the conference track and field of directors with Softball Canada. Elected for two-year terms are championships and contributed to three team titles. . . . Pat Buglass Brooks Penrod of Saskatoon and Andrea Wolf of Wapella. and Brad Phelps of Saskatoon are being enshrined in the Sask- A new rule in 2021 will allow teams from Saskatchewan to add five atchewan Golf Hall of Fame. Buglass assisted in the amalgamation players from other provinces to the lineup for the Canadian Slo-Pitch of the Saskatchewan Ladies Golf Association and the Saskatchewan championships . . . Adam Bloski and Mike Langin of Saskatoon Golf Association into Golf Saskatchewan. She served on the Saska- were officials at the recent world junior men’s hockey champion- toon Women’s Golf Council and has helped with city, Western and ship in Edmonton. Bloski is a grandson of Saskatoon Sports Hall of national championships on courses in Saskatoon. Buglass was previ- Fame inductee *Joe Bloski ously named to the Curl- . . .*Ross Wilson has been Saskatoon Sports Hall of Famely Sask Legends of Curling l Dennis Beerling elected to his third term as Builder inductee, track and field Honour Roll. Phelps *Enshrined in Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame mayor of Lumsden Beach . . . l Toni Beerling...... Dennis’s wife has won the Saskatch- Builder inductee, track and field Fred Sasakamoose, who ewan mid-masters title On track in 1953-54 became the first l Sheryl (Kleckner) Ens for golfers age 40 and Team inductee, 1980 Harmony Centre women’s softball *Dave Elder has redesigned the website for the treaty Indian to play in the l ...... Sheryl’s sister older six times . . . Sharon (Kleckner) Klasson Knights of Columbus Saskatchewan Indoor NHL, died in November. He Team inductee, 1980 Harmony Centre women’s softball Former Saskatchewan l Jerry Friesen...... Sheryl and Sharon’s brother-in-law Huskies hockey defence- Games, a fixture in track and field since 1965. was 86. Sasakamoose was born Athlete inductee, football; team inductee 1990 U of Huskies football assistant coach in Big River and grew up on man *Kerry Preete One of the features of the new site is That Was l Kee S. Ha is with a group that has Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation Builder inductee, tae kwon do Then, This Is Later. It highlights athletes from near Shell Lake. Sasakamoose l Duk Sang Ha...... Kee’s son bought the Western Saskatchewan whose career in international Athlete inductee, tae kwon do Hockey League’s Port- played for the Saskatoon Quak- l Yoon Sang Ha...... Kee’s son sport was launched at the K of C Games. Eleven ers in the Western Canada Athlete inductee, tae kwon do land Winterhawks . . . *Tim Leier, who was of those athletes are enshrined in the Saskatoon Senior Hockey League in 1965- l Lorne Tarasoff a teammate of Preete Sports Hall of Fame. 66, coached by *Vic Lynn. Team inductee, 1971 University of Saskatchewan Huskies track and field l Kerry Tarasoff...... Lorne’s brother on the hockey Huskies, *Arnold Boldt *Joanne McTaggart Calgary Spurs defeated the Builder inductee, curling has joined the board *Jaime Cruickshank *Vanessa Monar visiting Quakers 3-1 in Game l Gail Tennant of governors with the *Dr. Cyprian Enweani *Carey Nelson 7 in the best-of-seven final at Team inductee, 1979-80 University of Saskatchewan Huskiettes volleyball Saskatchewan Sports The Corral. As the Quakers l Mark Tennant...... Gail’s husband *Kelsie Hendry *Adrianne Vangool Builder inductee, volleyball; team inductee 1978-79, ’79-80, ’80-81 Huskiettes volleyball Hall of Fame. Leier was left their hotel just before l *Diane Jones *Gwen Wall Breanne Tennant.....Gail and Mark’s daughter a forward on the Hus- game time, they were met Team inductee, 2005 Optimist Twirling Connection baton *Joanne Jones l Haylee Olver...... Gail’s niece kies. He also played by *Tommy ‘Moose’ Team inductee, 2005 Optimist Twirling Connection baton defensive back for the Dewar. Dewar, who worked l Garrett Olver...... Gail’s nephew kofcgames.ca Team inductee, 2001 Hilltops football Huskies football team in the insurance business in and was an outfielder Calgary, played for the Quak- for the Saskatoon Nationals senior baseball team . . . According to Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame ers when they won the world title in Italy in 1933-34 . . . Calgary’s Inductee *Brian Thompson won The Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest curler in the world is Stampede Corral, which was completed in 1950, was demolished last the senior men’s 600 metres at from Saskatchewan. Lola (Pearsall) Holmes, 102, of Vancouver the K of C Games in 1984. Two December, 70 years later. The BMO Convention Centre is being ex- was born in Luseland in 1918. She enrolled in the St. Paul’s Nursing years later, now on the Canadian panded on the site. School in Saskatoon when she was 17. . . Winnipeg curler Don Duguid national team, he finished sev- enth in the semifinal of the 800 won the first on his three Brier titles in 1965, played that year in the metres at the Commonwealth Le May Doan returning to Olympics Saskatoon Arena. Duguid has been appointed to the Order of Canada Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. *Catriona Le May Doan is Canada’s chef de mission for the . . . The latest recipients of money granted by the *Jack Adilman Said Thompson: “Interesting to 2022 Winter Olympics in , China. Le May Doan, a product of Fund are the Saskatoon Baseball Association, the Saskatoon Minor Hock- note was my 600 time in the open the Saskatoon Lions Speed Skating Club, competed in four Olympics (at the K of C Games) was faster ey Association, Saskatoon Pickleball Incorporated and the Mayfair Lawn than the Invitational 600 that year. from 1992 to 2002, winning two gold and one bronze. She is the third Bowling Club . . . Sask Sport has a new look to its website: sasksport.ca I remember the Invitational ath- person from Saskatchewan to be the chef of Team Canada in the The site includes an all-time list of recipients of the annual Sask Sport letes took a lot of flack over that. Olympics. *Diane Jones Konihowski, a native of Saskatoon, awards . . . Ron St. Clair of Prince George, B.C., has been enshrined “I was second in the quarter- final at the Commonwealth was the chef de mission at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Aus- into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame as a builder and contributor. St. Clair Games, right behind Sebastian tralia. Wayne Hellquist of Regina was the chef of the Canadian is a native of St. Mary’s, ON., who has been an announcer at stock car and drag Coe, world record holder at the team at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney . . . Jones Konihowski racing tracks throughout Canada and the U.S. He was a co-founder of the time. Hard to forget that one.” Brian Thompson has been named to the Canada West University Hall of Fame. She was CASCAR West series. St. Clair got his start as a track announcer in Saskatoon on the University of Saskatchewan track and field team for five years, in 1982 when he lived in Moose Jaw and worked as a radio sportscaster. 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Jennie Waldner Eric Kramer Todd McClements Lyle Bauer Elise Truscott Soccer Swimming Speed skating Football Artistic swimming Jennie Waldner of Saskatoon Eric Kramer and Todd McClements, both of Saskatoon, are among 23 Lyle Bauer, a native of Saskatoon, Elise Truscott of Saskatoon is participating in the Female people in Canada who received the Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence has been named one of the 50 has joined the board of direc- Coach Mentorship Program, a Award in 2020. most influential sports people in tors with Canada Artistic six-month project by the Sask- The award is given to coaches whose athletes have won a medal in the Winnipeg in the last 50 years. The Swimming. atchewan Soccer Association. world championships, Olympics, Paralympics or Special Olympics. list was selected by a panel, their Truscott was an artistic The program has three main Kramer is the head coach of the Saskatoon Lasers Swim Club. One of votes counted by Ted Wyman of swimmer with the Saskatoon goals: his athletes in the Lasers is Shelby Newkirk, who has qualified for the the Winnipeg Sun newspaper. Aqualenes and on Saskatch- l Connect female coaches Tokyo Paraympics and holds the world record in the 50-metre back- Bauer was a centre for the ewan’s team in the 2003 West- from around the province. stroke. CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers ern Canada Summer Games in l Learn from other female McClements is based in Calgary with the Canadian long track speed for 10 years and appeared in the Winnipeg. leaders within and outside soc- skating program. Four of his athletes — Jordan Belchos of Toronto, Ted- Grey Cup four times, winning She competes in masters cer. Jan Bloeman of Calgary, Graeme Fish of Moose Jaw and Tyson Langelaar the title in 1984, 1988 and 1990. artistic swimming, open water of Winnipeg, won medals in the world championships in 2020. l Give coaches support and As the CEO and president of the swimming and speed swimming. experience. Todd’s father *Jim McClements is enshrined as a builder in the Sask- Bombers, and later as the presi- When she was in high school Waldner is a coach and pro- atoon Sports Hall of Fame as an athletics coach and speed skating official. dent of the Calgary Stampeders, at St. Joseph, Truscott was on gram manager with the ASTRA A third coach from Saskatchewan received a Petro-Canada Award for his team finished second in the Guardians teams in cross- 2020. Wayne Kiel of Balgonie is the coach of the Canadian team that won Grey Cup three times. country running, soccer and Soccer Academy in Saskatoon. silver in the world wheelchair curling championship. She was on Saskatchewan’s Bauer played high school foot- badminton. soccer team at the 2017 Canada ball for the Mount Royal Mustangs, Summer Games in Winnipeg junior for the Saskatoon Hilltops as part of the Canada Games and and university Aboriginal Apprentice Coach for the Saskatchewan Huskies and Program. Weber State Wildcats. Also named to the top 50 list was volleyball athlete and coach Garth Pischke. His wife is Saska- toon Sports Hall of Fame inductee *Cindy (Shepherd) Pischke.