C M Y K PAGE D6 D6 WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, THURSDAY,FEBRUARY27, 2014 SPORTS winnipegfreepress.com ON THE Arruda namedtoall-rookieteam HomeFront THEfutureisbrightfor theBison men’sbasket- ball team in forwardAndre Arruda,who pushed hisway onto theCanadaWestall-rookie team. Arruda,20, startedall 22 gamesinhis rookie City skater is campaignwiththe Bisons andled theteamin scoring, averaging13.8pointsper game.That wasgoodfor 17th in allofCanadaWest, andfifth Canada West’s in conference three-pointerpercentageat.420. AformerGardenCityFightingGopher, Arruda also ledthe Bisons with 26 steals andgobbled up an averageof5.5 rebounds pergame, good for player of year second on theteam. Wesmen’s Wesley an all-star FTERamonsterseason, Winnipeg’sTatiana Rafter WINNIPEG Wesmen basketball co-captain scoopedupone of Canadian Steven Wesley is goingout with abang, earninga A university hockey’s tophon- selectiontothe Canada West firstall-starteam. Wesley,whose collegehoops careercametoan ours,earning theaward forCanada endinaquarter-finallossagainst Victoria last West player of theyear. weekend, averaged Just minutes afterlearningofthe 17.3 points awardonWednesday,the fourth-year pergame to sit University of BritishColumbiaThunder- seventhin birdsforward wasbuzzing. conference “One of my teammatestoldme, ‘Hey, scoring, andaver- go checkonTwitter,’ ”Raftersaidfrom aged 7.1 Vancouver. “I loggedonand sawit, and PHOTOBYRICH LAM/UBC THUNDERBIRDS rebounds Winnipeg productTatianaRafterhas been named theCanadaWestwomen’s hockey playerofthe year. pergame. Iwas like,‘Oh my God.’Itmeans alot to A6-6 me,justbecause IknowIworkedsohard forward thispastyear. It’s pretty validatingtoall BoeingIndoor Classiccomingup It wasaperfect note to go outonfor MacDonald originally andPalmer, whoare both closing theiruniversity from Washington State, Wesley wasaworkhorse thehardworkI’vedone.” hockey careers as fifth-year Bisons. MacDonald forthe Wesmen,playing 31 minutesper game.He THOUGH thesnowisstill on theground, thein- tied forthe league lead in goalsbyablue-liner, marked aseason-high 30 points in onetiltagainst Rafter,who grew up in Winnipeg andnow door tracks areabout to heat up in Winnipeg this with six, andPalmer’s29pointsled theBisonsin Calgary in November,and put up four double- studiesgender, race andinternational relations weekend as theBoeingIndoorClassic trackmeet scoringand ranked thirdinall of Canada West. doublesduringthe season. at UBC, wasalso namedtothe Canada West first gets underway. Meanwhile, it wasthe firstconference all-star “Weare proudofSteven’sefforts this season all-star team. Nowinits 33rd year,the two-dayevent kicks selectionfor Vestby,afourth-year Bison. The andduringhis time with theWesmen. He has Theselectionwas somethingofano-brainer. offonFridayand runs through Saturday at the SwanRiver,Man., worked hard andplays thegamewithagreat pas- Rafter exploded offensivelythisseason, ham- MaxBellField House at theUniversityofMani- producthad herbest sion,”saidWesmenmen’s basketball coachMike mering opponentstothe tune of 20 goalsand 18 toba.The eventwillpit topathletesfromMani- offensiveseasonto Raimbault.“To seehim rewarded forhis efforts assistsinjust28games. toba againstcompetitors from Saskatchewan and date,putting up eight is apleasure.” Sheopenedavastleadinthe Canada West scor- Ontario. Therewillbeeventsfor athletes of all goalsand 15 assists ingrace, finishingseven points aheadofsecond- ages,fromentry-level participants rightupto through 28 gamesto DeJonckheere aCIS all-star placefinisgerCamiWooster of theSaskatch- national team athletes. sitsecondinBisons ewan Huskies. More,she ledthe conference in TheBoeingIndoorClassic hasalonghistory scoring. power-playgoals with nine,tiedfor firstwithtwo in Manitoba.Itwas launched in 1981,whenthere On theyounger endof BISONS men’svolleyball outsidehitterAdamDe- shorthandedstrikes,and sixofher 20 goalswere wasnopermanent indoor runningfacility, so or- theroster, 18-year-old Jonckheere turnedheads in hisrookiecampaign game-winners. ganizers setupanindoorwoodentrack in aGimli blue-liner CaitlinFyten andwas honouredatthe national level. It wasaheckofaseason, anditstarted in the airport hangar.Since then,asmanyas23,000 wasnamed to theCanada DeJonckheere,18, wasnamed to theCIS’s summer.That’swhenRafter, aBalmoral Hall medals have been awarded, andtensofthousands West all-rookie team.Fyten, all-rookie team on Wednesday, afterturning in alumna,decided to stay in Vancouvertotrain of athletes have participated. whohails from Cremona, Alta., notchedeight astellar season that sawhim sitsecondonthe harder than sheeverhad before. points through theseason, tied foreighthinCan- Bisons forkills,with28, andpoints, with 320.5. “I wanted to leavenodoubt that Iput in allthe Bisonhockeygalsearn honours adaWestrookiescoring. He also delivered16service aces,goodfor third effort that Icould,” Rafter said.“Andtrust in my Finally, outgoingBisonscaptain AmyLee was on theteam, andmade141 blocks whileplaying in preparation, Ithink that wasahugething.Ifelt made theCanadaWestnominee forthe Marion all89seasonsetsagainst Canada West opponents. prepared goingintoevery game andevery ser- FIVE University of Manitoba Bisons women’s Hilliard CISStudent-Athlete Award, afterayear He cametothe Bisons aftergraduatingfromSt. ies, morethanIeverhave. It wasamentaland a hockey playerswereawarded conference hon- whichsaw herrackupsuccess on theice,where Paul’s High School in Winnipeg. physical thingthatIwas able to accomplish.” ours on Wednesday, with four gettinganod to the shescored22points, andinthe classroom, where Theselectionmarks thesecondyearinarow all-star teams. sheput up bigmarks in thefaculty of environ- theBisonshavehad aplayernamed to theCIS Defender CaitlinMacDonald andforward mental studies. Thefifth-year athletealso helps all-rookie team,following KennyRooney’snod in KyleighPalmerwereselected as Canada West mentor youngfemalehockey playersand volun- 2012-13. first-team all-stars, whileforward Meagan teerswithawiderange of sportand community Vestby wasnamed to thesecondall-starteam. initiatives. —MelissaMartin [email protected] No email attachments please SPORTS RECORD winnipegfreepress.com POINTSPREAD BASKETBALL HOCKEY NO. SPORTVIS HOME VH53 BKT NRDGE FULRT-3.5 WHL 4. Brandon, Hawryluk 19 (Quenneville, Gabri- Rockford 57 29 21 43175 180 65 NBA 54 BKT SBARB UCIRV -3.5 elle) 10:08 (pp). Milwaukee 54 23 19 66135 151 58 Thursday 55 BKT CPOLYUCDAV-3.5 EASTERN CONFERENCE 5. Brandon, Bukarts 23 (Pulock, Pilon) 11:22. Iowa 53 22 21 64131 152 54 31 BKT MIL IND -15.5 56 BKT SF PEPDN -1.5 East GWLOLSLGFGAPts 6. Brandon, Meilleur 10 (Pulock, Pilon) 17:12. 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