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t wht wrthum thursday march t 1iis edge pt hope 21 clippers lead playoff series the ken may clip- they finally decided pen are currently out in start playing to front but just barely in their semifinal series with port hope they lead the series two games to one in the best of five the first game was played last week in stouffville and it was the play of goalie brad steel stopping 41 shots that kept the may boys in the game until stouffville won 43 but not before port hope gave them a lot of work port jumped out to a 21 lead in the first their first goal coming when the clipper defence just stood around watching the port player walk in to score it was 20 after terry watt scored off a rebound of a brad steel save perry brown closed the gap to one off a pass from mike wbelan and geoff roy l the second period had each team scoring once both while owen heise was serving a hooking penalty perry browns second goal of the night was a sborthanded effort headhunters 9 battle says hockey parent dear sir my question is what is happening to our national- sport called hockey this past weekend i travelled to eastern ontario as my youngest son is a member of the stouffville peewee hockey team that is in the l quarterfinals with gananoque the peewee game was played late on saturday in gananoque and i had made plans to stay over night so that my family might become familiar with the city of kingston during our trip our plan also in cluded a stop in napanee on our return as the stouffville bantams had a sunday afternoon game in that town on entering the st marks girls win championship the st marks girls showed the boys theyre not the only ones that can win tournaments as the female basketball team swept through to the b championship held recently v the boys won their basketball tourney and the girls didnt want to be shown up the girls went through the tourney undefeated beating st patrick 43 knocking off st anthonys 192 clobbering st joseph 16- 4 and shut out our lady of anunciation 220 the girls capped their incredible season of 130 with the tourney the team consists of barbara van maris i carrie burd mary guest mary mcdermott jackie hulshof cathy oconnor margaret oconnor cecilia tomari anna delito and ron prieur coach napanee area three of our group met one of the coaching staff from napanee and during a brief discussion he made a statement that quote the stouffville team would be lucky to leave here alive and that his team did nothing on friday night in stouff ville all i can say after having watched the game is i really think that he was dead serious when he made the earlier statement i have understood in the past that a hockey stick was to be used to control the puck not the opposing player i believe very strongly that all of us who are involved in any way in the game of hockey fans players coaches officials and executives had better take a good look at ourselves and analyze our motive the game which was once an art of finesse and puck control is fast becoming a battle of hunters on a breakaway pass by geoff roy however 30 seconds later port was out in front again on their power play the tying goal came from bill meakes in the third when he picked up a doug taylor pass from andy leitch captain ted assinck won the game on his great goal after howie jones picked off a steve schell pass went around the net and passed it out to ted the second game of the series was played in port hope and although the clippers came out like lions they were mauled by the panthers 74 the clippers jumped to a 20 lead in the first period on goals by glen gibson from bill meakes and perry brown the second score by tim quinn from mike whelan and perry just as it seemed that stouffville might blow port hope out of the rink the port team was able to drastically turn their game around in the second period port ex ploded for six goals past brad steel the first two in the opening minute as the clipper offense and defense collapsed stouffville picked up two goals in the third but it was too little too late howie jones from andy leitch and tim quinn and perry brown from bill meakes and geoff roy collected the points catchup hockey was the call in the third game a match that saw the clippers play their hearts out all night and finally came up with an exciting 106 overtime win with port hope opening the scoring it meakes and doug taylor that tied it up port took a 21 lead but bill meakes replied shortly after with doug taylor and owen heise assisting to end the first in the second port was back at it taking a 4- 2 lead within the first period but the sever say die clippers again tied it up on goals by perry brown and steve kirkland glen gibson mike whelan ted assinck and howie jones assisted this seesaw battle entered the third period and port of course took the lead another two goal margin it looked like the dippers might not be able to come back but at the 12 minute mark andy leitch from doug taylor closed the gap to 65 with andy leitch in the penalty box geoff roy fed a breakaway pass to tim quinn who put in a great shorthanded goal to tie up the game for the final time in the overtime period it was all stouff ville as they scored twice in the first rute by steve schell from howie jones and ted assinck then andy leitchs hat trick from doug taylor and bill meakes steve kirklands shot from the point was put in by ted assinck for a 96 lead and the final goal of the game was scored by steve schell on a pass from howie jones the clippers have lost terry brown for at least one game maybe more from a knee injury he suffered in the game the next game in the series was played last tuesday march 7 and the player sprawled out on the ice is doing his best to stop his opponent in recent atom house jeague play however the player in white was able to get free and take a good clean shot on net although he failed to score the house league is now preparing itself for the upcoming playoffs bantams lead napanee the don anderson bantams have drawn first and second blood in their quarter final series against napanee the best of five series opened up last week with stouffville eagerly awaiting the chance to avenge an earlier 73 loss at the hands of napanee in the silver stick tour nament the first game saw the anderson crew come out flying and hitting which seemed to throw off the napanee attack mike rehill made several fine saves to keep stouffville alive until normanmckenzie fired in two quick goals for the bantams tony herold scored the third and final goal to was clipper andy leit- game results in next g stouffville their well ntoe firct onil frnm hill ninslr ii jlia o dies first goal from bill weekr- deserved 30 win the defence of robt gierking paul barry larry fockler dave mehaffey and daryl paxton controlled the play so effectively that napanee could not muster scoring threats iri the third period however credit for the win should go to the entire team for a solid twoway effort in the always important first game the second match was played in napanee last sunday and it promised to be a brusing affair from the start kevin barry got the nod to start in goal for stouffville and his steady work proved to be a large part in the andersons 52 victory x thestory of the game however was the work of defenceman robt gierkink and centre kevin bartley the big rearguarder logged a tremendous amount of ice time and took a lot of punishment from the chippy napanee for wards and kevin was a one man wrecking crew for the anderson squad as he scored a three goal hattrick and with a little more luck could have had three more his skating and stickhandling gave napanee fits and they had to resort to some cheap penalties to stop him tony herold picked up the other two goals in the win and once again the whole team just played their hearts out the next game in the series is tonight thurs day in napanee at 830 and the fourth if necessary will be back in stouffville this friday at 8 pm 4 caged head peewee a playoffs sincerely clarence fockler trounced gananoque 42 since ousting port hope from the playoff scene in the opening round three weeks ago stouffvilles peewee a team has kept busy by practicing diligently and squeezing in a home and away exhibition series with uxbridge which they won convincingly 41 and 30 in the opening round of the playoff series number two stouffville is pitted against a strong team from gananoque which ousted napanee in the first game played in gananoque last saturday our boys showed the effect of the long layoff between playoff games and were trailing by one goal near the end of the first period however the team found its legs in the final period and skated to a wellearned 42 win captain bryan todd was just too much for the opposing team to handle in this game he scored three spectacular goals all of which handcuffed the gananoque goalie the fourth goal was scored by craig corner on a wellplayed shot from the point bryans linemate barry smith picked up two assists- and brent barton and tim yeomans one each al fockler played a good game in goal and the defence exhibited strong play as well this best of three series resumes here in stouffville this saturday at 530 pm and with continued community support they hope to wrap up the series there if a third game is required it will be played in gananoque on sunday at 330 pm town skateathon collected under 1000 threeyearold laura summerfeldt showed just how much she loves to skate last week as she captured the award for the youngest skater to complete the 10 hour town skateathon lauras fiveyearold sister jennifer also picked up a trophy in a tie with susan fifield for the second youngest skaters to complete the grueling course the skateathon held last saturday collected pledges just under 1000 for the towns minor hockey a total of 70 skaters took part a much lower number than in previous years and organizers were fairly disappointed at the turnout other trophies went to norm ewing for the most pledges norm agnew for the oldest skater with pledges and brenda sanderson for the oldest women debra sanderson also won a special trophy for being the most supportive to the event it was six- yearold debras third year at the skateathon peewee bs out of playoffs along with horseback riding and downhill skiing sdss students got 4 the opportunity to test out the crosscountry ski trails at the metro toronto zoo the students were taking part in the schools first ever activity day nd for the most part the kids really enjoyed themselves the stouffville pewee bs met up with the strong bay ridges club in the playoffs and although every game was close bay ridges prevailed and knocked stouffville out the final two games of the series were played last month on february 16 in bay ridges the home team squeaked out a close 32 win over stouffville it was a well played game with stouffville taking the lead in the first on a goal by marty sullivan assisted by todd armstrong and reid forrester the boys held the lead till the final period when bay tied it up stouffville went ahead 21 on scott sutherlands shot with rob boudreau and mike anderson assisting however bay ridges came on strong and pocketed two goals in the final three minutes house league hockey games peewee i feb 14 coop 4 custom 0 co op goals craig sneardon rick assinck two tom oevlln coop assists tom devlin mike edwards two paul coldf ingtwo brian benson olles s heatherington 5 cites goals mark albert lee brown two bill bin stead jerome verhoog 50m goal ol season heatherington goats david darling two steve hoover david elliott gary mc- mullen giles assists lee brown mark albert heatherington assists ed coward peter foulds a master feeds 1 apache 1 master goals bryan hamilton jell clarke apache goals paul lavoie brian ross apache asstts- i- danny conway danny ohare cedar beach t legion x cedar goals kevin urquhart two mark urquhart chris brown two bryan cargll legion goals duncan sanderson two david brit ton cedar assists- vlnce jennings legion assists giles elliott two atom farmer jacks 7 guilios a farmer goals ron lewis hat trick david noble troy hansen arman stover jeff wilkinson farmer assist arman stover tut ron lewis brent ward firemen s delicatessen firemen goals eddy harper two jeff bower eli goats evin johnson david chilbers firemen assists david brooks nelson wilson dell assist kevin johnson conlin cards s conlin goals david spencely hat trick mark tiley two bill hughes cards goals lande redshaw oarren sullivan tim hoey mark mcginn two novice commercial sand and gravel 3 consolidated sand and gravel i commercial goals sean wynn two derek brown consolidated goal ian marshall com mercial assist oarron baston clinton harrison schell lumber 4 aku a schell goals russell king schell assist shawn penenen shutout jeff brunton crm 4 beckers muk 2 crm goals robbc han hat trick jeff byer bradley may jamie leighton beckers goals derek hut chinson danny larmer hathaway 1 kinsmen j hathaway goals jim bagg two stewart todd kinsmen goals greg tarr johnathon hall peewee march 4 giles 5 cedar beach j giles goals lee brown 41 jerome verhoog cedar goals derek ouggan chris brown mike grove giles assists jerome verhoog three lee brown sheldon rae cedar assists doug oneil chris brown hermrlnelon 5 apache 5 heme ring ton goals david darling two kenny jonanson two peter foulds apache goals danny ohare paul lavoie brian ross two ted brunt hetherlngton assists gary mcmullen ed coward steven hoover two craig brunton peter foulds apache assists brian ross two danny ohare three paul lavoie coop j lesion 3 co op goals steven shaw paul gomring two legion goals duncan sanderson dave preston coop assists paul goldrlng nisei palmer rick assinck master feeds l cvstom concrete i master goals colin widdlfleld glenn ourkln paul murphy custom goals tim me- ewan andrew brooks shawn weber master assists arron middfton two glenn ourkln custom assists shawn weber two tim mcewan andrew brooks novice hathaway i crm 2 hathaway goals jim bagg two stewart todd crm goals bradley may billy hall crm assist jeff b yer beckers milk 3 kinsmen i beckers goals derek hutchinson two greg kenney kinsmen goal johnathun hall commercial sand and gravel 2 schen lsmber i commercial goals derek brown robert mcconnel schell goal scott paisley commercial assists bradley mcdonald schell assist shawn penenen see howe page 12 the final game of the series played in stouff ville the following night was almost a carbon copy of the previous nights match again the score was 32 with stouffville taking an early lead on marty sullivans goal assisted by peter ban- dula bay tied it up then stouffville went ahead on a neat bit of stickhandling by luigi tesora rob boudreau and richard english had the assists however it was the final few minutes of the third period that bay again pulled out the win scoring two quick goals the winner coming off a deflection in front of the net the playoffs are over for the peewees but they are still involved in tournaments the next one they play in is in bowmanville over the easter holidays first game is against markham on march 22 at 10 am with the second game to be played in the afternoon the finals are on saturday march 25 part of the fun at the sdss activity day last week was a fast paced game of basketball both students and senior basketball coach wayne nugent throughly enjoyed the chance to play and of course it was open to both boys and girls above action shows the play can get just as tense as in league games soccer registration held this saturday whitchurch stouffville minor soccer will be holding their registration this satur day march 11 at the stouffville arena this one day only registration starts at 830 am arid goes till 430 pm those interested should be there early as once the teams are filled any extras will be put on a waiting list vlad alexander president of the league commented that there are already 70 boys signed up in the pre- registration last month this year girls will get the chance to play with the advent of two teams all girls between eight and ii years old interested mu also register this saturday theyll be playing teams from aurora markham and richmond hill there will also be a bantams boys teams for the 14 and 15 years old registration is 15 for the first child 12 for the second and a family deal of 27 total no matter how many kids in one family mr alexander also said anyone wanting to help coach manage referee or to help in any way should show up at the registration and sign up new chairman elected recreation committee charles warden of vandorf was elected chairman of the 1978 whitchurch stouffville recreation committee at their february v 1st meeting vicechairman is councillor bill kamps and molly mc- mannlngwell was re appointed secretary- treasurer other members of the com mittee t are past chairman cliff durikcld councillor becky wedley joanne steel lloyd kerwill and tom wood