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r im immmsmmmmwmmmsmmmmixsmxmmi m wwmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm spartan volleyballers are ofsaa bound bruce stapley correspondent its official the stouffville district secondary school sdss spartans senior boys vol leyball team is off to the provincial finals after going through the motions of winning their sixth consecutive durhamyork dyssaa doublea championship tuesday at courtice ss in oshawa its off to the two day ofsaa showdown in alliston next weekend for the perennial biregional champs the sdss junior boys volleyball squad experienced similar success in the junior dyssaa showdown monday at port perry hs going undefeated in eight games to regain the durhamyork title the victory capped a year long climb for coach sandra applebys junior spar tans who started out the season long on talent but short on cohesion according to their coach they have excellent skills but they struggled with their cohesiveness at first said appleby but in the end they put it all togeth er actually they played better at the york finals last week in sutton than they did in port perry monday the first year coach credited setters jason whitelaw jason reesor and ryan jefferson along with team cap tains mike green and ryan burkholder with spearheading the spartans dyssawin the whole team played well said appleby the juniors went undefeated in the preliminary round then bounced msgr pereyma ss in the semifinals before besting port perry 157 151 in the championship set the seniors were equally formidable disposing of newmarket hs and msgr pereyma in straight games before oust ing courtice 153 159 in the semifinals the spartans finished off pereyma 15- 4 159 in the title round spartans coach jim fletcher said he gave everyone a chance to play in the tournament and that the team was playing at top form all day long when that machine gets in motion its dangerous he said of his spartans relentless attack fletcher was to have his team prepare for the highly competitive ofsaa event by travelling to bowmanville yesterday friday to play clark ss in an exhibi tion match clark which took the ofsaa a title last season is contesting the triplea crown this fall the spartans will leave for alliston thursday afternoon with the ofsaa preliminaries beginning friday morning at banting memorial hs the tourna ment includes the provinces best teams out of all schools with a student popula tion of 800 or less the spartans were consolation round finalists at the 1991 ofsaa competi tion and have yet to win a provincial high school title chathamkent hs has taken the ofsaa doublea champi onship each of the past two years stouffville skaters shine at test day stephanie mcleod passed her second figure part 1 as well as her junior silver dance tango as the stofville figure skating club held its first test day of the season tuesday jennifer mcleod completed her senior bronze dances when she passed her kilian test julie selwyn and amanda leger each passed their senior bronze dances blues at the preliminary dance level natalie jelenski and bobbie ann radford passed their dutch waltz lianne mcmullen sandra brown and mary jo radford passed canasta and krystie raptis nicholas choohum bonnie thompson and sean ghubback passed baby blues with all four skaters now having completed their preliminary dances janice boyd meaghan crowder and juula metsmaa passed junior bronze dance swing lisa forsyth was successful in senior bronze dance ten fox sedore notches hat trick in uxbridge mens hockey sean sedore broke loose for three goals and an assist to help lift the red team to an 83 win over the green squad in uxbridge senior mens recre- ational hockey league play sunday at the uxbridge arena lew gregor contributed a goal and an assist to the red crews victory elsewhere mike morrison fired a pair of goals and set up another two scores as the maroons beat the whites 64 mike thomas had a goal and three assists for the winners bill bayard scored twice and added an assist to pace the dark blues 51 win over the black outfit greg catherwood lit the lamp twice and assisted on a third marker to power the oranges to a 51 triumph over the light blues the golds downed the greys 31 uxbridge bowlers earn honors an uxbridge team placed second in the zone round of the combo team bowling tournament nov 15 tim evangalista barry bainbridge and chris wilson earned the runner up status in the boys division with a plus 200 the uxbridge boys team of stephen lee jack kelso and vincent shanks placed fifth the uxbridge trio of melinda huntington brianna stark and pam kelso was third in the girls competition with a plus 222 carlie buffan amanda spears and ellen crawford were fourth with a plus 168 there were 12 teams in all at the competition- sdss midgets reach basketball finals its on to the york region dou blea girls basketball champi onships for the stouffville dis trict secondary school sdss spartans midget girls basket ball team but for the schools junior and senior cage crews its the end of the line as the midgets were the only squad to prevail in a semifinal tripleheader played at sdss wednesday the midgets who placed first in the eastern division york standings in regular season play used a strong defensive effort to beat woodbridge high school 3724 nine players shared in the scoring for the spartans with stephanie summerhill nicole dardell and melissa gilroy heading up the offence bardell jen cowley and alexis miller stood out defensively for sdss the junior spartans who also finished first in their division were upset 3229 by a taller richmond hill secondary school team andrea crothers went to the hoop for 18 points to power the spartans offence but the shots werent falling for the sdss girls the shots rolled off the rim instead of into the rim said disappointed juniors coach sheila coleman who praised her teams determination and effort they were the best team ive seen as far as work ethic both in games and practices coleman said her girls werent allowed to use their game plan against richmond hill were a fast breaking team but they were bigger and slower they slowed the game right down michelle gilroy did a great job of covering a girl who was a footandahalf taller than her but she just couldnt reach the rebounds melissa austin hooped seven points for the spartans with rs w photosjoerd witteveen sdss midget basketball player melissa gilroy white sweater goes up against a woodbridge player for a loose ball during york region semifinal action wednesday afternoon in stouf fville the midgets were only the stouffville team to taste victory as they won 3724 both the junior and senior teams lost their games and were eliminated andrea wilson and anne roy chipping in with two points each the senior spartans were downed 6339 by langstaff sec ondary school the midgets play the york championship on tuesday nov 24 at alexander mckenzie sec ondary school in richmond hill avm i tfte dont pay that traffic ticket t you could face a substantial increase in your 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