st weekender january i 1994 p27 wm3miab3xmz3sssms sessksss sss smsssssk i x t v o sdss volleyball hoops teams shined in 93 a tribune correspondent bruce stapley looks at some of the sports highlights of 1 993 in part two of this series july eleven year old trevor chee- atow a member of stouf- fvilles sheffield judo club took the gold medal in his division at the ontario junior olympics over 16000 was raised for the toronto star fresh air fund at the brad may proam golf tournament at the cher ry downs golf and country club the a s raiders laid claim to the 700 first prize in the c division of the 14th annual williamson buttermakers slo- pitch tournament played over the strawberry festivalcana da day weekend the paramedics an uxbridge team took the d division title the senior buttermakers won the recreational division the dean myers select soft- ball team captured tourna ments in newmarket and bri- dlewood musselman lake runner dave reed won the inaugural strawberry 10 k run july 4 while stratfords gary man- ders won his third canada day triathlon in four years ballantraes john bellerby was the first whitchurch- stouffville male to finish with andrea thomas the fastest local female stouffville area runner dave derry qualified for the ontario and canadian triathlon teams at a major race in guelph july 4 the stouffville merchants won their first three games at the junior mens provincial eliminations at north freder- icksberg but lost their next two to bow out the touchstone pee wees rep boys softball team won tour naments in new hamburg and guelph the towns ban tam boys took the st catharines tourney fatherson team andy and shaun caramanico each shot a hole in one within a week of each other while playing at separate courses august stouffvilles veteran nhl player keith acton was signed by the washington capitals acton would eventually wind up with the new jersey dev ils the stouffville mite selects won their own tournament at the town park photosteve somerville ryan king dark sweater takes a shot for the stouffville district secondary school midget spartans boys volleyball team in action against newmarket last season the schools volleyball teams had great years with the juniors and midgets winning york region titles while the seniors won the durhamyork crown and quali fied for the ontario championships in ingersoll- the sdss girls basketball teams had great seasons last year win ning the midget junior and senior york region championships the midgets went on to take the silver at the durhamyorks held at sdss here the- junior tearrh white sweaters is shown in action against ihprnleavv i i 1 i ii 11 t i 1 1 i ivi ji yi h i tyivivi i i the stouffville merchants placed third at the oasa junior a finals in owen sound aug 1415 merchant pitcher byron baranieski was picked up by the kemptville juniors for their trip to the canadian junior mens fastball cham pionships in summerside pei in late august kemptville failed to advance beyond the preliminary round former merchants pitching ace scott evans led his lloyd- minster alberta team to its third straight national title at the national event the dean myers bantam boys won the yorkdurham softball league championship but fell short at the oasa finals in jarvis ont another stouffville teen managed a hole in one as 13 year old mark knight turned the trick at the sleepy hollow golf and country club september the stouffville legion mites buttermakers captured their fourth oasa b championship in five years in sydenham the underdog stouffville stingers rallied after an open ing loss to go all the way to the championship at the south lake simcoe ladies softball league playoff tournament in claremont the stouffville squirt girls also won their north york girls fastball league playoff title the merchants season came to an end when they were ousted from the oshawa city and district fastball league double knockout playoff tour nament stouffville runner fred rob- bins brought home a pair of gold medals for finishing first in his age class in races at brampton and toronto rob- bins went on to finish second overall at fall classic cross country run in toronto stouffville runner dave reed finished first in two separate races run on the same day in toronto and scarborough in late september conn casey took over owner ship at the stouffville bowling centre from gary ringwood whitchurch stouffville soc cer club teams fared well in york youth soccer league play as the clubs crystal clear windows under 11 boys squad won the playoff title after placing second in the league standings the td bank under 15 mixed team took the league playoff title october sdss cross country runner sarah cliff started off a suc cessful season by finishing first in a field of 109 runners in the junior division of the 23rd annual east york harri er run at torontos taylor creek park the sdss cross country run ning team was fourth overall in the yrsaa championships the schools junior boys team was first in its division with luke anderson finishing sec ond out of 120 runners the schools midget boys cross country team narrowly edged aurora ss to capture its third consecutive dyssaa title while the sdss team was fourth overall former sdss senior boys volleyball star brian snooks cracked the lineup of the uni versity of waterloo varsity vol leyball squad stouffville moto cross rider peter marcelli finished out his first canadian motorcycling association season by placing second in the provincial 250 cc b class standings fred robbins was 220th out of morethan 15000 entries at ihe maiinp gqrpsmarathqn in- washington dc oct 24 kim kavluk was 307th both runners broke the three hour mark november sdsss maran lougheed was 28th out of 211 runners at the ofsaa cross country finals while sarah cliff was 30th out of 212 runners in her race the schools midget boys were eighth out of 33 teams summitview ps runners wendy wright and lukas williams were both first in their divisions at the york region area f cross country meet wright and williams were second and third respec tively at the regional champi onships eleanor crossen was hon ored by the provincial womens softball association by having her name put on a plaque to be given annually to the intermediate mvp the sdss spartans senior boys volleyball team overcame the odds to win their seventh straight dyssaa aa title after losing their first yrssaa crown since 1986 the spartans came back to prevail at the durhamyork showdown but the spartans came home empty from the ofssaa tournament in inger- soll the sdss midget and junior spartans both won yrsaa championships sdss staged a clean sweep of the yrssaa girls basket ball finals with the midget junior and senior girls spar tans teams all emerging victo rious the midgets took the silver at the dyssaa finals held at sdss the major atom clippers iaid claim to the gold at a tournament held in little britain the major novice clippers took the gold at a please seepage 28