p25weekender5ept6mbw3cr1d95- st 3jssg clippers team ice victories in preseason tilts having a ball ipa displays third baseman luise wood reaches out in ah effort to snare this bail hit by a fullertons hitter during last weekends ladies fun slopitch league tournament at the town park diamond photosjoerd witteveen classics bow out in two straight the stouffville classics were held hostage by the whitby inn mates at an oldtiniers hockey tournament last weekend the classics dropped two games to the whitby crew including a 21 overtime defeat iff the 40 and over division champi- briship game 0 bi i- wm don reesor netted the lone classics goal in the final 4 the stouffville team started off the tour ney with a 52 win over the scarbbro bluffers 52 v dave farlpw clicked three times against scarboro with singles going to mike jones and randy lee assists went to bui thornhiu wayne jacksonj pete turner ron martyri frank loeweri billhermanson and lee in game two the classics fell 53 to whit- reesor thornhill arid jones netted the r goals vft assistswere earned by martyn 2 jack- son 2 and reesor c stbuffvilles major peewee and major novice clippers rep hockey teams jurhped out of the gate with victories in their opening exhibitiohgames recently the major peewees got a two- goal effort from ryan fontanna along with a single score from david brown as they edged the markham aa waxers 32 intheir inaugural preseason match sept 18 in markham r v lukas williams managed a nat ural jhat trick theri added a fourth score to lead the clippers to a 71 win wheri the two teams faced off at the rec centre four days later fi the neil patrick major novices got shutout goalkeepirig from- shawn gibson while michael lombardo scored the games only goal in a 10 win over markham at the rec centre oil sept 22 lombardo clicked bri a setup by ryan thorn early in the second period gibson was solid in goal deflecting many shots in the sec ond and third periods to preserve the shutout the major peewees got assists froirix brent meyer two brown arid casey maude in their first win over the waxers in the return match matthew sullivan blair cain and brown added single markers while assists went to ryari jones cain and maude with three each williams fontanna and justin heyworth each had single helpers graham sihith and dan joyce shared goaltending duties for both games the major novice roster includes newcomers david sal- vagna luke dawson lee maxwell cameron mackerizie leri spiteri and brad steckley returnees include gibson thorn t richard little lombardo justin lyons joshua spang gale tanaka arid jonathan woncn coaches are brent gib son steven spang and chris wprichv the major novices play their hoirie games on fridays at 7 pm attherec centre the major peewees who play at the rec centre at 930 pm con sist of smith joyce ryan zon- nekeyn maude fontanna brown jmeyer peter smit williams michael perinaneri heyworth sullivan cain geoff dunn jones arid matthew pren- v the team is coached by dan fontanna and tom brown good goalkeeping sparks raiders goalkeepers julia summerhill and shannon inglall surrendered just one goal in two games as the whitchurchstouffville girls hock- ey associations newly formed action signs a raiders skated to victory in their first two preseason outings thestoufle girls used hustle and solid gbalkeepirig to earn a 21 win over a quick and talented mis- sissauga squad sept 23 the next day suhimerhill and inglall combined for a shutout as spirit edged it wasnt a win but the stouffville spirits narrow 54 loss to the lindsay muskies in thursdays road game was a moral victory for the firstyear ontario hockey association provincial junior a league team which dropped its two prior games by lopsided scoresj- the spirit held a 21 lead in the match but they were victimized by a muskies goal with less than five minutes hi the game to break a 44 tie the game marked the debut of former t stouffville clipper brad hackert in the spirit net spirit defencem an graham crowder mated hackert was solid in goal crowder said while it was disappointing to lose by such a narrow margin the game gave the team renewed confidence right winger mark russell notched his first two goals of the yean chris kyriakou with his sec ond of the season and defence- man eddie choe with his first rounded out the spirit scoring the spirit host tiie ajax axe men tonight at the rec centre starting at 830 pm theraiders came up big in a 40trh umph- over durham goals came from gillian apps 2 katie smith karlee dudley there- vsa ella and jacqui vankpughnet assists went to emily patriarche candice miller- apps laura john son dudley and vankpughnet others who contributed to trie teams success were blair wilkin son lisa jacque meaghari ocon- nor candice moxley stephanie hughes and heather allen j the raiders host a team from brantford at the rec centre sun day at 1230 pm stars shine the richmond hill minor atom aaa stars hockey team got a big boost from their stoufrville quin tet as they defeated central ontario 53 in a game played monday michael root michael picker ing alex bollo and james guinane all scored for richmond hill kevin hayward played a strong game on defence for the hill crew holding court stouffville district highs melissa gilroy left tries to prevent father michael mcgivneys kendra douglas from driving past her during action in wednesdays yrssaa senior girls basketball game at stoufrville photajlofuemmerson