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m rkeiftriofaridriiribif m st junior spartans spike york gold again gold again that was the story as the stouffville district secondary school sdss spartans junior girls volleyball team hit served and blocked their way to a repeat york region athletic ff association yraa aaa volleyball title the spartans outlasted thornlea ss at the yraa finals thursday at st roberts chs edging their opponents two straight in a hard fought back and forth best of three set it was only the second defeat of the season for thornlea the only other loss coming at the hands of the spartans in an exhibition game in january spartans team leader alison fyraa crowder once again stood out offensively and defensively for the spartans in a solid team effort danielle timms steady set ting played a major part as well while tanis mck- night made a large contri bution the spartans advanced to the yraa finals by pre vailing at the east division playoff round robin tuesday the sdss squad swept past st robert and king city before splitting with aurora giving the spartans a first place finish in their pool they then swept newmarket hs in the yraa semifinal round that same day pahjr otfiilwiiulttwc v expect the best sje i w ant frank jago v1 stouffville district secondary schools brad johnston right unleashes a shot on net during action in thursdays yraa junior boys semifinal hockey game against huron heights at the rec centre huron heights won the game 42 photo8ree campbell spartans defeated in ice semis score board stouffville figure skating club test day feb 4 dances preliminary dutch waltz kristyn allen samantha maz- zuca marissa ewart heather higgins amanda colon nicholas clements kate karezmar michelle downing canasta rayan gray baby blues kristen naylor shelby markle tiffany lougheed laura colangelo hayley madigan amber hoermann rayan gray junior bronze swing denise reesor emma bomberry samantha huskisson diana wideman alexan dra lauria yvonne leger fiesta jamie lee anderson melissa miller willow tara nes- bitt mary jo radford senior bronze 10fox dyan beavis lauren warner leanne emslie lisa felepchuk levi barkey 14step kristina west european nicole bigioni junior silver foxtrot samantha mcdonnell christie little american samantha mcdonnell rocker janice boyd katie greenham free skate preliminary mishelle madigan ashley dawson lara feasby sara peters melissa heffernan mary jo rad ford junior bronze kaleigh burns senior bronze jessica wilcock junior silver rachel shanahan part 1 by chris court and francois courtemanche correspondents no tears were shed but the disappoint ment was written all over the stouffville spartans faces as they left the ice thursday at the stouffville rec centre they had just suffered a 42 defeat at the hands of the huron heights junior boys hockey team in their york region athletic association semifinal match the first period was a defensive battle with the goaltenders coming out on top both teams failed to score but it was not due to lack of effort huron heights dominated the second period with an impressive display of offence penalties hurt the spartans when huron heights scored a power play goal with 208 left in the period off a scramble in front of stouffville goalie carmen auerello who was sprawled on the ice after having already made a pair of saves this goal put the home team down 30 after the second period spartans coach bill mcknight remained optimistic the team has been trying their best but down three goals and going into the third period anything can happen the third period started with a bang for the spartans with two quick shots 10 sec onds into play mark meyer put stouffvile back into the game with his goal off a pass from tyler markle the spartans cut the lead to one when tyler markle netted a goal with the man advantage their comeback was stopped short after a late goal by huron heights captain bill hurton we came out hard in the final period but ran out of steam said mcknight he was quick to congratulate his oppo nents on a hard fought victory and he wished them the best of luck in the final against king city attention stouffville business people your tribune sales representative will be visiting you soon with a very important message and a personal invitation watch for it this week the tribune 64021 00