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f p20 weekender saturday october 251997 st the tribune rts leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 p4 take that stouffville district secondary schools dave whitelaw 14 gets his arm up in time to block this attempt spike by markville secondary schools andrew marsh during action in tuesdays yraa senior boys volley ball contest at middlefield collegiate the markville team won the game 21 1 51 3 61 5 1 51 3 p by sjoerd witteveen no field day for spartans in semis bruce stapley correspondent better to go out with a bang than a whimper that was how the stouffville district secondary school sdss spartans field hockey jj team concluded its 1 997 g season odyssey 8yraa5 wednesday in newmar- jwajflr the spartans put forth a valiant effort against their high ly rated newmarket hs opponents but were shaded 10 in their york region secondary school yraa semifinal contest the spartans had advanced to the semis by virtue of their dramatic 32 shootout victory over dr jm denni- son ss monday the spartans quickly recovered after a shaky start to carry the play to their opponents but couldnt capitalize on their opportunities newmarket finally broke the score less tic with a goal with just under 10 minutes remaining in the game it was the finest high school field hockey game ive seen in york region marvelled spartans coach heather henricks all spartan team members should be congratulated on a great game and a fabulous season throughout the sea son all team members improved their skills dramatically and the team spirit was amazing henricks also praised the efforts of team manager will crothers and said graduating players katie scorrar car olyn noakes and amanda fockler had finished their high school field hockey careers on a high note senior girls hoop it up with close win sandra giles lastminute basket put the stouffville district secondary school spartans senior girls over the top in a dramatic 2827 win over brother andre catholic high school on tuesday hannah fleming topped the spartans with 13 points while andrea moller hit for six and giles four michelle babb and heather mcmanus each chipped in with two points with traccy hochcr adding one spirited performance puts cougars to rest bruce stapley correspondent the spirit of stouffville need ed a couple of big rebounds to send the kids home happy from their game with the cobourg cougars thursday at the rec centre the spirit first recov ered from a bad start then bounced back with a lastminute goal after squandering a twogoal lead to claim a 65 win in their provincial junior a hockey league game the contest was played in front of a large crowd including many school children taking advantage of a spirit offer of a free ticket when they brought along their mom or dad winger scott martins goal with just under a minute to play in regulation time gave the spir it their second win in a row the team already has half as manu victories as it did in the entire 199697 season the triumph enabled the spir it to climb into a fifthplace tie with the lindsay muskies two points behind the couchiching terriers in the battle for the fourth and final playoff spot the spirit fell behind 20 in the first period but roared back to tie it early in the second on power play goals by jason ellis and darcy king newcomer phil barski picked up in a threeway deal with the missis- sauga chargers and the defend ing provincial league playoff champion milton merchants earlier this week made it 32 on a steal in the cougars end later in the period the cougars came right back with their only goal of the period but jeff mor ris scored on a sharp setup by king and geoff keillor to restore the lead with less than a minute to intermission the home squad seemed to be running away with the game when king netted his second of the night on a power play four minutes into the third to extend the lead to two goals however a rash of penalties and some sloppy play enabled the visitors to tie it up with two and a half minutes to go in the game but the spirit won a faceoff in the cobourg zone with mar shall whistling the puck around the end boards to king who fed it out front to martin for the big goal it was a character win said spirit general manager clive moody they fought back from a 20 deficit and then won it in the final minute while spirit head coach dan larmer wasnt happy with his teams inconsistency or the numerous power play opportu nities given up he was delight ed to take the two points we still havent played a con sistent 60 minutes of hockey all season he noted we gave them nine powerplay opportu nities tonight but you cant complain about a win larmer was pleased with how his team rallied after falling behind early we came right back and took control of the game in the sec ond period he was also impressed with the spirit power play which executed three pretty goals they were moving the puck well on the power play john assistant coach peron can take the credit for that he had them working on the power play in practice last night wednes- day winger kevin edgar contin ued his recent playmaking prowess with his three assists giving him seven set ups in two games barski who also had an assist was with the newmarket 87s last season he started this sea son with the mississauga squad in the provincial leagues west conference the spirit also acquired randy stolec from milton along with the rights to 19yearold defenceman jason neal neal played with mississ- sauga last season the spirit sent jasen hopi- avouri to milton in the deal barski and stolec played on a line with kyle chapman who was playing his first game after being sidelined with an injury for three weeks i think they played very well especially considering they had never played together before and stolec didnt know he was playing until 330 this afternoon thursday commented larmer moody said the move is likely the first of several barski and stolec can both score and thats something we needed were not done wheel ing and dealing yet weve got to upgrade our hockey team the spirit play host to the timmins golden bears tonight in the stouffville teams first interlocking game with a north ern ontario hockey association team game time is 730 pm at the rec centre peewee clippers sailing along stouffville peewee clippers teams held their own in recent ice action the barker roofing major peewee clippers split a pair of matches to run their season record to five wins and two defeats the stouffville boys fell 52 to east gwillim- bury at the rcc centre on oct 15 then bounced pickering 72 in another home game four days later cody bennett netted both clippers goals against east gwillimbury with robert hooper drawing an assist josh brillinger hit for the hat trick to lead the clippers offence in the win over pickering jesse miller and marcus dannunzio each scored twice assists went to matt wright 3 anthony tsiopolous and cam davis two each kyle sandiford and tyler mcmaster the smalley christmas treegrey power insurance minor peewee clippers went unde feated in weekend play playing ajax to a 11 tie on the road saturday before returning home to edge pickering 21 on sunday nick hawkins had the lone stouffville mark er saturday with the helper coming from mark carruthers michael mcmanus was outstand ing in the clippers net in preserving the tie brian taylor netted both clippers goals in sun days win the second a shorthanded effort came with just 50 seconds left in the game to secure the victory assists were provided by carruthers and jesse maillct kyle martin frustrated pickering with strong goaltcnding to ensure the win the clippers are at home for games today and sunday