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p 12 the tribune thursday january 8 1998 st minor hockey baseball clubs make presence felt in 1997 bruce stapley correspondent stouffvilles minor hockey clubs who participated in tournaments all across the province experienced a successful cam paign in 1997 the year started with secondplace fin ishes for stouffvilles major novice major bantam and midget clippers in the silver stick tournament in brampton january also brought victory to the bir- kett and hassard minor novice team at the east gwillimbury tournament while the stouffville stars intermediate girls hockey squad rounded out a month of tournament victories with a sweep of a oneday tournament in peterborough in february the bouwmeister land scaping midget clippers handed reigning champions huntsville their only alevel defeat on their way to the semifinals of the ontario minor hockey association championships meanwhile stouffville native jason reesor helped lead his guelph gryphons to their firstever uni versity cup championship adding two goals to their victory over the new brunswick varsity reds march was a stellar month for the bir- kett hassard minor novice clippers after going undefeated in the march break tournament at the recreation centre they won the prestigious timmy tyke tournament held at maple leaf gar dens for the second year in a row also this month the edwards murphy major bantam clippers took the gold at the sea- r nomnimonfeeonall memberships ires jan 3198 racquet membership tennis oniy squash aerobics whirlpool jt b jul3uw gsatma- cowl fees apply 9 squash tennis clinics ittnessonly aerobicsfitness gym pool indoor outdoor whirlpool sauna towel service licensed lounge satellite available for sports team fanctions parkway racquet f club 9009 leslie street richmond hill 905 8823106 behind sheraton parkway hotel entrance off leslie hwy 47 sports sonending little nhl competition april saw stouffville teams reach the top of their fields with the stouffville novice selects being the north york hockey leagues divisional champions while the bouwmeister landscaping club won the markham midget spring tournament the williamson motors jets captured the stouffville amateur hockey league 30 and over champi onship with goaltender randy osbourne contributing three consecutive shutouts the 199798 hockey season opened in october with a gala celebration at the recreation centre celebrating the whitchurch stouffville minor hockey associations 50th anniversary local hockey teams started strong in september with the edwards murphy bantam clippers and the ida major novice clippers taking the gold in tour naments in dundas and st thomas ontario respectively the mutual group juvenile clippers started their season off with 13 straight wins as well as a tournament gold in pickering the victory in novembers missis- sauga hornets metropolitan toronto hockey league tournament went to stouffvillss smalley christmas tree minor peewee clippers while their minor atom counterparts travelled to cobourg to bring home a tournament victory the print service midget clippers took the title at the wsmha december tour nament a good year on the diamond stouffvilles softball clubs did us proud this year turning in consistently strong showings throughout the season the stouffville stallions mite boys got the season rolling with an undefeated sweep of the may tournament in water- ford in june the betz pools midget boys destroyed all comers on their way to a clear victory at a tournament in guelph july saw the stouffville sharks bantam boys bring gold home from niagara falls and the claremont rebels taking the title in port perry stouffvilles cable tech midget girls advanced to the provincial champi onship in kingston after taking the crown at oak ridges provincial qualifi er the provincial boys peewee fastball title went to stouffville while the stouf fville sharks closed off their successful season by winning their leagues champi onship tournament also victorious at the end of their season was the stouffville bantam girls rep softball team who fin ished up with a silver in postseason play stouffville was represented at the east ern canadian peewee softball champi onships as rod assinck and ben bellis- simo helped lead the willowdale golden bears to victory in fredericton nb v i obstructed view stouffville district secondary schools danny jenkin far left tries to pass this ball to a teammate but is obstructed by the long arms of unionville high schools vinnie callirie during action intuesdays yraa junior boys contest at unionville high school the host wolves won the game 6550 looking on is stouffvilles mark burkholder right photo by usa diamond bantams end 1997 on a strong note the edwards murphy bantam clippers concluded 1997 with a hard fought tie and an impressive shutout victory in recent league play the clippers got a hat trick effort from dave brown in a 44 draw with markham dec 19 with the second and third goals squaring the game in the final minute and 1 2 seconds the stouffville outshot whitby 488 in posting a 3- 0 victory on the road dec 22 the results upped the clippers league leading record to 2122 brent meyer had the fourth clippers goal against markham with assists going to brown justin heyworth ryan jones ryan fontanna 2 and lukas williams geoff dunn williams and matt sullivan were the marksmen against whitby set ups came from jones meyer matt prentice ryan zonnekeyn and fontanna minor peewees come up short the smalley christmas treesgrey power insurancestouf- fville legion minor peewee clippers found themselves the vic tims of unfriendly tie breaking rules at the vaughan regional silver stick tournament played over the holidays the clippers finished in a tie for first place with innisfil in the round robin but were eliminated when the tourney tie breaking formula ruled against them the clippers started out with a 11 tie with innisfil then went on to defeat aurora 42 and down pickering by a 52 count brian taylor had four goals and an assist in the three games with stephen relf collecting three goals and two assists other point getters were nick hawkins four assists alex bollo two assists geoff campbell and blake maynard one goal and one assist each mark sutcliffe one goal mark carruthers and chris flanagan one assist each michael mcmannus and kyle martin provided outstanding goal keeping for stouffville clip pers mvps for the tourney were taylor martin and campbell b in r f v iii ml i i i i i m m i 1 il i 1 i 1 ft w ill if 1 markham waxers junior a hockey irtlmyliawlll5- leaders frank littlejohn adam rosso 14 points 12 points internet web site httpwwwinforampnetwaxers internet advertisers sponsors space available email waxerslnforampnet a special thanks to all our sponsors and fans i january 9 800 pm january 16 800 pm january 23 800 pm nxm syracuse thornhill eoeoo9ooec box office opens at 630 pm friday markham centelffiial centre corner of mccowan rd bullock dr 905 2942699 vfwwviw special events jan 16 sponsored by 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