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economist suntribune sports saturday march 25 2000 25 major bantams shoot for gold by mike hayakawa sports editor when the hockey season began last fall the markham islanders aaa major bantams were feeling a bit like the famous comedian rodney dangerfield like the man who received no respect the islanders were not getting a lot of it when this season unfolded but with the current campaign winding down the islanders have shed that image after securing a berth in this years major bantam provincial champi onships which begins monday at the hershey centre in mississauga the islanders will be one of seven teams that are in the hunt for the ohl cup other entries that will participate in this years championships include burlington thunder bay and teams from northern ontario kitchenerwaterloo and the ottawa district finishing its greater toronto hockey league regular sea son in fourth place the islanders earned a trip to the big show after defeating the firstplace toronto marlies in its semifinal playoff series last friday we didnt get a lot of respect during the year islanders head coach john neville said of his team which became the first markham islanders entry to qualify for a provincial tide maybe it was because of the stigma of markham and the islanders neville felt his club began to draw some attention after cap turing several big tournaments during the season including their own one in sault ste marie and in russia in december were not a team that fluked it out we didnt start early by playing summer hockey our record from around nov 15 was as good as anybody elses with mississauga hosting this years championships the gthl rebels entry earned an automatic berth neville acknowledged his charges had to put forth a herculean effort if they hoped to be the other gthl representative in facing the firstplace marlies the islanders were also battling a team that was rated as the top major bantam club in the province we were fortunate enough to play well and beat them said neville we got a great team effort from the kids that we had we had five regulars out of the lineup we got timely goal- tending all of our call ups did a good job but our top three or four players dominated the series we dug down what makes neville even more proud is the progress the club made since he took over the team three years ago when they came off a 339 wonloss mark we put a threeyear plan together and right now were a few days away from making a threeyear plan from working but theres still a lot of work to do he warned the islanders play their first game against ottawa on monday at 2 pm cardinals still unbeaten the brother andre cardinals skated off with a win and tie in their second and third poolplay contests at the ontario federation of school athletic association hock- ey championships in sudbury jesse boucher and mike stollar each deliv- sjyraas ered hat tricks to lead the cardinals to an 82 y d win over the holy cross st catharines imulr raiders on wednesday matt bahen and scott badali each added singles for the cardinals who led 30 after one period and 61 through two on thursday morning the cardinals got two goals from boucher and singles from nick west stollar and bahen to earn a 55 tie with the york mills titans the win and tie gave the topseeded cardinals a 201 mark with one poolplay game remaining clippers sail off with tourney silver the stouffville electricians union local 353- fair insurance brokers ltdcobequid life sciences minor pee- wee clippers settled jj for the silver medal from the recent canam tournament in montreal after suffering a 64 loss to the coral spring florida coyotes in the title game earlier in the tournament the clippers defeated the reading massachusetts rockets 131 king walpole massachusetts 50 and north toronto 61 before suffering a 50 loss to coral springs scoring for the clippers were cameron allan five goals four assists nathaniel martin four goals three assists alex bruno three goals five assists shayne paterson three goals four assists mark sullivan two goals six assists trevor greenham one goal seven assists brook stachel and matt mulder one goal five assists kevin rainbow one goal four assists daniel james two goals two assists kyle buckley two goals one assist james castle and devon mcdougau one goal two assists landon wideman one goal one assist adam davis earned a shutout and split time in goal with ryan allen stingrays take to the pool the york south stingrays a local special olympics swim team will host an invitational meet at the richvale community centre pool in richmond hill tomorrow at noon a total of eight teams from south ern ontario will take part in such events as the breast stroke freestyle backstroke and individual medley this meet gives the swimmers a chance to hone their competitive skills in anticipation of the upcoming provincials spring games 2000 which will be held in york region from may 1114 says stingrays head i coach joyce rees prior to the start of the meet carmen wong and emily lannan two volunteer student coaches for the stingrays who attend brother andre catholic high school will be recog nized for their contributions in having special olympics athletes join com pete and win with their high school swim team gymnasts gym dandy members of the academy of sport and fitness gymnastics team vaulted their way to impressive performances at the x recent metro east sec- a ond provincial quali- 5 ft 1 4 3 fier i 4 jennifer horowitz 12 was fourth overall in the junior 2 group and earned gold on vault and bars chelsea jackson 9 finished sixth overall in prenovice 2 and was first on beam samantha katz 10 was ninth in sports digest novice 1 and was first on floor deacon gives it his best unionville resident jc deacon was part of an eightmember 18 and under ontario contingent that recently took to the bay tree golf plantation links in myrtle beach south carolina to com pete against a rival group of us golfers in the second annual canam days team cup matches currently attending the david leadbetter academy in florida and a member of the york downs golf club the 17yearold deacon lost a ssingles match to brian duncan of south carolina 30 in fourball match play deacon and kevin blue suffered a 2 12 to 12 loss to emmett turner and kevin kisner of south carolina the us contingent won the four- ball match play 93 and singles matches 159 centaurs off and running members of the markham centaurs did not let wet weather conditions impede their progress at the recent peterborough half marathon leading the centaurs contingent was firstyear member jackie gardiner who finished seventh in her age group after completing the course in 14039 other members that followed were bruce mori at 14208 bob foster 14453 john james 1445801 rob macdonald 1445802 alan gardiner 14526 lori potgieter 14556 michael lopez 15711 vickie mcgrath 15909 and nancy mckay 203 4q7wlk notice of environmental submissions highway 407 etr central section oakvtlle link interchange to highway 48 markham road the 407 etr concession company limited 407 etr is the private sector entity which has the obligation to develop design build operate maintain repair and toll highway 407 from the queen elizabeth way in the city of burlington to highway 7 east of brock road in the city of pickering the existing central section of highway 407 extends from the oakville link interchange in the city of mississauga in the west to highway 48 markham road in the town of markham in the east the central section includes seven interchanges that were partially or fully deferred during its construction and are now scheduled to be completed by december 31 2001 see key map below r markham road legend 1 britannia road com 2 mavis road coi2 3 kipling ave cdi3 4 centra street cdi4 b woodbine ave cdis 6 kennedy road cdi6 7 mecowan road cdi7 the planning design construction operation and maintenance of highway 407 central has been declared exempt from full application of the ontario environmental assessment act by orderincouncil no 286583 dated october 19 1983 exemption mtc52 the conditions of the exemption order require that design and construction reports dcrs be prepared for the interchanges at least 30 days in advance of con structing the respective interchange the dcrs for the kennedy road interchange dcr cdi6 and the mecowan road interchange cdi7 have been prepared and are being submitted to the ministry of the environment m0e for placement in the public record and are available for review at the m0e central region office 5775 yonge street 8th floor toronto ontario m2m 4j1 a copy of the documentation is being made available at the markham community branch public library 6031 highway 7 east markham and the milliken branch public library 7600 kennedy road unit 1 unionville the public review period will terminate 30 days following initial placement of these notices after which 407 etr may start construction subject to receiving all other required approvals permits and authorizations 407 etr will continue to screen the components of the project during their design for significant new con cerns and to ensure that the project progresses in compliance with the exemption order and the ocrs please direct any comments on dcr cdi6 and dcr cdi7 by april 24 2000 to ian upjohn environmental manager slf joint venture 2200 lake shore blvd west toronto ontario m8v1a4 fax4162015926 dont ray that traffic ticket cc tf traffic t ex is staffed b expolice officers who will act as your agent in 3 j court defending all traffic tickets speeding accidents careless impaired etc call for free consultation guaranteed service 905 9403000 4418 hwy 7 east unionville t s8 i fret