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c u2- s- sns r vzs j ii sii i4i iv by bruce stapley correspondent ed hakonson has sold his interest in the spirit of stouffville junior a hockey club tkestouffville businessmans interest in the team has been purchased by goodwood resident zeev jaferek and richmond hills larry goldberg who bought into trie franchise last season hakohsoh who took over ownership of the club just months after its tentative beginning in the fall of 1995 said he has shifted his interest to stock car racing r through his stouffvillebased choko motorsports he has entered into an pwriershipsponsorship arrangement that will see him involved witha cascar racing team this sea- son c r wr ifs something we always wanted to do said hakonsonvho hassponsored cascar entries in recent years v i chokq manufactures and distributes apparel for the car racing industry were pretty happy said werek upon taking over the spirit with goldberg he said the deal with hakonson was amicable we had originally wanted to buy the team last fall but ed wanted to stay oh ed has left the door open for anything wemight need werek said lie and goldberg iplan to pick up where the spirit left off this past season winning their first two playoff series in franchise history while drawing sell out crowds with the great response we got in this years playoffs were looking to make the team even more community oriented he said spirit players would be available to run power skating and skills sessions for stouffville i minor hockiey teams during the season werek said spirit headcoach brian perrin has agreed to return for the 20002001 season assistant coach ken burrows will also be back with added responsibilities that will see the stouffville resident heading up the clubs hockey operations craig donoyan teams other assistant coach is to take a sabbatical year his replacement is to be named later lt bobmckinnon and vic wilson have rejoined ed hakonson hectedtoshift- interest to stock car racing the club and will be involved in player development werek said mat while pat madigan had stepped down as vicepresident in charge of hockey operations he hoped madigan would rejoin the club at some point in the future the door is wide open werek said the spirit is looking to make some key additions involving several quality veterans from other provincial league teams oh the ice next season we have some huge theunionville tennis club opens alsonasoprpfessionalsonstaff its courts for another season today vrpltyear7t and welcomes any riewemfiel u vknovmasoneoftfielargesfcorrf- achievement award v munityclubsmtadamej l unionville tennis club has nine- v youth training centre ii courts including three clay courts at v those wishing further information its carleton park location the club w can call 905 4707059 ductless air conditioners sale canadas v depot no duct no problem ductless air conditioning some acquisitionspending three real big names he said players are being drawn to the spirit and to stouffville- v kids are attracted here because of the town they heard the rink was packed for the playoffs and they like that x grant buckley the goodwood defenceman who played for thespirit after being drafted by the m mississauga ice dogs of the ontario hockey league lastspring wul play for the ice dogsmext season several other spirit players are eligible for v this years draft r i think we re going to ride on our success of last- year said werek t r he said the 20002001 spirit would add maturi- ty to last seasons rookierich squad were going to pick up some blder kids hakonson sees nothing but future success for the spirit a the spirit are going to do very well theyre positioned right he didnt rule out a return to hockey involve- ment in the future c i wouldnt mind getting into the 0ohl some day he said 1 spiritually speaking playersjookingto take part in the spirit rookie camp may 27 to 28 should con- tactwerekat 9054793131 people interested in acting as billets for spirit i players for the 20002001 season should contact carol averill at 6408921 a jt t au tfmaivrmfrinu hmh 9054261333 1 8002137597 41 641 03368 v l courtney hill gfthe markham diving club gained the right tocompete at the upcoming- national championships after placing third in the sports digest girls14 15 onernetre and threemetre boards r mostyaluable player honours at the recent national qualifier iri thunder bay e r reaching the final the cougars received a fourthon qie threemetre board r jaclyn dinetz then took to thev thenati6nalswiube held july 10to 16 in- rubber for thecpugars iri its sec- thtindefbay 11 jond game against the london fi f- ji a lightning and directed markham c claw tournament title v- toansowinu i yjj t z v v 7 baclcedbykyriazis one hitter the y the markhamcougars girls softball team capi- cougarsrcaiptured their final pool game over i talized ohtwo maryhill miscues in the third inning maryhill 60to advance to the championship toscbre four unearned ninsen route to a42 win final fp l k mtheftitle game 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