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thursday march 7 2002 27 stouffville tribune summitview girls cage area hoop title by jim thomas correspondent the summitview public school stingers are the new york region area east elementary school intermediate girls basketball champions the entry considered tournament underdogs defeated whitchurch- highlands 2715 to take the tide last friday other participants were glad park orchard park ballantrae and dicksons hill summitview cocoached by heather campbell don connor and corey trute went undefeated knock ing off whitchurchhighlands twice ballantrae and glad park the summitview roster included liz knox pearl coleshill maddie wilkinson jamie sparks rachel kadi shida dastoom deanna mckay julie hayward jessie harris and elise feltis each member of the championship team received a ribbon a pennant will hang in the schools gymnasium we werent expected to win campbell said our girls really worked hard she described star players liz knox and pearl coleshill as amazing today summitview is playing boxwood public school of markham for the york region district tide stouffville minor novices minor atoms reach tourney semis the- stouffville minor novice and minor atom clippers advanced to the semifinals of a tournament which they hosted last weekend at the stouffville arena before bowing out with losses 7 the minor novice clippers opened the tournament with a 50 win over whitby before dropping a 53 decision to acton the clippers rallied to rout the agincourt canadians 61 and gain a berth in the semifinals before drop ping a 10 decision to the eventual champion uxbridge stars who edged woodstock in their goldmedal tilt the minor atom clippers posted victories over the agincourt canadians 53 nickel centre 2- 1 and kitchener 2- 1 before exiting the tournament with a 30 loss to woolwich who dropped a 61 decision to brantford in the final the novice clippers began the tournament with wins over the markham islanders 62 and peterborough 41 before concluding their participation with a 31 loss to qshawa waterloo won the novice title with a 31 win over pickering txvimffimfxjfif stmmwi staff photosjoerd witteveen taking a hard fall on the ice stouffville clippers robert lanuzzo foreground sends an agincourt canadians player to the ice dur ing a minor atom contest in the whitchurchstouffville minor hockey associations tournament at the stouffville arena last weekend the clippers won the game 53 see story this page for more tanaka nets 0 j winners in quebec city silver stick finals by jim thomas correspondent nothing beats the thrill of an overtime goal ask mats sundin ask steve thomas ask mario lemieux ask cory tanaka yes 13yearold cory tanaka a grade 8 student attending glad park public school knows the feeling at the recent silver stick tournament in port huron michigan he scored the game- winning goal in overtime to pro pel the richmond hill stars to aaa title and to prove it was no fluke the stars centremah fired the overtime winner when the stars defeated the boston eagles 10 in the peewee aaa division final of the recent 43rd annual quebec peewee hockey tournament in quebec city initially a player in the whitchurchstouffville minor system tanaka moved up to aaa at richmond hill eight seasons ago first in novice then atom and now peewee his coach is jerome dupont a former clefenceman with the toronto maple leafs and chicago blackhawks with the game scoreless and overtime counting down tanaka grabbed a loose puck inside the richmond hill blueline skated around one boston defender 1 1 v and fired a bullet between the netminders pads following the goal all pande monium broke loose recalled corys father ron the place went crazy cory was mobbed ron said it was quite a scene both ron and wife kim were seated in the stands a principal at oak ridges public school kim was unable to take time off to attend midweek games but made the trip down for sundays finale t h e quebec p e e w e e tournament is the largest of its kind in the world hosting teams from as far distant as russia mexico and czechoslovakia as well as across canada and the united states although cory is part of his schools volleyball and basketball teams as weu as an enthusiastic snowboarder hockey is his favourite sport the stars division includes markham barrie and ajax the team also participates in tourna ments at sudbury port huron cory tanaka stouffville teen scores big goals for aaa peewee stars st catharines and toronto they won the minor peewee aaa title last year and the minor atom aaa championship two years earlier so far this season corys rolled up a total of 130 points brandon walker also of stouffville plays on the same team richmond hill won all six of its quebec tournament games the fact one loss meant all was over put a lot of pressure on the players ron said he estimated the colisee crowd for the con cluding contest at close to 10000 to see our son score the win ning goal has to be the thrill of a lifetime an incredible feeling he said in addition to a team trophy each player received a medal and a ring because an older son cale plays bantam aaa also with richmond hill ron is on the road as many as six nights a week watching his sons play hockey corys been skating since age four when not involved in regu lar games the boys practice on a large backyard rink prepared and maintained by their father what lies ahead like many aspiring pucksters cory has another goal in mind to play in the nhl keith acton made it why not cory tanaka 4 jonathan maori whitchurch- stouffville racer in carttoyota series macri in mexico to open new cart season having finished fifth last season in his rookie campaign in the cart toyota adantic series racing champi onships and second for rookie of the year honours jonathan macri is not going to rest on those laurels as the 2002 season begins this weekend at the fundidora park road course in monterrey mexico over the last month leading up to this weekends first race the gormley native has logged five test sessions widi bill ficklings pl racing team in their swift 008a vehicle at buttonwillow and willow springs california noting that his trial runs were successful macri alsofound the time to test the new swift racing machines macri is extremely curious to see how the new fwift racing machines will compare to the older models we tested the swift 008a and made some changes revealed macri but i also had the chance to test my teammate dave cutlers new swift 014a the new car handles really well in highspeed corners but it seemed that the lap times were pretty similar between the two cars so im hoping to be competitive for the first few faces said macri racing for the first time in mexico along with the rest of his rivals macri is excited with the prospects and pre dicts the upcoming race will be high ly competitive the key he said is to get this season off on a positive note with a good performance for the pl racing team hopefully well be competitive its the first race so putting in a clean solid performance will be important im really happy to be back with plracing we have a full season of successful teambuilding to fall back on so we should be really competitive this season im also really grateful that ntn bearings corporation of canada miller genuine draft batdefield equipment rentals mopal construction ltd baldhead systems inc con lawn construction- landscaping and cobra power inc are behind me and my racing efforts with their generous sponsorship this weekends atlantic schedule a begins with a test session today fol lowed by the first official practice ses- sion tomorrow qualifying begins on saturday morning fouowed by the race at 3 pm 3 the race will be televised on a sameday tapedelay basis on the speed channel at 930 pm east- t em