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y jl saturday march 16 2002 ft 1 r w 2r economist sun stouffville tribune billy asaro drives to england with dreams of ride on f1 circuit british series with reputation for producing top drivers lures unionville protege billy asaro is about to take a big step forward in his quest to compete at motorsports top level this year the 20yearold unionville resident will join sweeney racing to compete in the british formula three series its a prime feeder for the formula one world championship that has seen drivers like jackie stewart ayrton senna mika hakkinen david coulthard jenson button and last years champion takumo sato move up to the premier series travelling overseas to england earlier in the month and entering a new chapter in his racing career asaro is excited with the challenge the british formula three series has a fantastic reputation for the talent it draws and drivers show- up from all over the world when youre in that kind of envi ronment it pushes you to be better you have to work harder focus harder this is going to be challenging but it will make me a better racing driver and im confident i will do well with sweeney racing based in norfolk england sweeney racing is new to the formula three arena but by no means short of experienced staff and quality equip- march 29 billy asaro unionville native to start a new racing career ment the team took over jaguars operation after it opted out of the series at the end of the 2001 season sweeney racing maintains good ties with the jaguar racing outfit and niki lauda a twotime world champi on and head of jaguar racing has hinted at some lapping in one of their formula one cars at the end of the season if the formula three campaign goes well last year with key motorsport asaro took the checkered flag three times in the us formula 2000 series he finished with seven topthree finishes in the 13race series winning the oval crown and finishing second in the national cham pionship the lead up to last years successes included one prior year of us formula 2000 sup ported by forsythe racing three wins in eight races in the 1999 canadian formula ford championship a season at french racing school la filiere in 1998 and bowing out of karting in 1997 as a canadian grand national champion asaro feels fortunate to receive this latest opportunity theres a lot of people i have to thank right now said asaro sweeney racing of course for this opportunity and beilevillerodair for their continued support my friends and family have always played a big role and have been behind me since i was a little kid dri ving a gokart its amazing to think of how far ive come asaro and the team will prepare for the first of 13 double race events the season opens at brands hatch on midgets face elimination after heartbreak in ot the markham midget aaa waxers had victory elude their grasp on tuesday when they squandered a late onegoal lead and came out on the short end of a 54 overtime loss to peterborough in the third game of their bestoffive ontario minor hockey association semifinal series at mount joy arena in markham colin smith stouffvilles kevin hayward andrew wallman land dusty slightman each scored once for the waxers who trail the series two games to one the series is slated to resume in peterboroughtoday at 9pm should the waxers prevail the series would return to- markham village arena tomorrow at 8 pm if the waxers lose the series they still have a second opportunity to qualify as a wildcard team for the omha final as peterborough is the host site and has an automat ic berth the waxers would then face barrie in a onegame winnertakeall contest at a date yet to be determined markham earned the host site based on its higher placing during the regular season 4 staff photosjoerd witteveen hooping it up during march rreak shaun lue left doesnt let the stifling defence of abby hum and faiz ahmed impede his progress as he drives the lane for a basket at the george kraus march break basketball camp that ran all week at st augustine catholic high school in unionville markham stoufrville grads in ncaa frozen four hockey tournament two players with associations to markham minor hockey are on the roster of the norwich academy cadets taking part in the national collegiate athletic associations division iii frozen four championships in middle- bury vermont this weekend markham native matt schmidt and former markham waxers junior a player chris petracco are members of the cadets who compiled a 264 regular season record the 20yearold schmidt was fourth in team scoring for the cadets with 20 goals and 15 assists the sophomores efforts on right wing didnt go unno ticed as he was named to the eastern college athletic conference first allstar team a member of the waxers junior a club for 2 12 seasons starting in 199798 where he was a left winger petracco will be out of action after suffer ing a broken hand the cadets who won the ncaa division iii tide in 2000 were to meet topranked middlebury college in one semi final friday while plattsburgh new york meets wisconsinsuperior in the other semifinal former stouffville spirit play ers will chang middlebury and jeff marshall plattsburgh are sports digest taking part in the tournament perfect reid helps squash team win games gold markhams fred reid played a big role for a toronto area squash team which won gold at the o n t a li o winter games in guelph entered in the under- 13 boys divi sion the 12- yearold reid won all of his matches in the nine- region field a grade 7 student at william armstrong fred reid markham youth goes undefeated in squash play matt schmidt was fourth in team scoring for norwich public school reids accomplishment came on the heels of his first gold level tournament victory in mississauga stouffville earns b title the stouffville novice ae clippers skated off with the division b tide at a tournament last weekend in millbrook after winning two of three games the clippers opened the tournament on a strong note with a 100 pasting of peterborough before being edged 54 by oshawa but the clippers concluded their participation on a winning note with a 95 triumph over st gregorys david gregory recorded two hat tricks during die tourna ment and tyler barber recorded one other goals were scored by joe steckley b r ad sutherland patrick zarudny joshua davis and dylan deveaux assists went to gregory joseph palladino patrick zarudny davis spencer rice barber steckley kyle raymer and mike ramsbottom barber was awarded the most valuable offensive player award stouffvilles bruins lead way in championship final 4 two stouffville minor hockey products played major roles in propelling the uxbridge bruins to their second straight central region jr c tide last sunday with a 54 road win over the lakefield chiefs in the sixth game of their bestofseven series pj mabley scored the game winning goal for the bruins while team captain brad clubihe scored two goals including thie gametying goal with just over a minute remain ing in regulation the bruins opened their ontario hockey association jr c quarterfinal series with the north frontenac flyers friday night game 3- goes tuesday y night at 815 in uxbridge u