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saturday sept 28 2002 33 economist sun stouffville tribune sports waxers spirit lose in midweek action hm for the markham waxers wednesdays provincial junior a hockey league road contest against the pickering panthers was one they would just as soon forget about as they fell 51 rainor guminny scored the waxers lone marker his first junior a goal in the first period which saw them trail 2- 1 the panthers rounded out their scoring in the sec ond period with three unanswered goals we didnt show up at all lamented waxers head coach russ herrington we got out- hustled all night we looked flat what had herrington puzzled was the clubs inconsistency after exhibit ing some character in their 74 loss to the georgetown raiders in last sundays college weekend contest in explaining his clubs lackadaisical effort herrington felt his charges might have taken the panthers too lightly now 321 on the season the e y waxers will host the north york rangers tonight at centennial arena at 830 pm aurora edges stouffville the stouffville spirit came back to tie the aurora tigers thursday night but couldnt hold on for the draw the spirit scored two goals within 52 seconds with less than eight minutes to go in the provincial junior a hockey game at the stouffville arena but the tigers who led 10 after two periods scored less than a minute later and held on to win 32 daniel kim and cale tanaka scored for the spirit who outshot the tigers 3125 rookie goaltender steve carota had a solid game in his second outing for the spirit spirit winger mike sullivan hit two goalposts the 3300 spirit which played in collingwood last night hosts huntsville on thursday and pickering next saturday asaro ends year on winning note billy asaro concluded his rookie at tto r aptmp mfwq season in the british formula three lu 1w ja1v11ivj injlvvo championship on sunday with a victo ry at donington park it was the third win of the season for the 20yearold unionville resident and with a total of 10 podium top- three finishes helped secure third place in the british formula three scholarship class standings its great to billy asaro unionville racer is weighing options for next year end the season with a win some thing that will def initely be a nice memory over the winter asaro said having raced at donington earlier in the year i felt good about going back there even though the track configuration was different from last time at least i knew most of it and was nt having to learn an unfamiliar track in the practice session with the season now over asaro is beginning a search for next years ride and is exploring several options as well he praised sweeney racing for giving him a chance to race im not sure where next year will take me he said it may take a while to sort out but right now everybody at sweeney racing has my thanks new driver for team 3 red when thestouftvhiebased team 3 red racing team- takes to the- track his weekend for the cascar seasonend ing great canadian 300 race at delaware speedway near london it will do so with a new driver the team announced that derek lynch will be behind the steering wheel of their snapon toolscanadian forces team 3 red monte carlo the 31 yearold norwood resident comes from a strong background of racing and experience in canada and the united states lynchs career began its upward climb in 1988 when he took home the win from the mckerlie millen late model sportsman classic at cayuga speedway joining the american canadian tour in 1989 lynch won the ricky crouch award in 1994 he finished fourth in the point standings and was crowned act western regional champion and canadian stock car racer of the year after winning the oxford 250 at oxford plains speedway and the memorial day classic at thunder road speed bowl in 1995 lynch took the leap to the nascar busch grand national series and finished 16th in the bgn points standings by season end lynch then returned to the race shop side of the business and spent his time from 1995 to 1999 at a number of prestigious nascars top race shops to broaden his experience base the green flag for todayjs the great canadian 300 feature event is 215 plm staff photosjoerd witteveen a smash hit markville secondary schools bennett stableport left tries his best to defend against this smash hit delivered by stouffville district secondary schools nick west in opening day action of the york region athletic associations senior boys volleyball season at markville on thursday the visiting spartans won the match 20 2514 2519 soccer men win third straight the markham soccer club men won their third straight ontario soccer league contest on wednesday with a 61 win over cns club livno at mount joy field markham jumped out to a 2- 0 halftime lead on goals by pat sullivan just 10 minutes into the game and czeslaw zajak unanswered goals by alan foggity and neill mair padded markhams lead to 40 before club livno scored its lone marker markham put the game away on goals by bart ostaszewski and vladimir koval now 7103 on the season markham resumes league play on monday with a road game against gs united at birchmount stadium in scarborough at 830 pm midget stars ice tour title christina quarterone scored two goals includ ing one in a suddendeath shootout and stellar netminding from danielle paterson propelled the markhamstouffville midget a stars girls hockey team to a 32 shootout victory over durham in the title tilt of the recent mtthumstonfiville willowdale red wing notvrjjhl earlybird tournament wnmstj in advancing to the final imm- me stars lqst 2q tq peterborough but rallied to defeat mississauga 52 and durham 43 also scoring for the stars were shannon hagarty heather lotimer lindsay morrispocock laurie mclellan julia tesky and bobbie webb strong contributions on defence were provided by mel paterson rene blanchard leah leonhardt alison guance amy jablonski and sarah mikos maeghah kirkley played between the pipes in two games rugby club to play regular season finale the markham rugby football club will con clude its ontario rugby union regular season at austin park today when they host the toronto irish starting at 130 pm thfearldiam firsts who sport a 751 mark sports digest enter todays finale after coming off a 353 road loss to the oakville crusaders last saturday neil doctorow scored markhams lone points off a penalty kick the markham seconds who sport a 76 mark lost their game to the crusaders 385 dan van wart scored markhams lone points on a try markham is expected to commence marshall cup play the following weekend in ottawa strikers edged in final the unionvillemilliken elaine andrew of investors group strikers under- 12 girls advanced to the final of the recent st catharines grape and wine youth cup tournament before suffering a heartbreaking 32 shootout loss to newmarket york united in the title game the strikers reached the final after defeating concord united 21 and dundas 21 before being edged 32 by mississauga north advancing to the playoffs the strikers edged mount hamilton unionville 10 in a shootout to reach the final scoring for the strikers in the tournament were christina markos with four goals stefanie farrant and samantha harman two tesca andrew- wasylik sara press and andrea lenius one also contributing to the clubs efforts were meagan aldertonsuckling leanne arseneau jenna colangelo megan ketchabaw emma overton monica scott and alicia stamkos who scored the deciding goal in the shootout game against mount hamilton farrant andrewwasylik and markos shared goaltending duties in recognition of her outstanding performance and overall contribution at different positions on the field andrewwasylik was selected by tourna ment officjajs as a c6 player