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26 stouffville suntribune thursday ndv 10 2005 stouffville suntribune sports change spirit acquires rookie netminder from markham waxers mark kubicz just wants to play the thornhill goaltender will get his wish friday with the stoufmlle spirit kubicz 18 was purchased by the provincial jr a hockey league team from the markham waxers friday markham the first place team in the south conference had three goalies and kubicz was the odd ten der out the move was precipitated by secondyear spirit goalie steve fillipellis request for a trade earlier in the day fillipelli was 121 with a 337 goals against average and 853 save percentage this season as of monday night he had not been traded kubicz was 210 in markham with a 267 gaa and a 918 save per centage he arrived late to waxer camp after an extended stay as a walkon with the st michaels majors of the ontario hockey league he remains the third goalie mark kubicz played in three games this season with markham waxers winning two and had a 267 goals against average on the majors roster for callup purposes he helped backstop the waxers aaa midget team to an omha aaa championship last spring ill be able to get some playing time here with only two goalies kubicz said after practice monday where he was told hell start in huntsville friday this is a hardworking team with a lot of energy all of the time and everyone gets along here im getting more relaxed here all the time with the joking around and stuff kubicz met his new teammates saturday afternoon on the bus to seguin south of parry sound the spirit beat the hometown bruins 21 on goals by randy johnston and shawn frank dan mcwhinney who is 941 in the spirit goal this season earned the win the spirit 10323 remains in third place in the north conference see standings on page 27 the spirit hosts the huntsville muskoka otters tonight at 730 at the stouffville arena then visits the otters tomorrow night and newmarket sunday at 230 pm spirited notes the spirit dealt former captain michael lombardo to the aurora tigers friday stouffville branch 459 of the royal canadian legion and the spirit will mark remembrance day with pregame ceremonies tonight spirit grads jonathan daversa sudbury wolves and mike duco kitchener rangers will play for the ontario hockey league allstar team in the 2005 adt canadarussia challenge this month in kitchener and peterborough whisde radio is expanding its internet broadcast of spirit games to include away contests starting with tomor rows game in huntsville go to whistleradiocom for more on the spirit log on to wwwstouffvillespirilcom lebuffes heroics propel clippers to tournament title peter lebuffes goal with just four seconds remaining in overtime staked the stouffville minor bantam clippers to a 32 victory over windsor in the title tilt of a fort erie tournament in reaching the final the clippers defeated windsor 20 lost to port credit 73 but rebounded to rout the scarborough sabres 81 that record was good enough to propel the clippers to the semifi nals where they routed the downsview beavers 71 scoring for the clippers in the tournament were lebuffe five goals six assists lloyd davis four goals two assists ryan brown four goals two assists jake woolnough two goals two assists dylan deveaux two goals tyler barber two goals two assists jesse godin one goal two assists peter wideman two goals one assist brent hewlett one goal ethan manninen three assists josh king chris chekay and brad sutherland two assists each eric lee and ben singh split time in goal for the clippers who sit atop the ontario minor hockey association standings with a 1031 record staff photobill roberts sean hoey 10 receives a congratulatory handshake from whitchurchstouffville mayor sue sherban along with the rest of his stouffville storm mite provincial a softball championship teammates last saturday at the eastridge evangelical missionary church during the towns recognition of athletes ceremony local sports teams and individual athletes who had earned provincial or national honours over the last three years were recognized champs honoured by town they came to reap the rewards of hard work saturday at eastridge evangelical missionary church several sports teams and individual athletes hailing from whitchurch stouffville who claimed provincial or national titles over the last three years were honoured by the town of whitchurch- stouffville as part of its recog nition of athletes awards pro gram in hockey the stouffville clippers juvenile team cap tured the 200405 ontario minor hockey association a title members of that team included jake balsdon gabe barnett chris flanagan norm fretz jordan smalley andrew gibson shawa gibson james guinane darcy jackson jordan mabley dana macdonald michael manson todd nesbitt stephen relf nikolas ristich david salvagna joshua spang jonathon wonch head coach brent gibson assistant coach es ken macdonald trevor greenham and matt mulder manager janice auld and trainer joseph lombardo mennos win eliminations in fastball the stouffville mennos competed in the eastern canadian intermediate a championships in prince edward island in 2004 after winning the provincial elimina tion championship team members included byron baranieski steve townson dale boadway shawn boadway brett boyd paul boynton chris burkholder rich burkholder darren crawford danny deeks scott evans scott eyre tim lofgren terry reesor steve sayers coach howie burkholder and manager art burkholder not to be outdone the stouffville storm mites laid claim to the ontario softball association mite a title among those who toiled for the storm were josh burkholder kerrick brown jonathan colley troy connor matthew dunlop sean hoey chris jupp jordan march matthew morrow jamie ohalloran nick robb coach es chris burkholder chris brown and mark morrow skaters in sync earning national and provincial honours was heather higgins who was part of the markham synchro clubs elite edge skating team that won gold in the provincial championships in mississauga and nationals in brandon man in the same sport her sister alyshia higgins and kimberley hord represented the whitby ice fyre team that skated at the french cup in rouen france in 2004 and were silver medallists the ice fyre team is one of only six teams that represented canada on an international scene in 2004 and 2005 kristen king caitlin leger and gillian scott were mem bers of a whitby novice com petitive synchro skating team that skated its way to a bronze in the 2004 national champi onships in basketball scott laws was a member of the provin cial boys midget team that won gold at this years national championships in calgary carmen thunem made her presence felt in artistic gym nastics by winning the novice level three gold allaround title and bronze on bars at the provincial championships at elite ontario she was also a gold medallist for canada at the shamrock invitational gymnastics tournament in march 2004 in norfolk va and a gold medallist in the floor event at the eastern canadian gymnastics champi onships in may 2004 in laval que mark varilov earned provin cial honours after winning the 8 and 9 class in this years provincial triathlon champi onship in martial arts lea sheffield and tressa sheffield garnered provincial honours by winning the novice judo championship in their respective age group categories like father like daughter the sheffield judo school father and daughter tandem of brent colclough and victoria were the 2003 senior provincial and 2005 provincial novice champions respectively mackenzie moyer earned firstplace honours in the 200- metre obstacle in the junior lifeguard telegames in 2004 bruce and bunny burton choreographed a line dance that was chosen to go to the worlds competition of line dancing it marked the only time in history that a specific line dance would be chosen for a second time to compete in a worlds championship