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26 stouffville suntribune thursday jan 19 2006 stouffville suntribune howards oj heroics lift spirit in front of bigleague scouts last week monday won 43 in overtime at vaughansunday tied host north york rangers 22 coming up today vs seguin 730 pm at stouffville arenasaturdayys toronto thunderbirds 730 pm at westwood arenasunday at couch- iching terriers at mnjikaning arena sports complex 2 pm wednesday vs seguin 730 pm at stouffville arena game notes a small crowd monday night at the al palladihi arena in wood- bridge was augmented by several national hockey league scouts the bird dogs including the toronto maple leafs george armstrong came to watch two of the four players in the 36team provincial jr a hockey league ranked for the 2006 nhl draft the stouffville spirits simon gysbers is rated 171st and vaughan viper matthew martello 102nd in midterm rankings released last week gysbers is the highestrated jr a defenceman in eastern canada dustin howards goal 227 into overtime lifted the spirit to a 43 win over the vipers the spirit out- shot the vipers 4627 but still trailed 31 late in the second period goal- tenders dan mcwhinney of the spirit and andrew martin of vaughan were outstanding rob groom rick schrank and ryan oliver had the other spirit goals will acton and mark sullivan had two assists each the spirit wel comed back leading scorer randy johnston but were without injured vet erans ian brunt and joel sheppard meanwhile vaughan was short eight players due to injury and could only call up three fillins from their minor hockey affiliatesthe spirit 21883 trails secondplace newmarket by one point in the north conference see standings on page 27 mcwhinney made the play of the game late in the third period pokechecking martello after the pair raced for a loose puck near the blueline in sundays game against the north york rangers at the herb carnegie arena goals by steve kapolnas and shawn frank helped the spirit earn a 22 tie the spirit felt they scored a gamewinning goal only to have it taken away due to a premature whistle the spirit outshot the rangers 4440 insider the spirit hosts seguin tonight on summitview public school night spirit players were scheduled to visit the main street school today the two teams meet again in stouffville wednesday to replay a game started nov 17 a malfunctioning ice cleaner damaged the ice at the stouffville arena between the second and third periods with the spirit up 31 making it unplayable gysbers is the lone r- spirit representative on the northwest team that will play in the leagues all- star game wednesday in mississauga the same night as the rescheduled seguin contest seguin has no one on the allstar squad generally speaking the poke check is one of my favourite things to do said mcwhinney after mondays performance against the vipers which improved as the game went on when the game gets more intense i feel bet ter and i know i can help hold the boys in the game the 20yearold from sault ste marie ont is enter taining offers from three us colleges tor next season record 21883 for more on the spirit log on to wwwstouflvillespiritcom raguseos feats draw notice stouffville youth excels in hockey rugby and soccer by jim thomas correspondent a photograph of matthew raguseo is prominent on the sports bulletin board at stouf fville district secondary school and theres a good reason for it the fivefoot 10inch 160- pound grade 10 student plays a leadership role both on and off the volleyball court and on and off the rugby field hes also a member of the spartan junior boys hockey team when hes not attending school raguseo captains the stouffville minor midget clip pers and plays soccer during the summer for east gwillim- bury matt raguseo sdss grade 10 student was recently named the schools athlete of the week last year raguseo won the spartans rugby award and recently was named the schools athlete of the week whiie a student in grade 8 year at st brigid catholic school he led the volleyball team to an area championship he was also selected st brigids athlete of the year he possesses excellent leadership qualities says sdss physical education instructor jamie hewitt hes also a solid role model i try my best to play my best raguseo says hes strongly supportive of the schools athletic program voicing passionate praise of hewitts merits as a physical education instructor and coach hes very encouraging he states raguseo admits his involve ment in so many sports taxes his time but hes able to keep pace academically by working noon hours and immediately after school following graduation he hopes to go on to a college or university possibly on an ath letic scholarship clippers get short end of silver stick tourney the stouffville minor ban tam clippers had a short stay in last weekends international sil ver stick tournament in new market after winning just one of three roundrobin contests after opening the tourna ment with a 30 win over the bradford bulldogs the clippers dropped games to the capital crusaders 42 and the wood stock navy vets 40 staff photomike barrett stouffville district secondary school spartans kyle law dribbles his way past dr gw williams secondary school wildcats bryan manner during last weeks yraa senior boys basketball contest at williams in aurora williams won 6837 spartan junior hoops team still courting win streak the stouffville district secondary school spartans junior boys basketball team ran its undefeated streak to seven games and remain atop the york region athletic association tier two standings after posting two road victories last week playing at markville secondary school the spartans received a 19point effort from johnny balik and 15 from his brother justin in a 5950 win last friday the spartans travelled to newmarket for a game with sir william mulock secondary school and emerged with a 5335 victory johnny balik led all scorers with 33 points the spartans also took to the hard wood court at a tournament at st robert catholic high school in thornhill and won two of three games the spartans defeated st robert 1 5750 before falling 6837 to westmount collegiate thornhill the spartans concluded the tournament with a 7268 win over st robert 2 justin balik was high scorer for the spartans in its first game victory with 17 points trevor robert led the spartans against westmount with nine points johnny balik led the way for the spartans against st robert 2 with 24 points hockey boys drop two the spartans senior boys hockey team failed to capitalize on an opportu nity to grab first place in the york region athletic association standings after dropping a pair of games playing the defending yraa champi on brother andre catholic high school cardinals tuesday the spartans fell 4rl kyle miller scored the lone goal for the spartans last week the spartans played host to the firstplace markham district high school marauders and dropped a 41 verdict miller scored the lone goal for the spartans the two losses dropped the spartans to 431 and into fourth place in the east division cardinals ground hockey girls the spartans girls hockey team were dealt a big setback in its quest to take first place in the yraa standings as they were upended 32 by the brother andre catholic high school cardinals monday at stouffville arena cassie britton and ashley mclellan each scored once for the spartans who suffered their first loss of the season and fell to 513 on the season the spartans hope to make amends today when they face firstplace and undefeated sacred heart catholic high school at the ray twinney complex in newmarket at 3 pm