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“We had our most successful year ever in Whitchurch Stouffville minor hockey. We won an unprecedented six titles (three Ontario Minor Hockey Association and three York Simcoe) and we had finalists in each, too. During his 14 years with the Whitchurch Stouffville Minor Hockey Association, Mike Humphreys witnessed a lot of highs and lows. But, the positives far outweighed any nega- tives in recent years. 14 YEARS WITH MINOR HOCKEY On that note, Humphreys felt it was time to take a step back and formally resign as presi- dent when the association held its annual general meeting last week “We just got better and better as the day went on," Spartans head coach Rob Edmondson said. “The guys learned from their mistakes in their first game.” After a 12-0 loss to Bimb- mount Park in their opener, the Spartans rebounded to defeat another Scarborough school, Sir Oliver Mowat, had onetry. Connor Cadaret and Brandon Paulina each SCOred two tries while James McLeod booted thnee con- Juniors bounce back . to keep title at home The Stouflville Secondary junior boys’ rugby team got ot’fto a slow start at its Spar- tan Invitational Friday. Stouffville ramped to a 31-0~win over David and Mary Thompson (Scarbor- ough) in the final. “Under my watch, it was pretty good,” he What mattered mbst was the end result. Humphreys calls timeout on youth hockey work and Adam McGilvxay BY MICHAEL HAYAKAWA mhayakawa @yrmg.com In reaching the final, the Spartans A team defeated Dr. G.W. Williams (Aurora) 15-0, Mowat 25-0 and the Spar- tans B team 20-5. “I think Lindsay is the best team in the province,” cpach Jamie Hewitt said if the tourna- ment winners, who won all of their games by shutouts. In the senior division, the Spartans fielded two entries. Their A team lost in the finaLlS-O. Against Mackenzie, the Spamms overcame a 12- 0 deficit to tie the game on the last play of regulation time to force penalty kicks In the third mund of kicks. Stoufiville’sIanedKuettel gave theSpartans a 15-12 win. and then Alexander Mackâ€" enzie (Richmond Hill) in a semifinal. â€"Michael Hayakawa “Financially, the association is sound. Everything is in good shape. I couldn't have asked for anything else,",Humphreys said. The association is in great shape for his successor, Don Easter. Humphreys said. Eas~ ter was second vice-president last year and coached the Clippers minor midgets to an OMHAA title. ' He was with the Stoufiville Spirit Jr. A team for four years, including being assistant gener- al manager in 2004-05. His family has billeted Spirit players for several seasons. He coached a Clippers AE team the last two seasons. Wanting to help children and give back to the community, Humphreys began as an assistant coach with a mite team, before be coming a head coach and convenor. said with a laugh. “But really. it comes from everybody involved on the Stoufl'vifle Secondary bantam Hayden Gibson tries to escape two Keswidc tadders as the teams opened their York Region Athletic Association season last week. Gibson had the lone try for the Spartans in a 10â€"5 loss in the junior tier two division. SPRTS Stouffville Sun-Tribune Humphreys, who didn’t dismiss a pos- sible return, will have more time to watch his daughter Courtney play for a Stouffville Markham Stars girls team next season. Easter commended Humphreys. . “I’ve witnessed some significant progress in the nine years I've been on the board. Our enrollment this year was at an all-time high, the association is on a solid financial footing and our rep program produced better com- petitive results this past season than at any time in our history,” he said. “None of this would have been achieved without a lot of hard work and commitment from the executive and our volunteer coaches and convenors, but I'd be remiss if I didn’t spe- cifically acknowledge the instrumental role our outgoing president, Mike Humphreys. has played in our recent success." HAIR-RAISING GAME When you replace your central air conditioning system with one that is ENERGY STAR“ qualified or higher. When you replace your non-programmabte thermostat with a programmable thermostat. New members voted to the board include Shawn Leonard, Louie Volpe and Joe Palma. Easter knows there will be high expectaâ€" tions placed on him and the board to con- tinue where Humphreys left off. With the construction of a new twinâ€"pad arena and introduction of new coaching and team selec- tion programs, Easter is hopeful. NEW BOARD ELECTED Josie Robinson remains as first viceâ€"presiâ€" dent on the 13-member board while Greg Smith, who served last season as associa- tion coach mentor, is now second vice-presiâ€" dent. Ioe Sutherland will continue as treasurer and Lee Palladino, secretary. Other returning board members include Wendy Armstrong, Bruno DeRocchis, Ross Newlands, En'c Ross and Mark Savery. When you replace your furnace wlth a mld lo hlghlefflclency furnace with an electronically communth molm (ECM).t STAFF PHOTO/MIKE BARRETT