28 Stouffville Sun-Tribune | Thursday, January 14, 2016 | The Markham Stouffville peewee BB Stars won the 32nd annual Scarborough New Year's Classic Tournament that culminated with a 2-1 win over the Sudbury Lady Wolves in the final. It was their third tournament championship of the season to go with a silver. After losing their first two round-robin games against Scarborough and Sudbury by identical 1-0 scores, the Stars rebounded to blank North York 2-0 in their final round-robin tilt. That enabled the Stars to advance to the semifinals where they defeated the host Scarborough Sharks 1-0. Coached by Steve McCusker, Dave Ducheck and Dave Fantini, team members included: Logan Assinck, Sydney Degraauw, Madison DiBello, Zoë Ducheck, Amanda Fantini, Kelsie Fung, Juliana Hill, Isabelle Kastanis, Olivia Mara, Gillian Marsh, Paige McCusker, Jade Morton, Emily Paisley, Amy Soetikno, Ella Sullivan, Mali Tucker and Reese Wallace. Additional staff include trainers Grace Jung and Gloria Paisley and manager Jennifer Fantini. Stars win third Spartans end season title of season with victory barely By Michael Hayakawa OHL, CIS coaches speaking Stouffville hockey coaches can attend a seminar at Angus Glen Golf Club Feb. 2 starting at 7:30 p.m. Speakers will include coaches James Boyd of the Mississauga Steelheads of the Ontario Hockey League and Chris Dennis of the York University Lions men's team. Register by emailing mgouglas@ waxers.com Do you want to continue living comfortably and safely in your own home? CHATS, a not-for-profit organization, offers a full range of in-home care and community programs that can help. Many programs are subsidized, and some are free! Support and peace of mind for seniors and their caregivers. mhayakawa@yrmg.com The Stouffville District Secondary School Spartans might have anticipated a rather easy time of things when they took to the ice for their York Region Athletic Association tier one senior boys' ice hockey regular season finale against the host Sir William Mulock Ravens Tuesday. After all, the Ravens entered the game marred in last place and had not won a game all year. But that's why the games are played. While the Ravens put up a feisty battle, the Spartans emerged with the two points when the game concluded in a closer-than-anticipated 3-2 decision. Jamie Hewitt. "Everything that we did in winning our last two games (over first-place Bill Crothers Secondary School and second-place and defending provincial and YRAA champion St. Brother Andre) we didn't do today. CHATS 1-877-452-4287 www.chats.on.ca Community & Home Assistance to Seniors big wins "It looked like the guys were playing pond hockey out there." In explaining his club's lackadaisical performance, Hewitt was at a loss. However, he speculated they might have taken their opponents too lightly. Owen McKnight and Vaughn McCusker added the other goals for the Spartans, who battled the Ravens to a 0-0 draw after the first period before taking a 2-1 lead after two. With their regular season now concluded, the Spartans will advance to the postseason, which is scheduled to begin Feb. 4 when they play a first-round, first-tothree-point series against an opponent yet to be determined until the regular season concludes this week. last place A goal by Matt Hunt with around seven minutes remaining in the third period proved to be the difference for the Spartans, who won their third straight game and will finish no lower than in third place with a 5-3 won-loss mark. "We didn't play well at all," lamented Spartans' head coach THANK YOU! The Lions Club of Stouffville extends a thank you to the community for their overwhelming support of both our Christmas Basket Project and our annual Christmas Tree Sales. Your generous donations of toys, food and money helped give families in our community a great Christmas. We express a special thank you to the following business & public organizations for their continued and unwavering support of our Club's projects at this special time of year... Birkett-Hassard Insurance B.M.Bangay Construction CIBC Chamber of Commerce Coach House Pub Ballantrae Cook Medical 55 Plus Club Geranium Homes Gottardo Group Hagerty Canada IDA Pharmacy Pace Credit Union Royal Canadian Legion Schell Building Centre Shoppers Drug Mart Strategic Information Technology Scotia Bank Stouffville Free Press Stouffville Health Centre Stouffville SunTribune, Servers of Stouffville (SOS) Stouffville Country Market Stouffville Martial Arts Academy TD Bank TipperaryTap House UCW of Stouffville United Church York Regional Police and a special thank you to the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville Municipal Office, Leisure & Community Services, Fire & Emergency Services, Stouffville Leisure Centre, Stouffville Arena, & Stouffville Clippers Sport Complex Lions Club of Stouffville My future starts here! Academic excellence Francophone environment Full bilingualism Rooted in Catholic values Daycare / Childcare 1st choice of francophone parents French Catholic school: my first great success! MyFrenchSchool.ca Open House A SPECIAL THANK YOU for their support for; (a) Lions Christmas Tree Project ***Canadian Tire who donated space and to the families who purchased their trees to help assist us in community work during the year: (b) Lions Santa Parade Float ***Ted & Jeanette Barry who provided the vintage sleigh or cutter, Brian Richards of Chas. Richards & Sons, who provided the trailer carrying the sleigh, and Showcase Costume Rentals who provided the "Elmo" costume. (c) Lions Christmas Basket Project ***Councilor Rick Upton for arranging for a warehouse site for the storage of donated toys, food & other gifts for the Christmas Basket Project. ÉCOLE ÉLÉMENTAIRE CATHOLIQUE de Stouffville (JK to Grade 8) 276 Sunset Blvd., Stouffville | 905 642-3440 Thursday, January 28 · 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Proud partner in education csdccs.edu.on.ca