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ttietown a sports classified second section a metroland community newspaper local skaters earn medals in uxbridge wednesday january 29 1986 local figure skaters captured an array of medals at- the 7th annual uxbridge invitational last weekend stouffville skater stephanie barclay won the gold medal in the junior c ladies freeskate claremont resident samantha greet also tasted gold in the pre liminary ladies final other local competitors also did well at the meet which attracted 42 clubs from four sections of ontario as well as one nova sco tia entrant for complete results see box shirley caterer president of the stouffville club wasnt overly impressed with her groups fin ish im pleased with their efforts but i expected some of the older skaters to place higher than they did she said the club entered eight skaters and three came home with gold or bronze medals valerie kolen- brander publicity director of the uxbridge figure skating club said stouffville did well consider ing the stringent preliminary rules only the top two girls in the va rious competitions spirited to the finals a third place skater de spite a respectable finish wouldnt advance all clubs think that their ska ters dont work as hard as they should but a lot of things can go wrong noted kolenbrander precompetition butterflies and even falls can take their toll on young skaters as well as the veterans over 700 applications were re ceived for the twoday event the competition could only accommo date 400 skaters entrants were accepted on a first come first serve basis former canadian world cham pion and olympic medalist donald jackson showed up at ux bridge arena during the weekend although jackson was there as a coach he took the time to sign autographs and chat with excited youngsters by kelly connelly sports editor lumber swingers have been an endangered species of late in the national hockey leagues re frigerators john mcauley the nhls assistant director of officiat ing thinks tougher penalties are in order for players who are too liberal with their sticks and minor hockey isnt in the clear either when it comes to accusations and rule modifications that have been proposed recently to curb slashing hooking and other nasty stick habits many nhl coaches and players target the young seedlings who play in amateur leagues like the omha ontario minor hockey association and ohl ontario hockey league as the prime instigators of an assailant attitude invincible attitude nhl officials contend amateur kids are so well protected today with mandatory helmet and visor rules theyve lost respect for their opponents safety or at least feel in vincible enough to keep the stick high the armourcoated young gla diators especially the ones who make it to the nhl bring their careless customs with them onto the professional pond they sudden ly find themselves at liberty to dis card their visors unlike their junior days yet their unconscious or ing rained stick habits stay the same the result face injuries and if theres enough of them media hype a random survey of various hock ey players coaches and omha offi cials in stouffville and uxbridge showed conflicting opinions about the sticksup syndrome some ques tioned what all the panic was about while others agreed that since the institution of the helmentface mask rule for college minor and major junior players things have changed theres far more stickwork to day than years ago said dave fockler coach of the stouffville midget clippers a lot of players carry the stick way too high i like to see a good bodycheck as long as they keep the stick down michelle coppins a sharpshooter for the towns intermediate girls rep squad couldnt agree more i find that if someone cant catch up to you theyll use their stick she noted hockey is a lot more aggressive today theres more hooking and slashing cliff freckelton who plays for the uxbridge bruins believes stick- work has escalated in his junior c division since weve been wear ing the cage players are a little less awhere of bringing their slicks up suggested freckelton they think because theyre wearing the cage theyre not going to get hurt with a high stick the refs have tried to crack down a bit on slashing this season bad timing but asking slouffvilles zebras about stickwork is not a popular subject during playoffs cautions john hutchison president of stouff ville minor hockey theres so much criticism about referees especially during playoffs that im a little hesitant about articles of this nature being written he ex plained agreed some hockey fans blame officiating for what they see as ram- see lughstickingh3 how did we do in uxbridge prejuvenile d ladies freeskate 1st susan anderson stouffville prejuvenile ladies final 3rd susan anderson juvenile d ladies freeskate 1st brenda hachey stouffville juvenile ladies final 3rd brenda hachey preliminary b ladies freeskate 3rd jennifer bunker uxbridge prepreliminary e ladies freeskate 7th michelle olszevski stouffville preliminary e ladies freeskate 1st samantha creet uxbridge gth leeann hamilton stouffville 8th jennifer barker preliminary ladies final 1st samantha creet prejuvenile mens final 5lh timothy bunker uxbridge prenovice c ladies freeskate 7th nicole vautier stouffville prenovice d ladies freeskate 6th shannon ainger- uxbridge- novice dance final compulsory dance 2nd shannon ainger and chuck reaman uxbridge junior c ladies freeskate 1st stephanie barclay stouffville junior ladies final 4th stephanie barclay open ladies final 6th maureen ferguson stouffville tigers promise big roar in edmonton uxbridge coach shows cool confidence uxbridge secondary tigers want to win it all senior members of the tiger zoo include from left stephanie carlson cathy hamilton beth munro jen nifer harding tracy williamson lisa hord coach jim schwan traccy paradinc annet gocrcc dawn stewart teresa shcpptrd beth atkinson and audra gocrcc the team won the lake ontario secondary school championship this season by kelly connelly sports editor the uxbridge tigers will board a plane bound for wayne grctzky country next tuesday coach jim schwan and his senior girls basketball team from uxbridge secondary have been planning the trip for months but its not to see the oiler super star though some team members wouldnt mind bumping into the multimillionaire the tigers have entered the gth annual victoria rcdmen invita tional basketball tournament in edmonton feb 4 to 9 eight teams from across canada in cluding uxbridge will battle for national suprcmccy on the court this isnt the first time the ux bridge zoo has competed in the national exhibition series the senior boys squad placed 10th out of 1g teams last year not a very impressive finish however schwan promises his female ti gers will do a lot better based on what i saw last year in the girls tournament in edmonlon our team has an ex cellent chance of winning the championship predicted the coach weve got 27 games be hind us for the season my kids have been running for the last two weeks after exams were going out there with the attitude were going to win it schwans words dont come cheap his team has already won the lossa lake ontario secon dary school championship this season and it boasts a 207 win- loss record as well the girls almost clinched the central ontario final in november however lindsay weldon escaped with a slim 5352 decision as painful as that loss was its history now and schwans mind is on edmonton the tourney will be governed by international rules including a 30 second clock that means slow methodical teams not accustomed to quick break outs will have a rough time for tunately the tigers arc anything but slow itll be a faster game said schwan the ball is never touched by the referee in the de fensive end the defensive team will need quick reactions to cover the fast breakouts and the off ence has only 30 seconds to take a shot my kids like lo run schwans star veteran didnt hesitate to second that motion were out there to have fun and we play our best when we run boasted towering centre audra goeree with strong pointguards like dawn stewart and traccy para- dine and gocrces presence the tigers should have a good chance against the traditionally tough acts from british columbia the tigers are guaranteed three games out west however the weeks itinerary is packed with banquets a national cheer- leading competition and of course a trip to the famous west edmonton mall the team has raised 2500 by washing cars painting fences organizing dances and helping out local service clubs note during the competi tion an oshawa radio station 1350 am on your dial will run a tiger update on the 5 pm news schwan and the team extend ihcir appreciation to the uxbridge community for all its help