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b2 tribune december 17 1986 pidget clipper veterans surprised at rookie talent by kelly connelly the stouffville midget clippers have come a long way since the beginning of the season when a group of freshman some house- leaguers and a few bantams comprised 90 per cent of the roster with only four returning play ers from last years midget club paul sinclair blair steel sean mcquigge and jim baggs things looked pretty green for the beckers boys baggs the teams king pin on defence is certainly impressed with how quickly the rookies have adjusted were working in the new players pretty good theyve all played up through the ranks in stouffville and are quite apt to play in this league he suggests this years team may not be as big as last seasons but it has the speed up front and thats what counts he adds the highscoring smink line with sinclair flanked by former bantam sharpshooters kent and kirk smythe has given the new midget club its muchneeded fire power so far its the only combination coach ray steel hasnt juggled russ king has been resituated with bill butler and team captain mcquigge mike oconnor and wade denney are alternating on a line with jason borthwick and jim baggs blair steel rookie defenceman dave led- ley has improved tremendously said the coach blueliner derek hamilton has also adjusted well we may lack size we dont have the power hitters but we have the speed steel pointed out as long as we can clear the puck out of our end and move it up fast it doesnt matter aibout size- but if you happen to have a lapse then you get hit some of the guys who havent played much competitive hockey before didnt realize how physic al it is in this division it was a real eyeopener for kent smythe who has play ed competitive hockey most of his life the extra roughness even caught him off guard the games a little faster a little rougher there are more cheap shots he said last friday the local boys dou bled port perry 84 which brings stouffvilles record to an unoffi cial 642 although stouffville is averaging four to five goals a game opponents are putting in that many too noted team mem bers either we win by quite a bit or we lose by quite a bit observed baggs 1 think its better to be the 500plus club we are because if we won every game all season we might get overconfident and choke in the playoffs bootsn saddle club honors carilee miles ba ferguson the boots n saddle western horse club held its annual awards night and banquet nov 29 at bal- lantrae hall carilee miles won overall high points in junior class and beverlyanne fergu son won high points in senior trophy and gift certificates were given to the following whitchurchstouffville club members junior division carilee miles 1st show manship 1st hunter hack 1st en glish equitation 2nd eng plea sure 2nd western pleasure tif fany pell 1st eng pleasure 1st western pleasure 1st western horsemanship 2nd eng pleasur ed kevin dent 1st eng equita tion 3rd eng pleasure joani kingsmill 1st barrel race 1st flag race janice mazda 2nd western horsemanship senior division beverlyanne ferguson 1st showmanship 1st trail 1st west ern pleasure 1st western horse manship lea spence 1st barrel race 1st flag race 2nd down back 2nd pole bending wayne sharpe 1st pole bending 1st bar rel race 1st down back 2nd flag race john alden 1st pole bending brian nicholson 2nd barrel race holly sherman 2nd barrel race the boots n saddle club wishes to thank all its sponsors for their support in 1986 those sponsors are stouffville fish chips adonis unisex hair salon mar- kham iron horse farms als tack shop pine dale quarter horses circle c race stables pritchard quarterhorses diane hilton howe lorrain french diane bob ferguson bob gil lian bowie milestone electrical service frontier trading post sundial australian shepherds yvonne reid scott salverson chestnut hill morgans pat ren- shaw klaus miller holly sher man wollner family john alden sue john miles brian sue jones wayne sharpe james barb dent deb brian scott brian sharon brush lea jim spence jim jtichards joanne more robinson glen joanne and courtney morehouse out of reach stouffville secondary midget player kevin harmer left was out of luck on this play as he attempted to knock the basketball from the firm grip of a sacred heart crusader the midget spartans lost the game last friday by a couple baskets however the junior spartans made sure sacred heart didnt sweep the twogame series kelly connelly atoms lose energy in 3rd period port perry hangs on for 52 win the fame international atom clippers dropped a 52 decision to port perry at the recreation complex last friday night trailing 20 in the second period stouffville got on the scoreboard when ryan burkhol- der set philip pridham up on the wing stouffville looked to be on a comeback until port perry ex tended the lead to 31 two minutes later stouffville narrowed the gap again when david spooren- burg found the mark on a nice setup from uncinates trevor bar- dell and darren zeller although the atom clippers are generally a third period team they failed to turn on the jets on this occasion port perry added two more goals for the win stouffville is in cobourg this friday to play its last league game of 198g greetings and savings too f pay cash for gasoline and get cash bonus coupons to spend on those special gifts from canadian tire gas bar open 24 hours 7 days a week ijsj onnpmn tine 8675 mccowan rd markham just northofhwy7 v