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p14 the tribune wednesday november 15 1989 a leasing todays easy way to drive larry cotter leasing 6404541 all makes and models ok junior spartans face tough basketball test bruce stapley correspondent the stouffville district secon dary school sdss girls junior basketball spartans put themselves on the firing line by virtue of their impressive 4428 victory over sutton in the opening round of york region playoff ac tion last thursday bill mcknights spartans must now face a power house vaughan- team this week in the semifinal vaughan boasts a perfect 140 record so far this season the sdss machine was hitting on all eight cylinders thursday against sutton with an ag gressive offence being backed up by a formidable defence julie coleman was top scorer for the spartans going to the hoop for 13 points susan bason added another 11 points while her 12 rebounds were tops for sdss terrill junkin had eight points and six rebounds kelly sheridan was good for six points and michelle hofstee picked off 11 re bounds for the spartans in the victory the senior girls spartan cagersj who had last week off will face newmarket this week in their semifinal contest the senior spartans have already defeated newmarket twice this season and will ad vance to the york region finals at langstaff this friday if they can get make it a three game season sweep novice clippers defence disappears the defence went awol for the stouffville novice clippers last week resulting in a pair of losses the blueline brigade which has held the stouffville squad in most games this season had their minds set on contributing to the teams light offensive attack with no one home minding the store the clippers fell 72 to lind say on the road last sunday then came home to lose 61 to port perry mike wood continued to hold a hot hand however netting one of the clippers goals on sunday after the puck a betz pools player centre tries to break away from barrys welding player nigel griffin 9 during atom house league hockey action saturday morning at barrys won the contest 62 photorick madonik the stouffville recreation centre atom clippers finally earn tie with bowmanville it was a nondescript win and a landmark tie for the stouffville boyds sports atom clippers on the weekend kyle norton had a goal and an assist to help transform an uninspired effort into a 32 vic tory over port perry at the stouf fville recreation centre friday night robbie spytz opened the scor ing on a long shot that deflected off the port perry defender nor ton drew the assist norton hit the target on a good individual effort for the clippers second goal i andrew hutchison got number three thanks to the strong forechecking of linemates ryan king and tim smart with smart getting the assist boyds goalkeeper evan boyd was sharp innet nabbing several hard drives with his glove hand on saturday the clippers fought to a 22 tie with bowman ville the first time in three games that boyds has been able to salvage even one point against the bulls dan tardella found the net with a shot from a bad angle to open the scoring after the bulls squared things adam crowder restored the clip pers lead when he stole the puck at centre ice and went in alone boyd allowed another bowmanville goal after that but then held his ground the rest of the way to preserve the tie spartan squads providing great moments for a school handicapped by a perennial shortage of athletic facilities stouffville district secondary school sdss is do ing its level best to imitate a three ring sports attraction cir cus these days with two sdss boys volleyball teams hosting durhamyork title tournaments on successive weeks and basketball activity that has the schools two girls teams gunning for regional championships the boards on the old gym floor are taking a poun ding of late and as if thesv teams arent providing entertainment enough the phys ed department lined up a basketball game last wednesday between the schools hot shot teachers and students and the in famous harlem diplomats which if nothing else gave teacher jim fletcher a chance to gain a longawaited measure of revenge for having his gym shorts pulled down on the basket ball court by one of those same diplomats some 20 years ago when fleich was a green grade 13 eager with gym time as scarce as hens teeth these days the spar tan volleyball and basketball squads are being forced to burn the candle at both ends practices are scheduled for anywhere from 7 am through 730 pm and speaking of getting caught with his pants down fletcher is already holding practices for his senior boys basketball team in order to prevent a recurrence of last years slow start it seems the boys were so into their all- ontario volleyball chase that they werent ready to dribble when the basketball season com menced the very next day sport notes dably dejected after the loss as was their coach sandy bush power hitter jason cowan the only player on the team who can smash the ball to the floor like a junior or even a senior at times wanted to shoulder the blame n i alone for missing a few shots at bruce stapley the end they never recovered and the season was a washout and the old pro jim rehill will go into yet another season with an untried badminton team simply because he cant procure time in the school gym but then hes only got himself to blame for turning sdss into a volleyball mecca some 20 or so years ago speaking of which its been a while since theyve seen anything quite like the last ditch rally that came within an ace of seeing the midget volleyball crew advance to the durhamyork final last wednesday the sdss faithful were screaming with anxious delight as the young spartans came back from a steep deficit took the lead then ran out of miracles just as they stood on the verge of tak ing their semifinal with st- marys of pickering the local boys were understan- but without his earlier efforts the spartans wouldnt have been there at all this kid has got a ter rific high school volleyball future fletch has already got his hands oh him as cowan regular ly works out with the senior spartans the 15 year old is sure to follow in the footsteps of big brother guy who had a dazzling career at sdss before graduating last spring all in all its a great year to be a spartan