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p8 the tribune wednesday february 21 1990 sport notes bruce stapley clearwater makes return to sdss gym there was a familiar face in the stouffville district secondary school gym last tuesday after noon an old boy who had return ed for a little pickup volleyball on the same floor that had been the scene of so many of his high school triumphs for twotime sdss senior athlete of the year winner don clearwater it was a chance to say hello to some of his ex- coaches as well as a few old buddies his contribution to the spar tans fifth place finish at last years provincial volleyball championships is now a distant memory clearwaters concerns now centre around the playoff pro spects of the york yeomen volleyball team like so many others on the 1989 university athletic association championship outfit the 20-year- old freshman is a newcomer in a rebuilding year all but one player on the yeomen roster are first or second year men and there are only four returnees from last years team it took clearwater a hustling power hitter six weeks to establish himself with the varsity squad although for the highly competitive physical eduation student that was six weeks too long i wasnt playing much at the beginning of the season back in early october but by mid- november i was in the starting lineup i found it hard to get used to sitting on the bench i figured i was ready to go i wanted to play he admits however it did take some adjusting to the higher calibre of play it was a challenge the game is a lot harder at this level and i had to adapt to it clearwater whose power smashes were one of the reasons the sdss spartans rolled over the opposition at last years durham- york dyssaa finals feels he has made a contribution to the yeoman yes i feel like i belong there while not the world beaters they were last season he is confi dent the york crew will make some noise in post season play weve had better cohesion as the year has gone on waterloo is the power of the league and they beat us in three games but that was early in the season weve improved since then so well definitely be in there does clearwater miss his old high school oh yes i miss fletch sdss coach jim fletcher and sdss i had a good time here pholobill lanning basketball battle stouffville district secondary school spartans player tom letkeman right battles for the ball with newmarkets clint glass during york region playoff action friday karem amer 50 looks on newmarket won the game 6355 sdss senior cagers drop playoff opener close but no cigar the stouffville district secondary school sdss spartans senior boys basket ball team took a one point lead into the second half of fridays opening playoff round contest against a strong newmarket unit but wound uup dropping a 6355 decision the game was being played to determine which team would be given home court ad vantage for the remaining york region doublea playoffs the spartans were forced to play more than half the game without star forward travis white who fouled out in the first half then had a tooth knocked out when he crashed face first to the floor in the third quarter power forward kevin harmer led the sdss attack with 20 points karam amer hooped 15 points while tom letkeman was a defensive bulwark with 13 rebounds to go with his 5 points the spartans led 2827 at the half but were unable to con tain newmarkets leading scorer in the third and fourth quarter as the power forward proceeded to put the cap on a 34point performance the sdss cagers will try to get their regional title hopes back on track thursday against an opponent that had yet to be determined at press time stouffville volleyball squads get ready for playoff series bruce stapley correspondent its the moment of truth for the stouffville district secondary school sdss junior and senior spartans girls volleyball teams both squads contested their respective york region north division finals tuesday at sutton high see weekender for results with the regional cham pionships to be held thursday in an allday tournament in the sdss gym while the senior spartans are completing a mediocre cam paign sheila colemans juniors are primed and ready to go into post season play the juniors placed first in their division and have shown signs of brilliance throughout the season according to their coach im really excited about this team said coleman they are such a cohesive unit they are go ing to be a power house the juniors completed their regular schedule last monday by taking two of three games against williams then dropping two straight to sacred heart both opponents are rated triplea while the spartans are only doublea coleman points out sacred heart are in first place in their league so we were a little out of our depth the spartans will see only doublea unit in the playoffs coleman is counting on big ef forts from her mainstays we need to have carrie swain and leslie palmer hitting in the mid- die and well be relying on the power serves and back court hus tle of michelle hofstee and julie coleman no relation kelly sheridan will play a key role too midget spartans beaten the stouffville district secondary school sdss midget spartan basketball team were at the receiving end of a onesided loss and a nar row defeat in last wednesdays cage doubleheader the sdss crew was doubled up 4824 by holy cross in their first effort mike luce had 13 points to lead the spartans offence with mike knapp contributing 8 points the stouffville squad then dropped a 4440 decision to thornhill steve ernes hooped 15 points for sdss while rob jones add ed 8 points jermain franklin and jesse smith chipped in with 4 points each with smiths being his first points of the season midget volleyballers win york north championship the stouffville district secondary school sdss spartans midget girls volleyball team came up with their best effort of the year thurs day capturing the york region north championship in an all day tournament played at the sdss gym the spartans registered a convincing double victory over dennison in the final sweeping the set 1510 157 the stouffville squad had registered a 1716 151 win over the same foe earlier in the competition sdss took a pair of games from cardinal carter as well as den nison then split with newmarket and sutton before beating sutton two straight in the semifinals after the clincher against dennison spartans coach christine milton had nothing but praise for her charges the girls showed poise i hadnt seen before theyve never put it all together like this milton singled out julie sanford for her superb hitting spiking and bumping while noting the consistent setting of stacey patten and tanya couperthwaite she also acknowledged the work of christine jackson and natasha armour whom she said played a thinking game milton says that while the midgets played well thursday they will need to be even better in tomorrows regional championships at sut ton n i castros scores hat trick to lead kings to sihl victory naz nicastro notched a hat trick and doug feasby and paul barry each added a pair as the williamson kings downed the dave blow insurance whalers 96 last tuesday in stouffville in termediate hockey league action aaron mcwilliams and lome potter also scored for the win ners while rob parcells and brent downs each with two jamie dunbar and marty ellis scored for the whalers in other action mike feasby and barry greenshields scored two goals each to lead boyds sports to a 72 win over the kell- ington capitals i i i i a ii i i i 1 i 1 i i m