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p10 tribune june20 1990 u i iw buttermakers best at track tourney tt was the rnttftimnvftrs rav snorts anh thp rnhftt walhno awjiv with i- it was the buttermakers bay sports and the bullets walking away with the lions share of the loot in the back the track slopitch tournament at stouffville memorial park over the weekend the 47 team competition which raised 10670 for the stouffville dis trict secondary school sdss running track to be built later this summer produced a rematch of the finalists of the june 3 claremont classics tour nament in the cd division i and as they did at the claremont tourney the stouffville rbwntree pon- tiacbuick buttermakers juniorsbested the stouffville straughan car pentry red sox claiming the 600 in first place prize money with a 92 win keith mcguckin was named most valuable player in the cd final the buttermakers donated 100 of their winnings back to the track fund in the drd flight the woodbridge bullets bested uxbridge dominion auto 228 to take the title while oshawa bay sports beat the greenbank hillbillies 112 in the masters division championship game the hillbil lies also donated 100 of their 300 second prize money to the track fund i the rowntree buttermakers seniors who lost the masters semifirial 93 to bay sports gave their 150 in winnings to the fund as well r the sdss scully wags whose shocking pink jerseys made the fashion statement of the weekend finished second in their pool in the dd class but fell 70 to the claremont classics in the playoff round the senior angies eatery squad dropped two of three games played missing the masters playoffs the angies junior crew won one of three games played in their dd pool the stouffville tar babies also lost two of three to drop out of dd play off contention the claremont blazers won two of three games in their dd pool but still failed to advance the stouffville thumpers took two of three games in dd pool play then fell to the uxbridge lions 72 in playoff action the stouffville sideliners and stouffville spring lakes tigers each lost both dd pool games played the claremont classics who took their dd pool lost the semifinal match up with the bullets 1311 in cd play the victorious buttermakers lost their opener 119 to uxbridge river valley but came back to beat the etbbicoke vikings 147 before thumping dante pizza 2 14 in the playoff round the buttermakers took bridlewood 159 earning the right to face the red sox in the final the red sox beat the stouffville as raiders 144 then defeated the markham brodies 94 before falling 53 to bridlewood in pool action the sox then edged uxbridge river valley 43 before dropping the title match to the buttermakers the raiders lost both games played j sod turning sef for june 28 theyll break ground for the long awaited stouffville community track on thursday june 28 as the track committee holds an official sod turning a gala ceremony complete with the stouffville district secondary school sdss band will see the first shovel full of earth lifted in frqnt of as many as 600 people officials hope the event will take place at 630 pm and will conclude just before the miss whitchurchstouffville pageant begins in the high school gymnasium cpmmitteeofficials are confident that actual construction of the track to be located to the west of the school can commence in late july pending final arrangements regarding the site plan committee spokesman ged stonehouse said the purpose of the ground breaking event is to show the people of stouffville that plans are progressing we want to get people excited by the visibility of the sod turning to get them involved so they can help us follow through a number of companies in town are volun teering their machinery and time and we still need other people to come forward and we need contin ued support with our fund raising over the summer dave connell the head of physi cal education at sdss said he is delighted to see the project finally take shape as phys ed head at the school for 20 years ive talked to a series of principals about getting a track and theyve all taken it to the school board and nothing ever happened then julian franklin exstudent council president at sdss went and got 125000 from the board last spring and ive worked all year with the students at fund raising for it and riowwef having the sod turning i feel very good the track which officials hope will be made of rubberized asphalt will cost between 300000 and 3500q0 the town has contribut ed 40000 and the connells school fund raising efforts have realized close to 30000 this year celebration members of the stouffville but termakers mens slopitch team above photo celebrate a grand slam home run with high fives all around the grand slam was hit in preliminary round action by the buttermak ers seniors the buttermakers juniors won the grand cham pionship of the cd division at the stouffville track fund slo- pitch tournament on the week end a total of 47 teams played in the tourney which raised funds for the proposed running track at stouffville district sec ondary school the buttermak ers may be in the process of building a dynasty as two-year- old bobby hughes at right practises making contact with a plastic bat and ball bobbys father rob plays for the butter makers and his son certainly seems to be following in dads footsteps may selected by sabres in first round of draft while dale hawerchuk owen nolan and phil housley may have gotten the bulk of the attention at saturdays nhl draft in vancouver it was also a day to remember for brad may the 18yearold former stouffville resident who played in both the markham and stouffville minor hockey systems and is the son of uxbridge realtor ken may was selected in the first round 14th overall by the buffa lo sabres the sabres had acquired the 14th pick from the winnipeg jets in a deal that saw hawerchuk goto buffalo in exchange for defenceman housley may who has starred on the left wing for the major junior a niagara falls thunder of the ontario hockey league for the last two seasons had been ranked 40th by the nhls central scouting bureau at the start of the 198990 season but improved his ranking to 17th overall heading into sat urdays draft his strong finish in regular season play along with his impressive play off performance made him an even better bet to go in the top 15 mays teammate from the thunder and former markham minor hockey player keith primeau was selected third overall by the detroit red wings may was accompanied at the draft in vancouver by his agent don mee- nan father arid 15 other family members and friends may scored 32 goals and earned 58 assists for the thunder last season and hit for another nine goals and 13 assists in the playoffs he is still eligible for another year of junior hockey next season and it is not known whether he will continue with the thunder or immediately join the sabres or their farm club the rochester americans gold hits grand slam a grand slam home run by debbie gold was the big blow of the week for the stouffville stingers as the ladies interme diate softball team swept all three games played to run their winning streak to five the stingers rode golds blast to an 1110 winoyer scarbor- ough then stroked 14 hits enroute to a 92 romp over aurora the stingers had defeated stouffville angies earlier in the week denise toole pitched impres sively in all three victories for the stingers who play their home games thursday night at 830 on diamond two in memorial park