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tribune september i9i990 i x hi it m doiw and out in stouffville fun league slopitch action on saturday rick morro ran into a little trouble from left he makes an attempt to snag an easy out for his phillies but fumbles it with disastrous results the phillies were playing the dodgers on sat- phoessjoerd wtheveen urdgy aftern00n spartans come close at tourney bruce stapley correspondent a stitch in time was almost enough to send the stouffville dis trict secondary school sdss spartans senior boys volleyball team into the finals at the pre-sea- soii madoc high school invitation al volleyball tournament saturday spartans power hitter karam amer had to be taken to a nearby clinic for six stitches to his head play begins in ydmspl tournament its championship tournament time as the yorkdurham mens slopitch league begins its final league playdowns at the town park wednesday night sept 19 roundrobin play will run through saturday afternoon with the top two teams in the a and b divisions squaring off at 5 and 630 pm at the main diamond the a flight consists of the top five finishing teams in the regular schedule just conclud ed goodwood 44 points but- termakers 42 points trappers 42 points red sox 34 points raiders 34 points the b division is made up of the bottom five squads tarba- bies 28 points classics 18 points angies 18 points blazers 8 points tigers 4 points after a diving return in the spartans opening game loss to mary ward secondary school but the blow woke up amer and the spartans as the sdss squad came back to win nine games in a row with amer smashing point after point to the floon the streak gave the sdss outfit first place in their pool the spartans then dropped a tough semifinal to clark sec ondary school of bowmanville down 112 in the first game of the best of three set the spartans rallied to win 1511 as todd snooks served for 13 consecutive points but the stouffville crew dropped a marathon second contest 1816 then fell 159 in the rubber match to bow out paul purdy who came off the bench to replace amer while he was being patched up played bril liantly to help key the spartans winning drive purdy made my day said spar tan coach jim fletcher he really picked us up amer was terrific out there too we were up against some good teams and we really held our own i was pleased sahl starts season with bang three players hit the two goal circle sunday as the stouffville amateur hockey association took to the recreation centre ice surface to kick offthe 199091 season duane drew potted a pair of markers to give the flames a 53 win over the jets wayne smith don norton and bruce mehaffey rounded out the flames scoring while darey milligan and scott connor replied for the jets doug todd scored twice as his north stars snuck past the canucks 43 pete fitgerald and naz nicastro also scored the win ners charles ramsey bill grove and steve ramer accounted forthe canucks offence phil perie was a twogoal man for the nordiques as they tamed the bruins 51 don lloyd bill harman and garth bell also found the range for the nords with joe infurnari firing the lone bruins marker bill comer and doug gornall hit thenet as the black hawks edged the kings 2- 1 frank kafun scored the kings goal it was pete turner owen heise andy cartwright and walter macdonald looking after the capitals scor ing as the caps doubled the penguins 42 terry gregory and paul parsons responded for the pens its 930 pm on the second wednesday of the school year and on the gymnasium floor at stouf fville district secondary school sdss a group of teenaged boys are being put through a volleyball drill that could only be described as brutal members of the schools spartans senior boys volleyball team take turns fielding a rapid fire succes sion of floor shots set ups and impossible dive blocks that require a combination of razorsharp reflexes and athletic stamina to sur vive the spartans are going for the big one this fall york north cham pions for virtually the past two decades overall york titlists the last three seasons and durham- york aa crown winners in 1988 and 89 the spartans are eyeing allontario gold this time around and coach jim fletcher feels he has the horses and the experience to do it i feel weve got a very strong group coming along says fletch- er pointing to the newcomers who will join his six holdovers weve lpsttscott evans but weve still got karma amer and he takes to vol leyball the same way evans takes to fastball amer was named most valuable player at the annual york universi ty high school volleyball clinic back in june andwas among 31 sdss students to attend the ontario volleyball association camp at madawaska in august karam and our todd snooks were among the highest rated at sport notes bruce stapley stouffville spartans set to defend record fletcher hopes will prepare them to defend their durham- york crown while conditioning them for the provincial showdown in chatham nov 24 the spartans begin their regular schedule at the sdss gym sept 21 while not discounting the importance of the york north sea son fletcher admits hes looking ahead meeting on the whitchurchstouffville soccer club wssc will be holdingrits annual general meeting this week to be held on wednesday evening the meeting will take place at the recreation centre lounge parents of all players are urged to attend the meeting that camp adds fletcher the top rated duo will be flanked by returnees todd wawryfc paul purdy jeremy hall and travis white coming up from last years junior york titlist spartans are billy pride jon barries rich burkholder and les hartai starting with last weekends madoc invitational tournament the spartans will be competing in four major high school tourneys which