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p10 tribune march 4m992 kj sjk sometimes winningis kind of tough former sdss coach such is the extent of that old spartan volleyball magic that even when a stouffville district secondary school team doesnt win a regional championship the schools influence can still be felt this was the case in last weeks senior girls regional championship showdown at the sdss gym when the spartans had their throne removed by the young ladies from newmar- keths the newmarket squad was coached by former sdss phys ed teacher and coach cathie croucher whos husband scott remains a member of the phys ed staff at the stouffville school cathies crew fell short in last years title match up with the spartans but this time around her team of veterans werent to be denied as cathie herself acknowl edged it was a case of a gradu ating team prevailing over a spartan team which included r i i i i i i b i i i i i i i i i i i sport notes when a kidney foundation canvasser knocks on your door this march please give we run on your generosity several first year players and while cathie was pleased with the victory giving her girls full credit for a big effort she also admitted to having a little difficulty with coming into her old school and pulling the rug out from under her former pupils if s tough she said after the excitement had died down this stouffville team is made up of the last of the girls i coached when i was here she said she had been bad gered by some of her old stu dents watching the game who had asked her what she was doing coming back and beating up on her old charges they take it personally she 1 i i i i i i 1 i i i 1 i i i i i i i lamented but while cathie may well have won the battle the war goes on today wednesday when her team returns to stouffville to contest the durhamyork dyssaa title with the top two teams in each region advancing to the bi- regional finals theres a good chance the spartans may get a chance to avenge last weeks defeat at the hands of cathies girls sheila coleman the spartans coach who once worked along side cathie is determined to make up for what was obvious ly a bitter pill for her to swal low iri last wednesdays cham pionship encounter she felt her girls had let this one get away by not playing with their usual controlled intensity sheila has announced she intends to take no prisoners this week that her girls will be out there serving bumping and hitting right from the start it should be a classic match up with the junior spartans contesting their dyssaa championship at the school at the same time for those people who still look upon volleyball as a game played by indulgent adults on caribbean beaches it might be interesting to note an article in the toronto star several weeks back the story brought to my attention by sdss volleyball guru jim fletcher explained how the game is making waves in canadian universities arid colleges these institutions are appar ently acting as a feeding system for the nations olympic team which will assemble in barcelona this summer it seems the canadian uni versities are beating their american counterparts with pleasing regularity and with 27 canadian volleyballers being paid as much as a half a the kidney foundation of canada uxbridge secondary school notice to parentsguardians progress reportswere distributed to students on friday feb 2892 parents night thurs mar 5 7- 9 pm winter break fri mar 13 fri mar 20 good friday fri april 17 easter monday mon april 20 principal c dempsey vice principal t drummel smith million bucks a season to play the game in europe at the pre sent time there would appear to be a market for teens who can smash the big white ball fletcher pointed to several former sdss volleyballers who have caught on in a big way with university squads two time sdss top senior male athlete don clearwater was named the york yeomens most valuable play this past season last years senior spartans ace karam amer did well with the laurentian university sudbury varsity crew this sea son former female spartan star kelly cowan was a mainstay with the sir wilfred laurier waterloo team in the late 1980s other onetime spartans greats such as bruce rodin paul boynton and dave elliot have also made their mark with university teams in the past decade or so in markham 144 main street north information 1 reservations vo 0425 did you know the tribune delivers to 16000 homes in your area including stouffville uxbridge claremont sandford goodwood leaskdale musselmans lake cannington udora call 6402100 or 8529741 everyone reads the tribune 1 i