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fl6tmbunejuneaiqz s3 stouffville sdss slopitch team sweeps twin bill bruce stapley correspondent it was a home run derby as the stouffville district sec ondary school sdss spartans girls slo pitch team took both ends of a double header at the town park last tuesday but the sdss squad wasnt so lucky in tournament play as they dropped two of three games played at the milliken bantam girls win markham tourney it was a fourgame sweep for the stouffville bantam girls softball team at a tournament in markham over the weekend the stouffville girls outscored their opponents 3617 in the four contests with strong pitching from jenny eagan and jodi simms helping guarantee the championship stouffville got solid hitting from krista henderson katie white ann roy stephanie summerhill jodi simms and lindsay upton the stouffville infield was also sharp turning several double plays catcher lind say upton threw out several runners attempting to steal second base the bantam girls travel to burlington this weekend for a tournament which is to include teams from the united states mills three pitch tourney thursday at home tuesday the sdss girls got homers from jenni turner jen mcgowan nicole ellis and amy beecham as they dumped milliken mills hs 188 in the opener in the second game it was mcgowan with a pair of three- run home runs and ellis and heather mckinnon with a round tripper apiece as the spartans bombed markham dhs 372 tammy grove had a triple and mcgowan and stacie pat ten doubles in the first game anne roy clouted a double and a triple in the second con test with mcgowan stroking a pair of doubles turner and patten each chipped in with a double andrea wilson pitched well in both games for the spartans who came up with a strong defensive effort at the milliken mills tourney the spartans downed brother andre cs 129 in their first game as beecham clubbed a triple and patten a double but the stouffville girls were outgunned 63 by st eliza beths cs in their next outing despite doubles by ellis and anne roy the spartans were ousted from the competition when they lost 116 to cardinal carter cs kate mcknight clouted a home run for the spartans roy managed a triple and wilson and tanya couperthwaite each bashed a double the sdss squad was to con test the league playoffs monday at milliken mills photosteve somerville triple jump for joy rachel armour a grade 8 her best shot or leap at the student at orchard park ps orchard park track and field gives the triple jump event competition last week spurs defeat wanderers travis white was kicking up a storm and his teammates were flying high as the stouf fville town spurs defeated the newmarket wanderers 41 in newmarket and district soccer league action atthe rec centre field thursday the spurs who now sport a record of two wins and no loss es fell behind 10 on a defen sive miscue i5 minutes into the game but white took a perfect cross from lawrence gordon then drove the ball from inside the box into the net to square things white struck again on a free kick from the top of the box rifling the ball into the top left corner of the goal to put the spurs ahead to stay in the second half jason schellenberg pressured the wanderers goalkeeper into dropping the ball after which the aggressive spur deposited v it into the net tony pearce closed out the scoring when his drive from the left wing eluded the grasp of the newmarket keeper the spurs played a solid defensive game as goalie ross devenport was called upon to make only a few difficult saves spurs cocoach alfons rubbens was impressed with the intensity displayed by his team they were flying said rubbens the spirit is there and were of to a good start rubben had praise for the hustle of schellenberg and the strong mid field play of andy stanfield the spurs travel to aurora to play the rovers this saturday afternoon stouffville merchants on track for junior minvinam rob parcells used his veter ans magic at the town park last wednesday night coming through with a clutch tworun single with two out in the fourth inning to give the stouf fville merchants a 20 victory over the oshawa navy club in an oshawa and district mens fastball league contest parcells timely stroke fol lowed an infield single by mike clausner and a walk by ryan maclntyre who both advanced a base on an infield out parcells got a little carried away in the afterglow of hav ing delivered his crucial blow as was attested to by his trying to steal second base and being dead to rights 01 bert is no ricky henderson as it turns out the hits by parcells and clausner were the only ones managed by the merchants in the game as the team took maximum advantage of its sparse offensive outpouring meanwhile merchants ace hurler byron baranieski was pitching a three hitter while striking out six and surrender ing a pair of walks merchants assistant coach gary yoshida was impressed with baranieskis performance and said the pitcher was on track in terms of being ready for the junior eliminations in stouffville july 10 to 12 byron is getting close to his championship form said yoshida but yoshida expressed his concern that the team wasnt seeing enough action due to a schedule which has seen them play only one game a week lately were notplaying c ball for the kids to be getting enough playing time said yoshida who said the team was looking to arrange some exhibition games merchants head coach howard burkholder said his team roster is all but finalized the squad is presently carry ing 15 players but that num ber will drop by one when a sit uation involving pitcher hubie basilio- is resolved basilio a resident of picker ing is being pursued by the oshawa juniors of the oshawa and district league the juniors are trying to prevent basilio from playing outside the oshawa pickering area citing a minor ball affiliation agreement between the two durham towns as the reason why the teen shouldnt be allowed to play here according to burkholder basilio wants to play for the merchants and is trying to get his release from the oshawa a pickeringvassodationy v if basilio ends up with the merchants dave jones a resi dent of claremont could end up playing for the oshawa team as the merchants pare their roster down to the desired number of 14 with the team having already been pruned over the past week or so burkholder feels it will be better for the team to have the roster final ized now that we have the team down we can concentrate bet ter on playing as a team he said the merchants host port perry this wednesday at 830 pm they have seven league games left before the elimina tions the merchants are also scheduled to participate in tournaments in st catharines june 12 to 14 and in port perry june 26 to 28 in an effort to be in peak form for the provincial championship show down f- y-t- v v vv mandy van veen a 13-year- old equestrian enthusiast who lives on the st johns sideroad was a member of the north york pony clubs a team which finished first at the prince philip games meet at the eglinton equestrian club may 10 mandy who was also a mem ber of the north york team last season has been riding since she was four years old she has beencompeting since she was seven and hopes to show on the a circuit eventually she has her long term sights set on rid- ing at the grand prix level she will compete this sum- mer on the trillium circuit which is a show jumping series as well as taking part in the remaining five prince philip games meets with any luck the youth will add a few more ribbons to the walls of a bedroom which already boasts a healthy collec-