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fjr f r p14 tribune december 1 1993 st stouffville spartans rule the hardwood floor the stouffville district secondary school ruled the york region basketball courts as the midget top left junior top right and senior clubs recently captured the york region secondary schools athletic association aa titles midget spartans cage silver the stouffville district secondary school sdss spartans midget girls basketball team took the silver medal at the durham- york secondary schools athletic association aa girls basketball championships held at the stouffville school over the weekend the midgets defeated exeter hs of ajax 4828 saturday morning to advance to the finals but then fell 5943 to brock hs in the title match played later on that day the sdss junior and senior squads were both ousted in the first game of their respective fourteam tournaments all three sdss teams had won their respective york region titles earlier in the week the midget spartans had battled back from a 2915 half time deficit to come to within six points of the brock crew in the third quarter of the final but brock ran off with the game in the final 15 minutes the fourth quarter told the tale said spartans cocoach rusty hick they just turned it on hick praised his girls and said they might have been able to prevail on another day the girls had a great season brock was good theres no two ways about it but we didnt play our best but well get there eventually see page is senior spartans sport a new look for provincial volleyball playdowns sport notes the scene in the cafeteria at stouffville district secondary school last thursday morning was enough to bring tears to the eyes of those teen aged boys who cherish their lengthy locks it seems kevin morreau had been the only holdout when the members of the schools senior boys volleyball team had their hair cut in the old fashioned brush cut style after winning the durhamyork secondary schools athletic association tournament on nov 1 8 in the tradition of several ontario federation of schools athletic associationbound spartan teams in past years the boys also had their numbers shaved into the back of their sparse coiffures morreaus teammates had mdedhjni-they- would do the dirty deed themselves so as to bring him on side meanwhile the talented teen pondered whether this was a cause worth taking one for the team for a breakfastpep rally was organized as a fund raising send off to the spartans before they headed off to ingersoll to contest the provincial aa volleyball title sdss bean counting teacher gay good sport eastman got together with school spirit committee heads rechelle goguen and jermain franklin jermains mother hope helped cook up the pancakes bacon and hash brown patties then scurried off to work willing volunteers erin blenkhorn sam comito and debbi brand rounded out the kitchen crew the spartans along with many of the other students and teachers including principal alan dickson all showed up in pajamas and house coats to add to the atmosphere when the grub had been consumed it was on to the feature event in front of school board chairman harry bowes sdss staffers and a wideeyed student body local hair dresser frank frano franks hairstyling in success square proceeded to render morreau hairless for all intents and purposes the game teen didnt resist he just sat there with a look of apprehension then resignation on his face several feet away his father rick sat and watched a look of utter satisfaction on his face hes back the elder morreau said as he recognized the look he hadnt seen for so long on his offspring the prodigal son has returned he laughed as frank carefully cut layer after layer morreaus spatans team mates chanted take it all off the barber didnt disappoint them when the good natured hairstylist had finished clipping morreaus number 12 on the back of his head the teen resembled his mates myt h f i v i he had proved his commitment and the spartans bonding was complete a few hours later the boys climbed in the waiting vehicles and headed off to ingersoll to participate in the prestigious ofsaa tournament it was a day that will not soon be forgotten at sdss qqq last week if was mentioned in this space that brandon pridham the stouffville resident playing with the uxbridge bruins had found the expectations of playing junior a hockey with the markham waxers too overwhelming this was taken by some to mean pridham couldnt cut it at the junior a level not so what i should have said was that pridham selected the hockey for fun alternative offered by the bruins this season as compared with the rigid routine of junior a which in most instances demands that players put hockey in front of everything else the choice was bis tp make clippers rout trenton sam lecesse was outstanding in goal and andrew korb scored twice as the stouffville credit union major peewee clippers downed trenton 51 in an oasa league contest played nov 20 at the rec centre chris mcdonald jason fontanna and mattie egan also scored for stouffville with assists going to korb mcdonald brett boyd brad johnston and fontanna at a tournament played in ingersoll the same weekend the clippers won their first two games before bowing out with a loss the stouffville squad started off with a 31 win over the host team dan rumeo kyle harrison and boyd scored assists went to chris johnstone 2 and chris howland the clippers then routed tilsonburg 80 in game two boyd and rumeo each netted a pair with singles going to egan jp belanger fontanna and brad johnston assists were earned by mcdonald howland belanger fontanna korb 2 mike wood 2 harrison mark meyer and johnstone but the clippers were defeated 31 by clearwater in their next outing eliminating them from further play mcdonald scored the lone stouffvillegoal ftomkorb