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m feeketettmw aw stouffville bkssllilsssssi sdss in top seven at spring track and field meet the host stouffville dis trict secondary school team placed in the top onethird as 21 teams took part in the first stouffvilleunionville invitational track and field meet tuesday the meet held at the stouffville community track was a sign of things to come for the sdss track and field team according to coach dave connell placing seventh out of 21 was very good for us said sss b 1 11111 dave connell but we still expect to improve with more practice sdsss amy sled placed first in the open girls 100 metre hurdles ian hazelwood won the gold in the midget boys 400 metre race sarah cliff placed second in the open girls 1500 metre the sdss relay teams came in second and third in the throwing events sdss athlete angie pugh picked up a second in the midget girls shotput event while mike sclotter threw to a fourth place finish in the midget boys shotput stephanie hobbs placed fifth in open girls shotput ian hazelwood was sixth in the midget boys long jump connell said the day was an overall success we had many sincere and excel lent compliments about our facili ty said connell we had a day of great weather and great competi tion sarah cliff of sdss ran to a third place finish in the girls 1500 metre race at the stouffville unionvillc invitational track and field meet tuesday sdss finished in the top seven teams in the 21 team compe tition photosjoerd wttteveeu triathalon needs volunteers down in the dirt twj2q9tfqsxfxb4sts colin thompson had to dive down to get this ground ball and then make a throw from the ground during tryouts for the stouffville midget baseball team last week photosteve somerville the strawberry festival triathlon is looking for volun teer assistance to help keep it afloat the popular swimcyclerun event which has been held the past seven years on july 1 needs 30 to 35 volunteers to keep it from being scratched this summer positions to be filled include traffic control aid station atten dants official timerace starter finish line set up registration swim course set up and course signage placement according to the towns recre ation programmer peter arnott a decision was made to scrap the triathlon earlier this year its not easy to see something like this go but theres only so much we can do its just too much to organize said arnott however local resident jim lamont pushed council to save the event saying he would help line up volunteers people looking tohelp with the triathlon should contact the recreation office at 6406527 ext 26 by may 9 sports notes stouffville atom selects wrap up positive first season by bruce stapley correspondent one of the success stories of the whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association season was the reemer gence of a stouffville atom select team after a 10year hiatus coached by ken wood and bill ander son the team named the stouffville storm gave 17 house league boys their first experience of higher level hockey the team started the season slowly after coming together in december but steadily improved through practice and the playing of exhibition games according to team spokesperson kathy steckley the storm on several occasions came back from what appeared to be sure defeat to steal a victory in the last few minutes of a game i the team closed out the season by hosting its own tournament the week- 3 4 witeai ffs members of the stouffville atom select team are front row matthew gushing kyle theakston darren mcmullen james wood anthony tslopoulos cameron davis josh arches middle row ryan kennedy splros tslopoulos cody bennett marcus dannunzio jordan van esterlck robert stecktey scott mcdougall robert ander son mike hulshof chris loughlln back row owen helse ken wood art van ester lck bill anderson ted bennett end of april 22 and placed fourth out of bruins news six teams despite being up against the uxbridge bruins presented stouf- some formidable opposition fvilles jason underwood with an eski mo soapstone and a bruins stick as his number was retired at the bruins annu al banquet april 22 in uxbridge under wood 22 served as bruins assistant captain for two years and was captain for the past two seasons in his seven years with the team underwood who was with the stouffville bantam clip pers team that won the quebec pee wee tournament in 1986 was a member of the bruins team which won the central ontario junior c hockey league title in the 199091 season stouffvilles bran don pridham received the bruins mvp trophy underwood is hoping to join fel low stouffville residents and former bruin teammates darron baston and chris winn in the scarborough major hockey league next season bruins gen eral manager bruce colwell said that while he hasnt formally agreed to an affiliation between the bruins and the proposed provincial junior a league team in stouffville he will consider it 1