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p22 weekender septembers 1995 si sports 33es3s2e3sa kids of steel a number of young triathletes converged at bruces mill last weekend to take part in the kids of steel 1995 provincial triathlon championship part of the competition saw greg jacina left and centre photographs cycle and swim his way towards winning the overall title in the 1112 minime division in the right photo bri ans martin examines a rough scrape she received during the jru ig oneday event photosstevlsomerville vrt v v tmsm spirit high as junior team by bruce stapley correspondent stouffvilles brand new provincial junior a hockey league team is starting to take shape stouffville spirit officials have announced the signing of 14 players for the inaugural season including former stouffville clippers graham ordwder and brad hackert the spirit has also landed jason robinson a 20yearold right winger who was mvp and scoring champion for the ontario hockey association central ontario junior c hockey league last season the e 190pound sharon resident played with the georgina ice in that teams ini tial seasorii also signed was 15yearold george trifon of scarborough a 511 180pound centre con sidered one of the top players in ontario for his age trifon has played for the toronto young nationals and won mvp awards in the que bec pee wee tournament and the russian tourney last sea son bsflhi he has been a leader with several provincial champi onship teams spirit officials contend he has been projected a top ontario hockey league ohl pickjas ah underage player also inked are tyler romme- laere centre with the new market 87s last year 130 points in his aaa midget sea son draft pick of the ohl windsor spitfires in 1994 evan georgiou left wing two seasons with wexford raiders of the metro junior a hockey league leading scorer with two provincial midget champi onship teams tate phillips right wing played for thorn- hill and markham junior a teams drafted by owen sound ohl in 1993 mark conrad defence leading scor er and captain of kirkland lake midget aaa team chris kyriakou bramalea blues jr a last season jeff angelidis seari dove markham waxers jr a last season corey mccarthy jim wilson antho ny agresti jr g last season the spirit began practices at the rec centre the day after labour day and were to play their initial exhibition game against lindsay in fenelon fahs on thursday the spirit travels to orillia for a presea son match wednesday the two teams play a return match at the rec centre sept 16 at 830 pm with fans being invited to watch the team for free that night the spirit are to open the 199596 season with a home game against trenton satur day sept 23 at 830 pm sea- son tickets will be available at the preseason home gaimej sept 13 as well as at practiced sessions sept 11 630tb 730 pm sept 12 9 to 10 pm- sept 19 8 to 9 pm and sept 20 9to 10 pm spirit briefs the spirit missed a chance to grab a thirds stouffville product when forr mer clipper geoff smith signed with the new bqmanville eagles provincial junior a league squad smith who along with growder and hacked played for the 1992 0aha and qhf champion bahtem clippers was impres sive as a member of the georgina ice last season ball silver andwronze color the stouffville squirt boys rep fastball tpim silverand bronze the squirts were second in their league championship tournament aug 26 27 after fishing thurd at th ball association oa finals aug 19 20 in owen sound the stouffville squad won two of its three games playecl the first day of the league play- off tournament then won four in a row toput them in the championship round the second j fclayl but the tired stoufiviuerbpys were downed 71 by a well rested wiuowdaletesan in the ititiematch stouffville defeated willbwdale 63 in their opening gante then fell 41 to bramalea in gametwo w moving over to thbjb side with the lossv stouffville bested peterborough 101 then went on to down aurora 91 vaughan60 bramalea 71 and richmond hul 51 before finally falling to wi in the final jordan marshall had a home run for stouf fville in the title game brandon tardella clubbed a double tv jjl the oasa tourney stouffville dropped a 6r0 decision to the eventual champib from napahee iih their opener then reeled off three shutout victories in a row oyer owen sound v7pauira twpi 40 rod assihck and scott mcdougall combined to pitch- the three wins the duo stiucklbutf 35 battersihthe victory over owen sound while robert anderson tripled and james wood and shane timms doubled assinck threw a onehitter and hit a double to trigger a fourrun fifth inning- outburst against aurora dale boadway double shane timms sacrifice bunt marshall ben crawford wood and jonathan ferguson sin- gles also contributed to the big inning a looked after the pitching while the big hits came from marshall ben belissimo lucas hunter timms anderson tardella andwo stouffville then fell 85 to the eventual silver medalists from waterforhto bow out of the tournament with the bronze tardella and marshall had doubles in the lii n- r