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i j c 2 ire lsv j f-iy-zv- p20 weekender october 12 1996 st better than gics 4 64 government guaranteed bonds rrsprrif eligible call 2941200 toda john niekraszewicz b math fcsi dan galszechy ba fortune financial corp markham 144 main st n unit 9 fgtnvnc rates subject to change member montreal exchange and cipf sport notes b rue e st a p j ey stouffville district secondary school sdss bestowed its first athlete of the month awards this week with the september honors going to a pair of deserving can didates from distinguished ath letic families at the school alison crowder was given the female citation with- the male nomination falling upon brad whitelaw alisons strong contribution to the sdss spartans junior girls basketball team is part of the rea son they got off to a fast start winning their first three games a secondyear junior she pro vides leadership and a positive attitude and lots of hustle she averaged 14 points and 10 rebounds a game over the spar tans first three matches alison is coming off a summer that saw her team up with thornhius jenn schwartz to win the gold at the provincial midget girls beach volleyball champi- onships in midland her younger sister amanda is on the midget spartan girls bas- ketballteam brothers adam and graham both play oha junior level hockey brad who is in his first year with the senior spartans volley ball squad is a premier setter with the team his serve is tough to return and he would appear to be following in the footsteps of his brother jason who was the schools outstanding male athlete of the year and the senior boys volleyball mvp for the 199596 school year brads brother dave is also on the senior spartans this fall girls having a field day coach heather henricks sdss field hockey team is gearing up to defend its yraa title the spar tan girls outfit blanked previous ly defeated brother andre chs by a 10 count monday in unionville jessica weatherill played a strong game for the stouffville crew counting her first goal of the season at a most opportune time to win it spartans honor september athletes katie sandiford assisted on the big goal the spartans are right on track as the playoffs are due to get underway with quarter finals oct 21 the semifinals will be played the next day with the championship game to go at the sdss field on oct 24 at the top of their class from the better late than never department a tip of the tribune cap to six members of the sheffield judo club for their out standing performances at this years cne international judo competition the twoday event drew competitors from across canada as well as the usa and japan the local clubs lindsay goudis came first in her category with dustin cheeatow and daniel franzen placing second in their groupings trevor chee-a- tow and paige goudis were third with kyle cheeatow fifth all six were competing in the junior competition the club operates out of 100 sandiford dr unit 37 the phone number is 6424928 results to come yes virginia there is a stouf fville amateur hockey league this year and we will be publish ing results eventually theres been a minor snag in the system that sees game reports submitted to the tribune but norm dunn is now on the case so you can rest assured well soon be receiving a most comprehensive summation of weekly action in that most ven erable adult hockey organization sewerynek in sync sara sewerynek an 11yearold student at st mark separate school in stouffville has made the markham synchronized swimming club sara made the clubs 1214 year old team after a month long try- out which saw her in the pool for as long as three hours some days she joins stouffville area mem bers silvana trentadue and melissa dermody trentadue who is in her sev enth year with the club has expe rienced great success in competi tions over the past few years she is currently coaching a club duet while a member of the clubs 15- 20 year old team dermody who is on the clubs advanced 1214 year old team is in her third year all three will be out to qualify for the provincial championships in ottawa in may stouffville district secondary schools jon tamlin right smashes this ball past the out- streched arm of fathermichael mcgivneys christopher chin during action in mondays yraa senior boys volleyball contest at stouffville district secondary school the host spartans won this contest 20 1 58 1 51 1 photosteve somerville spartans ninth at guelph volleyball tournament by bruce stapley correspondent the stouffville district sec ondary school sdss spar tans senior boys volleyball team j v rf in yraa place finish imtij muc beciuh atuuctic ismmutiom overall in the 40team guelph gryphons high school boys volleyball tournament last weekend the spartans swept three of four preliminary matches to place second in their five team pool before falling in the championship round the sdss squad came close but eventually was defeated 915 1315 by highly ranked chathamkent ss for their only pool play loss they then went down 1215 1315 in a closely contested playoff match with wallaceburg spartans coach jim fletch er was thrilled with the level ofplay his team aspired to in the competitive tourney he said it bodes well for his play ers as they prepare to take a run at the yraa aaa crown next month if these guys play with the same intensity as they did at guelph there wont be many teams that can stop them said fletcher fletcher said the spartans might have slipped past wal laceburg if middle position player martin reesor hadnt had to leave early to attend a wedding martin was a star out there he made 28 of 32 hits to the floor the spartans swept father mcgivney chs 158 1511 in a match played at the sdss gym monday new comer ken macdonald helped the sdss crew to vic tory with his serving while brendan norton another new addition contributed as well runners on time stouffville district sec ondary school athletes were in the running at a toronto cross country meet while local adult runners were also making their mark at a couple of events last week end the team took part in the competitive tssaa invita tional cross country meet at sunnybrook park satur day wendy wright finished 38th out of 230 runners in the 4328metre junior girls race with teammate julianne lowrie 57th the two clocked times of 18 min utes 50 seconds and 1923 respectively in the senior boys race the schools chris weather- ill was 47th out of 240 run ners competing the 7174m course in a time of 2635 ramsey reed was 183rd in the midget boys event luke williams was 82nd out of 243 runners covering the 5129m course in 2232 teammates ryan simpson 193rd and chris newman 200th also competed mandy vanderburgh was 98th out of 210 runners to lead the sdss squad in the midget girls race doing the 3306 distance in 1531 other sdss runners were andrea newmarch 103rd rachel shanahan 143rd moneka robinson 156th vanesa kroon 175th logan pattimore 180th and candace robbins 193rd in the junior boys race chris cherkas was 250th out of 334 runners completing the 6242m course in 2755 coach fred robbins felt his team performed well at the high level event we had some excellent results in very competitive races with several runners leading the york region con tingent said robbins- robbins in fine form it was robbins turn to take to the track the follow ing day as he successfully defended his title at the 10th annual yorkfinch hospital wonder run at york university robbins staved off several challengers to repeat as champion in the masters 5- kilometre race posting a time of 16 18 stouffvilles elyse sparks finished fifth in her age group and 93rd overall in the kinsmen twin lakes marathon and half marathon at lake couch- iching