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p1 8 weekender saturday may 24 1997 st llwu fitness aerobics centre 190 bullock prive 9054717371 the tribune r ts leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 spartans fastball team having another vintage campaign it may not be time to start the calls of break up the spartans just yet but the way the stouf- fville district secondary school sdss boys fast- ball team has been ripping apart its york region ath letic association opponents over the past three years it could be the beginning of the end for the spartans and for fastball in the york region high school athletic scene so suggests bill mcknight head coach of the sdss nine he points out that in years gone by the spar tans could always count on a game from the likes of newmarkets huron hts ss the two teams were neck and neck back in the days when scott evans was pitching for the spartans against huron hts ace chucker glen cole but thats all changed the spartans havent lost a game exhibi tion tournament regular season or playoff- in three years the way theyre going this season theyre likely to go the entire season without surren dering another run they dumped king city hs 50 behind third string pitcher mark french may 13 all french did was strikeout 15 of the 21 bat ters he faced last wednesday ace lefty paul koert had 15 whiffs of his own in his sixinning complete game as the spartans annihilated bradford 18 zip spartans seek challenge im waiting for somebody to come along and give us a hard time said mcknight who was hopeful the old rivalry between his team and huron hts could lead to a competitive contest when they meet this week the spartans were schedculed to travel to bradford for that schools annual tournament which was to be played on friday the outcome of that event could help dictate the future of fastball in the region the writing could be on the wall for fastball sports notes bruce stapley in york region said mck night you need two or three strong teams for it to work mcknight said part of the problem is that more and more teams are switching to hardball stouffville however remains a fastball cen tre which has been long respected throughout the province while towns like newmarket and richmond hill have been pulling away from the game in recent years stouffville is still the hotbed for softball in york region and when you go to other fast ball centres around ontario our kids are respected said mcknight for fastball to be viable in yraa the level of competition must be elevated said mck night we have such a good ball club but every body else has maybe three or four good play ers but mcknight isnt giving up just yet he was hopeful games played this past week may just surprise him we still havent played everybody yet we play huron hts wednesday game played on may 21 then go to the bradford tournament friday hopefully therell be some good com petition there he said last tuesday for the record dan tardella had a pair of triples in the spartans win over king city on may 13 john lowrie also swung a hot bat against bradford it was a team effort offensively brett boyd had the only triple for the spar tans tardella was strong at third base and mark meyer stood out behind the plate ladies golf school at angus glen the inaugural motorola ladies golf school will be hosted by angus glen golf club on monday shelly woolner a teaching pro at actons blue springs golf club who also teaches golf on tv will be chief instructor call 18004614575 for more information tough luck margaret chisholm had a bit of tough luck as she rattled this putt off the pin on the 11th green at the john evelyn golf centre while playing a round of golf with partner dan strong on thursday photo by sjoerd witteveen rebels rout bradford capture third straight bruce stapley correspondent it wasnt exactly a case of a game being called on account of the mercy rule wednesday night at claremont park but the umpiring crew probably spared the visitors from bradford con tinued embarrassment when they ejected a player for using profane lan guage after three innings leaving the bradford team without a catcher without a replacement backstop the bradford squad was forced to forfeit the match giving the home town claremont rebels an 80 win the sudden termination prevented rebels pitcher scott evans from pur suing his no hitter evans was masterful after giving up a lead off walk in the first inning striking out seven of the 1 0 batters he faced meanwhile the rebels took to the offensive in their initial at bat with the first four hitters scoring on rob watsons tworun triple a double by tim evans and a single by jim chil- vers evans drove in a run with another double in the second frame with the rebels exploding again in the third on a tworun home run by cliff herbert and an rbi double by dave jones the win gives the rebels three straight victories as they begin their first oshawa city and district fastball association season coach frank hendy said he feels his team was adjusted well to the oshawa league it looks like were going to have a good year said hendy whose team went undefeated in the regular season before being edged out in the north york major fastball league last sea son we wont win every game but well win our share the rebels travel to oshawa to play the blues on monday then return home to host bramalea on wednesday