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o f t i 5 m4 the tribune tuesday may 271997 st the tribune rts leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 msmar in s a sprint to the finish jp belanger right has the edge in this race with nick parrcll as the two grade 11 students took part in 100metre sprint races conducted during their physical educa tion class at stouffville district secondary school on monday p y sjoerd witteveen spartans win tourney title ho hum that sums up the surprise factor as the stouffville district secondary school spartans boys fastball team romped to the title at the bradford tournament on friday the spartans who also captured the tournament title last year struck early and often as they swept all three games played outscoring their opponents 402 the spartans routed holy trinity 141 in their opener as pitcher kevin hackert fanned 1 1 batters while slugging a homer to help his own cause mark myer also had a round tripper in the second game pitcher paul koert fanned 14 and lashed out a homer and triple to lead the spar tans to a 121 win over huron heights in their sec ond game meyer homered and tripled and hackert socked a round tripper as well as the spartans blanked brad ford 140 in their title game brett boyd also had a triple in the final the spartans kept their threeyear york region athletic association unbeaten streak alive with a 9- 5 win over huron heights last wednesday hackert was the winning pitcher and belted a triple to help the offence dan tardella also had a homer and dave clark a triple stallions ride their way to tourney consolation title the stouffville stallions squirt fastball team has jumped off to a fast start winning the consolation championship at the guelph optimists tourna ment over the weekend while also taking a pair of league con tests the stallions dropped their tournament opener 72 to the scarborough royals despite matt fowles three hits and chad wilsons two safeties fowles had two doubles stouffville topped paris 85 in game two as norm fretz drove in four runs ryan thorn made a sparkling girls hockey sign up tonight registration for the 199798 whitchurchstouffville girls hockey association season is tonight at the rec centre players can sign on between 630 and 830 pm the cost is 250 with the fee going up to 275 after june 1 the association offers three houseleague divisions ranging in age from seven through 19 years of age select programs are to run out of the house league and there are to be rep level teams from abm a through intermediate a levels defensive play to end the con test the stallions defeated cam bridge 64 to lay claim to the consolation title josh spang had two doubles good for two rbis while tay lor lougheed made an out standing overthefence catch jay mcneil and kevin hay- ward shared the pitching duties in the three games with mcneil picking up the win in the conso lation victory in league play earlier in the week the stallions blanked port perry 120 tuesday as hayward struck out 15 fretz homered with jesse maillet and mike dambrosio contributing key hits the stallions bounced new market 132 thursday as mcneil fanned 12 colin rain- ford and mike root each belted out four hits eight tracksters earn berths at central regionals eight stouffville district secondary school sdss athletes have advanced to this weeks central ontario region al track and field meet the eight qualified for the competition by post ing impressive results at the york region track and field champi onships held last tues day at birchmount stadium rachel shanahan led the way for sdss with a firstplace finish in the midget girls high jump she also had a silver showing in the midget girls long jump and was part of the sdss quartet that placed sixth in the 4x1 00metre relay wendy wright came second in the junior girls 3000m race and was fourth in the 1500m event as well angie pugh took the silver in the junior girls shot put with chris lam- ont finishing in second place in the senior boys 800m race lamont was fourth in the 1500m run julianne lowrie was third in the junior- girls 3000m race with luke williams picking up the bronze in the midget boys 800m event shaun caramanico was fourth in the senior boys shot put jessica weather- ill came fourth in the junior girls javelin throw the strong showing of shanahan wright pugh lowrie and weatherill helped the sdss girls team place sev enth overall out of 32 schools at the meet the sdss boys were 16th overall the central meet is being held wednesday and thursday at the oshawa civic stadium running into a new season on the run fred robbins fred robbins is a stouffville competitive runner cross country and track coach who helped found the stouffville track club spring training in this awful weather but we still find ourselves trying to get in shape lose winter pounds or just enjoying a leisurely jogwalk in the neighborhood for the die hards of this tradition we have already had the spring tune up 8 k held by runners choice and the boston marathon has come and gone as has the london eng land marathon the canadian marathon season got underway recently with ottawas national capital marathon and london ont forest city marathon for those who feel they are on the tread mill of life and find them selves lost in the rat race of work there was the annual lucent bay st rat race on may 15 this race sees corporate and lone rats covering the five k route wear ing suits and ties and carrying brief cases a good time was had by all the ontario masters sprint triathlon was held may 1 7 on a very cool and over cast day sprinters from a variety of age groups came out to do their events with the 100 m 200 m and 400 m runs making up the triathlon event stouffvilles carol felepchuk competing in the womens 39 category had the high est womens score of the day to give her the gold medal the coming of better weather will see local running groups continue to grow the stouffville group has been- trying to stay regular by meeting each sunday at 1 pm and wednes day at 7 pm at the recreation cen tre the uxbridge group meets sun day mornings at body fit the idea of these groups is to lend support and enjoy the camaraderie the shared enthusiasm and stories exchanged help pick up ones spirit as members tell of best runs or past races and experiences dont forget to mark your calen dar for the spring show down between canadas donovan bailey and michael johnson of the united states at the skydome on june 1 remember how the canadian spirit was lifted after baileys incredible run last summer at the summer games in atlanta hope to see you out on the roads and trails lets hope we are heading for shorts and tshirts weather really soon rumor has it that summer is real- ly coming this year so warm up run and take life in stride