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p 18 weekender saturday june 7 1997 t st the fitness aerobics centre wo bullock drive 9054717371 the tribune rts leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 lettin loose norm nigh shows good form as he gets set to toss his bowl in the area lawn bowling tournament at the stouffville lawnbowling club on wednesday photo by steve somerville fastball spartans win another yraa crown bruce stapley correspondent call it a dynasty the stouffville district sec ondary school sdss spartans boys fastball team captured their fourth consecutive york region athletic association crown thursday while putting the cap on a third straight unde feated season pitcher kevin hackert was masterful as the sdss outfit blanked markham dhs 170 in onesided title tilt played at newmarkets ray twinney complex hackert struck out 15 batters while giving up just three hits the righthander snuffed the only markham threat in the final inning when he struck out the side after surrendering a lead off triple the sdss attack was spread throughout the lineup with brett boyd and ian mcdougall coming up with run scoring triples boyd and mark meyer each scored three runs the spartans got all the runs they needed when they scored three times in the first inning they complet ed the rout with a seven run fifth the spartans advanced to the finals after drubbing holy trin ity chs 121 in mondays semifinal the kids played well all year said spartans coach bill mcknight after the game mcknight noted that despite his teams endless string of suc cesses in recent years the desire is always there weve always had a strong team and sometimes its tough to keep them up but youve got to pick your own motivation and ours was to win a fourth straight championship this york region champs the stouffville district secondary school boys fastball team coached by bill mcknight back row far left staked its claim to another york region athletic association title thursday in newmarket holding this years championship trophy is cocaptain dan tardella front row centre photo by bruce stapley year mcknight noted how the stouffville school has been fielding top level fastball teams for decades pointing to several prominent stars from years gone by fastball is a stouffville tradi tion we had scott evans pitch ing for us in the late 1980s and before that there was jim chil- vers and paul boynton for mcknight the win marked his last as the teams coach he has announced he will step down after 10 years at the helm with a total of six yraa championships to his credit his teams were finalists three times this is a nice way to go out said mcknight he dedicated thursdays win to corcoach tammi waters who missed the game so she could be with her father in hospital this ones for her mcknight wore sweater num ber 10 for the championship game as a tribute to the late dan mcneil who wore the same number when he gave the spar tans a yraa title with a clutch home run in 1990 girls come up short the stouffville district sec ondary school girls slowpitch team fell short in its bid to go after a third consecutive yraa title this week the sdss squad topped sacred heart chs 82 monday to finish the regular season in first place but were edged 119 by st roberts chs in their playoff semifinal wednesday at the town park sacred heart went on to down st roberts in the yraa championship game that followed the sdss crew fell victim to a couple of costly errors as st roberts tallied five runs in the fourth inning to take a 94 lead in the finals the stouffville outfit came back with five of their own to tie it as amanda and alison crowder both socked home runs but st roberts scored twice in the final inning to take the title pitcher danielle timms came up with a commendable performance for the sdss crew jim chilvers made his return to the pitching contest rubber after a year layoff wednesday night and chilvers who struck out seven batters while it soon became apparent he hadnt missed a surrendering a run on just two hits also beat chipped in with a mammoth tworun homer in the veteran national level righthanded the third inning pitching ace hurdled four innings of outstand- tim evans came on to pitch the final three ing ball to help lead the claremont rebels to a frames for the rebels shutting down the wax- h hits while recording seven win over the markham waxers in xiftmi please see page 19 1 mm wjslss slssi