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c 14 eeken6eistwrlraf june 1 997 jt2 st ww fitness aerobics centre 90 bullock drive 9054717371 the tribune its leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 jumping for joy dickson hill public schools farah manji shows good form as she competed in the york region elementary athletic association north area standing jump competition at the stouffville district secondary school track on tuesday photo by steve somerville stallions storm their way to two wins the stouffville stallions peewee rep boys fastball team racked up a pair of league victories while taking one of their three matches in tournament play in recent action ben bellissimo socked an out of the park home run with pitchers scott mcdougall and greg dalgarno combining for 12 strikeouts as the stouffville squad tripped up scarbor ough 93 june 2 john ferguson had a triple and two singles while rod assinck also had a three bagger mcdougall socked a dou ble three days later mcdougall and assinck teamed up to blank oshawa 90 with the pair striking out 11 batters lucas hunter belted a homer and two singles ben crawford and corey rice each had three singles at the kingston tournament june 7 the stallions were stopped 91 by a hot willowdale team in their opener fer gusons double was the stallions only extra base hit the stouffville crew then fell 82 to orleans in game two with bellissimo banging out a triple and making an excel lent throw from centre field to cut down an orleans base runner at third base the stallions shut out the host crew 20 in their final con test as mcdougall and delgarno shut down the kingston offence bellissimo and rice socked doubles with ben crawford robert anderson nicky dambrosio and ferguson adding singles the stallions fell short of advancing to the consolation round due to a shortage of runs the peewees play their home games thursdays at 630 pm on the main diamond top student athletes are honored by high school bruce stapley correspondent they celebrated perseverance in the face of adversity at the annual athletic ceremony tuesday night at stouffville district secondary school sdss the banner draped over the awards table proclaimed the theme the year of the special athlete special acco lades were afforded the schools world wheelchair basketball championships participant steve laird as well as the 20 sdss students who assisted at the recent york region elementary school track and field meet at the stouffville track but as sdss volleyball and lacrosse coach julie morris pointed out the schools athletic program as a whole was faced with its own hurdles this year this hasnt been a fun year there were a lot of challenges to extra curric- ular sports morris said pointing to an evershrinking athletic budget and the increasing demands on the time of the schools coaches nonetheless stouf fville has survived and excelled mor ris said stouffville is unprecedented in york region when it comes to the extent of community involvement in coaching high school sports as well as the high rate of alumni who return to assist with the athletic program sdss vice principal rusty hick who will assume the same position at markham dhs this fall agreed with morris stouffville coaches and ath letes are among the best in the world he said topping the list of award winners were alison crowder alex chacinski mark burkholder and ian hazelwood who were named outstanding senior and junior female and male athletes of the year respectively crowder who was also junior girls volleyball and basketball mvp was cited by presenter grover bradford for her commitment to being a winner both on and off the court hazelwood incorporated all the qualities of a winning athlete said pre senter brian simcoe a volunteer coach chacinski was junior badminton and girls soccer mvp as well as top junior female athlete presenter heather hen- ricks marvelled at how the multi sport athlete had become a top soccer player in york region while achieving provincial level status in her first year as a field hockey player henricks noted how chacinski had been the recipient of the margie griffiths award last year proving that her athletic prowess is backed up by admirable per sonal qualities she always showed humility and quiet leadership while serving as a constant inspiration for her team mates praised henricks burkholder also a multisport ath lete was cited for his dedication relia bility and his commitment to improve presenter andy cherkas said burk holder who was also named midget boys basketball mvp was a team play er who was always trying to lift his fel low players once again a highlight of the pro gram was provided by the students choice pig kissing event sdss teachercoach sue leroy managed to out earn steve kinsella by a pigs whisker in the fund raiser which saw the students contribute cash to the spe cial olympics as a means of voting for which teacher would draw the pig smooching assignment james bowen and amy sled were the winners of this years sdss fitness challenge bowen smashed a 12year record by completing the rope climb in 443 seconds brenda robbins and chris weatherill were announced as 199798 athletic council copresi dents taking over from katie scorrar and ian hazelwood the moral and physical improve ment award went to chris lamont with danielle timms receiving the jim rehill award for commitment and ded ication timms also picked up the mvp nominations for junior girls vol leyball shared with alison crowder and girls slowpitch the homestead award given annual ly to the student who makes the biggest overall contribution to athletic achieve ment and student leadership went to lillian boyd boyd was cited for her athletic council membership her par ticipation on four school teams her fund raising efforts and for being man ager of the junior boys volleyball team she was also a teaching assistant to sdss girls physical education head sheila coleman while making a solid contribution to the school year book most valuable student athletes stouffville district secondary school recently honored its top studentathletes for the 199697 academic year among those earning honors included front row far left lillian boyd homestead tro phy winner ian hazlcwood outstanding senior male athlete and alison crow der outstanding senior female athlete in the back row are from far left mark burkholder outstanding junior male athlete and alex chacinski outstanding junior female athlete photo by bruce stapley rebels prove too much for heat to handle the claremont rebels proved equal wilson was just as formidable at the to the task of cooling down the visiting plate stroking a pair of triples to drive oshawa heat at claremont park on in two rebels runs wednesday the rebels lineup also included slashing singles scott evans long sac rifice fly to centre scored the second run with wilsons triple cashing the third wilsons second triple scored scott evans who had walked in the third inning the rebels threatened again in the fifth when they managed three hits but the heat executed a double play to snuff the threat the rebels are scheduled to play oshawa blue in oshawa on monday and port perry at home on wednesday