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a5sa3skmkffisfiaarasi p 16 weekender saturday june 211997 st i i 11 11 ib mnoj fitness aerobics centre 90 bullock drive 9054717371 the tribune sports eisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 in the swing of things mike godfrey intently watches the flight of his ball as it leaves the tee of the 10th hole during a round of golf at the 4 seasons country club on thursday photo by lori emmers0n i uxbridge bruins name underwood as coach bruce stapley correspondent jason underwood is coming home the stouffville native and former uxbridge bruins captain has been named theteams new head coach underwood replaces trevor clark who stepped down earlier this spring after three seasons at the helm the most veteran bruin of them all underwood skated with the central ontario junior c hockey league club for a record seven seasons ending with the 199495 campaign were really happy to go the alumni route once again said bruins general manager ron archibald were confi dent jason can step up here and keep us on the road to growth- underwood is to be assisted by another former bruin paul macewen underwood 24 spent the past season as an assistant coach to former bruin paul sinclair with the georgina ice underwood macewen and sinclair com bined to coach the stouffville clippers minor bantams in the 199596 season macewen who played with the bruins for over two seasons in the late 1980s was head coach of the major bantam clippers this past season archibald said underwoods longtime affiliation with the bruins is a big plus hes been what you would classify as a life long bruin we feel his years of experience in the league plus his being an assistant coach in georgina last sea son will be a big help as we rebuild next season underwood was part of the 199091 central league championship bruins team he led the team in total points in his second season with the club in 1989- 90 a fixture on the central league all star team underwoods number eight sweater was retired when he finished his career with the bruins archibald said underwood and macewen will bring youth and enthusi asm to the team they have some defi nite ideas as to the type of team they want to assemble soccer fanatic optimistic game will gain popularity rubbens would see stouffville a link with the alfons like to establish lynx the charter president of the whitchurch-stouf- fville soccer club who is currently busying himself as publisher of inside soccer billed as ontarios soccer magazine is singing the praises of the toronto lynx these days the latest pro soccer team to call toronto home got off to a fast start in a league play win ning seven of its first nine matches alfons feels there are players in the stouf fville area who should be setting their sights on the lynx he coached the lynxs phil caporrella when the player was on wood- bridges under 18 national soccer league team a decade or so back the team also included the cream of the stouffville crop of the day players like travis white frank nardi ernie sluga and guy biardi all of those boys played with phil caporrella and they were as good as he was insisted alfons he lamented the fact that while the local soccer club is thriving at the younger levels these days with an ever increasing registration there is nothing at the upper rep levels weve had a lot of competitive teams in the past some york region championship teams coached by people like martin johan- nessen steve trentadue tom morton and myself buttheres nothing now the club is growing every year and were doing very well at the houseleague level he continued but we need to introduce the players to a higher level now that pro soccer is back in toronto this would give them something to aim for he said as it stands now there are several stouffville teens play ing for under 1 5 competitive teams in aurora and markham the better kids are leaving town to play a few years back alfons would probably have taken things in his own hands to get the ball rolling he had considerable success as a coach of teenaged players within the sports notes bruce stapley whitchurchstouffville soc cer club then went on to pilot the stouffville town spurs mens team of the newmarkef and district soccer league but these days find him up to his eye balls putting together his magazine with more than 6000 copies cir culating around the province every month the publication enables him to push his favorite sport to people far and wide alfons realizes pro soccer doesnt have the same appeal as big league hockey or base ball however the other side of that coin is that the chances of a local kid catching on with in the 24team a league a second divi sion level league by united states standards but a first division loop in canada are more favorable its realistic that a stouffville kid could make it he said alfons advised all young soccer players as well as upcoming and prospective high level coaches to make the trip to varsity stadium some sunday night to catch the lynx in full stride if they want to see good soccer go watch the lynx roller hockey teams wanted roller hockey players looking to compete at the tournament level might want to check out the 3 on 3 street and roller hockey challenge run by office rinx inc the challenge has been raising funds for minor hockey programs across ontario since 1990 this year nine street and roller hockey events are planned throughout the summer with tournaments taking place on parking lots of major shopping centres in newmarket and thornhill among other sites top overall teams from the competitive a division in each tournament advance to the allontario championships at the cne in late august divisions start at 89 years of age for more information call 416 253- ball or 800 945rinx over 600 teams are expected to register for the various events k it f rv i 1r rrvia weatherman plays havoc with rebels v the weatherman is making sure claremont rebels coach frank hendy doesnt miss out on the action on the diamond while hes on vaca tion the rebels were rained out in their scheduled road game with the oshawa blues mon day night then saw their home date with port perry postponed due to wet condi tions on wednesday vv claremont on wednesday rebels oshawa city and the rebels will hit the cancellations left the district fastball association record intact at seven wins and two defeats the tournament trail for the first time this season when they travel to harcourt the week- the rebels are hoping to end of july 12 take to the field for their the team will be bolstered first game in 13 days in aurora on tuesday night with hendy back at the helm they return home to face the uxbridge bandits in by the addition of bandits pitcher byronhbaranieski and third baseman chris burkholder who will be on loan to the rebels for the competition