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p t4 the tribune thursday august 7 1997 st the tribune sports leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 ps f w heres the wind up and the pitch stouffville pitcher marlee johnson gets set to deliver this offering to a cobourg batter during action in the bantam provincial qualifier tier ii competition at the town park diamond saturday the stouffville team won the game 81 and finished third overall in the threeday event the stouffville team also qualified for the provincial grands to be held aug 1516 in sarnia photos by lori emmerson boarding and blades a a double challenge big hit among youths forget the ball diamonds the soccer pitches and the basket ball courts this summers hot item for young teens and preteens look ing to test their agility is the break neck combo of skate boardingroller blading throw in freestyle cycling on those scary look ing wooden ramps and youve got what it takes to keep the kids busy for hours on end while the ramp at the town park is getting more than its share of use private structures are spring ing up in back yards across whitchurch-stouf- fville as parents try to provide an activity to keep the youngsters busy over the summer holidays we reported recently on this page about how ballantrae sisters cindy and donna oneill had put together a world class half pipe for donnas son shawn and all the other kids in the hood stouffvilles sue joyce read the story then called to say her 17yearold son ryan had built a pretty fair facility himself and that it too was attracting hordes of local kids in fact sue was happy to announce that one of the regulars 16yearold johnny mcguire had achieved top results at a competition held at har- bourfront in toronto the weekend of july 2627 johnny placed fourth overall and was second in his age group in the free style cycling event on the ramp johnny ended up with his own legal version sports notes of the infamous rosie ruiz new york marathon subway caper when he and his stouffville friends transport- ed their bikes and boards to the competition venue via bruce b tap ley the ttc after being dropped off at finch station however the downside reports sue is that back on the home front she hasnt been quite as suc cessful as donna and cathy oneill in behavior control it seems some of the youngsters cant keep their tongues in check when theyre engag ing in their favorite outdoor activity and conse quently sue had to play the heavy and shut the facility down for a few weeks to let the kids know she meant business based on my experiences walking in and out of the high school and in my own neighborhood as well as in conversations with others i know around town this problem would appear to be rather widely spread while most people would agree that stouffville kids are more than all right in general there defi nitely needs to be a little refining with some of them hey guys at least cool it when youre in the presence of others who might be offended espe cially when theres people like sue joyce out there who are prepared to pen up her back yard so you can enjoy your favorite sport for ontario youths theresa ebden correspondent at dusk tonight the final fastball showdown between the top ontario boys and two established local mens teams has coaches and players of all teams excited the team ontario youth fastball team will take a double challenge starting at 630 pm against the claremont rebels and again at 830 against the betz pools midget boys from stouffville two ontario youths paul koert and evan boyd are playing against their own regular stouffville team boyd is the provinces top shortstop in his age group while koert is the pitcher for the ontario team koert is one of the best probably the best lefthander in the country said bob abbot team leader of the canadian youth team as for pitcher boyd hes not onjy up against his own team but also his dad dave boyd the coach of the stouffville team team ontario theyll be a good team theyll probably beat up on our team a bit said coach boyd i have no prob lems with that because theyve been try ing out for this team for three years ill be cheering for them also it doesnt mat ter evan is still my son the claremont rebels coach frank hendy wasnt as enthusiastic with several senior players away at the international softball congress in van couver hendy was more than a little worried we hope to give them a good game he said laughing when asked if he was nervous missing in action will be the rebels pitchers scott evans and chris wilson as well as leftfielder tom watson and shortstop rob watson in their place hendy has lined up pitchers tim evans and jimmy chilvers catcher dave jones and dale jones as a very probable shortstop a few other locals are expected to join the rebels lineup both of the games will be played in stouffville on the first diamond located on park drive south stingers post two wins stonehouse looks forward to home visit this weeks canadian professional golfers asso ciation cpga championship at the mandarin golf club will mark a homecoming for a former stouf fville resident ted stonehouse who headed up the stouffville district secondary school golf team in the late 1980s will be among the pros contesting the 125000 prize purse at the tournament which gets under way today and concludes sunday stonehouse placed fifth in last years atlantic pro fessional golfers association apga champi onship but became eligible for the 1997 cpga event when the top four apga finishers declined the invitation the 26yearold who worked at several stouffville area golf clubs in the late 1980s and early 90 s cur rently resides in sackville ns and is the assistant pro at the granite springs golf club in halifax ns call it a pair of impressive victories for the cable tech stingers midget girls rep softball team in recent league play tammy craigie swung the bat col lecting six hits and seven rbi as the stingers blanked ajax 40 and defeated scarborough 101 craigie had three safeties and knocked in four runs against ajax then broke loose again to key the rout of scarborough mandy van veen and melissa gilroy each had two rbis while danielle timms homered against scarborough jackie thorne amanda connolly also drove in runs on tke pitching rubber amanda crowder continued her strong pitching of late with a five hit seven strikeout effort against ajax connolly had 10 whiffs and scattered five hits in hold ing scarborough at bay the team begins its hunt for provin cial gold this weekend when they com pete in a pwsa qualifying tournament in oak ridges x