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7fl weekenbersafurdaot0b 4f 97 st the tribune sports eisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 an un spirited start haunts stouffville bruce stapley correspondent it took 85 minutes but the spirit of stouffville figured out how to hold those tigers unfortunately the damage had already been done as the aurora tigers scored all their goals in the first 25 minutes in a 51 win over the spirit thursday night at the rec centre the tigers had bounced the spirit 145 when the two teams met the previous friday five to one is a lot better than last week but we didnt play well to start the game bemoaned spirit general manag er clive moody we played them even for the second half but it would have been nice to rack up a couple of goals but when aurora gets the lead they know what to do kevin edgar scored the lone spirit goal early in the second snapping a quick shot from the point after taking a pass out from darcy king we cant seem to play 60 min utes of hockey yet said spirit head coach dan larmer but that will come when the guys have played together a while you cant get down its slowly starting to come together the guys are working hard larmer said his teams sudden turnabout after the tigers netted a pair early in the second came on a big shift by the line of andrew patriarche andrew hutchison and ricky rideout they kept the puck in the tigers end the whole shift said larmer after that we knew we could keep up with them the spirits second period resurgence may have also come out of the players fear of losing their jobs larmer had promised after last weeks loss to aurora that there would be changes made if the team didnt show improvement moody echoed larmers threat losing may have been okay around here the past two years but not now ive been sitting on things the first few weeks of the season to see what weve got but not anymore the spirit are idle until next saving the day spirit of stouffville goalkeeper john tamborro attempts to stop this shot that was taken by aurora tigers tom kotsopoulas 23 during thursdays oha provincial junior a contest at the photo by sjoerd witteveen rec centre thursday when the lindsay muskies come to town spiritually speaking the spirit have picked up an extra half hour of practice time thanks to the whitchurchstouffville minor hockey association the team will now practice wednes days from 6 til 7 pm in addi tion to mondays from 6 to 7 pm fans can skate with the spirit this afternoon from 530 til 730 pm on pad b at the rec centre spirit players will be on hand for the public skate and will be available for autographs admission is free with a dona tion to the local food bank soccer club rewards its youth teams thirty five teams of boys and girls aged five to nine took to the fields as the whitchurchstouffville soccer club wrapped up its recent minisoc cer season with a final day tournament at the nbvopharm fields trophies were awarded to the fol lowing teams for their winning perfor mances at the tournament under 9 boys a shoppers drug mart under 9 boys b wilson towing under 9 girls krg insurance under 7 a burrows landscaping under 7 b connect telecom under 7 c superi or water conditioning league champions were also award ed trophies they include under 9 boys noma cable tech under 9 girls schell lumber under 7 a stern and lovrics under 7 b soluri brothers all undersix teams received tro phies the wssc expressed its apprecia tion to volunteer coaches as well as novopharm for allowing the club to use its fields for the 450player pro gram minor atom clippers earn thirdplace finish spartans hope to spike up a storm the stouffville minor atom clippers fell just short in a marathon 61 minute semifinal over time thriller at the annual markham waxers hockey tournament over the weekend the clippers won their first two pre liminary games edging the markham islanders 21 before bouncing the ajax raiders 61 a 22 tie with the east gwillimbury eagles placed the stouffville squad second to the eagles by a half a point in the divisional standings the clippers skated to a 21 regulation time draw with firstplace innisfil in the semifinals before playing two 10minute periods and a threeminute overtime session according to tournament rules each team then took one player off the ice for a minute with no score with each team icing three players innis fil finally broke the deadlock to advance the clippers ended up third overall scoring for the stouffville team were david del zotto two goals three assists cameron allan two goals one assist zach popper two goals one assist brendon laing two goals kevin rainbow one goal one assist matthew mulder one goal one assist alexander bruno one goal brook stachel two assists phillip briggs one assist clippers mvps for the tournament were trevor greenham cameron allan shayne paterson and matthew cartwright the stouffville district secondary school spartans senior boys volley ball team arc looking to take their opponents by surprise this season the spartans for years the york region athletic d association power k- when they competed in w the aa category have fcmip yet to make their mark since climbing up to the aaa level in recent years a late start to the 1997 season as a result of the teachercoaches decision to halt extracurricular activities to protest ongoing cutbacks has put the spartans even further behind the eight ball the team saw its first action at a tournament in mississauga last satur day dropping their first six matches before coming back to win three of their final four contests the spartans swept st pauls catholic high school of toronto in two games their momentum continued to build in an exhibition set with markville secondary school on monday as they took two of three to win the set the bubble burst when the spartans were swept in two games by a powerful unionvillc high school crew in the first regular season game of the year the spartans arc to compete in a tournament in port perry today they resume their regular season schedule oct 14 at markville sec ondary school tyke juniors show spirit in two preseason wins the stouffville houston ford tyke junior spirit hockey club chalked up a pair of victo ries in recent exhibition action the spirit got goals from michael sooley and michael stanton in a 21 win over brad ford sept 26 justin hulshof and conner stevens had assists dennis oshaugnessy netted a pair to key a 62 triumph over uxbridge two days later scott bolton stanton hulshof and patrick salvagna also scored for the spirit assists went to kyle cussion james grego ry and malcolm forbes matthew ragusco and gregory outram- kuzma provided outstanding goalkeeping for the stouffville squad the spirit roster also includes brad maxwell christopher lombardo christopher boake and grant sommerville