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mmmmmammmb x it j- 1 f j n r a p 14 weekender saturday january 3 1998 v v st the tribune 0 0 orts leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 athletes put in top performances in 1997 bruce stapley correspondent here is the second part of the tribunes look back at the year in sports please see tuesday s paper for a look back at the per formances of local hockey teams may after years of campaigning and con troversy stouffvilles second ice pad final ly became a reality with a special grand opening held in may to commemorate the projects long awaited completion the whitchurchstouffville darts league closed off their season with an awards banquet the fullertons 2 squad cleaned up at the event finishing first in regular season and then going on to win the playoff title the annual a s raiders slow pitch tournament saw both the williamsville leasing buttermakers and the stouffville tigers reach the finals in their respective divisions both teams were narrowly edged out of victory in the late innings of their games stouffville judo competitors continued to impress bringing home two gold medals three silvers and a bronze from the ontario high school judo champi onships at peel high school local equestrian enthusiast joanne morehouse was honoured with a presti gious award by the cowboy publishing group her horse katz n jammer was named top barrel horse canadian region for the 1996 competitive season katz n jammer overcame stiff competi tion from members of welldeveloped cir cuits in quebec british columbia and don valley north lexus toyota athlete of the week lori taylor put her nam in the university of vermont womens basketball teams record book recently by setting an alltime mark in career assists the 22yearold taylor who is a five-foot- eight senior point guard established the mark on dec 14 when she was credited with six assists in the university of vermonts 8678 home court loss to the university of maine taylor accomplished the record with her third assist of the game when she set up kate cronin for a baseline jumper with 1651 left in the second half that assist was the 455th of her career and broke the old mark of 454 set by deb lewis in 99 games between 1984 and 1988 taylor was laying in her 93rd career contest donvalley north lexus toyota 3 1 20 steeles ave e 404 pkwy 4750722 alberta to emerge victorious in her field the sdss spartans boys fastball team completed a third consecutive undefeated regular season with a 22- 1 pounding of the markham district high school squad i june stouffville was once again repre sented in the stanley cup finals by area resident keith acton who reached the series this year as assis tant coach for the philadelphia fly ers the sdss spartans took their fourth consecutive yraa fastball crown in this long time coach bill mcknights final year in the ten years mcknight coached the team they reached the yraa finals nine times winning six paul koert and evan boyd received news this month that they would be among those representing ontario in a national fastball cham pionship during the summer games in brandon manitoba rachel shanahan represented sdss at the ontario federation of school athletic associations ofsaa track and field champi onships she qualified for the chance by winning the york region title and taking fourth in the central ontario region ofsaa championship sdss honoured its athletes at the 199697 athletic ceremony pre sented most outstanding athlete honours in each of their respective divisions were ian hazlewpod ali son crowder mark burkholder and alex chacinski area skater jeff tratt joined the disney on ice troupe as first alter nate to the lead role in their produc tion of andrew lloyd webers starlight express the sheffield judo club made another impressive showing at the ontario judo championships with chris canteini chantal jones jamie hewlet kerrylynne hulshof eugi plank kyle cheeatow and trevor cheeatow all winning gold medals the club also brought home six silver medals and four bronzes local harness racing legend cam fella the pacing machine was retired from stud after siring a distin guished line of winners stouffvillemarkham based fly- ball troupe total recall won a tour nament in caledonia with repeated worldrecordbreaking perfor mances whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmerson centre cuts the ribbon at the grand opening of the second ice pad at the rec centre in may he was joined by many of the centres user groups july the betz pools midget boys placed third at the ontario midget fastball championships in napanee paul koert who was named the tournaments best pitcher and evan boyd earned spots on the roster of the winning team as they went on to represent ontario at the eastern canadian championships in freder- icton nb koert would also earn a place on team canada for the world junior fastball championships in st johns newfoundland longtime sports advocate coach and supporter jim wagg was named sports personality of the year the third annual mayors golf tournament raised 15000 for local youth programs stouffville hosted an exhibition doubleheader which saw the new zealand black sox under- 19 mens fastball team take on a pair of local clubs both the betz pools midgets and the uxbridge bandits mens teams fell to defeat at the event held at memorial park vandorf resident reno dambro- sio was chosen to be among the players representing ontario at the north american fastball associa tion championships in fargo north dakota the york county bowmen host ed their 5th annual 3d canadian classic target shoot attracting com petitors from ontario quebec and michigan august team canada with the help of local player paul koert placed third overall in the world junior fastball in st johns newfoundland ted stonehouse a stouffville native who moved to nova scotia returned home this month as a pro contesting a tournament held at the mandarin golf club paul koert and evan boyds team ontario came to stouffville for a doubleheader played against a pair of local teams the betz pools midgets played the team to a tie while the claremont rebels defeated the allstar team team ontario would go on to win gold at the bran- don manitoba championships going undefeated in eight games against teams from british colum bia to newfoundland the annual musslemans lake triathlon attracted competitors from around the globe again this year winning the womens category was nerissa johnson of british colum bia while top mens honours went to jonas colting of sweden jackie wilson of mount albert posted the best time in the duathalon event andrew bellerby and the univer sity of toronto rowing team won gold at the 1997 han international collegiate invitational regatta in taiwan it was announced that stouffville would be adding a juvenile aa- aaa hockey team to its roster of local sports teams this year 563 participants raised 28000 at this years annual terry fox marathon of hope september former stouffville resident michelle hofstee placed 4th at the 1997 world white water rodeo championships held in ottawa october the sdss spartans field hockey team reached theyraa semifinal round before being eliminated by newmarket high school the soccer world mourned the passing of casey van maris who rose from the presidency of the whitchurch stouffville soccer club to sit on the executive of the canadi an soccer association van maris was honoured posthumously at the grand opening of the mammoth indooroutdoor soccer complex he helped build in woodbridge november sdss junior boys and senior girls crosscountry teams advanced to the ofsaa championships the boys volleyball and girls basketball clubs advanced to the yraa finals december goodwoods clinton paisley won the eastern canadian divisional skating championships in peterbor ough he combined impressive short and long programs to win the novice mens division of the tourna ment u pi puter tm store 5051 hwy 7 markville mews across from markville mall call 905 4752075 buy sell and lease used computers 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