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4sm6ikmtmmil sy the tribune sports leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 lets get physical tensions were high during the early moments of thurs days provincial junior a game between the spirit of stouffville and lindsay muskies at the rec centre as evidenced by several brawls that erupted one of those saw muskies cory brown left and spirit of stouffvilles jason ellis exchange blows the muskies won the game 107 pimm bysjoerd witteveen muskies devour spirit bruce stapley correspondent the spirit of stouffville finally found their way out of the trap the lindsay muskies had been laying for them all sea son however the stouffville squad couldnt keep the muskies from breaking through their net as the visitors prevailed 107 thursday at the rec centre in a provin cial junior a hockey league game that was more like broomball with an attitude it was the first time in six tries the spir it had managed to score more than three goals in one game against the usually defensively minded muskies who use a forechecking system known as the trap but the stouffville squad was nonexis tent from the blue line back allowing the visitors to score in bunches at times on their way to their fifth win of the year against the spirit the bad blood thats been brewing all season between the two teams didnt take long to spill as a brawl broke out during the games second shift things remained chippy until a second fiill scale melee occurred late in the sec ond period when spirit winger mike micheff steamrolled into the lindsay goalkeeper with the resulting ejections stripping each team down to 1 1 players an uneasy peace was maintained the rest of the way the muskies led 32 after the first peri od holding a 171 1 advantage in shots on goal dave zelasko with his 19th and darcy king with his 36th clicked for the spirit phil vito squared things early in the second with phil barski tying it again after the visitors regained the lead the muskies struck for another pair but the spirit survived a succession of penalty calls to draw even once again by the end of the period on goals by kevin edgar his 31st and micheff his ninth with the spirit down to just two regular defencemen the muskies broke the game open with three goals in three minutes early in the third ed kearney added the seventh spirit goal on a change up that fooled the lind say goalie but the home squad couldnt convert any more of their numerous opportunities over the games final 10 minutes the muskies clinched it with an empty net goal with the spirit pressing on the power play in the games dying seconds usually when you score seven you win the game shrugged spirit head coach dan larmcr the guys worked hard it was a pretty even game although it was sloppy defensively the muskies outshot the spirit 4038 king also had three assists upping his east division leading points total to 101 edgar also had three helpers leaving him second in the race with 90 points spirit assistant coach john peron was nt around at the end as he was tossed out for questioning one of many spirit penal ty calls a muskies assistant coach was also given the boot suspensions incurred in the lindsay game will leave the spirit short six regu lars for their next match thursday against the divisionleading collingwood blues can local hall teams repeat success of last season veteran claremont soft- ball guru frank hendywho coaches that hamlets rebels mens fast pitch squad likes to promote the ties that bind the various fastball interests in his town stouffville uxbridge and outlying locales he has prepared this synopsis of the 1 997 season and the upcoming 98 campaign so pull up a chair pour yourself a coffee and think spring can 1998 be a repeat of 1997 one of the most successful years for local softball highlights bob abbots uxbridge area resident and former stouffville ladies softball coach cur rently director of national teams for softball canada bringing the new zealand youth team to stouffville to play the betz pools midgets and the uxbridge bandits the claremont rebels were the only team to upset the new zealand at the port perry tour nament abbot was also coach of ontarios gold medalist canada games fastball team which included stouffvilles paul koert and evan boyd the rebels also downed the canada games champs when they came to stouf fville and went on to win the oshawa city and district league season championship koert was also a member of the canadian team which won the silver medal at the world youth championships in newfoundland last season had a silver lining but it was at the intermediate mens elimi nations in timmins they did us proud when his team of local players from uxbridge stouffville mount albert and port perry took the silver medal at the eastern canadian championships in nova scotia the bandits capped off the season with another silver medal at the oshawa city and district league playoff tournament it must have been the year for silver in the ferguson house as barrys son bob helped the oshawa double bs take the canadian junior mens championship the stouffville peewee boys won the oasa championship the stouffville girls rep teams also had a sports notes bruce stcipley good year and with coach es like bill johnson and dave miller the future looks bright congratulations must also be given to the whitchurchstouffville softball association for providing houseleague fastball for clare mont goodwood ballantrae vandorf stouf fville and uxbridge players vin walker of port perry a player and coach in claremont in years gone by and a past oasa president was inducted into the canadian softball hall of fame in 1997 stouffville to field team in oshawa fastball league the 1998 season will see a stouffville mens team playing in the oshawa city and district league with howard burkholder as coach local rivals will include the rebels bandits and port perry which should make for some outstanding ball for local fans it looks like there will be no junior mens team in stouffville this year so paul koert and evan boyd will be in great demand by other teams in ontario scott evans chris wilson rob and tom watson and bob fer guson will be going south on weekends to bolster united states senior mens tourna ment teams the oasa is planning to have their midget and junior championships prior to the elimi nations this year to make sure teams show up for the various championships only teams that show up for the oasa championships will be eligible for the eliminations and the right to represent ontario at the canadian championships a major oasa rule change means that pitchers shall take a position with both feet firmly on the ground and in contact with the pitchers plate in the meantime anyone looking to improve batting skills should drop over to duel sports in newmarket brian bates former dominion auto team batting champion has the latest in softball and baseball pitching machines in an indoor setting brian is a former minor league ball player who has worked 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