it st the tribune thursday february 26 1998pj5 the tribune orts leisure got a score call our hotline at 6402100 a joint effort stouffville district secondary schools amanda crowder left and danielle timms get together to return this ball towards their markham district high school opponents during mondays yraa senior girls zone playoff game at stouftville district secondary school the host spartans who were the top seed won the match 152 1115 1513 and advance to fridays region cross over tournament at middlcflcld collegiate photo by sjoerd w1tteveen birkett stings king for scoring title sports notes bruce stapley it turns out that the celebration of spirit of stouffville centre darcy kings apparent claiming of the provincial junior a hockey leagueis east conference scoring championship was a little prema ture darcy was bumped from top spot by noel birkett of the trenton sting who finished with a flourish to end up with 109 points six ahead of darcy birkettis late charge left darcy and collingwood blues forward david deeyes who seemed to have a lock on the top two spots wondering just where the sting player came from endless phone calls to confirm darcyis ascendancy to the throne proved fruitless the week after the season ended feb 15 even a search of the leagues internet sight failed to come up with anything more up to date than the standings as of midjanuary a call to the provincial league statistician paul wilkinson last friday however suggested that birkett had succeed ed in stealing the title darcy called me monday to con firm his secondplace finish he admitted to being a little disappoint ed after seeming to have a lock on the race over the final month or so of please see page 16 major novices move on to omha semis it was jake the snake shining in the twine tent as the stouftville ida major novice clippers disposed of the orillia terriers over the weekend jake balsdon was stellar in net as the stouffville squad managed a pair of 2- 1 victories to sweep their bestoffive ontario minor hockey association quarter final series in three straight games adam craigs goal from luke mabley five minutes into overtime gave the clippers a two games to none stranglehold saturday afternoon in orillia mabley had set up eric gainsbrook for the clip pers other score in the third period at the rec centre on sunday the clippers got goals from chris stewart and luke harrison as they clinched the series chris normandeau and stephen brown assist ed the clippers now advance to the semifinals against tottenhamnew tecumseh tnt with the bestoffive set getting under way this satur day in alliston the winner of the series gets to represent the york simcoe league against the victor of the waterloo area semifinal runners tune up during the indoor season with the recent conclusion of the winter olympics comes the sign that another track and field season is just over the horizon the motto of swifter higher stronger rings out the mark as the stouffville crowd takes up the task of being their best and pushing to put their names on the record board the biggest fear up to a few days ago was that no convenor would be willing to step for ward and take on the big job of meet director for the york region athletic association out door meet however a big thank you must go to chris dehan of cardinal carter catholic high school who for the sake of the sport took on this huge task he is also coordinator and director of the central ontario preontario federation of school athletic association qualifier dave connell boys physical education head at stouffville district secondary school won ders how he finds the time to do this consider ing the teaching cutbacks and atmosphere the indoor track season had its first meet at york university on feb 13 it was the tradi tional east york invitational meet a good number of athletes from the toronto and sur rounding area competed participants from stouffville district sec ondary school however decided to wait for a future competition one of those is the central tech invitational meet which is one of the bigger indoor events and is scheduled to be held on feb 27 will draw four or five high on the run fred robbins schools from the united states the master athletes of stouffville competed indoors at variety village on feb 15 this was a mini meet part of a series carol felepchuk running a 200metre sprint felt quick however the 800m event was tiring for her carols husband ken is still recovering from a tragic fall while out jogging he slipped on the ice and went down hard in the process he cracked two ribs and traumatized his left arm being badly bruised peder neilsen was attempting the indoor shot put for masters in the m70 age division he said the plywood was intimidating because the slippery surface does not allow the grip need ed for the final phase of the put i took a look at the mile record for this meet at 4406 and decided to give it a go while racing only the clock it was hard to keep pushing the fast pace my son john was calling out the lap splits so i knew i was 4414 less than a second short the big question was where was that extra second it seemed to have eluded me it didnt happen in upcoming events the provincial indoor championships are scheduled to be held at york university on march 14 this will be a full day also on the horizon are the usa indoor championships at northeastern uni versity in boston the venue is the reggie lewis center with the blue and white track hopes are high because it is a fast track the date is march 28 and 29 mite selects ice a pair of wins ethan werek collected six goals and three assists and patrick mceachen had four goals and added a pair of helpers to help the stouftville mite selects to a pair of victories last saturday the stouffville crew romped over west hill 8- 1 then disposed of pickering by a count of 62 later in the day other stouffville point getters were kurtis hulshof two goals three assists heather hugh es one goal two assists sam carrick two assists chris porter three assists and zack stevens one goal ryan adrian played well in net for the selects in both games coach dan mceachen said the key to the wins was his teams emphasis on defence our fore checking and commitment to defence proved to be the difference he said