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v sjtx jvk mvvv r p 18 weekender saturday march 7 1998 t fst atmarxham 9999 reg 125 call 4753663 for details the tribune sports got a score call our hotline at 6402100 wheres the puck stouffvillc district secondary- school defenccrhan dylan harrison second from left and goalkeeper graham smith search frantically for a loose puck during action against king city secondary school in thursdays york region athletic association junior hockey semifinal playoff contest at the rec centre the host spartans won the contest 52 plwm by nicky berofsky junior spartans ice berth in york final its back to the york regional athletic associa tion yraa finals for the stouffville district secondary school sdss spartans junior boys hockey team the spartans earned the right to contest the yraa playoff championship for the second time in their threeyears of existance in the league when they defeated the king city ss golden invaders 52 thursday afternoon at the rec centre tyler markle broke a 22 second period tie with his second goal of the game to give the spartans a lead they would never relinquish brad clubine made it 42 with the sdss squad adding a shorthanded marker into an empty gold en invaders net in the dying seconds to clinch the big victory everybody did their job said a contented spartans coach bill mcknight after the game a total team effort mcknight suggested the key to the triumph was that everyone played according to the teams sys tem it was a team effort he pointed out mcknight said spartans goalie graham smith was solid in net with strong support from his defencemen the defence stood them king city up at the blucline peter mablcy opened the scoring in the first period for the spartans with an assist from clu bine the golden invaders tied it to make it 11 head ing into the second period markle put the spartans out in front again on a goal from billy scott in the second with king city knotting it once again but markle clicked again from- clubine and jamie alston to restore the spartans lead brett jennings and markle assisted clubines fourth stouffville marker the spartans managed the only goal of the third period when cory turchan added insult to injury for the golden invaders by scoring an empty net ter with his team two men short mcknight said the spartans were expecting a strong effort from king city theyre a good team theyre no slouches we knew it was going to be close but our boys were focussed from the start and its always good to score that first goal spartans motivated mcknight said his team is motivated by the fact they have yet to win a yraa title they lost in the opening round of the playoffs last season after finishing first in the regular sea son about half of last years team is back i think they want to make a mark the spartans were missing regulars dave brown and matt sullivan for thursdays semi final both should be ready for next weeks final against either alexander mackenzie ss of rich mond hill or father brcssani catholic high school of woodbridge the date or neutral location of the title tilt was still unknown at press time mcknight saidiic expected it to be played mon day tuesday or wednesday likely in richmond hill or aurora new ball team and league coming to town sports notes if 1 bruce s tap ley they wont be hitting the diamond for another month or two and as of tuesday of this week they still didnt have an official name but when howard burkholders intermediate mens fast pitch team takes to the field as the newest addi tion to the oshawa city and district fastball league this may it will rep resent a sense of continuity that can only be appreciated by small town traditionalists for the reality is that howards team will likely play in front of a smattering of softball diehards on wednesday nights this spring and summer but you wont find howard fretting over whether he can convince enough people to come out and fill the stands for home games he understands that todays young people are not always drawn to the game that has been a part of him ever since he was a kid growing up in markham there still is an interest in fast pitch in stouffville some of the older people still like it but the younger people unless they grew up with it its not a big deal they have their own activities howard recalls how teams he was with while growing up in the markham of decades past would draw hundreds of fans to regular sea son games but he admitted that even when his stouffville merchants juniors were winning two and almost three straight ontario mens fastball championships back at the start of this decade and placing as high as third in the national finals the locals werent beating a path to memorial park to watch them but he suggests that for those who choose to walk down to the park on a nice summer night to take in a game they may just be in for a treat with a nucleus consisting of former merchants byron baranieski sons chris rich and ryan burkholder and rob reesor the team will have talent to be sure as members of the nowdefunct uxbridge bandits this quartet helped that team to the ontario title last season followed by a surprising silver medal at the east ern canadian finals with the nucleus of players we have were going to be competitive with any team in the league said howard as for who comes along to fill out the roster howard said there could be a mix of local talent and out of town players being a club team howard will be free to draw players from anywhere he chooses but he doesnt plan to undertake a massive recruitment pro gram in an attempt to stack the team his own sense of tradition and loyal ty to those who ever showed loyalty to him will certainly be a factor our first priority is to those who were on our team in the early i990s the merchants but i also realize that a lot of them have moved on or have different interests now a proven player himself howard suggests that while hes still fit enough to play it will depend upon circumstances that evolve on the other hand he feels it would be too hard on him to produce if he were to make sporadic appearances as always howard will be looking to centre his team around the basic ideals he has believed in from the beginning of his coaching career he is looking for players who will fit in with a team whose priorities lean more towards making it to church on sunday than partying into the wee hours on a saturday night as always with teams howard coaches sportsmanship will be para mount and if the local citizenry choose to come on down and root for the home team on a nice summer wednesday night then thats all the better m smputer tore wmmm mmwm mmm s0slhw7marlnrfllemeiis across from markville mall call 9054752075 we buy seu used computers spring has sprung so come on by to have your conput cleaned by our trained computer wizards wmsm ins the used computer store has drastically reduced all our prices on preowned desktops notebooks if youre looking for a great deal then come in and see us today