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ee m i j emnomistsunjtriijunestouffinilesuh faces of our future r wednesday dec 262001 bymjkehajakawa v- sports editor eighteenyearold unionville resi- dent stephen weisstook a giant step towards attaining a childhood dream in jury when he was the firstround pick and fourth pick overall bythe florida panthers ih the national hockey league amateiifdraft i fi xcehter with the prymouthwhalers of the ontario hockey league weiss is in his third season with the clubhand led it in scoring last season with40 goals and 47 assistsv j 5 aveiss also gained a bertbon die jfcahadiart junior- national team thats competing ih the 20012002 world championships in the czech republic buttonbrown in wnba v tammy suttonbrown became the first markham resident to be selected in aprilswnba draft as thecharlotte sting selected the 6foot4 rutgers university graduate in the second round a starting centre for the sting suttonbrown 23 played a major role in helping her team which finished the regular season in fourthplace reach the wnba finals before losing to the los jangeles sparks u during the regular season sutton- ujrown was the clubs fourthleading tscorer averaging 68 points a game and started 21 of 29 games in die playoffs she averaged 75 points a game 8 deacon a junior champ jc deacon was a hit on the links this past season the 18yearold unionville native was selected to play for the canadian mens junior national golf team in january wliile with the team in april deacon staff photosjoerd w1tteveen stephen weiss is on canadas junior national hockey team fired a teambest threeround to tal of 2 1 1 to lead the squad to a victory over mexico and berth in the world junior golf team championships in japan in june earning a golf scholarship at the university of nevadalas vegas deacon also became the first golfer since 1962 to win backtoback junior provincial championships after taking this years 72hole event at the timberwolf golf club in sudbury with a 12under276 asaro moving up ladder nineteenyearold markham resi dent billy asaro is working his way up the auto racing ranks after becoming the first canadian to capture the road to indy oval crowii championship asaro took the title after amassing the most points in the series of oval races within the usf 2000narional championship in that series asaro see ded for a secondplace finish in the overall championship points race ywhen it ended asaro made his debut in thecart toyota atlantic indy lightsseriesand finished 14th at the series finale m california 1 beforetheyearendedasarowentto wales where he test drove a formula three vehicle which is a stepping stone towards his ultimate goal to race in the prestigious formula one series- scott earns scholarship arnel scott the 18yearold milliken mills high school basketball standout accepted a scholarship to attend boston college and play for its basketball team next fall v currently in his senior year at milliken mills high school the 6foot4 guard was also a member of the provincial basket ball team that competed this past sum mer in the canada summer games off the basketball court scott became the fourth markham resident to receive the harry jerome award in the athletics category macri a rising racing star coming off a season in wliich he won the canadian formula ford championship series a year ago jonathan macri made his presence felt in liis rookie campaign in the cart toyota atlantic championship series the 18yearold gormley resident would eventually earn his first podium finish in august after placing second at the elkhart lake wise fourmile road america road course in addition to clinching his first podi um finish macri won the 1000 lr l wf gormleys dale boadway played catcher in last years canadian softbau championships worldcom fast pace award with his recordsetting lap of 202688 seconds macri concluded his rookie season with a fifthplace finish in the series and the toyota atlantic series risingstar award boadway getting noticed dale boadway was among 37 recipi ents who was awarded the james worrall athletes development fund grant given to promising young ama teur athletes in ontario the 17yearold gormley resident was nominated by softball ontario for his achievements in being selected to the allstar team at last years canadian championships as a catcher he was named the tournaments top batter at the eastern canadian championships two years ago he was named allstar catcher- boadway received a 500 grant at a presentation atthe sport alliance of ontario in toronto on june 26 multi wins for smith hk- member of the stouffville stfiders trackaub stephanie smith had a sue- cessful season oh me u indoor circuit in 2001 competmg ih meatomgiris jsion the 11yearold smith ran off with i titles in the 800metres and 1500-rhdis- jtances at theontario minor track associations provincial outdoor chain- pionshipsinoshawa j for smith a secondyear member of the striders those accomplishments came on the heels of winning the same events in theprovincial indoor circuit at the recent international youth meet of champions at york university smith set an indoor age group record in the 3000m after winning the race in 1042 wood leads spartans in her first year at stouffville district secondary school in 2001 16yearold stouffville resident dana wood earned several honours with the spartans track and field team wood finished fifth at the ontario federation of school athletic association championships in the 200- m and 400m races as well she was part of a 4 x 100m midget girls relay team that claimed a bronze this past summer wood finished second in the midget girls 400m race at the legion provincial championships at the ontario track and field association super meet wood was just nipped at the wire in the 400m in a time of 581 seconds i 0 f your custom frame off moulding prices good dec 26- dec 28 2001 r the perfect gift michaelsgiit certificates events calendar wwwjmchaelscom boomichaels any one o regular off a 9001 ill ris 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