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economist suntribune spxxsces thursday april 18 2002 27 nature riot to macri jonathan macri was involved in pileup during first turn of race weather conditions played havoc with drivers at long beach mother nature did not do jonathan macri any favors when he took to the streets of long beach california last weekend in the second stop of the cart toyota atlantic grand prix event with thick fog blanketing the 1968mile temporary street circuit in long beach california for the 32lap cart toyota atlantic grand prix of long beach an extensive entangle ment of cars ensued on the first turn right after the green flag went down to start the race piloting his new pl racingntn bearingsmiller genuine draft swift 014a the gormley resident found himself right in the thick of the melee the pileup began after joey hand ryan hunter- reay and jon fogarty made contact as they raced three abreast into the first corner even tually ending up alongside the tire barrier on the outside corner of the first turn the rest of the field geared down into avoidance mode as a result macris vehicle was pushed from behind and in turn made contact with a car driven by ryan dalziel who subsequendywent airborne and landed on luis diazs vehicle macri spun out as a result of the incident and made his way to the pit area for repairs and reentered the race over one minute and one full lap behind race leader alex gurney macri ended his day in 19th spot we were looking for some good results here at long beach macri said the car rah fairly well in prac tice and we were pretty close to get ting the setup dead on we managed to qualify seventh and i was hoping to push hard for a podium finish unfortunately i was caught in the first corner pileup and that basically ended our chances praising the work of his team in putting the car back in order after the incident macri said he lost too much time in an effort to make a comeback almost half the race was run under yellow and there werent a lot of passing opportunities its unfortu nate but thats racing sometimes there isnt much you can do to avoid getting hit or hitting someone else if there was any consolation to macris misfortune it was the fact that he turned the third fastest time during the race michael valiante took the check ered flag for his first career atlantic victory in preparation for the milwaukee mile on june 2 which is the third leg of the series macri and team pl racingntn bearingsmiller genuine draft swift 014a team will be testing in portland oregon on may 1 and at phoenix arizona the following week i rlm 1 staff photosjoerd witteveen having his hands full with another high school rugby season approaching members of- the stouffville district secondary school spartans boys team have been logging some time on the pitch after school one of the recent practice sessions saw ryan jackson cen tre grab hold of brad craig left and gavin howe before sending them to the ground in a tackling drill the spartans rugby team are scheduled to host an invi tational tournament for- junior and senior teams on may 10 starting at 8 am sahl titles to be decided on saturday at the stouffville amateur hockey league will wind down its 20012002 campaign this saturday when they con duct their annual championship day at me stouffville arena championship games in the adult recreational league will be played as fol lows womens a final at 1210 pm over 35 c final at 1255 pm senior b final 110 pm open c final 155 pm senior a final 2 10 pm open b final 255 pm over 35 afihal 310 pmover35 b final 355 pm and open a final 410 pm bantam stars consoled the markhamstouffville bantam b stars captured the consolation final in the north metro girls hockey league with a 20 win over leaside tabitha dudley and amy lawsrin each scored once for the stars 1 dominique gagnbn and jennifer medland handled goajtending duties v stouffville i i l- 1 1 arena sports digest senior games seek participants the york region ontario senior games are accepting applications from those who wish to participate hv this years games which will run from may 27 to june 14 the event which is hosted by the york region senior games committee district no 14 is open to all citizens 55 years of age or over among events that will be played include progressive euchre carpet bowling contract bridge cribbge five- pin bowling 10pin bowling darts bocci floor shuffleboard lawri bowling indoor lawn bowling snooker duplicate bridge table tennis nineball pool swimming golf tennis horseshoes bud euchre sixhanded euchre and predic tion walk registration forms or further infor mation can be obtained by contacting metovm6fwhitchurchstouffvilje 905 6406527 to opposing batters stouffville mennos fastball pitching staff bolstered with return of veteran offspeed hufler by jim thomas correspondent hes coming back paul boynton will again bolster the ranks of the stouffville mehnos pitching staff when the team takes to the field this spring the off speed curveballer will work with byron baranieski and terry reesor to form one of the mostpotent mound staffs in the oshawa and district fastball league the mennos home games will be played wednesday nights in stouffville at age 41 boynton has enjoyed an illustrious sports career first in volleyball basketball and rugby and later fast ball and hockey a native of gormley boynton rode a merrygoround of elementary schools before coming to stouffville district secondary school here under the guidance of physical education instructor jim rehill he hit his stride receiving top awards in both volleyball andfastball in 1981 he wasm named male athlete of the year he was also elected 00- president of the sdss athletic council sharing duties with fellow student jill lahgley the battery combination of boynton and steve sayers carried the gormley missionary church to a total of 10 championships in 12 years in 1984 they lost out to grace church newmarket following a brilliant pitching duel with russ downing for merly of the world cham- pion richmond hill dynes other teams to share boyntons brilliance include richmond hill markham and stouffville he was a member of the betz pools entry that won the ontario intermediate title in the late 80s that year he played mostly at first base with jim quivers and john annis handling the pitching chores following graduation from seneca college boynton headed up a toronto christian mens volleyball league that included former sdss students bruce rodin richard reesor eugene reesor rob reesor dave elliott ross dube arid gary mcgillivray with respect to fastball boynton says its been his good fortune to play with many outstanding teams including the stouffville mennos he says pitching is still his position of choice but readily admits he no longer relies as much on speed he calls himself a junk pitcher concentrating now on curveballs and changeups boynton has high praise for mennos comanagers howie and art burkholder theyve helped us become better men he says weve all learned a lot from them t its a standing joke within the roster he notes that one must be a burkholder or a reesor to make the team this isnt so he says despite the fact most players are interrelat ed he describes the club as a quality group of guys whose c demeanor on and off die field tends to rub off on other teams v boynton says hes looking forward to the new season and again sharing pitching responsibilities zi fcti pitching he says is such a challenge arid so much a 2 v v v j- v part of the game theres nothing quite like ilr iii vv paul boynton views pitching as a challenge and an integral part- ofwinning fastball games