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jmtpi9iyfrm u economist sun stouffville tribune sports smithsons heroics propel spirit to victory overtime goal is his first in five years as member of stouffville junior a squad jd smithson has done a lot of things as a member of the stouffville spirit but on thursday he recorded a first smithsons second goal of the game at the 236mark in overtime gave the spirit a come- frombehind 43 win at the stouffville arena over the ajax axeman the win boosted the spirit into third place in the north con-fer- ence of the provincial junior a hockey league smithson the first fiveyear player in the spirits eightyear his tory has now scored 49 goals and totalled 204 points in 207 games with the franchise but thursdays goal was his first in overtime the 20yearold seneca college stu- jd smithson leave spirit later with calgary pro dent who lives in maple could be lost to the team for the rest of the season later this fall smithson heads to the training camp of the pro lacrosse calgary roughnecks next month he was a thirdround pick of the secondyear franchise this fall calgary has said i have a shot said smithson who played junior a lacrosse for the toronto beaches i just have to prove that i can play at the pro level at camp on thursday the south conference axemen jumped out to a 32 lead while con trolling play in the first two periods exspirit winger eric boonstra had one of the ajax goals stouffville dominat ed the third tying the game and forcing over time the spirit outshot the axeman 4835 including a 207 mar gin in the third period konrad breutsch and mike sullivan had the other stouffville goals the spirit hosts sec ondplace newmarket today at 730 pm at the stouffville arena is expected to this fall to try out lacrosse club atom stars shine in preseason the markhamstouffville atom bb stars girls hockey team tuned up for its upcoming regular season by winning three of five preseason tilts after opening its slate with a 21 loss to keswick the stars edged scarborough 21 on goals from josee daoust and carly henderson erin murphy sarah schell and lynn kennedy drew assists the stars then dropped a 30 deci sion to keswick before turning the tables to blank ikili whitby 20 on two m goals from murphy nicole wannop and kaitlyn mullett drew assists with murphy wannop and henderson each scoring once the stars concluded their preseason with a 31 win over leaside vanessa spataro collected two assists while daoust schell and wannop had singles katie ohagan and hannah tunney handled goaltending duties also help ing the clubs cause were brittany drew jaymi schell samantha unitas selby tunney rachel mathieu and emily oshaughnessy clipper settle for second the stouffville major peewee a sports digest clippers advanced to the finals of the recent whitby wildcats thanksgiving tournament before earning a silver medal in a 41 loss to syracuse new york jamie gregory scored the lone stouffville goal after losing its first game to the ajax knights the clippers received a two- goal effort from kyle cussion and one from matt raguseo to blank the georgina blaze 30 backed by a fourgoal effort from jeff kavluk stouffville routed the westhill goldhawks 70 gregory added two goals and chris boake one kavluk continued to find the range as he delivered a hat trick while boake scored once in a 41 win over the simcoe warriors in the semifinals also providing major contributions for in the tournament were the defence pairings of luke bartell and matt raguseo and david hooper and brad maxwell dylan stewart and greg outram- kuzma were outstanding in net throughout the fourday event contributing to the clubs offensive output were malcolm forbes alex gregerson limiel selmanovski and jonathon stansfield staff photosjoerd witteveen stouffville district secondary schools lindsay hermanson watches her teeoff during tuesdays york region athletic association girls golf championships at rolling hills golf club in gormley hermanson helped the spartans golf team to a secondplace finish in the team event local high school golfers are on par at region championship markham and stouffvillearea teens help their teams to strongfinishes when the school year began in september jim buie had no intentions of running a golf team at markham district high school but after a group of students approached him early in die aca demic year and asked about the possibility of forming one buie had a change of heart the decision proved to be a fortuitous one the marauders junior boys entry earned a share of this years york region athletic association title along with cardinal carter catholic high school after carding a 317 on the rolling hills golf clubs championship course in gormley on tuesday andrew gillis led the marauders fortunes with a six- over 78 followed by matt carthy at 79 jason dunlop and brett pearl 80 and cameron maclean 84 the guys were pretty eager to form a team and they asked me to get one going recalled buie you could tell by the inter est that there were some good golfers at the school so we held a markham district high school open early in the year to see who would represent the school buie thought his charges would be in the hunt for the title and believes their demeanour on the links was an asset they knew their skill levels and they knew that if they played well they could compete for the championship stouffville district secondary school was third with a 338 team members included james castle adam craig justin hitchen zac popper and corey robert spartans coach steve kinsella was happy with the end result they played well and had fun thats die main thing he said in the senior boys division which was held at station creek golf club in stouffville the markville secondary school mavericks finished third in the team division led by alvin yeungs two- overpar 72 which was good for third in the individ ual competi tion the mavericks carded a 323 and were 13 shots behind firstplace st robert catholic high school aiso competing for the mavericks were mike matunin wiih a 78 neil degray 85 andrew mccron 86 and stefan turchet 87 while pleased with the teams effort head coach earl fritz noted frigid weather conditions early in the morning and course conditions on the greens were challenging it was tough especially on micwumimiiiv the greens as they were all being aerated when the kids were put ting the balls were bouncing it was difficult for everyone in the girls division which was played at rolling hills golf clubs par70 challenge course the stouffville district secondary school spartans earned a sec ondplace finish in the team championship bracket the spartans team of lindsay hermanson lyndsay thomp son joanne crymble brooke acton and katie ditosto carded a 382 and was eight shots behind firstplace thornhill secondary school individually hermanson was the top golfer for the spartans and finished fourth in the indi vidual competition with an 11- overpar 81 thompson recorded a 94 while crymble had a 100 acton 107 and ditosto 142 spartans coach maureen weaver was pleased with the effort her charges gave everybody wanted to win but they were pleased to finish second we had two girls in the top 10 and four in the top 12 individually she cited the markville secondary school girls finished fourth with a 492 team members included lauren usami who had a teambest 92 andrea jones courtney parker and ariel mendlowitz christine hartnol another team member was injured and could not play christine ryckman of unionville high school carded an 84 and was sixth in the indi vidual competition