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m 20 stouffville suntribune thursday june 12 2003 t 1 stouffville suntribune 1 i l i i 1 m kt 5 i i f i i m ft spartans tackled in barbarian cup in most instancesi finishing lec ond is not a bad accomplishment but for the stouffville district secondary school spartans junior boys rugby team a secondplace finish in mondays roundrobin segment of the barbarian cup wasnt good enough the spartans failed to qualify for tuesdays medal round in the 16- team tournament that attracts some of the best junior teams in ontario thespartans began the day which kicked off late due to wet field coridi- lions on an ominous note dropping a 1510 decision to gardinal newman catholic high school scarborough against north park collegiate brantford iri their second game the spartans rebounded with a hard- fought 50 win reqmrihga victory by 10 points or more in their final rpundrpbin game against park street collegiate institute orillia to finish atop in their pool x and earn a berth in the medal round me york region athletic association champions were halfway to their objective when they nursed a 100 lead at the break v but park street rallied for 17 unari swered points in me second half to vanquish any hopes thespartans had in fielding a medal spartans head coach jamie hewitt felt the outcome of the first game was criticalto their hopes we came put flat in the first game to a team that we shouldrit have lost to he said despite the disappointment hewitt tried to accentuate the posi tive on what he felt was a successful campaign v the kids played hard at this lever the barbarian cup all of the games are tough it was a learning experience of our starting 15 we only had five guys who played the game before this bodes well for our future since well have over half of the team back at the junior level next stouffville district secondary school spartans hudson hayden right escapes the dutches of an orillia park street collegiate institute player to score a try during roundrobin action monday in the barbarian cup playdowns at fletchers fields in markhamthe spartans lost 17- 10 and did not make tuesdays playoff round year he said to get to the next level we will have to do some more fine tuning im proud of the lads relay team fourth at ofsaa the stouffville district secondary school junior girls 4 x 100metre relay team just missed bringing home a medal from last weekends ontario federation of school athletic association track and field championships in st catharines after finishing fourth the spartans team was comprised of dana wood deidre wood jessica harris and jasmine geense sjoerowitteveen photo was hi individual events hams eighth ih the midget girls 100m brandon walker was 14th in the midget boys discus thompson 20th on ofsaa links iji iindsay thompson a member of the spartans girls golf team last fall took to the cardinal golf club fair ways in newmarket recently to corn- pete in the ofsaa invitational girls golf tournament entered in the low handicap divir sipri thompson a gradel 1 student finished 20th overall after carding a 110 on the day merinos win mount tournament chris burkholder ryan burkholder and scott eyre each col lected two hits to ignite the stouffville mennos to an 81 victory over host mount albert in the final of last week- ends mount albert sports day and spring fair fastball tournament the mennos put the game away in the fifth iriningby generating five hits arid a walk to scorefour runs byron baranieski surrendered just six hits to earn the win andreceive the most valuable pitcher award in the tournament in reaching the final the merinos lost their first game to mount albert 31 r but they rebounded to defeat bradford 51 with catcher danny deeks collecting two hits arid paul boynton earning the win the mennos then received a threehit effort from rich burkholder and two from baranieski to combine with a fourhit pitching performance from terry reesor to defeat lake simcoe 62 j the mennos concluded the round- tbbirtby edging the pickering indians 76 the same two teams met in a semifinal with the mennos prevail ing 32 eyre provided the game- winning blow with a homer in the bottorii of the seventh inning mastering art iiteiftiilifc byjimthomas a correspondent a stouffville girl is headed for the national tae kwon dochampionships nineyearold nicole thprnpspn will compete in i bantam weight team c class at winnipeg later this month the grade 3 summitview public school student who is enrolled at master myungs tae kwon do school in stouffville arid is instructed by master seo ho chang earned this right by winning a gold medal at ia recent provincial competition incolborne tae kwon do is a family affair with nicole as her five-year- old sister dani arid pareirits david thorripson and ann aatov are all part of v the martial arts pro- -grarrir- although nicole began taking lessons a just three ylars ago nicole thompson stouffv1 to shes already a black mow m wackbeft- ptaek belt one of only a few wondo headed t0 natonal her age in ontario holding this distinction she really works hardj her mother says attending eight classes a week amassing a total of six gold medals- to date shes never lost a tournament amassing a total of six gold medals nicole says she wanted to give tae kwon do a try not knowing if shed like it enough to coritinue now she says its her favourite sport but when time allows she also partakes in other recreational activities such as soccer and swimming- in addition to the competitive aspect of the sport nicole points out that tae kwon do teaches other life skills including concentration discipline respect perseverance and confidence the stouffville club now has more than 200 mem- bers it was very exciting her mother says of the colborne tournament for us as well as for nicole after nicole gains additional experience in c class competition she will be in line to advance to b then a should she make the senior team a potential spot in the olympics is her ultimate goal the 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