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stouffville suntribune thursday july 24 2003 13 stouffville suntribune i i ctacc ourvrryoii i d staff photobill roberts out at second base stouffville storm baserunner kohl mcvicar left reacts after being tagged out by belleville bengals shortstop nick crouter during action in saturdays provincial squirt boys softball qualifier at memorial park stouffville won 117 in a tiebreaker and finished the tourna ment in second place behind napanee the storm napanee orleans and peterborough advanced to the provincials which are in peterborough aug 9 and 10 mennos rally in the final frame to edge bradford the stouffville mennos saved their best for the end when they scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to emerge with a 43 win over the bradford sox in oshawa city and district fastball league action last wednesday at memorial park singles by jeffbdadway and kyle barber set the stage for a threerun homer by scott eyre to propel stouffville to victory- v terry reesor worked the final two innings in relief of starter paul boynton to earn the win the mennos scored their first run in the second inning when shawn boadway drove in danny deeks who had reached base oh a single the victory improved stouffvilles record to 125 hughes proves shes one of the boys by jim thomas correspondent amazing thats how tom baker coach of the triple a toronto young nationals described the hockey skills of heather hughes the 12yearold stouffville resi dent was the lone girl playing on a team that this past season won the greater toronto hockey leagues carnation cup and the north american minor peewee champi onship shes equally at home on defence or left wing words cannot describe the skill and determination she shows says baker shes one of a halfdozen of the best players anywhere some parents baker noted ques tioned the advisability of a girl play ing on a boys team but that was before they had a chance to see her play he said they left the rink in awe if heathers improvement contin ues at its current rate baker says she has the ability to make a major impact on any girls team in the world not only is she skilled in all aspects of the game but shes ready and willing to assume any role requested of her baker said heather hughes was a vital cog as a defenceman and left winger with toronto young nationals minor peewee aaa club nothing asked of her is too much trouble he stated shes a team player all the way heathers hockey career began seven years ago in tyke level house league she later performed with boys teams in stouffvilley markham and mississauga before graduating to the toronto red wings in triple a minor peewee while a red wing the team won the greater toronto hockeyleague title when coach baker moved from the red wings to the young nats heather went with him while some parents posed ques tions most think their sons are future wayne gretzkys he says the players themselves were not intimi dated at their age theyre not even thinking about girls he notes truth is baker said if it wasnt for a ponytail hanging down from beneath her helmet no one would know she is a girl shes that good shes transcended the border between boys and girls how long can this state of affairs continue as long as ability allows her to handle the rough going bob hughes her father said hughes claims a backyard rink has helped her enormously heather along with brother bobby drafted this year by the kingston frontenancs and sister hayley a player in the markhamsfouffville aa league spends every available winter minute perfecting her skills while hockey is heathers first love she also plays lacrosse with the markham thunder and plays some golf during the off season ace peter gibbons began the cascar mopar 300 weekend in calgary on a high note by qualifying on the out- side front row for last sundays 300- lap feature race the stouffville resident ended it on an almost high note after driving his canadian tire monte carlo to a secondplace finish gibbons was in control of the event from the drop of the green flag leading for the first 124 laps before handling conditions forced him to hand over the lead aftervarious pit stops for chassis adjustments and tire changes gibbons moved up from 11th place after his final pit stop to second behind eventual winner dave whitlock gibbons was pleased he was able to make amends after a disappoint ing 26thplace finish in the last sup port race at the toronto molson indy it has been an excellent weekend here in calgary for the canadian tire team we are happy to be on the podium once again said gibbons these finishes are what we need to recover our points gibbons second moved to fourth place in the chariipionship points chase only one point out of third team 3 red reaches podium the stouffvillebased team 3 reddjk racing earned its first podium finish of the 2003 cascar super series season when dj kennington finished third in sundays mopar 300 feature race in calgary qualifying his snapon tools castrol canada intrepid third oh the grid for the 300lap event kennington took the lead on lap 156 and held it for the next 40 before relinquishing it after making his final pit stop on lap 230 kennington returned to the track in ninth place before gradually working his way towards the leaders this snapon toolscastfol- canada intrepid was great today i was happy with our car since the drop of the green flag we just sim- ply rah out of time i had lots of car left just riot enough laps just one of those things explained kennington gibbons and team 3 red are in vancouver this weekend to compete in the cascar canadian tire 100 i f ladies right hand 11 pc graphite shaft reg 1siei99 59999 greg norman mens golf shirts starting at qqf callaway clearout x14irons steel shaft righthand only now only nssstffs jttt 1 2sbe new address maxfli a10 golf balls regs5999 taylor made r360xd titanium driver new model now in stock assorted individual clubs irons from 999 woods from 1499 putters from 1499 golfbag with purchase of inline callaway 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