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22 economist sunsuntribune sports saturday nov 15 2003 hot van allen in right place with spirit maybe it was the removal of the mohawk haircut or the semirecovery from a hand injury whatever jake van alien cant explain his penchant for piling up points for the stouffvillespirit van allen scored his eighth goal of the season at 611 of the third period thursday to tie the ajax axemen then assisted on two more goals in the next four minutes to lead the spirit to a 53 win at the stoufiville arena he had two goals in a 50 win over pickering in the spirits last gama the 15910 spirit is in third place in uie north conference of the provincial junior a hockey league four points behind the newmarket hurricanes 17- 610 van allen was named mgh office repairs player of the game both nights tve never really been a goal scorer in minor hdckey said the 17yearold rookie from dickson hill who played for the don mills flyers minor midgets last season tm just in the right place at the right time i guess and the guys im play ing with are that much better than play ers ive played with before sidelined by infected finger after a scorching start van allen missed six games last month after injur ing the index finger on his right hand while moving an aframe sign he cut the finger it became infected and swelled extensively its still far larger than normal but not affecting his touch van allen and teammate and stouffviue district secondary school classmate kevin hayward had mohawk cuts done last week dissatisfied with the look van allen had his cut down to a brushcutbefore thursdays game the spirit led 21 after one period on goals by jordan mabley and ty raine but ajax scored twice in the second to lead 32 the spirit outshot ajax 4222 neil conway earned the win in the spirit net the spirit was scheduled to play in huntsville last night but the wildcats have ceased operating for the rest of the year defaulting all games the spirit plays in vaughan monday and hosts the markham waxers thursday and newmarket next saturday newmarket handed the aurora tigers 22100 their first loss of the seasonthursday 32 in newmarket skbidss timbits hockey isnt about winning or keeping score its about learning the basic skills of the game making hewfriends and most importantly having fun every yearbver 50000 entrylevel players across the country get the chance to discovwust howg is proudvto sponsor timbits hpckeyjn mmham trie flrstvgoal is having fun 7 a 1 sdss off to 0fsaa stouffviue spartans sweep oshawa school in ontario aa high school qualifier successful volleyball teams are those that can effectively hit block and serve the stouffviue district secondary school spartans senior boys exhibited each of those skills against the visit ing gl roberts secondary school oshawa lakers in wednesdays ontario federation of school athletic association aa qualifier by doing so they made quick work of the lake ontario secondary schools athletic association aa champions to capture the bestoffive set 30 2517 2725 2513 and earn a berth in the ofsaa champi onships nov 21 and 22 at mentor couege in mississauga m of the elements came together today said veteran spartans head coach jim fletcher who wiu be making his 12th trip to ofsaa with a stouffviue district secondary school voueybau squad satisfied with his clubs overau effort fletcher felt the difference stemmed from its abuity to serve that was something it faued to do in mondays york region athletic association aaa final a loss to newmarkets huron heights win or lose ifs nice to go to ofsaa its the camraderie and sportsmanship that matters more winning isnt the endall we served tougher today that was something we didnt do on monday fletcher said but we ran our offence reauy weu its a diversified offence where we have three hitters au the time and two setters and our setters can hit and our middle attack was as strong as its ever been im reauy proud of the guys fletcher gave kudos to several team members including setters dan locksley and sean hume middle attacker john chaput power hitters gavin howe and nick west uberos allan mcgrath and josh spang and middle hitter justin reesor looking ahead to ofsaa fletcher hopes the selection syraaj york uckx1 athletic association committee wiu be a uttle more generous than last year which saw his club draw just a 10th seed hes hoping for at least a fifth- place seeding refusing to make any predictions fletcher feels if his club can continue to exe cute its serves it might be able to make the champi onship side of the bracket regardless of what tran spires fletcher says its been a good season win or lose its nice to go to ofsaa its the cam raderie and sportsmanship that matters more winning isnt the endau he said cardinals defeated in junior metro bowl markhams brother andre cathouc high school cardinals sf tl junior football teams par ticipation in the inaugural junior metro bowl playdowns was shortlived the teams was eliminat ed wednesday after absorb ing a 1512 loss to the st michaels couege school kerry blues in its firstround game at st michaels in toronto scoring touchdowns for the cardinals were ted fair- gogek on a thirdquarter 14yard run and russel jacksonwyatt on a fourth- quarter 49yard reception from quarterback paul lefaive cardinals head coach and stouffviue resident rick maloney felt miscues on his clubs part including three firsthalf turnovers proved costly maloney attributed the miscues to his club adjusting from four downs to three- down football a rule intro duced for the metro bowl he also thought his club was at a disadvantage as the kerry blues had videotape of his club from last saturdays york region final the cardinals meanwrule were unaware they would be in the junior metro bowl until conclusion of saturdays yraa final and did no advance scouting on the kerry blues the other big factor came with the kerry blues enjoy ing home field advantage members of the brother andre team from stouffviue are chris normandeau salvo 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