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22 stouffville suntribune thursday dec 42003 ft jtl jrl id stouffville suntribune clippers overtime at home zee averitts ot goal erases cobourg comeback in tourney final lee ayerius overtime goal pro pelled the stouffville peewee clippers to a 32 win over cobourg m the championship final of saturdays stouffville peewee peewee ae minor bantam minor midget tournament at the stouffville arena with the clippers nursing a 21 lead in the third period cobourg ral lied to tie the score in the final minute to force overtime and set the stage for averius heroics in the threeonthree session backed by strong netmiridingfroni jake robinson and colin hilts the clippers advanced to the final after going undefeated in the roundrobin segment with victories over the scarborough sabres 61 gehar hill rebels 140 and pickering 31 facing newmarket iri their semi final encounter the clippers rallied from a 42 deficit with three minutes remaining to tie the score and force overtime to emergevyith a 54 victory steveri dertielo 3 scbred the game winner whue jthe teams played three- onthree scoring tournament were demelo with nirie goals javeriil four goals four assists nolan benoit three goals five assists jason deveny t goals six assists f peteriebuffe four gdals three assists dylan seymour one goal four assists pbiupood two goals three assists zack stevens two goals two assists tom mcleod one goal three assists v josh montessano and anthony zarribri one goal three assists denver gray four assists ryan brown one goal two assists and chris tarhbos one assist 3 i v ian mcleod is the head coach and is assisted- by rob robinson and v bruce ayerill minor bantam clippers third after semifinal loss in other tournament results the stouffville minor bantam a clippers skated off with a thirdplace finish after suffering a 41 loss to claririgton iii their semifinal encounter v the clippers won their first two- games over georgina 64 and milton 86 before being edged 64 by pickering staff photobill roberts stouflville minor bantam clippers alex gregerseri left collides with a georgina blaze player iri fridays rpuhdroljiri contest of the stoufrville peewee peewee ae iriinor bantam niirior midget tournament at the stouffville arena the clippers won 64 but lost in the semifinal to clarington 41 and settled for third place despite the loss the clippers advanced to the semifmals scoring for the clippers were alex gregerson five goals three assists luke bartejl five goals five assists jake carrick three goals three assists jeff kavluk three goals one assist malcolm forbes two goals two assists matt raguseo one goal four assists chris boake one goal brian davie two assists brad maxwell three assists matt benincasa one assist newmarket barrie burlington other tournament winners includ- ed newinarket in the peewee ae final with a 21 decision over east gwillirobury barrie defeated claririgton 4- 1 in the minor bantam final and buriirigton blanked aurora 30 to win i the minor midget title hockey spartans blank thprnlea the stouffville district secondary school spartans senior boys hockey team ran its york region athletic association unbeaten string to three games tuesday with a 30 road victo ry oyer thorrilea secbridarysckbdi j6rdarl nofm fretz and alex bruno scored once for the spartans who broke open a scoreless firstperiod with two goals in the sec ond frarrie and brie iri the third adam davis recorded the shutout for the spartans who improved their zyraa record to 2- 61- the spartans wiilbe in markriarri todayarid toriiorrow to compete at the brother andre catholic high schboltournarnerit v vi the spartans return to league action dec iiyyhen vieya faciei newmarket high school gjat thei f stoufivihealenaat23jb mc groom finds move south to ille spirit to thunder bay native makes impact mfirstyemwa the stouffville spirit player farthest from home has adopted stouffville with open arms j rob grooms home town is thunder bay ont 1700 kilometres from the stouffville arena the rookie forward is the ninth player from northwestern ontario in five years sent to the spiritby thunderbayrbased scout john mason stouffvilles i a friendly town groom said its not as big as thunder bay population 115000 but i like how everyone kriows each other the fleetfooted groom 17 has endeared himself to the spirit coaches with his gritty play and quick hands he has 20 points in 26 games and has seen time on special teams the thunder bay kings aaa midget grad me sarne program that produced teammate michael commisso had tryputs va the united states hpckey league andat saliripri arrri bc last sumrrier after being cut this fall by the peterborough petes of rob groom first forward the ontario hockey has amassed 20 points in 26 league wh him in 2002 groom landed in spiritland im really enjoying myself he said weve got a great group of guys who get along well i think ive irriprovedsiricet got hererthe coaches have helped plus playirigwith older players helps fv spirit posts wins over couchiching ajax groprri had two assists friday as the spirit came back to beat the gouchiching terriers 5t4 in orilli michael lombardb netted the winner shorthanded with less triari three minutes to play randy johnson with two jordan mabley arid chris gray had the oth ers c thespirif smoked the ajax axemen52 sunday in ajax- pi f grant buckleys pair helped stake the spirit to a 50 lead after two periods kevin hayward ty raine and pat leone had the others the spirit outshot ajax 5219 no home game tonight spirit win by default the spirit 191110 has a rare thursday off tonight after the huntsville wildcats withdrew from the provincial junior a hockey league the scheduled gariie goes down as a 10 spirit victory the spirit is iri third place in the north conference for standings see sportsboard on page 23 the spirit plays at pickering friday night theri takes part iri me stouffville kirismeri sarita claris parade saturday spiritei notes spiritplayers visited st brigid catholic school 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