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b economist sunjsunthbune most likeley to make the pros fridaydec2s2003 brother andre grad wants to kick in nfl or cfl by mike hayakawa staff writer sandro sciortino learned what pressure was all about and how to respond to it in 2003 a place kicker for the boston college eagles football team the 24- yearold markham native was sent out to put his best foot forward in a game oct 25 against the fabled notre dame university fighting irish with the final outcome hanging in the balance standing from 26 yards out before a home crowd and national tv audi ence the senior place kicker calmly split the uprights with 38 seconds half price boxing week house wine kit sale friiied26t0sarjan3 now save 509b off every complete series ffc t c fourweek red and vj j tt white house wine kit each regularly 54391 winefkitz markham 9054772916 55 clegg rd offer valid dxmtt 26 200jiojniury 3 2004 j no out check wine kia reserve the riht to limit qiumieiei winery fees air where jpplkjhle cinnoc t combined with ny other offer remaining in regulation time to van quish the irish 2725 while sciortino acknowledged he was never placed in a pressure- packed situation like that before in his blossoming- gridiron career he welcomed the opportunity and hopes it will be the start of some thing bigger upon graduating from boston college after this season drafted by calgary the calgary stampeders of the- canadian football league feel the markham brother andre catholic high school graduate has the ability to respond under pressure and sub sequently made him their second round draft pick in the 2003 colle giate draft i would have never thought that this being drafted would happen in a million years sciortino said upon being drafted with stampeders veteran kicker mark mcloughlin getting up in age the door could be open for sciortino to take over that role next season converting 11 of 18 field goal attempts and 31 of 31 converts this past season at boston college to lead the team in scoring with 64 points sciortino still has aspirations of trying to catch the attention of some national football league club and to get selected in the 2004 ama teur draft letter from oakland raiders this past season sciortino acknowl edged hes received several letters from the oakland raiders but he isnt weighing much into that noting anyone can receive a letter boston college plays colorado state in the san francisco bowl on new years eve sandro sciortino markham resident will play in san francisco bowl with boston college teammates new years eve others markham stouffville athletes to watch in 2004 other athletes from markham and whitchurchstouftville who have the potential to do some big things in 2004 aaron 1zaryk a catcher with the university of maine mens baseball team izaryk played last summer with the sanford mainers in the new england collegiate baseball league the markville secondary school graduate was chosen to play in the new england collegiate baseball leagues allstar game in concord nh and collected two singles and drove in a pair of runs to help his team win the game 60 currently in his junior year at the university of maine izaryk will have an opportunity be drafted by a major league team in 2004 courtenay stewart after telling her coledale public school classmates and teachers when she was six years old she would someday be participating in the olympics the 18- yearold unionville native fulfilled her fantasy this month when she made the made the canadian syn chronized swimming team that will go to athens greece for the 2004 summer olympics gillian apps the 19yearold unionville native was a member of the canadian womens hockey team and took part in the 4 nations cup tournament in sweden in earfynovembec a forward with the national team and daughter of former national hockey league player syl apps jr apps is almost a lock to be a part of canadas team when rt takes part in the 2006 winter olympics gajan stvabalasingham known as the little tiger the 10yearokj markham native made an auspicious debut in the and 10yearold division in the canadian junior golf association linksters tour in 2003 by capturing his first event at blue springs golf club in acton gajan would also win two other events on the cjga tour this season including one while playing up in age class in the 1112 yearold division and becoming the first as a nineyearold to do so ben cottreau an assistant captain and forward with the 2003- 04 markham waxers junior a club cottreau has been an offensive force for the provincial junior a hockey league dub as it hopes to defend its south conference title currently in his third year with the waxers the 18- yearold sixfoot cottreau currently leads the club in scoring with 29 goals and 36 assists in 30 games and is 10th overall in the provincial junior a hockey league scoring leaders and fourth irf the south conference cottreau is setting his sights on obtain ing a us college hockey scholarship mike anderson the 18yearold markham resident had a memo rable season on the pebbled ice surface last year as he skipped his markville secondary school mavericks boys curiing team to a si to medal at the ontario federation of school athletic association championships in sl thomas he also skipped his bayview curling club mixed junior rink to a third- place finish in the provincials and skipped team ontario junior mens team to a fourthplace finish at the 2003 canada winter games sivrai muralkrishnan the 16yearold unionville resident is making his presence felt in the sport of table tennis and was ranked as the fourthbest player in ontario and 16th best in canada in the under17 age group division a grade 1 1 student at unionville high school a year ago sivraj earned a berth on team ontario that competed at the 2003 canada winter games and finished fifth carly grimshaw currently is in her sophomore year at ohio state university in columbus where she is a member of the schools synchronized swimming team the markham native could make a name for herself in britain possessing dual citizenship the 20yearold grimshaw earned a berth on britains synchronized swim team this past year she joined forces with fellow ohio state university teammate chelsea luker of montreal who also has dual citizenship to win the duet title at the british national championships bobby hughes the 16yearold stouffville resident took a step toward fulfilling a lifelong dream of playing in the national hockey league as the kingston frontenacs took the fivefoot11inch 160pound centre as their third pick in the 2003 ontario hockey league priority draft playing last season with the mississauga rebels minor midgets hughes debut with the frontenacs was noticed by those who selected theteam ontario squad that is competing at the world under17 hockey challenge in st johns nfld during the christmas holidays hughes earned a berth on the squad brian lock the 15yearold stouffville resident became the first student from stouffville district secondary school to claim a medal in nordic crosscountry ski ing in the 2003 ontario federation of school athletic association championships when he raced his way to a silver medal in the junior boys sixkilo metre event near hull quebec at the canadian nordic championships near collingwood the member of the national junior development squad helped his relay team earn a bronze medal neil c0nway- the 15yearold netminder moved a long way from his concord oh home to find employment with the stouffville spirit of the provincial junior a hockey league and his decision to do so appears to have paid off as he earned the starting position between the pipes and was named the leagues north conference player of the month based on his performance this season conway could be a valuable commodity for an ontario hockey league club as he will draft eligible in 2004 but he is also weighing the option of returning to the united states to try and earn a hockey scholar ship mm kids are expensive just ask an easter seals family 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