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1 22 stouffville suntribune thursday oct 14 2004 stouffville suntribune i i sports staff photobill roberts brother andre catholic high school cardinals steph dimartino dribbles her way up the court past stouffville district secondary school spartans pearl coleshill in last wednesdays yraa regular season opening senior girls basket ball contest at stouffville district secondary school the spartans won 3431 senior spartans hope to hoop it up this season sharon macfarlane noted that vol leyball is traditionally a popular sport among the senior girls at stouffville district secondary school basketball was more or less used as a tuneup for the volleyball season the spartans head coach said from her time coaching both sports at the school this year however macfarlane feels the spartans basketball team could pose some problems to oppos ing teams the spartans began their york region athletic association season last wednesday by winning 3431 over visiting brother andre catholic high school playing host to the twotime defending yraachampion father michael mcgivney catholic academy tuesday the spartans fell 5541 weve always been competitive in volleyball macfarlane said but this year i think were competitive in bas ketball bolstering the club this season has been the addition of several firstyear seniors in pearl coleshill a grade 11 guard who led the spartans offence against brother andre with 11 points erin button a sixfoot grade 12 centre who was a member of the central east regional provincial team added eight points in the loss to father michael mcgivney button and coleshill each had 14 points another added dimension to this years squad is its athleticism as multisport performers cassie sparks a grade 12 student and jesse harris a grade 11 student who both excel in track and liz knox a grade 11 student who plays hockey have made some timely contributions the girls have been working hard and so far its been a lot of fun to work with them macfarlane said girls have field day the stouffville district secondary school spartans girls field hockey team opened the york region athletic association season last week on a winning note playing two games at brother andre catholic high school in markham the spartans defeated dr gw williams secondary school aurora 31 and king city secondary school 30 alana lloyd scored twice for the defending yraa champion spartans in the win over dr gw williams jenna webber added the other goal in the win over king city webber alana lloyd and allison lloyd scored kaitlyn emerson posted the shutout spirit grounds thunderbirds before fightfilled ending vaughan vipers visit shortstaffed spirit this evening it was like a scene out of the movie step shot in thursdays provincial junior a hockey league con test at stouffville arena which saw the stouffville spirit blank the thornhill thunderbirds 30 six sepa rate fights erupted with just over two minutes remaining in regulation time the gloves began to drop just after the spirits mark boyce scored the final goal of the game on a powerplay with 206 left to play spirit forward rob groom and thunderbirds defence- man jesse zulauf opened the fight card which included a scuffle between spirit goalie dan mcwhinney and thunderbirds counterpart kyle howe just five seconds later zulauf was given an instigator penalty referee sean mcquigge had his work cut out for him in deciphering the instigators ken burrows spirit general manager felt incident last thursday was bad for the provincial league and culprits as he issued 133 total penalty minutes to the spirit and 159 against the thunderbirds spirit general manager ken burrows refused to lay fault with mcquigge but he did question thornhill head coach and general manager sean carneys actions maybe some of their thunderbirds players were a little frustrated but the coaches have to take respon sibility i dont think sean carney did a good job of that i dont know what he was trying to do maybe he was trying to send a message i thought it embarrassed the league a timeout was called by carney with 311 left to play the fights proved costly to the spirit as burrows noted he will lose three players for their next two games including simon gysbers mcwhinney and sean gray each of whom were handed game miscon ducts telephone calls left with the thunderbirds tuesday were not returned as of press deadline jake van allen and jordan mabley added the other spirit goals on powerplay efforts now 54 on the season the spirit outshot the thunderbirds who fell to 44 3622 the spirit resume league- play today when it hosts the vaughan vipers at 730 pm for more information on the spirit log on to wwwstouffvillespiritcom football fans can see grey cup in stouffville insumncefirm to display cfl trophy by jim thomas correspondent the grey cup is coming to stouffville no not the canadian football leagues fall classic but the classics symbolic tro phy it will be on public display oct 27 from 9 am until 11 am at grey power insurance brokers office at 37 sandiford dr a representative of the cfl hall of fame will accompany the cup the head office of grey power insurance is located in stouffville with branches in kitchener hamilton and st catharines the firm is in partnership with the canadian football hall of fame and museum hamilton its an honour for us to showcase this very storied trophy says ron griffiths company president and ceofootball fans are invit ed to come and see it up close later the same day the cup will be transported to grey powers office in kitchener and then on to ottawa for the championship game nov 21 grey cup memoirs the grey cups long and colourful history dates back to 1911 in the beginning 93 years ago it was to be awarded annually to canadas top sen ior hockey team however sir montague allan beat earl grey to the punch by issuing the allan cup grey later donated the trophy to recognize the canadian rugby football win ner during its time the grey cup has been lost stolen broken and even held for ran som in 1964 the bc lions sent someone back to their hotel to retrieve the cup after arriv ing at the airport empty- handed in 1984 following a team celebration paul robson for mer general manager of the winnipeg blue bombers returned to an empty arena to find the trophy on a table at centre ice in 1997 former toronto argonauts kicker mike vanderjagt took the cup to an oakville bar where it was stolen the next day it was recovered by police and returned to the relieved player it was also stolen from ottawas lansdowne park in 1969 and held for ransom when the cfl refused to pay the requested sum police found it in a hotel locker- in 1947 it was singed around the edges when the office of the toronto argonaut rowing club was destroyed by fire in 1987 the trophy was broken when a member of the champion edmonton eskimos sat on it the cup fully insured is valued at 53000 rt