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stouffville suntribune thursday dec 2 2004 25 stouffville suntribune sports m staff photosteve somerville markham waxers defenceman michael sipidias far left was a little late in trying to thwart stouffville clippers forward josh montesano background from getting his shot off on goalkeeper justin skinner during firstround action friday at the stouffville clippers hockey tournament at the stouffville arena while skinner stopped this shot the clippers proceeded to win the game 60 and the division title with a dramatic 32 win over trenton in sundays final minor bantam clippers save their best for last to win tourney benoits goal with six seconds remaining gives home team title nolan benoits shorthanded goal with six seconds remain ing in regulation time pro pelled the stouffville minor bantam clippers to their sec ond straight stouffville clippers hockey tournament tide with a dramatic 32 win over trenton in sundays final at the stouffville arena after a scoreless first period the clippers took a 10 lead after two periods on a goal by kurtis hulshof but trenton responded with two goals in the third to take a 21 lead with less than one minute remaining and the clippers pulling their goalie for an extra attacker steve demelo scored with 48 seconds remaining to even the count and set the stage for benoits heroics good start sets tone the clippers got off to a good start in the tournament friday when they received a strong netrhinding effort from jake robinson to down the markham waxers 60 the second game was an intense affair against the pickering panthers with dylan seymour netting the winner on a shorthanded effort to lift the clippers to a 32 win with first place in the divi sion on the line the clippers then faced trenton and fell 42 semifinal berth the clippers however secured second place in the division and faced clarington in one semifinal backed by a stellar net- minding performance from sean gibson the clippers pre vailed 40 scoring for the clippers in the tournament were hulshof four goals seven assists steven demelo four goals five assists lee averill three goals four assists seymour and benoit three goals chris tambos and denver gray three assists josh montesano two assists ryan brown one goal philip wood and tommie mcleod one assist other play ers that contributed to the clubs success were lawson mann zack stevens and anthony zambri in other tournament action three other stouffville entries advanced to the champi onship final the peewee clippers fell 30 to bradford while the peewee ae clippers were edged 31 by aurora and minor midget clippers lost 21 to clarington atom clippers lose a heartbreaker the stouffville atom a clippers advanced to the final of the weston hawks aa tour nament before they were edged 32 in overtime by the kensington valley rebels supported by spectacular goaltending from connor hmewell the clippers battled the georgetown raiders to a 2- 2 tie in their first game the clippers then dropped a 21 decision to the rebels before rallying to blank the host hawks 100 and qualify for the championship final scoring for the clippers in the tournament were craig hasler three goals four assists cody towsey three goals two assists alex popper two goals three assists james lovett and tommy stevens one goal three assists will brown and mitchell king one goal two assists brad harley one goal one assist jordan barkey one goal trevor carrick and adam kostandoff two assists bran don hughes one assist spartans hope to hoop it up at ofsaa senior cagers defeat ajax school for berth after power failure four years is a long time between visits for the stouffville district secondary school spartans senior girls basketball team to an ontario federation of school athletic associations tournament the spartans however dont have to wait any longer as they are in belleville today to participate in this years ofsaa aa playdowns the spartans qualified after they defeated the denis oconnor catholic high school chargers ajax 5344 in last weeks ofsaa qualifier at gl roberts collegiate in oshawa trailing 2519 at the half the spartans rallied behind the play of sixfoot grade 12 centre erin button who scored 19 of her game- high 22 points acknowledging that her club opened the contest with some jit ters spartans head coach sharon macfarlane felt buttons second- half performance was a critical turn ing point in the contest keep shooting we talked at the half and i said to erin to settle yourself down and keep shooting and she made the shots they couldnt stop her and everyone seemed to jump in on erins enthusiasm she said macfarlane though was quick to credit the play of grade 1 1 point guard pearl coleshill who in addition to scoring 13 points did a good job in distributing the ball to other players when button was well defended pearl made sure everyone got the ball she moved the ball well and that was important macfarlane said one moment that concerned macfarlane came with seven min utes left in the game when a power outage darkened the school with a 10minute break before power was restored macfarlane was worried her club might lose momentum but such was not the case the spartans who are unseeded at ofsaa face secondseeded general amherst district high school of amherstburg in their first- round game spartans spiked at ofsaa tournament in clinton the spartans senior boys volley ball team ran into some formidable competition at last weekends ofsaa aa tournament in clinton entering the tournament as the seventh seed the spartans got off on the wrong foot when they suffered a 21 loss 2025 2624 1512 to 15th seed hamilton district christian high school 21 rebound for win but the spartans rebounded to defeat 10th seed lester b pearson high school burlington 20 2515 2512 the spartans then met the sec ondseed and eventual champion francis liebermann high school scarborough and were defeated 2- 0 2516 2519 the spartans concluded pool play with a 20 2516 2512 win over kincardine secondary school by placing third in their pool the spartans were relegated to the con solation round where they eliminat ed by dropping a 20 2523 2624 decision to south grenville district high school prescott for more information on the ofsaa tourna ment log on to vmwofsaaonca spirit sets out to make clean sweep of blues aurora tigers blank thirdplace jr a team the stouffville spirit and collingwood blues will get to know each other very well over the next 24 hours or so the provincial jr a rivals have a homeandhome series starting tonight at the stouffville arena game time is 730 the teams meet again tomorrow at the historic eddie bush memorial arena in downtown collingwood the thirdplace spirit 141201 is 20 against the sixthplace blues 62120 an uninspired spirit team lost its only game last weekend 40 to the aurora tigers friday in aurora netminder dan mcwhinney held the spirit in allowing only one goal during a first period that saw the spirit outshot 174 exspirit forward cale tanaka had a strong game for aurora with a goal and an assist spirited notes the spirit will take part in saturdays kinsmen santa claus parade along with head coach brian perrin whitchurch- stouffvilles 2004 sports person of the year