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26 stouffrillestinrikburie thursday dec9 2004 is t stouffville suntribune r f i sports spirit hopes to avoid controversy when it travels to ajax police lay charges after axemen s last home game with thornhill the stouffville spirit hopes histo ry doesnt repeat itself the spirit takes a provincial jr a hockey league road trip to ajax sunday afternoon it will be the hometown axemens first home game since an ugly inci dent erupted and charges were filed at their game last sunday after they posted their first win of the season over the visiting thornhill thunderbirds 21 the melee started when axemen forward lucas labelle the son of axemen owner and head coach larry labelle was hit from behind by thunderbirds forward steve tamaridis labelle lay on the ice uncon scious for more than five minutes and later complained of numbness in his feet and hands he was put on a stretcher and transported by ambulance to the ajax site of the rouge valley health system lucas was released from hospital monday suffering from a concus sion and severe whiplash a woman threw a metal bar at tamaridis and attached the mother of a thornhill player a former member of the axemen last year tamaridis was automati cally ejected from sundays game after receiving a match penalty and will serve an immediate fourgame suspension hopefully he should be gone for the rest of the season that kid could have been paralyzed for life well see how the oha handles it and go from there were looking for some serious sanctions to come out of this said larry labelle adding the leagues director of officiating was in attendance which could speed up the suspension process league awaits full report oha president brent ladds says hell have to wait on a full report from the game officials which could take upwards of two weeks before render ing any further suspensions he does however regard the matter as serious during the incident durham regional police laid five charges against labelles wife and daughter sgt paul malik said police were called to the arena after reports of fighting in the stands involving spec tators police said a woman threw a cup of hot coffee on tamaridis a 19yearold east york resident hot coffee and hot chocolate was also thrown on ms labelle and her daughter belinda a woman threw a metal bar at tamaridis and attacked the mother of a thornhill player checking on the evicted player in the dressing room say police its alleged the woman had her clothing ripped and her arm injured during the incident jennifer labelle 47 was arrested and charged with assault with a weapon and two counts of assault belinda labelle 18 was charged with assault with a weapon and uttering threats possible disciplinary action ladds also noted there may be fines or disciplinary actions levied against the axemen in the aftermath of the charges being laid against jennifer and belinda labelle but he cautions neither are registered with the oha as they are volunteers jennifer is listed on the clubs web site as an executive assistant and belinda as the teams special events coordinator if theres a connection with the hockey club fines or disciplinary action would be the general consid eration were not discounting it says ladds but he notes its too early in the process to consider what if any fines or disciplinary action would be taken against the club he says the oha would not interfere with the ongoing police investigation the investigation has to play itself put first rather than interfere with the process says ladds adding that the ohas current focus is on what if any security was in place during sundays game that could have prevented the series of events from escalating at the game no special security request was made by the thunderbirds says ladds as there were no issues up to this point thornhill head coach and general manager sean carney could not be reached for comment both accused are to appear in court jan 13 in oshawa spirit hosts oshawa tonight the spirit 161021 the third- place team in the north conference hosts the souths oshawa legionaires 41931 tonight at the stouffville arena game time is 730 the spirit completed a two- gamesintwonights sweep of the collingwood blues with a 52 win in collingwood friday patrick lee mark boyce michael aiello simon gysbers and brock ouellet had the spirit goals ouellet andiy raine each had two assists for more on the spirit log on to stoufivmespirilcom staff photosjoerd witteveen the stouffville district secondary school spartans senior boys hockey team will rely heavily on the work of veteran goalkeeper shawn gibson shown here poking the puck away from cardinal carter catholic high school forward anthony simone during last weeks 61 loss at stouffville arena if they hope to retain the york region athletic association title hockey spartans hope youth will serve up another yraa title senior hockey club has won two of its first three games the stouffville district secondary school spartans senior boys hockey team is in the process of attending a course which head coach jamie hewitt describes as spartan hockey with just four returnees from last years york region athletic association champi onshipteam the spartans are in a bit of a transition period were kind of in a rebuild ing process hewitt acknowl edged its hard to bring guys in from different places and put them on the same page if the spartans hope to make an impact this season which has them placed in a sixteam north division that includes cardinal carter catholic high school huron heights secondary school dr jm denison secondary school keswick secondary school and king city secondary school hewitt said his club must take care of busi ness in their own end first before even thinking about scoring goals were definitely not as offensively talented as we were last year we need to be in games where its 10 or 21 weve got to bang and crash all of our results will be due to hard work and sticking to a system he said so far it appears as if the players are buying into what hewitt is teaching as they sport a 21 record in their first three yraa regular season out ings goaltending a forte hewitt feels the strength of this years team is between the pipes as shawn gibson returns for his third season with the senior squad backing him up is jake baldson who played with the junior spartans last season anchoring what hewitt describes as a solid defence is returnee jon wonch alex bruno and matt- mulder are the lone returnees up front but also catching hewitts attention are centre kyle miller and winger craig mcdowell in utilizing his forward lines hewitt will employ four lines this season as compared with three last year he feels his depth comprised primarily of firstyear seniors could pay dividends down the stretch in games its taken a while for the guys to learn the system but theyre learning spartan hock ey theyre getting it and theyve been working hard spartans caged at ofsaa the stouffville district secondary school spartans senior girls basketball team were eliminated in quick fash ion at last weekends ontario federation of school athletic associations aa playdowns in belleville the spartans who entered the tournament unseeded lost their opener to secondseeded general amherst 6436 and were then eliminated by host moira secondary school 6650 pearl coleshill had 17 points for the spartans against general amherst while erin button was high scorer against moira with 14 placed in the consolation round the spartans suffered a 5855 overtime loss to blessed trinity catholic high school grimsby button had 19 points for the spartans youth hoop and volleyball camp to start jan 5 a coed youth volleyball and basketball camp will take place at stouffville district secondary school starting jan 5 the camp which will run from 6 pm to 7 pm is for tai lored for youngsters between the ages of seven to 14 the cost is 150 and enrol ment is limited- for further information contact jim fletcher at 905- 9851542 or email him at fletches idirectcom i