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18 stouffville suntribune thursday jan 20 2005 stouffville suntribune 9 staff photosjoerd witteveen shooting for two stouffville district secondary school spartans curtis reesor 22 unleashes this jump shot over the out stretched arms of dr jm denison secondary school huskies defenders ryan osullivan 15 and joey su in tuesdays york region athletic association senior boys tier two basketball contest at stouffville the spartans prevailed 5941 justin reesor was high scorer for the spartans with 16 points the win improved the spartans record to 72 on the season bantam clippers into second round of omha playoffs for the first time in three years the stouffville bantam clippers advanced to the second round of the ontario minor hockey association playoffs after defeating richmond hill in their sixpoint series losing the series opener 30 the clippers rallied to win the next three outings by a 158 margin that was capped off with a 50 win in the fourth game sunday igniting the clippers offence was forward luke bartell who scored three goals including one in the series clinch er and five assists in the series other scorers in the final game included brad maxwell with two goals david hoover one goal one assist and jonathan stansfield one goal jason hewlett james beare mike sooley and brian davie each earned one assist matt bourguinon posted the shutout other players who contributed to the clubs success in the series were goalie dillan stewart matt benincasa who had three goals malcolm forbes and jeff kavluk two goals and two assists each alex gregerson and chris boake two assists each matt raguseo one assist joe beare and kyle cussion winning 10 of their last 12 outings the clippers will face tnt in the second round juniors defeat newmarket 52 but sings blues in loss at collingwood would the real stouffville spirit please stand up is it the provincial jr a hockey league squad that beats firstplace teams like wexford and newmarket or the one that loses to clubs beneath it in the standings like oshawa huntsville and collingwood take last week when the spirit dumped newmarket and north york yet sandwiched a loss to then cellar- dwelling collingwood in between see standings on page 19 we just seem to play to the other teams level said thirdyear centre ty raine its a young team and the vets have to step up and get everybody up for those games then again were so young our only 20yearold sean gray is a rookie this is a very young team average age is just over 17 and goalie dan mcwhinney is the lone 19yearold raine a unionville resident will play in the league allstar game wednesday in cobourg the spirit hosts huntsville tonight ty raine veteran forward was selected to play in provincial junior a hockey leagues allstar game jan 26 and visits thornhill saturday four unanswered secondperiod goals led the spirit to a 52 win over the firstplace newmarket hurricanes saturday night at the stouffville arena spirit netminder steve filippelli had a huge game and was named mgh office repairs player of the game the spirit outshot newmarket 34- 30 and chased starting netminder josh sturrock after two periods after a scoreless first period newmarket scored first in the second followed by the quartet of spirit goals the rookie line of brandon walker michael aiello and scott brown had two goals jeff barbieri randy johnston aiello raine and walker scored brown and rob groom had two assists each the spirit watched a 20 lead turn into a 32 loss friday to the collingwood blues in collingwood carson devine and raine scored for the spirit shots were even at 3131 spirited notes exspirit for ward kevin lord now with newmarket is home after brain sur gery last week in toronto spirit winger and good friend rick schrank shaved his head in lords honour as did jeff moor another ex- stouffville player now in newmarket tonight is summitview public school night with the spirit orchard park school visits for feb 3 game for more information on the spirit log onto vmwstouflvillespiritcom bantam selects settle for silver in debut at flamborough the stouffville bantam select clippers made their tournament debut in flamborough finishing sec ond after a 61 loss to brampton in the title tilt the clippers opened the tourna ment with a 61 win over scott park hamilton and followed that with victories over the brampton sharpshooters 43 and host flamborough 21 scoring for the clippers in the tournament were alex powell three goals jeff raymer two goals three assists shawn zarudny two goals chris armstrong and brandon cautius one goal three assists carter kroan one goal two assists connor steven one goal one assist bruce preston and jamie gregory one goal each greg keen beau mondesir and marten cushing two assists kyle sharp and brian hendry shared net- minding duties atom aes earn win tie the stouffville atom ae clippers earned three out of a possible four points recently after they doubled the markham waxers 63 and battling the ajax knights to a 33 tie scoring for the clippers in the two games were andrew baggs three goals daniel szabo and hayden minor hockey gibson two goals jake dobson one goal two assists andrew muirhead one goal one assist chris matsoukas two assists michael tapiero zack stevenson hayden burton victoria henri michael liscio robbie hart and josh manson with one each kevin derocchis was in the net for both games novice aes finish strong the stouffville novice ae clippers concluded their regular season on a strong note winning three of four games backed by a superb netminding effort from mason cooper and goals from taylor peterson and cody femia the clippers blanked uxbridge 20 the clippers then faced innisfil and received two goals from peterson and singles from zack bousquet and adam doren in a 43 victory jesse mcswiggan collected two helpers while john oboyle matt armstrong spencer tait femia and sheldon dobney had one each bousquet wielded a hot stick against east gwillimbury as he scored twice while dobney and doren recorded singles in a 42 win oboyle earned one assist the lone setback for the clippers came against clarington a 50 loss tyke selects down waxers tyler wright and ben sear each scored twice to lead the stouffville tyke select clippers to a 73 exhibi tion win over the markham waxers sunday jeremy hughes had a goal and one assist while mitchell witherspoon and shane beaulieu added single tallies tyler ryan and chad harbour each collected two assists while lukas burkholder tyler wright josh carlin and carter king had singles andrew riopel was the winning goalie 1 18 1