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j 1 n stouffville suntribune thursday april 7 2005 29 stouffville suntribune wilson racing his way up downhill ladder stouffville skier named to provincial alpine developmental squad by jim thomas correspondent how high is up how fast is down for stouffvilles graham wilson a member of the alpine ontario development ski team the ultimate would be the olympics as for speed hes been clocked at 122 kmh the 16yearold wilson a grade 10 student at stouffville district secondary school comes by his ski ing skills naturally the entire wilson family are skiers including parents ron and lesley and two older broth ers mike and chad mike a firstyear student attend ing queens university in kingston made the ontario ski team chad in his first year at the university of waterloo is a parttime ski coach it was their accomplishments says graham that challenged him to comparable achievements like his siblings the younger wilson grew up on skis at their fam ilys home base near collingwood llis parents outfitted him with his first pair at age three and hes been whizzing down the slopes ever since in his climb up the ski ladder graham has completed four classes out of 30 competing for a position on the development team only five were selected wilson was one a spot on the ontario team is the next step he says then hopefully the nationals and the ultimate the olympics coached by jacques reid of quebec wilsons exploits have taken him to the most exotic ski slopes in the world including les deux alps in france the peaks of santiago chile and whistler mountain in bc its been a great experience he says bridging language barriers and sampling different foods its also a lot of fun skiing 42 out of 52 weeks a year wilsons equipment includes five pairs of skis one set he said can cost up to 1500 acknowledging his racing sched ule consumes a lot of his time wildon said its been worth it through an arrangement with the staff at sdss wilson is permit ted time off to advance his skiing career so far its worked as hes maintained honors standing despite the rigors of the sport wilson has escaped serious injury so far touch wood ive been lucky he states wilson admits the accomplish ments of older brother mike have challenged him to follow the same ski trails hes been a big influence he says mike went to the top now little brother is doing the same stouffville resident graham wilson 16 shown here negotiating a gate at the national championships in whistler bc last month has aspirations on someday earning a berth on the canadian olympic mens alpine team hockey registration goes high tech the whitchurch stouffville minor hockey association has some good news for minor hockey parents the association recently announced they will not be raising prices for next season even the town raised our rates we are able to keep our rates the same said michael humphreys association head convenor prices will be 375 from mite to novice and 425 from minor atom to juvenile the association also announced al 200506 player applications are to be completed and received electron ically through its web site at wwwwsmhacom registration deadline is june 30 although the waiting lists have been small in the past humphreys warned with limited ice time avail able registration will be based on a firstcome firstserved basis lose out for bronze ase hockey event tourney organizers call inaugural event a success andy stoikos acknowledged he was a little disappointed his stouffville district secondary school spartans junior boys hockey team came up short in its quest to claim a medal in last weekends inaugural gta high school junior hockey showcase event at the stouffville arena despite suffering a 40 loss to the robert hall catholic secondary school wolfpack caledon east in the bronze medal game the spartans head coach was satisfied in the manner in which his club competed throughout the tournament sure were disappointed that we didnt do better he conceded we were a little depleted by injuries and absences for other responsibil ities but our guys competed and displayed class in the face of some adversity after splitting its first two contests thursday the spartans suffered a heart breaking 53 loss friday to the york region athletic associationchampion father bressani catholic high school eagles woodbridge steve moller brandon wise and luke bartell each scored once for the spartans concluding roundrobin play later that day against the woifpack the spartans fell 31 nathan james scored the lone goal for the spartans who finished the roundrobin with a 13 mark good for fourth place in the fiveteam event with a couple of fortuitous bounces of the puck stoikos felt his club could easily have been in the gold medal game that was particularly true in its losses to the silvermedal winning eagles and the even tual tournament champion michael powerst josephs catholic high school trojans etobicoke we were close in a couple of our games in the third peri od against michael power we hit a couple of posts and cross bars and against father bressani we trailed 32 with a break or two it could have gone either way he cited despite being deprived of a medal stoikos praised the manner in which the tourna ment transpired for a firsttime venture we considered the tourna ment a success for the most part evdrybody competed hard staff photomike barrett father bressani catholic high school eagles mario franchini foreground outhustled stouffville district secondary school spartans jeff gibson as the pair were in pursuit of a loose puck in fridays roundrobin contest of the gta high school junior hockey showcase event at the stouffville arena the eagles won this game 53 and proceeded to settle for the silver medal in a 32 overtime loss to the michael powerst josephs catholic high school trojans in saturdays final and within the rules he said the games were exciting to watch and the calibre of junior hockey was good in winning the tournament title the trojans who defeated the eagles 32 in overtime in last saturdays gold medal final earned the right to host next years event cardinals eliminated in 0fsaa quarterfinals two whitchurchstouffville residents helped the brother andre catholic high school cardinals senior boys hockey team advance to the ontario federation of school athletic associations aaaaaa quar terfinals in windsor before being eliminated by the eastview secondary school wildcats barrie 10 nick singh a grade 12 for ward and mikhail metauro a grade 11 forward helped the cardinals finish first in its pool with a perfect 40 wonloss mark before advancing to the quarterfinals the wildcats took the silver medal after dropping a 32 decision to the michael power- st josephs catholic high school trojans etobicoke in the final