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30 stouffville suntribune thursday may 19 2005 stouffville suntribune 1 i l i i i i i i i i i i i i ii senior spartans tackle marauders to seize top spot rugby team displayed resolve in overcoming injuries fatigue it wasnt pretty by any stretch of the imagination but mondays 56 win by the stouffville district secondary school spartans senior boys rugby club over the host markham district high school marauders is something they will gladly accept the victory by the spartans enabled them to grab first place in- the york region athletic association tier one standings with a 20 record were definitely pleased with the win it was a big one said spartans head coach jamie hewitt but we certainly didnt play that well it was sloppy dan james scored the games lone points on a try in the first half hewitt attributed his clubs lackluster performance to untimely injuries incurred at last- weekends red hot tournament at fletchers field in markham that factor combined with fatigue from playing several games over the last few daysappearedto take its toll we were really banged up and the weekend took a lot out of us it was a gutsy effort on our part said hewitt while hewitt conceded his club has been playing with some hurts he noted the marauders were in the same boat with injuries they suffered at the red hot tournament markhams a good team and i think they were hurt by missing some of their starters he cited with just four teams competing in the yraa senior tier one circuit iabsmvsass staff photosjoerd witteveen stduffville district secondary school spartans ball carrier justin brugger looks for some running room as several st joan of arc catholic high school barrie defenders converge on him in last fridays red hot tournament pool play contest at fletchers field in markham the spartans prevailed 240 and advanced to saturdays white division final before suffering a 260 loss to saltfleet high school the spartans are in the drivers seat and can wrap up first place with a win in its final regular season game may 27 at home against westmourit collegiate thornhill in other league games monday the spartan juniors suffered its first loss of the season a 1512 decision to the marauders graham wilson and gavin ohanley each scored one try for the spartans now 11 on the sea son craig mcdowell booted a convert in a tier two game the spartan bantams suffered a 170 loss to westmount collegiate in a girls game the spartans fell 22 10 to the host marauders the loss dropped the spartans league record to 02 seniors take second at red hot tournament at last weeks red hot tournament the spartans advanced to saturdays white division final but fell 260 to saltfleet high school in reaching the final the spartans won their pool play con tests against twin lakes secondary school orillia 245 and st joan of arc barrie 240 facing eastdale collegiate oshawa in a semifinal game the spartans received one try apiece from sean hume and jake van allen ina i07 win- in the junior xtreme tournament the spartans opened pool play with a 2614 win over bradford district high school before suffering a 190 loss to mayfield secondary school brampton competing in die girls killer instinct tournament the spartans lost pool play games to oakville trafalgar high school 1910 and lawrence park collegiate 200 soccer girls host playoff tilt after clinching first place in the yraa tier one girls tier one soccer southeast division last week the spartans will host a secondround game today against cardinal carter catholic high school aurora at 330 pm baseball team consoled the spartans baseball team routed maple high school 112 to take the consolation final of last weeks field of dreams tier two baseball tournament at vaughan grove park the spartans battled st theresa of lisieux richmond hill to a 22 tie but lost their sec ond game to eventual tournament champions de la salle college high school toronto 76 in league play tuesday tire spartans erupted for four runs in the first and second innings en route to a 105 win oyer middlefield collegiate at milliken park justin balik worked the first three innings and fanned two bat ters while surrendering four runs to earn the win mark lofthouse worked the finalfour innings and gave up just one run the spartans are scheduled to resume league play today at vaugan grove park against holy cross catholic high school woodbridge at 3 pm for more information on high school sports log on to wwwyraacom mike hayakawa former spirit player wants to give back to game he loved to play chris large starting summer hockey school in richmond hill by jim thomas correspondent chris large learned a lot about playing hockey during his time in the richmond hill minor organi zation with the provincial junior a hockey leagues stouffville spirit arid at the collegiate levelas a member of the university of ottawa geegees now he wants to give back what hes learned from the game with assistance from fellow 23yearold richmond hill native and minor professional dafcy mcconvey large has created a summer hockey camp for young- sters the star hockey school will be held at elgin barrow arena 43 v church st in richmond hill from july 11 to aug 12 running a hockey school isnt foreign to large who worked at the seneca college hockey school for the last five summers under the direction of former spirit teammate doug orr who plays at mcgill university he also has a level one coaching certifi- cate mcconveys resume is also impressive he played collegiate hockey at bowling green state university for four seasons and was a twotime team scoring leader academic allramerican and team captain during his sen ior year a centre mcconvey played professionally in the- east coast hockey league this past season with the reading royals and columbia scbased columbia inferno as well he was on the bc television hockey reality series making the gut in describing the star hockey school schedule large said it will chris large said main focus of the star hockey school is to teach funda mentals and have fun in doing so be divided into three divisions vyith novices taking to the ice july 1115 atoms july 18422 and pee- weesjuly 2529 the tcamp wiir conclude with a team week aug 812 v- vw a camp day will begin at 830 with an onice session for- 112 hours following lunch class room instruction and office training the players will be back on the blades for another 112 hours the camp will conclude at 4 pm the schools top priorities large said will be power skating puck control passing shooting and team play we intend to teach kids the skills techniques attitudes and- respect so important to the game our number one goal will be to provide an enjoyable camp expe- rience said large who played with the spirit iv the 19992000 and 200001 campaigns well fociis on putting kids first he said with an emphasis on hav ing fun at the same time he adds they will teach fundamentals of com petition arid sportsmanship devising the idea of running star hockey school last fall large hopes their school can attract 15 to 20 players per week if the venture proves success ful they plan to continue the camp during the summer of 2006 with the possibility of adding two mo re weeks to the schedule they also intend to operate camps and clinics throughout the winter while large just recently grad uated from the university of ottawa where he majored in busi ness management he has no intentions on returning to active participation in the sport ive decided to hang em up saidlarge who scored one of the biggest goals in spirit history to eliminate newmarket in 2000 the hockey school will help fill the void of riot playing at com petitive level for more information on the star hockey school write 4 lawson ct richmond hill l4c 8l6 or mailinfostarhockeyschoplcom