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se2e3e3ss3ab assftkiccosassa 26 stouffville suntribune thursday june 9 2005 stouffville suntribune spartans tackle silver at provincials by mike hayakawa staff writer for the stouffville district secondary school spartans seniorboys rugby team it was close but there were no victory cigars when they took to the pitch wednesday against trenton high school in the ontario federation of school athletic associations aa final in belleville but in accentuating the positive the silver medal earned by the spartans in an 85 loss still represented an improvement over last years bronze medal perform ance most kids dont even get to ofsaa spartans head coach jamie hewitt said this was still an accomplish ment sure the kids are disappointed right now but after a few days theyll realize it was a good year sean hume scored the lone try for the spartans who led53 at the half hewitt feltthe game was won on defence these were two teams that were evenly matched their defence held usoff all year we beat teams because of our defence but today they we played a team with as good a defence as what we have losers of just five games all season the spartans reached the final after defeating brock high school 27- 0 in tuesdays semifinal tilt bjorn mcsorley scored two tries and booted a penal ty kick while dan locksley and hume each added sin gle tries in pool play action that began monday the spartans defeated ashbury college ottawa 193 park street secondary school orillia 53 and queen elizabeth collegiate kingston 107 for more information on the ofsaa championships log on to wwwofsaaonca staff photosjoerd witteveen fielding her position well stouffville district secondary school spartans pitcher allison lloyd gathers a ground ball and prepares to relay it to first base for an easy out in mondays york region high schools semifinal game against the unionville high school wolves at milliken park in markham the spartans won 130 but lost in the final to markham district high school 137 sdss kicks way to fourthplace ofsaa finish girls lose close games in semifinal and bronzemedal match the stouffville district secondary school spartans girls soccer team didnt win gold sil ver or bronze when they went to thunder bay last weekend for the ontario federation of school athletic associations aa tournament but they did bring back cop per which represented a- fourthplace finish in just their firstever ofsaa appearance sporting a 111 mark in pool play action friday the spartans qualified for fridays quarterfinal on goal differen tial and proceeded to defeat st christophers catholic- high schobhsarniak2lfn over- time a goal by cassie sparks off a- free kick with i close to four mm- jutes remaining in the second j half of overtime propelled the- spartans into saturdays semi final jen carroll staked the spartans to a 10 lead in the first half before st christophers ral lied to tie the game just before our goal was to play well and hard in every game and they did to finish fourth in the province is fantastic the half concluded facing eventual goldmedal list lockerby composite school sudbury in one semifinal tilt the spartans saw the quest for gold come to an end when they- suffered a heartbreaking 10 loss 1 lockerby scored the game- winning marker halfway- through the second half 7vjrelegatedfp medal final laterjthat day the- spartans faced pool divisional rival st maryscatholichign school woodstock in a rematch and like the first match between the two clubs the spartans fell 21 jamie sparks scored the lone goal for the spartans in the sec ond half to tie the game before st marys deposited the game- winner with about one minute left in regulation time despite not winning the gold silver or bronze spartans head coach rob edmondson couldnt be happier with the way his charges performed in their ofsaa tournament debut what pleased edmonson was the manner in which the girls competed in each game he noted in their losses the team did not trail by more than a one- goal margin our goal was to play well and hard in every game and they did to finishv fourth in the province is fantastic he said they were happy to have medalled at ofsaa and they deseryed to come homewith something and they did edmondson was also quick to point out that while many of the ofsaa teams in attendance were comprised of rep players his team had just three who play at the club level thats quite a bit of an accomplishment he said of his club madigan earns award during the tournament spartans defender mishelle madigan earned the team lead ership award she had a positive influence on everybody edmondson said in finishing the season with a solid effort at ofsaa edmondsori thinks the fourth- year program has continued to raise the bar of excellence he remains optimistic the team which will lost just two players to graduation will con tinue to progress i think were now at a level to what the boys and girls hockey teams and boys rugby teams have accomplished at the school he said jones pools juniors field tourney win stouffville club rallies from fourrun deficit to defeat colborne in final the stouffville jones pools juniors overcame a fourrun deficit to emerge with a 65 victory over the colborne rutherflos in the championship final of last week ends rock n roll fastpitch tournament in colborne trailing 40 entering the bottom of the third inning stouffville whittled away at the deficit when nick dambrosio smashed a two- run homer one inning later stouffville tied the game at 44 on a tworun round tripper by chris bowes stouffville then took the lead in the fifth inning on a tworun homer by rob clayton colborne scored one in the sixth inning to narrow stouffvilles lead to 65 but could come no closer joe german was the winning pitcher in reaching the final stouffville received a two-hit- pitching effort from greg dalgarno to blank warkworth 70 in the opening game the jones pools juniors then faced the colborne rutherflos and came out on the short end of a 21 decision in 12 innings german gave up only three hits over the 12 innings in a losing cause extrainning semifinal win due to a cancellation by the team from havelock the jones pools juniors moved directly into the semifinals where they faced the oshawa bbs and emerged with a hardfought 54 win in nine innings with the score knotted at 44 in the ninth inning stouffville won the game when bryan dedor led off with a single and scored on a single by boadway stouffville drew first blood in the game on a firstinning homer by dambrosio but oshawa replied with a run in the first and one in the third to take a 21 lead stouffville tied the game in the fourth inning when devon clancys single scored clayton in the sixth inning stouffville took a 32 lead when peters dou- bled and scored on a ground out by mark french the jones pools juniors added one more in the seventh to take a 42 advantage when chris bowes singled and scored on a sacrifice fly by boadway but with two out in the seventh oshawa tied the game on a two- run homer to force extra innings dalgarno scattered seven hits and eight strikeouts for the win