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gfibmi3bggreffliearegs3m5bagg 22 stouffville suntribune wk thursday aug 18 2005 stouffville suntribune veteran spirit team opens training camp saturday weekend sessions open to public from noon to 3 pm things could be crowded when the stouffville spirit jr a hockey team opens training camp this weekend as many as 20 returning players plus a strong crop of rookie hopefuls are expected at the stouffville arena rookie head coach dan west and assistants pat madigan and matt gibson will prepare die team for its sept 15 home opener with the newmarket hurricanes the spirit hosts exhibition games aug 25 and sept 1 at 730 both nights the public is welcome at all training camp sessions includ ing this saturday and sundays which run from noon to 3 pm on a separate note defenceman simon gysbers has accepted a scholarship to lake superior state university simon gysbers spirit defence- man accepts hockey scholarship from lake superior state university in sault ste marie mich the good news for spirit fans is that the sixfoot four- inch 200pounder will play a third year in stouffville named defenceman of the year in the north conference of the provincial jr a hockey league in 2005 gysbers 18 will attend lake superior starts ingin september 2006 i liked lake state a lot when i visited the school this spring the players i met and the message from the coaches just felt right im really look ing forward to playing there they want me to help the other players in stouffville and just get ready he said this is wonderful and deserving for simon said spirit gm ken burrows who signed gysbers two years ago he did the extra work lis tened worked in the gym with randy smith spirit strength and conditioning coach and it paid off named the spirits most sportsmanlike spirit player as a rookie gysbers is a graduate of the north york canadiens minor midget program the oak ridges resident was drafted in 2003 by the saginaw spirit of the ontario hockey league for more information on the spirit log on to wwwstoufmllespiritcom stouffville boys squad storms off with provincial softball crown ball team is first local mite entry to win oasa a title the stouffville storm mites did something last weekend no other stouffville mite softball squad has accomplished that was to capture an ontario amateur softball association a title the storm accomplished that feat by defeating kitchener 119 in last sundays final tilt in orleans matthew dunlop ignited the storms offence by going three for three at the plate including a home run josh burkholder also hit a round tripper for the storm the storm also received timely defensive efforts from catcher chris jupp who assisted in two putouts at home plate including one in the first inning and one in the fourth inning that prevented kitchener from generating any runs he also threw out a base runner trying to steal second troy connor entered the game in the fourth inning allowing only one run while striking out six in four innings of work to help the storm clinch the title thestorm began the dou ble knockout tournament in impressive fashion by rnercy- ingcampbellford 182 jupp propelled the offence with two home runs arid six vrbis burkholder and johinathan vcdlley each contributed one horrie run the storm then faced the trnapanee express and pre- vvdl05- i tburwibldef went foiif v for ffourlwitwd rbis7x vhy- vi staff photosjoerd witteveen steady underpressure stouffville resident adam craig 18 calmly sinks this putt for par on the 12th hole at station creek golf in gormley at the canadian junior golf association junior event craig finished 10th in the boys 1719 division with a tworound 160 83- 77 taewoo kim of mississauga won the division title with a 145 7669 storm junior mites field bronze the stouffville storm junior mites brought home the bronze medal from last weekends ontario amateur 1 softball association championships after suffering a 92 loss to the host orleans rebels in the semifinals the storm split games in qualify ing play- saturday dropping their opener 133 to the napanee express but rebounding to defeat the rebels 13-9- these results enabled the storm to qualify for sundays semifinal where they jnetthe rebels in a rematch f yjeremy and kevin matthews split the pitching duties for the storm and combined for 37 strikeouts in the threecontests ben sear and jackson savery with multiple hits arid taylor peterson with an extra base hit propelled the storms offensive attack r also making timely contributions were stone macaulay bfaeden halse ryan dunlop cameron flemmihg tyler sirhcoe and jacob rendall hughes and matthews joined flemmirig to capture the team throw ing accuracyskill competition sear jook part irithe hitting skill competition and came away as the winner- m