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30 stouffville suntribune thursday oct 27 2005 stouffville suntribune sports ad he chose stouffville spirit fall 21 to waxers play host to ajax tonight nothing personal stouffville but joel sheppard was hesitant about playing here this season but after two months with the stouffville spirit jr a hockey club he couldnt be happier loving it the smiling power forward from sutton said this week after two years with the arch- rival newmarket hurricanes sheppard was dealt to stouffville last spring for fellow 19yearold carson devine the spirit was a team i wasnt sure i wanted to come to he said recalling the rival ry between his old and new team and anticipating the six games they would play against each other this year in the provincial jr a league but its been a very easy transition everyone here has welcomed me with open arms its one of the few teams ive played for where there are no cliques everyone new guys to veterans talks to each other here i like everyone here including the coaching staff theres respect here and thats what builds winning teams after graduating from the york simcoe express midgets two years ago he narrowed his choice of junior teams to stouffville and newmarket opting for the latter but after two years with the hurricanes i just felt i wasnt being used in the right situa tions sheppard said he asked out last spring spirit general manager ken burrows jumped at the chance to get the sixfoot twoinch 195pounder i think joel underachieved last year and we can get a little more out of him he said hes already putting the puck in the net and i think well see more of that sheppard has seven goals and eight assists in 13 games the spirit fell 21 to the markham waxers saturday at home ending a streak of 11 games of earning at least one point rick schrank scored the lone goal for the spirit now 6- 323 the spirit hosts the ajax attack tonight at 730 at the stouffville arena and travels to orillia friday to play couchiching which is tied with the spirit for fourth place in the north conference for more on the spirit log on to wwwstouffvillespiritcom bell second in yraa junior golf finals one stroke thats what denied dave bell the opportunity of earning a share of this years york region athletic association junior boys golf title the grade 10 stouffville district secondry school stu dent fired an evenpar 72 last thursday at the yraa champi onship at angus glen golf club he was just one shot behind champion jeff goodier of st theresa of lisieux in richmond hill spartans head coach steve kinsella had a good feeling the 15yearold bell would make his presence felt at the unionvillebased public course he had the low score at the junior qualifiers i was just hoping he would hold it together but you know how golf is one day you can shoot good and the next day you might not he said but dave usually shoots in the 70s we were happy as part of the spartans jun ior boys entry bell helped the club earn a fourthplace finish in the team standings with a 343 other members of the team included grade 9 students jamie wise who fired an 84 and gavin worden 89 mark whittingstall a grade 10 stu dent had a 98 kevin mckay a grade 9 student did not play due to a shoulder injury newmarkets sir william mulock secondary school cap- tiured the junior title with a 324 in the senior division the spartans finished ninth with a 355 matt easter a grade 11 stu dent recorded the best score for the spartans with a 12over 84 other team members included grade 12 students adam craig cj stevens eric gainsbrook and luke harrison thornhills st robert catholic high school won the team title with a 308 seniors spike third place the spartans senior boys volleyball team gained a split in yraa action last week at unionville high school drop ping a twogame set to the host wolves 20 2513 2522 before defeating middlefield secondary school 20 2520 2519 now 73 on the season the spartans were to play one final regular season league match yesterday at milliken mills secondary school in markham against the host knights and unionville high school most likely to finish the sea son in third place in the east division the spartans will face unionville high school or markville secondary school in a division playoff at the site of the firstplace finisher nov 9 for more on high school sports log on to wwwyraacom staff photosteve somervilie getting in arms way stouffville district secondary school spartans bethany chekay centre is all tied up in a web of arms as she tried to get her hands on a loose ball in mondays yraa senior girls basketball game at newmarket high school also getting in on the freeforall are spartans laura moller left and newmarket high schools elise shubert the spartans won the game 4011 sam sheridan was high scorer for the spartans now 42 on the season with 12 points novice clippers are sailing along the stouffville novice a clippers have roared out of the starting gate in york simcoe hockey league season action having reeled off seven wins in their first eight outings the clippers defeated innisfil 50 richmond hill 92 bradford 53 aurora 30 and beeton 71 before suf fering a 43 loss to tnt the clippers rebounded to turn back newmarket 42 and oakridges 93 coached by mike sear dave witherspoon and steve ryan the team is comprised of goalies andrew riopel and tyler ryan along with tyler wright duncan allen lukas burkholder josh carlin chris carter chris evelyn chad harbour carter king liam mcmahon ryan nelson taylor peterson mario rosano ben sear shane stallybrass and mitchell witherspoon fundraising dance a success the whitchurch stouffville minor hockey associations recent novice atom and bantam fundraising dance at the markham fairgrounds received some assistance from wild wing which donated food staff members and a silent auction prize 6427474 wwwsmileclinicca hp ifmain st the train station dr sheldon lazier dr waseema ali dr dina ghobrial ed edwards denturist