economist sunlsuntribune sports saturday nov 26 2005 21 newcomer makes impact in spiritland ryan oliver made an immediate contribution to the stouffville spirit thursday in his first game with the spirit since being acquired from the wellington dukes oliver 18 was named farmer jacks player of the game in a 22 tie with the collingwood blues in provincial jr a hockey league action at the stouffville arena simon gysbers deflection off two players with 11 seconds to play in the second period was the last goal of the game randy johnston had the spirits other goal both goalies the spirits dan mcwhinney and collingwoods arawn garbutt were outstanding oliver who joined the spirit tuesday came close to signing in stouffville last season the whitby resident opted for wellington an affiliate of the sault ste marie greyhounds who picked him in the fifth round of the 2004 ontario hockey league draft when i didnt make the grey hounds this year i thought it would be better to be at home he said stouffvilles my team we have a great group of guys and this is a great town oliver had 15 points in 19 games with wellington this season before requesting the trade the spirit which played at pickering last night is at wexford sunday night all games are broadcast at whistlera- diocom the spirit will be on the whistle radio entry in this afternoons stouf fville kinsmen santa claus parade for more on the spirit log on to wwwstouflvillespiritcom sun shines bright in speed skating race kevin sun led a contingent of markham speed skating club competi tors by winning a gold medal from the first ontario cup race in cambridge entered in the charlie division sun 11 placed first in the a final in the 22- metre 500m and 66m distances and second in the 333m to capture 748 out of 800 points to win the overall title among other markham entrants chester roxas also raced in the charlie division and finished eighth cameron mitchell 9 placed fifth in the delta division alexandra ianculescu 14 was 12th in the foxtrot division tunney saves the day hannah tunney s goal with three minutes remaining in regulation time and strong goaltending from kimberley keller enabled the markham stouffville peewee b stars girls hockey team to sal vage a 11 tie last saturday against the vaughan flames emily mcmahon and nicole wannop assisted sports digest ae novices tie one on cody leonard and tritan thompson scored once to enable the stouffville novice ae clippers to earn a 22 tie against host innisfu in york simcoe minor hockey league action sunday jackson newlands braden clarke joey hutton and james merksamer each had one assist for the clippers now 2- 161 on the season the tie by the clippers was preceded by a 42 loss to the host markham wax- ers last saturday thompson and daniel renzoni scored for the clippers ladies sweep event titles several rinks representing the unionville curling club advanced to the finals of the energizer toronto and dis trict ladies bonspiel a rink skipped by andrea kerr was the senior runnerup other team mem bers included chris trought barb otani and carolyn northcott also in the senior division fran allans rink of janet stover dawn webb and lynne holt was third event winners in the ladies division ann adens foursome of elly stam maureen rams- den and andrea sumison was third event winners mary gellards rink of gail beveridge vera wukins and terri savoury won the fourth event rugby prayers earn honours markham rugby club mens first members matt phinney and colin maclean have been named to the ontario rugby unions mitre marshall division postseason allstar team phinney 23 played second row and maclean 20 was primarily a centre both players are markham residents and graduates of markham district high school staff photosteve somerville game of give and take markham district high school marauders margaret lamptey left tries to take the ball away from waterloo col legiate vikings kelsey rodericks during thursdays ofsaa girls aaaa firstround basketball 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