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26 stouffville suntribune thursday march 16 2006 stouffville suntribune sports staff photomike barrett tiger takes a paw aurora tigers forward daniel michalsky left gets roughed up courtesy of stouffville spirit defenceman ian brunt during tuesdays provincial junior a hockey league north conference final game at the aurora com munity centre the spirit won the game 43 in overtime to take a two games to one lead in the bestofseven series the series resumes tonight in stouffville at 730 pm minor atom clippers face oakville in final the stouffville minor atom clippers will face the oakville rangers in a bestoffive series to determine the ontario minor hockey association a champion after yesterdays first game in stouffville the series resumes in oakville saturday at the oakville arena at 3 pm the third game is slated for sunday at the stouffville arena at 610 pm should a fourth game be necessary it would be played in oakville march 21 at 7 pm a fifth game would be played march 26 at the stouffville arena at 640 pm all home games will be played on pad a the clippers are coming off a threegame sweep of belleville in their recent bestoffive semifinal series oakville meanwhile defeated the southpoint capitals in its semifinal playdown w community care access centre of york region were here for you coming out of hospital suffering an illness or injury need personal care to maintain your independence are you eligible for health care at home call the ccac of york region at 1 8884702222 this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune after tamsna tsaers 43 in last week friday game one won 31 vs aurora tigers sunday game two lost 21 to aurora tigers tuesday game three won 43 in overtime spirit lead bestofseven north con ference final series 21 coming up today game four at stouffville arena 735 pm friday game five at aurora community centre 730 pm sunday game six at stouffville arena 330 pm tuesday march 21 at aurora community centre 730 pm if necessary game notes call them the comeback kids the stouffville spirit overcame a 31 deficit just past the midway point of the third period to score twice and force sudden death overtime from there randy johnson delivered the game- winning goal at the 409mark of the first extra session to give the spirit a two games to one lead in the bestofseven north conference final series joel sheppard accounted for the other three goals for the spirit who trailed 21 after one period and 31 through two periods two of sheppards markers came on the power play both clubs directed 35 shots on goal leading up to tuesdays game the tigers rode a pair of secondperiod goals and a stellar 32save net- minding performance by jeremie dupont to a 2- 1 victory sunday at stouffville arena to even the series at one game apiece for the spirit the loss broke a fivegame postseason winning streak colin williams scored on a power play in the fifth minute ofthe second period austin corredato received credit for a deflection on a point shot that caromed a couple of times before getting past spirit goaltender dan mcwhinney a little more than two minutes later to account for the aurora scoring spirit defence- man steve kapolnas spoiled duponfs shutout bid when he snapped a rising wrist shot through a screen at 1139 of the third periodthe spirit outshot the tigers 3332 in the series opener last friday at aurora the spirit drew first blood in the series with a 31 victory mark sullivan shawn frank and donivan munro on a power- play effort gave the spirit a 30 lead early in the second period corredato scored to cut the tigers deficit to 31 but that was all that the tigers offence could generate mcwhinney was solid in net for the spirit which was outshot 26- 23 insider the spirit has won three times in five games already this season on aurora ice for live scoring and updates go to pointstreakcom generally speaking we cant get too high after this game said johnston who slipped through the aurora defence to take a pass and rip a low 20footer past tigers netminder jere mie dupontat 409 of sudden death overtime we have a good record here but we have to beat them at home at least once for more on the spirit log on to wwwstouflville- spiritcom balik basketball whiz kid for stouffville high spartans by jim thomas correspondent at the secondary school level stu dent nicknames are common place some are complimentary some derogatory for 14yearold johnny balik whiz kid readily applies particularly in the area of basketball some say his equal has never been matched even compared to athletes much older than himself this season he played point guard with the stouffville district secondary school spartans junior team running up as many as 43 points per game brother justin 16 also outstanding gave the team a onetwo punch during regular season competition which saw the spartans finish in first place before they were eliminated in the semifinal a native of burlington balik received much of his elementary edu cation at decatur heritage christian academy in alabama where his father served as headmaster mr bailies move to the office of vice- iaijuiiiwks johnny balik grade 9 student learned much of his basketball skills while growing up in the united states president at tyndale university brought the family to stouffville where johnny enrolled at summitview public school there he received the schools 2005 basketball player award leading his team through the regular schedule without a loss only to be beaten by whitchurchhighlands in the finals baliks stardom as a spartan may be shortlived however his father has been named head master at statesville christian school near charlotte nc johnny is seriously considering attending there this fall basketball is the countrys sport of choice mr balik said of the united states itll be an opportunity for john ny to boost his game to another level his son has his heart set on a bas ketball scholarship and hopes some day of playing in the national basket ball association mr balik states mr balik recalls how johnny was first introduced to basketball while attending decature academy in alaba ma his love ofthe game is as keen now as then he notes standing sixfeet tall and weighing 152 pounds johnny has been domi nant at his pointguard position recently nominated as the schools athlete ofthe week hes basketballs whiz kid at sdss if stouffville sphysiotih3ispy clinic is grateful to be accredited as teaching facility with the department of physical therapy faculty of medicine university of toronto serving whitchurch stouffville markham since 1970 no waiting list physiotherapy covered by ohip wsib auto insurance extended health plans call 9056401818 monday night mens ball registration all returning and new players tuesday march 21 700830 stouffville arena for information call 9056403768