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stouffville suntribunem saturday feb 24 2007 13 sdss battles to york final advance to ofsaa in oshawa york title game vs br andre by mike hayakawa staff writer the stouffville district secondary school spartans achieved one of its goals by reaching the york region athletic assocations tier one hockey title the spartans swept the bestofthree semi final series over the markham district high school marauders capped off with a 30 win at markham village arena our goal this year was to just play in the york region final and right now the guys are battling head coach jamie hewitt said the spartans jumped out to a 10 firstperi od lead and padded it to 30 after two periods jamie wise phil wood and chris boake on a penalty shot each scored brad whittingstall handled netminding duties and posted the shutout in tuesdays series opener at the stouffville arena a similar scenario unfolded as the spar tans jumped put to 10 lead after one period and padded it to 30 after two before skating off with a 52 victory andrew stewart sam carrick steve moller wise and boake scored hewitt was more pleased than surprised by the wins i told the guys afterwards thursday that this was the best effort a stouffville team has given in the eightyears that ive coached here he said every single guy did everything that was asked discipline and system- wise most pleasing to hewitt throughout the staff photosjoerd witteveen markham highs casey lennon crashes the crease as stouftville secondary goalie brad whit tingstall and teammates jamie wise and dennis oshaughnessy corral the puck in semifinals in stoufrville wednesday the spartans won the set and will play brother andre for the york final series was the work of the defence which allowed wmttjngstall to see most shots as well he felt the 23 forechecking system he had first employed in the second game and decisive overtime session of the cardinal carter quarterfinal series and used in the semifinals stymied the marauders i dont think markham could handle our forecheckhewitt said on the offensive end hewitt felt their abili ty to take the lead early was another key to the series it was definitely good to get the lead in both games we didnt want to give markham a chance to come back we believe that if you outwork the opposi tion then you wont lose he said by winning the series the spartans will face markhams brother andre catholic high school cardinals in a onegame final with the date site and time to be determined both teams will qualify for the ontario fed eration of school athletic associations play- downs the spartans had declared for the aa divi sion while the cardinals will be going the aaaa route both tournaments take place march 2224 in oshawa hughes sisters lift girls to semis the stouffville district sec ondary school spartans girls hock ey team advanced to the york region semifinals with a 41 win over the brother andre catholic high school cardinals in thurs days single game quarterfinal contest at the stouffville arena hayley hughes scored twice while her younger sister heather and kirstie hembruff added sin gles carly henderson replied for the cardinals the spartans will face sacred heart catholic high school new market in a firsttothree point semifinal series the series opens tuesday in newmarket for more on high school sports go to wvmyraacom the playoffs6ame 3 thursday march 1 730 vs collingwood blues wwwstouffvihespiritcom t 14183 highway 48 stouffville 9056402692 wwwhutchinsonfarmsupplycom support heart stroke foundation heart and stroke foundation of ontario sometimes stress is good for us it can spur us on to do more than we may think we can but other times it can leave us feeling overwhelmed- and unable to cope stress is an almost inescapable part of our hectic lives the key to successful stress management is reacting in a healthy manner to do this the heart and stroke foundation suggests that you try the following be physically active it can relieve that uptight feeling relax you and even 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