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22- siouffvslesuntribunem thursday oct 4 2007 stouffville suntribune sports stouffville district secondary school junior spartan jeremy brown- ridge is upended during his teams 475 win over porter of scar borough at last weeks rugby sev ens tournament in markham staff photosteve somerville rugby team preps for england by mike hayakawa staff writer the stouffville district secondary school spartans senior boys take a dif ferent approach to fall rugby season than the traditional spring york region athletic association campaign winning isnt everything at this time of year for the defending ontario fed eration of school athletic associations aa champions most important to spartans head coach jamie hewitt is that his players particularly those who arent in starting roles progress in last weeks sevens tournament at fletchers field in markham hewitt saw plenty of positives despite losing in the quarterfinals to oneill colle giate oshawa 2612 dylan stewart and jamie gregory each had one try for the spartans joe beare booted a convert with three players in their regular positions the spartans went undefeat ed in pool play posting wins over med- way high school arva 297 brebeuf college high school toronto 380 and dunbarton high school picker ing 317 hewitt is also using these games as tuneup to several friendlies his club will play included in that schedule are games oct 23 against a touring blessed edward club from england and oct 30 against a touring breckon team from wales both matches will be played at the old sdss field as well the team will be making an overseas trip to england in the march break the spartan lost in the tourney final to lome park secondary school mis- sissauga 2910 scott miller and jesse lofthouse scored tries the juniors went undefeated in pool play as they defeated twin lakes sec ondary school orillia 210 wa porter secondary school scarborough 475 mentor college mississauga 420 in the quarterfinals the spartans defeat ed oneill collegiate oshawa 217 and barrie central secondary school 2114 in its semifinal encounter the spartans second junior entry and advanced to the quarterfinals before losing to barrie central 2814 the spartans lost their first match to dr jf dennison secondary school newmarket 215 but rebounded to defeat sir winston churchill collegiate scarborough 217 and fe madill secondary school wingham 275 the spartan bantams meanwhile captured the sevens tournament title last thursday at fletchers field with a 30 win over oneill collegiate in the final tom mintchev coach of the first- year grade 9 entry couldnt have been more pleased with the way his club performed as they went undefeated in six matches the spartans seniors juniors and bantams will resume play oct 4 at the old stouffville district secondary school field when they host alexan der mackenzie secondary school and dr jf dennison in a threeteam tri nations cup tournament starting at 3 pm the spartan seniors will also com pete in a 10s tournament at fletchers field oct 11 spirit prepares for last week saturday won 74 against seguin bruins now 4-2-2- 8 on season fourth place in north conference coming up tonight vs oran- geville crushers 730 pm friday at aurora tigers 730 pm game notes the spirit con cluded the month of september on a winning note after posting their second straight victory a 74 road win over the seguin bruins the spirit took a 10 lead after 20 minutes when 18yearold stouffville resident craig mcdowell scored his first goal as a member of the club the spirit padded their advantage in the second period to 30 on unanswered goals by team captain randy johnston who may have played his last game as a spirit before departing for charlotte nc to audition with their checkers east coast hockey league club and mcdowell with his second after the bruins scored their first goal of the game johnston netted his second of the contest to restore the spirits threegoal advantage but the bruins staged a rally with two unanswered goals to cut the spirit lead to 43 before james mcintosh cooled off the seguin comeback with two goals to give stouffville a 63 lead after 40 minutes donivan munro padded the spirit advantage to 73 early in the third period before the bru ins scored their final goal before regulation time expired trevor oneill handled netminding duties for the spirit notebook forward mark sul livan did not suit up for saturdays game because he was attending to a family function sullivan though will return to the roster for tonights game against oran- gevillehis brother and spirit grad mike sullivan was demoted from iowa of the american hockey league to idaho of the echl this week both teams are dallas stars affiliatestwo former spirit players were vying for positions on the lakehead university wolves varsity hockey team in thunder bay forward konrad bruetsch will continue to practise with the club as a redshirt while firstyear defenceman stephen kapolnas was one of four players released sunday former spirit forward michael duco 20 has signed with the rochester americans of the ahl a member of the spirit in the 200304 campaign duco scored a goal for the americans in an exhibition game in hagersville sat urdaysix members of the spirit volunteered at the harness races at the markham fair sunday spirit general manager matt gibson said their appearance was all a part of the clubs mandate to be more visible in the community generally speaking we had a great first period one of our best so far this year but in our second period we lost some momentum and then we had a good jhird period were still trying to grow as a team spirit head coach dave dammizio said of his clubs inconsistent performance saturday weve had guys in and out of our lineup and not much time to practice and were still try ing to work some new guys in as for losing johnston dammiao is confident other players on the club will step up to fill his void his gains are our loss its bit tersweet because we want him to move into the next level we didnt overly plan for his departure to charlotte but we have some other guys who are playing good hockey were a deep team and have guys who can step in with johnston in charlotte gibson said they will not name a new captain until they found out if he makes the checkers or not weve got deep leadership right now if randy makes the team well make the appropriate deci sion as to naming a new team captain he said insider for live scoring and updates go to pointstreakcom for more on the spirit go to stouffvillespiritcom mike hayakawa v houston service special includes lube oil and starting from filter change tire rotation and multipoint inspection with quality care report card x ta most cars and light trucks not applicable to diesel train this an and receive a mention this ad mth the purchase of a houston service special ror the month of oct houston ford ltd 5786 main st stouffville 9056404541 wwwbillhoustonfordcom i houston ford stouffvu1e road major uackbmt genuine parts service