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12 stoupittesuntribunem friday dec 28 2007 mays stanley cup visit highlights year in sports by mike hayakawa staff writer brad mays long awaited wish finally came to fruition this year joining the anaheim ducks at the national hockey leagues trade deadline the 35yearold stouffville native and 16- year nhl veteran hoisted the stanley cup for the first time in june after the ducks knocked off the ottawa senators may shared his glory with family friends and the residents of whitchurch- stouffville and markham in august by bringing the trophy to the community safety village while mays patience and per severance proved to be a virtue other whitchurchstouffville individuals and teams became believers that good things came to those who waited in 2007 some highlights of a memorable year in the sporting scene at the high school reaching the top for the first time in the history of stouffville district secondary school the spartans senior boys hockey and rugby teams each laid claim to ontario high school aaa titles entering the provincial tournament as the number two seed the hockey team won the tide after defeating defending champion bishop macdonnell secondary school celtics guelph 54 in overtime a sudden death overtime goal by brendan wise was the game winner after claiming a provincial high school bronze medal in 2004 and silver in 2005 the spartans rugby team finally struck the motherlode by defeating brock high 195 in this years final in guelph still champions the spartans girls hockey team kept its provincial aaa tide after blanking dryden high 30 in the final at belleville making history the spartans staff photosjoerd witteveen as brigitte and brad may watch young people vie to touch the cup as the brad may stanley cup parade passes through stouffville in august mr mays anaheim ducks beat ottawa to win the nhl championship junior girls basketball team placed the first york region athletic association championship banner in their new school after defeating newmarket high 5133 in the tier two final in november on the softball diamond fielding an eastern canadian title the stouffville storm boys entry came close to winning the eastern cana dian softball championships the last two years before finally hitting paydirt in august when they defeated host new foundland 31 in the bantam champion ship final the storm also won the provin cial qualifier and ontario amateur a title also earning high honours were the storm junior mites who won the provin cial title after defeating the host napanee express in the final in the ladies game pearl coleshill a 19yearold shortstop and outfielder was named to the canadian junior womens team that finished fifth at the junior wom ens world championships in the saddle riding tall gwynne rooke reached the pinnacle of equestrian success when she was awarded international eques trian federation dressage steward status and election to the paraequestrian cana dian board of directors she also accompanied a canadian equestrian dressage contingent that claimed a silver medal at the pan ameri can games in brazil the accomplishment means the team qualified for the 2008 summer olympics on the fairways rulingthe fairways james casde was part of a humber college hawks mens golf team that captured the cana dian university championship in new brunswick in the spring the 20yearold also won the individual tide at the cana dian college championships in british columbia high marks for the second time in his career henry brunton 41 was recog nized by golf magazine as one of the top 100 instructors in the world for 200708 first attaining that distinction in 200506 the stouffville resident remains the only canadian on this list granite club in spotlight the granite golf club hosted two major events in august beginning with the royale cup national womens amateur champion ship stephanie sherlock 20 of barrie won the fourday event by three shots later that month the course hosted the third annual stephen ames cup fea turing a team canada entry playing a ryder cup format competition against a trinidad and tobago team with ames in attendance canada claimed the title to take a 21 overall lead in the series at the rink high honours stouffville spirit forward corey trivino and michael del zotto a stouffville resident and defence- man for the oshawa generals of the ontario hockey league were members of the team ontario under17 squad that won the gold medal at the canada winter games in whitehorse trivino and spirit teammates ethan werek james mcintosh and daniel spi- vak were chosen to play for the canada east squad that claimed the silver medal for the second straight year at the world junior a challenge in british columbia werek was also selected to play for ontario at the 2008 world under17 chal lenge in london ont during the 200607 season del zotto played for the east squad in the ohls annual allstar game and collected two assists in a 139 win over the west del zotto was named to the ohls first team allrookie squad in november he was one of 22 players chosen to play for team ohl in the 2007 canadarussia series in the ontario minor hockey asso ciation aaa midget championship justin hulshofplayed forward for the richmond hill team that beat oakville in the final carter kroen 15 was the 2007 recipi ent of the dan mcneil award named for a former stouffville clipper minor hockey player who died in 1992 after a twocar collision near goodwood in the womens game goalie liz knox was a member of the wilfrid laurier uni- see vincec page 13 support therpdwer of sport for kids program the power of sport p r o g r am every kid deseryesto playsportsbutnoteverykid hasthe opportunity with a minimum donation of 4 you will receive a limited edition goalie mask keychain arid your money goes to buy sports equipmentforkidswhoneedifrhostfhroughthe power of spprtsfor kids programyou can make a difference fop kids across canada because every kid deserves to feel the power of sport to donate visit a sport chek store 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