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18 Wsun-mbmlnmwmzws BY ALYSHIA HIGGINS It was a disappointing end to an enviable season. Stouflvine District Secondary School’s girls hockey team failed to three-peat as provincial girls hockey champions, but they made coach Brian Shankman proud “They played iike champions. They repre- sented the school very well," Shankman said. “It was very inspiring. The girls showed me a lot." The team was eliminated last Thursday in Pembroke at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations A/AA championship with a 6-1 loss to Bishop Modonell of Guelph in the quarterfinals. Theteamwontwooftlueeintheround robin, pulling out victories against North Grenville of Kemptville and Roland Michener of South Pomupine. The team was short four of its top players going into Thursday due to illness and club tournaments and lost its first game of the day. 7-1 to Ridley College of St. Catharme's. into the tournament as two-time defending gold medalists, we had high expec- tations for ourselves," Shankman said. “We went into the tournament in the top seed and started out well. Unfortunately, we only had nine players the rest of the tournament." FIFTH TIME AT PRWINCIALS This is the team’s fifth provincial champi- onship. They made it to the final three times and won the past two The girls Were ahead after the first period against Bishop Mcdonell, but couldn’t stay on top. Rookie Vanessa Spataro scored the team’s only goal of the game. “Dvuring the list period, we were all over them. The girls were so strong and so intense,” Shankman said. “We only had two lines and three defense. (The girls) didn’t have a chance to recover” If his whole team had been there, he was “quite confident” SDSS would have won, Shankman said. “I’m extremely proud of them. They played their hearts out. What more can any coach, teacher or the parents ask for?" he said. Shankman -is already looking forward to winning another thg title. _ Girls team Shorthanded at OFSAA “1 full expect to be back there next year,” Shankman said. “We're losing a lot of leader- ship with the Grade 123 leaving, but we've got some great Grade 95 coming back I’m looking forward to next year." The team will move up to the AAA/AAAA division with the province’s largest. V A The 2009 OFSM toumamént will be held in Orillia. SOCCER TIIV-CIITS FCII lINlIEII I 2 CIIILS COMPETITIVE TEAM FOR GIRLS BORN IN 1996 /} Stoufiville District Secondary School’s Spartan boys celebrate winning back-to-back Ontario high school A/AA titles in Ottawa San NATIONAL RUGBY TEAM PLAYER LEADS 3033 TO SECOND-STRAIGHT ONTARIO BOYS TITLE BY HM MASON Staff Writer Matt Raguseo is better known as a rugby player at Stoufiville District Secondary School. He is a hockey star this week. after scoring two goals and assisting on another to lead Stouflville’s Spartans to a 5â€"1 win over Appleby College of Oakville in a gold-medal game at the pro- vincial high school boys cham- pionships in Kanata Saturday. Two-time champs welcome move up Stouffville went undefeated and repeated as A/AA champi~ ons at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations tournament in the Ottawa area last week. It will be Stouffville’s last A/ AA title, with the growing school moving to AAA/AAAA next seaâ€" son. Fourteen of the 20 players on the roster won gold last year, too. SPORTS Stouffville Sun-Tribune “We have no problem with that,” head coach Jamie Hewitt said, echoing girls’ coach Brian Shankman’s feelings. This week. it wés time to cel- ebrate. “Our team played our sys- tems all week, especially the forecheck." head coach Jamie Hewitt said. “After every game, the other coaches said it was relentless. It all starts with the forecheck." NATIONAL RUGBY PROGRAM Raguseo, a Grade 12 student who also skates for the Stoufiville Clippers midget A club team, plays in the national rugby team program. Scott Van Allen, Sam Car- rick and James McLeod had the other Stoufl‘ville goals. Stouffville advanced to the final with its sixth straight win, 3â€"0 over Timmins in Saturday moming’s semifinal. Stouffville received second-period goals from Kyle Miller, Garrick and Mitchell Forbes. Stouffville’s penalty killers didn't allow a goal in the tour- Family affair between $055 hockey squads There were plenty of fam- ily ties between the 2007-08 Stouflvflle District Secondary School has and gins hockey - Dennis O'Shaughnessy and Emily O'Shaughnessy are brother and sister -Goalies Chris Pennanen and Felicia Pennanen are brother and sister - Heather Hughes and Sam Carrick are cousins - Starting goalies Courtney Hum- phreys and Sean Gibson are cousins teams: nament, including during five S-on-3 chances. Sean Gibson played all seven games in goal, allowing just one goal in three playoff games. Hewitt rolledrall his lines and defencemen in all seven games. WISE LED ALL SCORERS Stouffville's Jamie Wise led all scorers with 20 points in the tourney. Van Allen had 14 and Carrick 12 as Stouffville placed three players in the top five. Garrick is ewected to be an early-round selection in next month's Ontario Hockey League draft. His brother, lake, who was on Stouflville’s championship squad a year ago, is a rookie with the OHL’S Sault Ste. Marie Grey- hounds. Semifinals and finals were played at the Sensplex in Kanata, the practice facility of the NHL Senators. Saturday.