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Aurora asst. GM W jumps to Spirit '. 3 1‘ Only/this time around, he will do it with the Stouflville Spirit. While Silverman enjoyed his time with the Tigers, he felt the time was right for a change in scenery. Especially since the Spir- it will be moving into the league’s newly-formed pilot project eight-team division placing an emphasis on rigorous operating ments and development of players for the Ontario Hock- ey League and Canadian and US. university hockey. NEW DIVISION “It’s exciting and it’ll be a new challenge and a great opportunity to be with the new division the Spirit will be playing in,” Silverman said. Silverman joins oldfn'ends in Stouffville BY MIKE HAYAKAWA Staff Writer For the last three Provin- cial Jr. A Hockey League sea- sons, Perry Silverman served as assistant general manager for the Aurora Tigers. When the puck is dropped to start the upcoming season, the 50-year-old Richmond Hill native will serve in the same capacity. Employed full-tjme by the Richmond Hill Arena Asso- ciation where he handles ice bookings, Silverman said he was first approached by the Spirit near the end of last sea- The Stouffville Mennos and Scarborough Wolverines were scheduled to play their Oshawa City and District Fastball League game Tuesday at L’amoreaux Park in_ Scarborough. The weather, however, put a dent in those plans when heavy rains in the afternoon rendered the field unplayable and forced a postponement of the contest. No make up date has been set yet. The Mennos are scheduled to resume league play tonight against Toronto in Stoufiville Memorial Park at 8:30 pm. 18 Synâ€"Tribunel mum/W242” )pportunity to be with the my division the Spirit will be )laying in," Silverman said. Employed full-time by the tichmond Hill Arena Asso- :iation where he handles ice )ookings, Silverman said he was first approached by the ipirit near the end of last seaâ€" “I will definitely take, that role (administrative capacity) on. I feel it’s the most impor- tant role to keep the junior team close to the minor hockâ€" ey association. Right now I feel this group (the Spirit) is going in the right direction," he said. Mennos hopetoplaytonight And when the Spirit offi- cially hired Mark loslin in to fill the general manager void left when Thomas Milne resigned, it was an easy deci- sion for Silverman. son by Spirit co-owners Zeev Werek and Dave Laren. “I've known Zeev and Dave for a long time,” Sil- verman said. “And I’ve also known Mark (Joslin, Spirit general manager and associ- ate coach) for a long time, Ioslin said Silverman will have more of a prominent role with the Spirit. PROMINEN'I’ ROLE “He will do a lot of admin- istrative stuff," Ioslin said of Silverman’s responsibili- ties. “Perry knows the league executive well along with the rules and regulations and he will help Pat (Pare, Spirit assistant coach) with school- ing issues the kids have and I will convene with Perry on any player transactions. Silverman was a convenor in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association and with minor hockey in Richmond Hill. “That will definitely help me focus in on what I have to do. I’m more of a hands on guy on the ice," Ioslin said. SPORTS STAFF PHOTO/STEVE SOMERWLLE Stoufl’ville’s Josh Burkholder delivers to a St. Catharines batter in a squirt boys select softball tourney in Memorial Park last weekend. Topham Park (Toronto) won the tournament with an 8-7 win over St. Catharines in final. Stouflville, in its tournament debut, won one game and lost two. Stouffville Sun-Tribune The Stouffville Storm squirt boys captured the Ontario Ama- teur Softball Association west regional qualifier with a 13â€"2 win over New Hamburg in the cham- pionship game last weekend in Waubaushene. The Storm advances to the OASA championships Aug. 9 and 10 in Kitchener. The Storm scored the eveâ€" nutal game-winning run in the third inning Sunday when â€"Pat- rick Henri reached first base on an error and advanced to second on a single by Hunter Davidson. Kerrick Brown had a bunt single that scored Henri. Patrick Fiorino singled in Hunter and Brown to give the Storm a 3-2 lead. Outstanding defensive play in the outfield by Tommy Boyle, Fiorino, Cameron Flemming and Tyler Krabi helped preserve the victory. In the fifth inning. the Storm erupted for eight runs, thanks to hits from Henri, Matt Avoledo, Jones, Fiorino and Nathan Cho. 'Ib reach the final, the Storm faced a previousty undefeated Teeswater team and emerged with a 5-3 win. Ryan Jones pitched seven innings and sumendened just five singles while stn'king out eight batters to earn the win. After Teeswater countered withthreerunsintheirhalfofthe third inning to take a 3-2 lead, the Storm scored the game-winning runs in their half of the seventh inning when Henri, Avoledo and Jones each singled and scored on a double by Davidson. The Storm broke the ice with two runs in the third inning when Brown walked, Fiorino singled and Boyie singled to score both runners. Also contributing to the club’s win was some excellent defensive work in the infield by Brown, Avo- ledo, Luke Simcoe and Davidson. Jones worked seven innings and gave up just six singles to earn the win. The Storm began the touma- ment with a first-round bye and in the second round they defeat- ed Waubaushene 11-9. Squirts to ' provincial finals