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lASl’ WEEK: Friday - lost 7-3 against Markham Waxers; Sunday - won 4-3 in shootout against Newmarket Hurricanes. Tied for fourth place in Central Division with two points (one shootout victory and two losses). COMING UP: Tonight, home to Toronto Junior Canadiens, 7:30 pm; Friday at St Michael's Buaers, 7:30 pm; Sunday vs. Toronto Junior Canadiens, 9:30 am. at Bowmanviiie (Governors Showcase game); Monday at Cobourg, 7 pm. GAME NOTES: For the Stouffville Spirit, tumabout was fair play as they avenged their regular season and homeâ€"opening 6-2 loss last week against the New- market Hurricanes by defeating them Sunday in their home opener 4â€"3 in a shootout. Matt McCann scored the gamewinning goal in the shootout. Dustin Laren took the first shootout attempt for the Spirit but was foiled. After the Hurricanes countered with a goal, Massimo Lamacchia took the Spirit’s second. shootout attempt and scored. Stouffville resident Jamie Wise took the Hurricanes' second attempt but was thwarted and set the stage for McCann's heroics. Glen McCanon took the Hurricanes' third attempt but was foiled by Spirit goalie Joe Moore, who stopped 29 of 32 shots in the contest to help preserve the club's first win of the season.The game took a bizarre twist in the seventh minute of play when the ice conditions at the Ray Twinney complex were deemed unsafe by the officiating Crew. After a delay of about 40 minutes, play resumed at the adjoining Twinney complex rink with the Hurricanes leading 1-0. The Hurricanes deposited another goal before the peri- od concluded and padded their margin with a goal in the second stanza. But with just under four minutes remaining in the frame, Lamacchia put the Spirit on the board to cut their deficit to 3-1 entering the third period. That seemed to light a spark as McCann and Jason Heydon, with his first Jr. A marker with just under two minutes left in regulation BY MIKE HAYAKAWA Staff Writer ‘With a little coâ€"operation from Mother Nature, the Stouffville Mennos are slated to begin their Oshawa City and District Fastball League semifinals tonight. Shootout win propels Spirit into busy week Mgpflfiz Aurogappen fastball semis in Stouffville tonight NOIEBOOK: As a means of creating spam on the forward units, Joslin insert- ed Heydon on a line with Justin Hulshof and his brother Kurtis Hulshof. With the three players averaging close to six-feet, three-inches in height, Joslin felt the trio utilized their physical presence in a big way. Another move saw Lamacchia play on a line with Laren and McCann. Defenceman Reed Smith suffered a Charley horse in Friday's loss. Spirit gen- eral manager and associate coach Mark Joslin anticipated Smith could be out for one or two weeks. time, scored the lone goals of the third period to force overtime. The victory by the Spirit came on the heels of a 7-3 loss Friday in the Markham Waxers’ home opener at Markham Centennial Arena. The Spirit dug themselves into a deep hole, trailing 3-0 through one period. But unanswered goals by Laren and McCann, on a power play, cut the deficit to within a goal entering the third period. But the Waxers erupted with three unanswered goals to regain some breathing room. lamacchia, with a shorthanded marker, enabled the Spirit to cut their deficit to 6-3. But the Waxers countered with one more goal to round out the scoring. The Waxers outshot the Spirit 51-33. GENERALLY SPEAKING: “We (Spirit coaching staff) told the guys before the game that we owed these guys (Hur- ricanes) something because they mined our home opener last week. We got the The Mennos host Aurora Shoeless Joe’s in the first game of their best-ofâ€"three series at 8:30 pm. in Stouffville Memorial Park. The series is scheduled to resume in Auro- ra Tuesday at 8:30 pm. Should a third game be required, it will be SPORTS The Newmarket dressing room wasn't as Newmarket Hurricanes’ Glen McCarron (centre) looks as Stoufl'ville Spirit Donald Maloney falls in Newmarket Sunday. The Hurricanes lost their home opener 4-3 in a shootout after thumping the Spirit 6-2 in the season opener in Stoufl'ville last Thursday night. monkey off our backs. it was important for us to get that win," Joslin said after the Spirit posted their first victory of the sea- son Sunday. Despite feeling his ciub were not doing the little things or getting the bounces that resulted in losses, Joslin felt something positive would happen in Sunday's contest. This, despite being down 3-0 late in the second period. “When Massimo scored (to cut the Spirit deficit to 3-1) it brought life to our bench and we fed off of that. When we came back to tie the game with around two minutes left, I had a feeling we would get the two points because we battled back," he said. happy, understandably. “We worked our (buns) off to get a 3-0 lead then got totally complacent,” head coach and general manager Bn'an Pernn said after the loss to Stouffville. “it was brutal." Perrin was head coach in Stouffville for several years. "That was a tough one, for sure," said New- market veteran forward Andrew Buck of coughing up a three‘goal lead. “It's better to get that out of the way now." lNSIDER: For live scoring and updates, go to pointstreak.com For more on the Spirit, go to: stouffvillesoiritcom Stouffville Sun-Tribune Aurora advanced to the semifinals after defeating the Markham Majors 5-0 in the third and deciding game of their quarter-final series Monday at Markham Centennial Park. played next Thursday. Stouffville, which swept the Oshawa Inter~ “We worked our (butts) off to get a 3-0 lead then got totally complacent." head coach and general manager Brian Perrin said after the loss to Stouffville. “it was brutal." Perrin was head coach in Stouffville for several years. “That was a tough one, for sure,” said New market veteran forward Andrew Buck of coughing up a three-goal lead. “It’s better to get that out of the way now." INSIDER: For live scoring and updates. go to pointstreak.com For more on the Spirit, go to: stouffvillespirit.com STAFF PHOTO/SUSIE KOCKERSCHEIDT Mike Hayakawa Stoufli'ille Sun-'l'ribune I Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008 13 mediates in the first round, was third and Aurora second in the regular season standings. The other semifinal, has the Oshawa Ravens playing the lake Simcoe Lightning. It was to start last night. Oshawa finished first and the Sharon-based Lightning fifth. Players wanted for basketball, Chris Campbell knows there are no house league or rep youth basketball teams in Whitchurch-Stoulfville regisâ€" tered provincially. It’s the same for volleyball. With the population growing, Campbell thinks the time is right to launch his Stouffville Stingers youth basketball and volleyball programs. The basketball program will follow, with tryouts for novice to major banâ€" tams from 2 to 3 pm. and midget to juniors from 3 to 4 p.m. “In Basketball Ontario, there are no rep organizations in Stoufiville itself so we want to turn our basketball exper- tise to that area and have Stoufl‘ville well represented," Campbell said. “We want to take Stoufiville-area young- sters and have them be a part of the Stouffville Stingers." Boys and girls wishing to play in the new programs can get more informaâ€" tion Sept. 20 and 27 when the Stingers hold auditions at Stouffville District Secondary School. The volleyball programs will begin with high school-aged players from noon to 1 pm. followed by elementary school-aged players from 1 to 2 pm. on both days. Mth seven coaches ready to assist in the basketball programs. Campbell hopes they can have three boys and three girls’ rep teams, ranging in ages from 10 to 12, to start with. For the house league program, he hopes to get 60 to 70 boys and girls. For the volleyball program. instruc- tors with university-playing experi- ence are willing to help coach. (lampâ€" bell hopes to have at least three teams playing. For further information, call Campbefl at 416- 786-0387 or eâ€"mail: info@stingerba/I.ca -Mike Havakalm volleyball club