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BY MIKE HAYAKAWA Staff Writer The Stoufiville Mennos can put the bats and gloves into storage for another year after being swept by Aurora Shoeless Joe’s in their bestâ€"ofâ€" three Oshawa City and District Fastball League semifinal series. The season ended for the Mennos Tuesday with a 5-1 loss in Aurora. Aurora hurler Todd Martin proved to be the difference surrendering just three hits while strikâ€" ing out 15 Mennos. Aurora scored a run in the second inning, two in the third and two in the fourth. Mennos’ starting pitcher Byron Baranieski went four innings and gave up all five runs. Dalgamo came on in relief. While disappointed in the second-round exit, Mennos manager Art Burkholder was pleased with the club’s effort during the season. “It was amazing the number of Stouffville folks who referred to something about the Mennos that they had read in (the Sun-Tribune). The fans were loyal,” he said. The Mennos got off to a good start in the con- test when leadofi hitter Rich Burkholder singled. He also praised the support they received dur- ing the year from residents who attended their games at Memorial Park MSTWEEK: Friday - lost 8-5 against St. Michael's Buzzers; Sunday - lost 4-3 against Toronto Junior Canadiens (Governor’s Showcase game in Bowman- ville); Monday - lost 54 against Cobourg Cougars. Record: one shootout win, one shootout loss, five losses. Last place in Central Division. COMING UP: Tonight vs. Wellington Dukes at Stouffville Arena, 7:30 pm; Friday at Wellington Dukes, 7:30 pm. GAME NOTES: For the Stouffville Spirit, it's a good thing the Ontario Junior Hockey League regular season has just begun.The Spirit is mired in a four-game losing funk. The most recent took place Monday in Cobourg as the Spirit fell 5-4 to the host Cougars. With the score tied at 1-1 through 20 minutes and 3-3 through 40, the Spirit took a 4-3 lead on a power-play goal by Matt McCann. But the Cougars rallied for But from there, Martin retired the next 20 Mennos’ batters before Greg Dalgarno singled and Scott Eyre doubled to drive in their lone run in the seventh inning. 18 swam Sun-THbuneI Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 1 'V l‘m' mm u Hm): 11ml um ( UH _ ‘_ Judy or Linda at 905.294 ))(H) '0‘! IICIOI Mennos swept out of Aurora Last-place Spirit vows. changes after fourth straight loss m M l 1 A M FALL HOMES HOW two goals, including the game winner with just 19 seconds remaining in regulation time to win the game. Matthew Neal, Dustin Laren and Jarred Seymour, on a power- play effort. accounted for the other Spirit markers. The loss by the Spirit was similar to what they experienced the day before when they fell 4-3 to the Toronto Junior Canadiens during the league’s Govemor’s Showcase event in Bowmanville.The Spirit took a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes only _ to see it evaporate in the second period when the Junior Canadiens scored three unanswered goals to take a 3-2 advantage. McCann delivered a power-play goal at the 22-second mark of the third period to tie the game. But the Canadiens scored what would be the game-winning goal just before the midway point of the period on a power play to claim the two points. Jason Heyden and Evan Bruno, on a power play. had the other Spirit goals. The Spirit outshot the October 17, 18 8: 19, 2008 Stoufivifle Spartan Christine Barkey sidesteps the ball and stick of Richmond Hill Mackenzie Mustang Sasha Kulesh in opening-day action of York Region high school girls field hockey at Stouffville District Secondary School Monday. The teams tied 0â€"0 on the new playing field at SDSS that opened last week. For more information, see story on page 19. SPORTS atth< Canadiens 35-32 Playing in Toronto last Friday against the St. Michael's Buzzers. the Spirit got off to another good start only to end up on the short end of the final tally in an 8-5 loss. Nursing a 4-2 lead atter one period, the Spirit saw their advantage dissipate in the second pen'od as the Buzzers stormed back to outscore them 4-1 and take a 6-5 Stouffville Sun-Tribune arkham Faimnnmds STEPPINE OUT AT 8088 advantage.The Buaers added two more goals in the final period. including one into an empty net, to round out the scor- ing. McCann scored twice while Massimo Lamacchia. on a power play, Laren and Neal each added singles. The Buzzers outâ€" shot the Spirit 33-18. NOIEBOOK: Former Spirit forward Darren Archibald had an auspicious debut with the Banie Colts. scoring a goal and collected an assist in a 3â€"1 win over the visiting Mis- sissauga St. Michael's Majors in Ontario Hockey League action Sept 18. Spirit general manager and associate coach Mark Joslin anticipates defenceman Reed Smith (charley horse) will be back in the lineup before the end of the week. On an ominous note, the Spirit leads the Cenâ€" tral Division in penalty minutes with 164. GENERALLY SPEAKING: “We're not as bad as our record shows. Right now, we're findâ€" l) ing ways to beat ourselves. We're had some great periods in which we’ve played. But we're not playing three complete periods of hockey. We’re making mental mistakes at crucial times. A lot of it is the veterans who are making the mental errors. That's unacâ€" ceptable and it’s frustrating," ioslin said. Joslin vowed roster changes are expected, possibly in time for tonight's home game against the Wellington Dukes. “We've got to make some changes and we will to make things better,” he said. “We can‘t continue to watch the kids beat them- selves. Fortunately, we play over 50 games in the regular season and there's still time to turn things around.“ INSIDER: For live scoring and updates, go to pointstreakcom For more on the Spirit, go to: stoufi‘villespirit.com M}; k I i FAH HOMESHOW STAFF PHOTO/SJOERD WITTEVEEN Mike Hayakawa