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Practice pays off for tyke champs Practice does make perfect. In the case of the Stouffville tyke B Clippers, practice during the early portion of the season eventually paid oflwhen they skat- ed off with the York Simooe title after disposing of the Unionville Jets in four games in their best-ofâ€" five or first-to-six-point final series that concluded with a 3â€"2 win in Unionville. Jacob Rintjema scored the game-winning marker in the third period while Blake Frost and Nich- olas Olidis added single tallies. 90 skates for ‘little guys’ lead to York Simcoe minor hockey title Michael Hary, Stephen 'Ihlk and Tristan Meiliunas added one assist each. SEVEN- AND EIGlfl-YEAR-OLDS “The young kids certainly did well," Clippers head coach Peter Erdelsky said of his group of seven- and eight-year-olds. “We had a great year.” In accounting for the success his team had this season, which included a 10-1â€"1 mark in league play, Erdelsky attributed it to the hours they logged on the ice in September and October. “At the start of the year we went hard on the ice, maybe 22 to 23 times in September and October," he said. “We had around 90 or so skates in that time and the kids also played in their regular house league. “That ice time showed from the start of the year.” From the onset of the season. Eldelsky felt he had a special group BY MIKE HAYAKAWA mhayakawaermg. com 3 “"5 III- JV“. of players to work Especially since they exhibited a willingness to work on their on- ice skills. “We knew we had a special team with a special set of kids. They were all driven." Erdelsky said. Erdelsky also praised the work of his staff which included assis- tant coaches Brad Boston, Craig Maclnnis and Peter Hary and team manager Julie Williams. “She’s the one that put all of this together and donated a lot of her time," Erdelsky said of behind-the- scenes work Williams put in. Recently completing his fifth season of coaching in the Whitchurch-Stouffville Minor Hockey Association. Erdelsky pre- dicts four or five of his players will move into the AAA ranks next season. As for himself, Erdelsky will also be moving to AAA. the highest level of minor hockey in Ontario, to coach novice next year in Lindsay with the Central Ontario Wolves organization. The tykes will be honoured, along with the two other York Sim- coe championship teams from Stoufl'ville and three Ontario Minor Hockey Association title teams, at a municipal parade and ceremony in lune. PLAYERS, COACH 1'0 AM SPORTS Stouffville Sun-Tribune Stouffville Secondary’s Max Muir wisely lets one go wide as he and partner Paul Geiger defeated a pair from St. Augustine during the area high school badminton tourney at Milliken Mills Friday. Stouflvllle SmattICQntre Hoover Park dea Hwy 48 (In Super Watmafl PIaza) 905-640-4247 OPEN CONVENIENT HOURS 7 DAYS A WEEK "fituHM10-5 Great Clips’ ofiw games Ray 8. 253-? .v> Owl-I, $2.99 =aaausnm Great Clips: STAFF PHOTO/MIKE BARRETT