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i HOCKEY SPORTSBOARD mhayakawa®yrmg.com The Stouffville-Markham Girls Hockey Association will host its 11th annual Bantam Classic Tournament this weekend. The action is scheduled to begin Fn'day at Angus Glen Community Gentle in Unionville and the Stoufivifle Arena and continue SatuI- day and Sunday. The host Stars will field entries in the AA, A, B and C Divisions. There’s also a BB division. Other teams competing come from across the province and Rochester, NY. For further tournament information, log on to: www.smgha.com Stars fall short of toumey playoffs The Stouffi/ille-Markham peewee A Stars were squeezed out of the playoff picture at the Whitby Tournament of Heroes Giris Hockey Toumament last weekend. After finishing in a tie with the host Whitby Wolves for second place in their division dur- ing mmmm play, the Stars were left out of the, mifinal picture aftef losing out on a tiebreak ure. ‘ Buoyed-by a strong netminding effort from Francis Tenney, the Stars opened the touma- ment with a 0-0 tie against the Wolves. The Stars then played the North York Storm and received another strong netmind- ing effort from Breanne Douse to skate ofi' withaZ-O win. Octavia Bullen and Katelin Phills each scored once for the Stars. Juliana Hutton and Maddy Frogley each earned assists. Ontario, N.Y. girls here for tourney Facing the Sarnia Junior Lady Sting in their thixd and final round-robin outing, the Stars suffered their first loss of the tournament 2â€"0. With a 1-1-1 mark, the Sta_rs and Wolves tied for second behind Samia. But based on the tiebreaking procedure, the Wolves advanced. The Stars have a busy weekend of league play coming up with a game tomorrow at the Clippers Complex against the Durham Light- ning at 7:15 pm. They pla§ the Whitby Wolves at the Osha- wa Canlan Ice Sports Saturday and the Aurora Panthers in Aurora Sunday. Mlnor peewee AE Cllppers on roll The Stoufiville minor peewee AE Clippers received a balanced scoring attack in a 4-2 win over Richmond Hill in Ontario Minor Hockey Association action at the Stouffville Arena Saturday. lack Bender, Anthony Rustjco, Rhys Barker, Teegan Shana, Matthew Scauzillo and Casey Shankland each collected an assist. Hunter lolliffe, Josh Hassam, Casey Shank- land and Adam Belme scored. The win by the Clippers came on the heels of a 1â€"0 win in East Gwillimbury Dec. 1. Belme scored the lone goal while lolliffc and Josh Marshall each earned an assist. Clippers' netminder Nicholas Pelowich made several stellar saves. Eric Proszanski recorded his second shut out of the season. Now 8-7-3 on the season, the Clippers are scheduled to play three games this weekend including a home game Sunday against Barrie at the Clippers Complex at 1 pm.