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Rugby proves popular at high school So. too. is the athletic seamn as (hr Spartans have been conducting prac- tices for their varsity teams that will be competing in {he York Region Athletic Asmiatiun [all campaign. Jamie Hewitt. Spanans' physical education head. the school will field team in a variety of sports afu'r declarations were made Friday. ,School is now in session for the 2013-14 acadmuir year at Stnuffvillo District Secondary School. New this- fall for boys andgjrts will be seven~aside mgby. a new sanc- tioned cpnn nfipmd this fall nn thv YRM calendar. In addition. they will have one junior hays squad to play in tic: one and one hantam Grade 9 team that will comâ€" pete as a junior tier two squad. With the Spartans being a traditional powerhouse in the spring lS-aside ver- sion of the sport and participating in the fall sevens version that wasn't sanc- tioned in past years. Hewitt meal“! they will field two senior boys' sevens teams â€"â€" one to compete in the YRAA tier one and another in tier two. Hewitt will direct thé two senior boys' entries. while Rob Edmonde will handle the junior team and Steve BY MICHAEL HAYAKAWA mhm aka m: w;- r m i "I" Lack ofccmch cancels field hockey team a! SD88 Coaching the giris' teams will be Tara [alien and Janice Monk, who directed the Spartans varsity team to the IS'asidc tier two YRAA title last year. (immmcy. the bamarm 'lhv scvvn’s gamv will [)0 nun-{m thv gids as the Spartans Ml] field two senior squads ~â€" mw (“which will t‘nmpk'lv in tier um- and another in lict twu. The reason for the two entries in senior buys and girls. llvwiu explained. was due to the natun: 01 the sport which. as its name suggests, alkrws just Men players on the field at once. “\Mth the boys we had around 25 seniors come out and them were 30 girls who came nut." he said. “We also had 20 (itade IO buys and 30 Grade we could easily have had hm (Bradc IO and twu ( iradc 9 teams because wv had so many players puma out. Combined with that was the enthu- siasm for the spun as with-mu] by the large number of students who attended fall rugby auditions. “But the YRM rules said you can unly haw nnv mam fmm cam school With the numbers that came out, Hewin added they could easily have fielded mow teams at the junior level. CROSS-COUNTRY onto! a team in one division." Among utht-t varsity xlmns teams the Spartans will enter this fall include a swim and junior htrys' vulleybgll teams. A cmsswoumry mam fur boys and giris will be dimmed by Bill (In-95m. while Lisa [X’Vos will coach the golf The senior girls' basketball team will he coached by Sharon MacFar- lane. while lack Hammond handles the junior girls” contingent. Hewitt said the major stumbling block was dut- to me absence of a coach who could cummit full time to the spon. “We're rocking and rolling gain for another year." he said of the school lame; pmparing for anmher season of competition. ‘ Steve limmo will coach the senior squad and [K‘Wt‘fllnt'l’ Christina Davis, the juniors. The one sport that will be notice- abty absent will be a gide field hockey While the various teams have been holding auditions and practices. Hewitt noted the schedules for each of the spam; will be unveiled during a YRAA fall preseawn meeting Tuesday. ‘lhe Stoufivifle lawn Baa/ling (Jub played host to a couple of inter-club tmnrnamcnts and are in the midst of gearing up for figs annual» in'dub championships. ‘ln concluding the 2013 season: the club will host its annual banquet and awards night at Stouffville's Ruyal Canadian Legion Oct. 1. The second event to be held at Sgt. Peppers Bar and Grill. the Clippers minor peewee Ali Pub Nigm Fundrais- ing event Nov. 9.1118 evening features a band. door prizrs. 50/50 draw and food. mmMmmlntoumm â€" M Gle'Dundee Wealth Managemerit “Iburriamem. the club's "um! pairs entry ufSandrd and Geurgr Iwasiw wcm two-game winners. Elean clubs look (q the given; A: the Banhau leweflers Tournament. the club's entry of Helen and Kathi Culley won second high three'game. The club will hold its traditional men's pairs fowl stan- ing at 9:30 am. today. Players will enjoy a turkey dinner at lunch at Stoufifille Creek Retirement Residence. Sept. 2|. the semifinalist teams of (he dubs Munday and Wednesday NM! Leagues will play for champion- ships in the [rebels and pairs categories sianing at 9 am. The dub championship and men's singles con- tests will 24 staning at 9 am. The first is Scheduled to take place at Boston Pizza ()0. 1. Hum 5 to 8 pm. the players will trade in their skim-s fur aprons to take on the rule as servers at the L-au-rv l-‘ach player will wear their and will be juuu'ng forces with an existing server to volunteer and help out when' they can. Al the same time. the team will det' off a pair of tickets for a 'I‘oromouMaple Leafs' game. Poms mm'um Fielding 3 minor hockey team can be costly 10 help defray some costs for the upcoming ()mariu Minor Hockey Association season. the Sloufivillc minor [11w Ali Clippers will cunduu lwu fumimising rvrma.