p10 tribune october 30 1996 st spartan runners win yraa crown ssms0ssaa n atlbjrnc asucu1kn by bruce stapley correspondent mission accomplished the stouffville district secondary school sdss cross country team slogged through the boyd conserva tion area trail in wood- bridge wednesday at a championship clip regaining jf the york ffp 4 region athlet- ic association yraa title led by the first place indi vidual performances of wendy wright in the junior girls race and luke williams in the 95 runner midget boys event the sdss runners ran to their second over all yraa crown in three years the schools junior girls team placed first out of 16 schools with the sdss senior boys squad coming second in their cate gory the senior and midget girls and midget boys crews all finished third the sdss junior boys were fourth out of 18 schools individually julianne lowrie backed up wright with a third place showing in the junior girls race alex chacinski was 11th and allison macdonald 12th the sdss senior boys were led by chris weatherill who came in second after taking a big lead but was mis directed by a race marshall chris cherkas was seventh in the midget boys event danielle evans was sixth out of 75 runners in the senior girls race ian hazel- wood was 12th in the junior boys run the sdss junior girls and senior boys teams along with williams and cherkas qualified to compete in the ontario high school ofsaa championships nov 2 at torontos sunny- brook park sdss coach dave connell said the schools overall yraa victory was the result of a collective effort the team concept is alive and thriving with our cross country team said connell individually we are excel lent but we have always stressed the team aspect connell said the focus is now on the provincial meet saturday weve got personal team goals for ofsaa and were hoping to achieve them all spartans spiked stouffville district sec ondary school spartans senior boys volleyball coach jim fletcher hopes his team is saving the best until last the spartans were edged 1115 1510 1416 by their unionville hs rivals thursday in unionville the win gave the yraa front runners a sweep of the two sets played between the two teams this season the sdss crew was done in by sloppy serving accord ing to fletcher we missed eight serves said fletcher but were coming if our serving improves well be in the thick of it with the regular schedule to conclude today tuesday fletcher expects his spar tans will get another chance against unionville in the playoffs beginning nov 6 in the sdss gym the coach feels his team has been pick ing up momentum as the season progressed and is confident the spartans will be there when it counts if s looking good he said cagers clean up it was a clean sweep for the stouffville secondary school sdss midget and junior girls spartans bas- ketbal teams when brother andre chs came calling thursday the midget spartans erased a fivepoint deficit heading into the fourth quarter to earn a narrow 49- 48 victory while the juniors romped to a 3723 win the midgets got a 13- point performance from laura boyd who dominated the second half jess fleming went to the hoop for nine points while jackie derasmo contributed a solid defensive effort while adding seven points amanda crowder had six points amy mcelroy four and candice miller tracy hocher and kristey gibson two each the juniors spartans were led by sherri hartnett with 10 points with danielle timms picking up eight major peewees tame cougars the stouffville major peewee clippers took to the offensive as they tamed the home cobourg cougars 41 last sunday andrew lombardo had two goals for the clippers with dylan harrison and ryan jackson scoring as well assists went to jason mcdonald 2 richard mulder brandon tardella and jere my guest richard lynn was outstanding in goal while the stouffville squad took advantage of its scoring opportunities midget clippers downed the bouwmeister landscaping midget clippers have opened the season with a win and three losses along with an impressive showing at a tournament in huntsville the clippers who managed a split in two preseason exhibition games defeated cobourg while falling to uxbridge lindsay and oshawa west in regular season play at the huntsville early bird tournament the stouffville squad won their conference against parry sound newmarket and ajax but fell 32 to the defending ontario midget a championship host crew the clippers roster is made up of 16 or 17 year olds who have come up through the whitchurchstouffville minor hockey associ ation rep system team spokesman glenn johnston said the team is emphasizing goal prevention this season unlike the previous midget team which included natural goal scorers ryan king and robbie spytz the cur rent squad will have to succeed with a sound defensive game leading point getters to date include brett boyd 5 matt turner 4 david clarke 4 and kevin hackert 3 other players include goalies carmen auciello and jason brown defencemen kyle harrison chris howland mark meyer keith mills cory turchan and mike wood and for wards evan cain brandon crossen brad johnston andrew korb grahame smith and dan tardella the midget clippers play their home games sundays at 630 pm stouffville district secondary schools lisann kayum left utilizes her long reach over her brother andre opponent to get her hands on this rebound while teammate stacie wagg right also tried get in on the action in last thursdays yraa junior girls basketball game against brother andre at stouffville district secondary school the spartans won the contest 3723 photosjoerd witteveen or second wtn ot seasom the other defenceman jeff hi 1 11 1 i j a- i was imprest jsmmifie spirit net stouffville squad putting an end to a five- hejd ed m shots on ime losing skid head coach steve sedore said b wag h m teara the win got the monkey off the cquld cany momentam into teams back a pair of road games against the we were down 30 halfway through and we had hit three goal posts and just cou break said sedore all of a sudden things started ing our way it was a good game for us 0m spirit were led by the line vaughan vipers and the league fading newmarket 87s this before returning home to face the orulia terriers satur- day hopefully we can get another win said sedore sedore said he has been please see page iv