economist suntribune thursday nov i 1999 35 m y- wwffl mm- llii 1 v- asifbm lisfe iambfimi swffphotosjqerdvvltteveeni markham district high school football player danmott straightarms king city defender curtis bentley in york region seniors boys championship game action stuesday afternoon in markham king city won the game 196 to take the york region title lions to in senior gridif oil final r bymikehayakawa l sports editor the markham district high school marauders figured they had everything down pat when they hosted the king city secondary school lions in tuesdayls york region athletic associationsenior football final on a cold- arid blustery day the marauders felt their offence would coh- imtinuetodoj what carried them to an unblemished regular season run the ball arid throw in the odd pass for good measure onthe defensive side of the ball the marauders had their coverages down pat there was however one thing they could not control broken plays a couple of improvised plays by the lions proved to be the difference as they upended the marauders 196 to claim this years yraa title and advance to sundays inaugural central ontario bowl- against the barrie central j collegiate phoenix it was a tough loss acknowledged marauders defensive cbordinator greg pritty everyone was covered on defence we got beat on broken plays the biggest of those came late in the fourth quarter with the outcome still in doubt with the score knotted at 66 and the lions facing- a second and 20 situation near rriidfield quarterback jp marchello elected to race toward the right sideline after failing to find an open receiver his scamper was enough for a first down from there tailback rob asczerisi churned up some valuable yards on the ground and scored on a twoyard off tackle run to stake the lions to a 126 lead joe grande added the convert vky the- marauders marched the ball deep into lions territory in the dying moments before quarterback andrew williams had a pass picked off by ascenzi who returned it 80 yards for an insurance major what might have set an ominous tone for the marauders took place on their first possession of the game in which they drove the ball to the lions loyard line before facing a fourth down call the marauders disdained a field goal attempt and gambled the move failed and the lions took over and pro- ceeded to take a 60 lead on ascenzis first major a 20yard run- we asked each other ifwe should go for the three pointsrecalled pritty we both didnt hesitate i guess ifwe had to do it over again we would have gone for the three but we just didnt do the job inside the 20 and that hurt us when you get a chance like that to score youve got to do it we didnt give them many opportuni ties to score but the two times we did they capitalized the marauders tied the score early in the fourth quarter on a twoyard run by running back phil richards having defeated the lions earlier in the regular season pritty said his club did not enter the game with ari air of overconfidence we knew going in that they the lions would have nothing to lose they started the season of riot knowing if they would have a team sure we beat them in their first game of the season but thats a long ways back we figured it would be a close game arid we just got beat in a close tight game thats the way it goes in sundays central ontario bowl the junior marauders will take to the york university gridiron to meet either twin lakes secondary school of orillia or eastview secondary school of barrie at- t030arri advarice tickets are 3 for students and 5 for adults and can be purchased by callirig dick thoriison at markharn district high school at 2941886 ext 579 game day admission is 5 for stix- dents and 7 for adults former red army goaltending great vladislav tretiak offers assistance to local major bantam hockey team bymikehayakawa sports editor former goaltending great vladislav tretiak does not know any of the players representing the markham islanders aaa major bah- tarn hockey club on a personal basis v by the same token no members of the islanders are personal friends with the former red army goal keeper but starting sunday arid concluding wednesday the two parties are expected to become close acquaintances during that timeframe the islariders wilfmake an overseas trek to moscow to compete in the inauguraiv vladislav tretiak international friendship tournament the markham coritingent will be canadas lone entry in the fourclub team event which includes central red army belarus and sloyania as well the major bantams will be the first islanders team to play iri russia cited head coach john neville the trip will be more than just hockey it will be a cultural experience for the kids tretiak has arranged a number of sightseeing tours for the kids itll be quite an awakeningnevilie said the islanders presence in the tournament came about just before their season began as they first got wind in early august arid received official approval to make the trip later that month r neville pointed put mat were it riot for tretiaks insistarice on having a canadian representative the trip would not haye become a reality tretiak does a lot of business to toronto aha he has a successful goalie school he used his con tacts to try and get a tearh frorn the greater toronto hockey league to cbme over u he got ahold of john gardiner gthl presi- dent who then invited us to represent canada neville recalled- entering a different time zone arid environ ment and playing on a larger ice surface the deferidirig gthl carnation cup championswill face an uphill battle neville concedes we have a good group of kids werenot big and were not highly skilled but put the canadian jerseys on and funnji things can happen he added once the tournament is over the islanders will have one exhibition gariie against an all moscow allstar team this squad neville said is com prised of players who do nipt play for red arrny or dynamo ithe game will be played at the luszriiki ice palace the same ice surface which hosted the 1972 summit series between canada and russia its not 1972 its not war oriice its more than that its a cultural exchange he said of the trip thats what tretiak is interested to the hockey will take care of itself v members of the islanders include goalies brent cescon and matt george defencerrien nick kerhoulis nick ostii paul gialloriardo simon mayer and forwards peter lpyisek- david clarksori andrew ritskos mark skeels raf martynpwski austin armstrong andrew macddnaldi evan kotspppulos corey locke chris gill and rob hisey 1 strongteults for sheffield students members of the sheffield judo club returned to stpuffyille with topthree finishes from the recent shinbukan invitational tpurnarrient at humber college ffrstplace efforts came from kerrylynne hulshofiri the juvenile girls 45lolograrri diyisibn sarah jones juvenile girls 48 kg and kyle chee-a- tow juvenile boys 54 kg finishing secbrid were dusty cheeatpw juvenile boys 54 kg jennie jones ijf girls 70kg rkatie jones ijf girls 63 kg and trevor chee-a- tow ufboys 73 kg rthirdplace finishers included chad mclintock in the juvenile boys 59 i jlea shefbeld junior girls 20 kg arid tressa sheffield junior girls 20 kg or novices insemis 1 1 1 s t- ii ill the stouffville clippers major novices advanced to the semifinals of the recent orillia terriers noviceatom tournament before being edged 21 by the host club after dropping a 64 decision to tnt in its opener the clippers rallied to tie south port 44 arid rout ajax 72 scoring for the clippers were matthew reguseo five goals- fliree assiste justin hulshbf four goals four assists jeff kavluk three goals one assist malcolm forbes one goal two assists grant somrrierville one goal brie assist dennis oshaughnessy and patrick salvagria one goal gonribr steyeris four assists matthew benincasa two assists christopher bpake and michael sboley one assist gregory outramkuzriia and vvesley campbell provided solid netinindirig throughout the tbur- nariient ro trtv v v to- t w 1 h r canadian tire players of the week sheldon lamoreaux adam brookes offensive mvp sheldon lamoureux had a good day in runningthe football for the markham district high school marauders as he amassed 162 yards on nine carries in tuesdays yraa final against the king city secondary school lions defensive mvp adam brookes played a sound game on the defensive line for the markham district high school maraudersthe oac student led the defence with eight tackles in tuesdas yraa senior fina game ontieteifofihecoatosahdpiayersmi to thank the i markham canadian tire jor their support of the markham district high school senior football team this season n nxxpauieammissegson 1 i m