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r phone your sports news to 6402100 sports classified 124 main st w stouffville 6407724 second section a metroland community newspaper wednesday april 8 1987 midgets win omha bb crown by alan shackleton sports editor stouffville is the home of the 198687 ontario minor hockey association omha bb midget champions the stouffville beckers midget clippers took the title with a 73 win in beamsville friday night to sweep the best of seven final four straight b the whole team are just super kids an elated coach ray steele said after the game it was a tot al team effort by everyone even the guys who didnt play too much were there when we needed them y the squad is the first stouffville midget team to win the bb title since 198081 coach steele admit- ted that he didnt really expect this team to win the title when the season started we didnt get off to good start this season and at the time i tdidnt think wed get too far in the playoffs he said however as the year went on the team improved and by the time they began the playoffs against lindsay they were quite confident he said great goaltending j the strong play of captain sean mcquigge goalie jim todd de- fenceman jim baggs and the line of kirk smythe kent smythe and paul sinclair led the clippers to the championship steele said todds brilliant goaltending during a number of short handed situations was the key to the clip pers win friday night he added jim has been outstanding through the whole playoffs he gave us just great goaltending when we had to have it steele said when we were down two men he kept us in it captain sean mcquigge led the clippers friday with two goals while singles were added by jason borthwick derek hamil ton kirk smythe kent smythe- and paul sinclair the game was played before a packed house about half of them stouffville fans at the beamsville centennial centre and came on the heels of a 74 clipper overtime win wednesday at the recreation centre prior to the game clipper man ager maurice hamilton had said that the overtime loss might have dampened the enthusiasm of beamsville but they were far from dead he was right the score remained close until midway through the third when the clippers scored two goals in 18 seconds to take control close game entering the final frame stouffville held a 42 lead but the result was still up for grabs and beamsvilles goal with 9 57 lef t on a long slap shot seemed to signal a comeback however jason borthwick quickly ended the threat seven seconds later restoring the clip pers two goal lead sean mcquigge made it 63 for stouffville 18 seconds after that and derek hamiltons insurance marker with just over five mi nutes remaining put the game away playing in front of the home town fans the beamsville boys came out hitting right from the opening whistle but as in wednes days game the first goal went to the clippers beamsvilles aggressive play led to an early penalty and kirk smythe on a set up from paul sinclair and derek hamilton capitalized on the man advantage less than two minutes into the game just before the goal todd had stopped a beamsville breakaway the result game could have been very different if beamsville had scored on the play penalty trouble less than two minutes after kirk smythes goal brother kent made it 20 stouffville on a hard slap shot from just inside the point assists went to sean mcquigge and jim baggs beamsville made it 21 midway through the period and then the clippers got themselves into penalty trouble late in the first and early the second todd had to weather a barrage of shots during thistime andit was a miracle that he only let one of them past him just over a mi nute into the second the clippers went ahead to stay with 835 left in the second when paul sinclair took a perfect pass from mcquigge who had pulled the goalie out of the net mcquigge scored a goal of his own two minutes later when he won the face off in the beamsville zone and backhanded the puck past the surprised goalie tlie 1987 stouffville midget champions the stouffville beckers midget clippers won the omha bb cham pionship friday night in beamsville sweeping the best of seven series four games straight the guys went a little crazy in the dressing room after the game captain sean mcquigge holds the trophy flanked by assistants jim baggs and paul sinclair the other members of the team are jim todd derek hamilton kent smythe kirk smythe gary norris mike oconnor wade denny bill butler russ king blair steele jason borthwick dave howe and dave ledlie coach is ray steele and manager is maurice hamilton alan shackleton as the final seconds ticked down in the beamsville arena fri day night the many stouffville fans and players started to cele brate loudly fans helped steele said the fan support over the season has been a great help to the team the fans have been su per theyve really helped us in some of the games he said the members of the 1987 omha bb champion stouffville beckers midget clippers are jim todd jim baggs derek hamilton kent smythe kirk smythe paul sinclair sean mcquigge dave ledlie dave howe jason borth wick blair steele russ king bill butler wade dennv mike ocon nor and gary norristhe coach is ray steele and the manager is maurice hamilton bantams lose heart breaker to end final series by alan shackleton sports editor it was a heart breaker despite a valiant effort over the weekend the stouffville edwardsmurphy bantam clippers were unable defend their ontario minor hockey association omha bb championship against belle river the knockout punch came in game four sunday after noon with 234 left in overtime as belle river took a 54 lead the clippers pulled the goalie in allout effort to tie but an empty net goal with one second to go finished them off belle river won the game 64 and took the best of five final series 31 the loss was particulary hard for the clippers to take as they had a 31 lead going into the final period sunday if the bantams had hung on to win the series would have been deadlocked 22 and the advantage would have gone to the clippers as game five was scheduled for stouffville next saturday to win the series would have been a great comeback for the clippers as they lost the first two games last weekend in belle river however anything was possi ble after the bantams strong play in game three saturday night which they won 53 bantam coach kerry keller would like the third period of sundays game back and so would his players belle river controlled the period and scored to tie it 33 on a power play witli only 1 28 the stouffville edwardsmurphy bantam clippers would rather have won the championship trophy instead of the runnerup one but they still had the class to pose for this photo moments after their bitter defeat in game four they arc assistant captain aaron mcwilliams left coach kerry keller captain dan larmcr with trophy and darren baston alan shackleton left in the game and force the ten minute overtime the clippers were outshot 142 in the third and belle riv ers suddenly tenacious fore- checking seemed to confuse them they way to beat belle river was to dump the puck in and forecheck them to death keller said thats what we did the first two periods and it was what we planned to do in the third instead belle river did everything we wanted to do as well as the tying goal being scored in the third the winner in overtime was also scored on a power play a clipper defenceman was given a holding penalty in front of the net with 336 left in the overtime and just over a minute later belle river bounced a drive from the point off a leg for the winner i dont think the ref should have been calling a holding penalty in overtime there was a crowd in front of the net and it just wasnt that flag rant keller said the refs ended up deciding the winner with their calls and i dont think that was proper belle river opened the scor ing early in the overtime but the clippers came back to tie it on a power play goal of their own by scott mckinley other clipper scorers sun day were captain dan lar- mer kevin francis and mckinley facing elimination satur day the clippers came up with one of their most physical games of the season to win comfortably 53 scott mckinley with two dan larmcr craig slronach and aaron mcwilliams scored the goals despite he bitter loss kel ler said he is very proud of the the team its been a tremendous year but some times after such a loss you forget that midget celebration as he final buzzc- sounded the midget clippers hit the ice to ccjebrate their omha bb cham pionship a large number of stouffville fans also joined in the party at the beamsville cenennial centre top photo captail scan mcquiggc cen tre is presented wjth the championship trophy by a member of the omha executive also on hand were coach ray steele left assistant cap tains jim baggs aild paul sinclair and manager maurice hamilton alan shackleton