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v- sw9baessc tribune february 26mpfl stouffville wmmixssmmimim f atoms take series its on to kingston the stouffville boyds sports atom clip- pers took the long route in picking up the decisive point in their second round ontario minor hockey association playoff series with cobourg last week the clippers who had taken the first two games of the bestoffive sixpoint set played to a 44 overtime tie at the rec centre feb 11 friday in cobourg it was a carbon copy with an extra period required after the teams each scored four times during regulation time but this time the clippers managed to net the winner with only 20 seconds left in the extra period to take the game and the series it was grahame smith with a pair and rob tilley and brad johnston with singles in feb 11 contest rob spytz 2 andrew hutchison ryan king tilley and johnston had assists friday king had two goals and an assist to lead the way smith also scored twice with jeff hassard adding the fifth marker king spytz tilley and johnston drew assists the boyds squad will now take on kingston with the first game of the series set to go feb 23 at 4 pm at the rec centre i m m spartans into the crunch its crunch time for- the three stouffville district secondary school sdss spartans boy basketball teams with the seniors juniors and midgets all seeing playoff action this week the seniors are hoping to write a happy fin- bruins take first round of playoffs exstouffville clippers chris winn scored on a breakaway just 20 seconds into the game to set the tone as the uxbridge bruins blanked the ajax axe men 60 in the seventh and deciding game of their central ontario junior c hockey league playoff series sunday at the uxbridge arena winn took a pass from another former clipper jamie showers then raced the length of the ice to give the bruins a quick 10 lead stouffvilles keith piette also scored in the game which followed ajaxs 54 seriestying victory in uxbridge friday night winn notched a marker in fridays con test as well the bruins who finished in first place in she central league standings will now await the winner of the semifinalset between the bowmanville eagles and the port perry mojacks before going on to j contest the league title j ish to a sad season as they play richmond hill in the york region quarter finals a victory would put them into thursdays final in their own gym the varsity squad fell 5848 to aurora in an exhibition tune up last tuesday karam amer was the leading sdss scorer in the aurora match with 14 points travis white hooped 12 points kevin josephs 10 and phil spencer and dave irwin netted six and four points respectively the junior spartans who finished second in the division in regular season play have been seeded second among the aa york schools going into the playoffs the juniors are to contest the york region semifinals at home this afternoon the york region junior championships are slated for this friday at st andrews sec ondary school the sdss midgets who also placed sec ond in their division are to play in the york region midget semifinal wednesday at home as well both sdss junior and midget crews fell short in a home double header with uxbridge last thursday the juniors lost 6525 while the midgets were dumped 5639 brian snooks led all junior point getters with 19 with brian leoni jermain franklin and jason hollin hooping nine eight and six points respectively ryan jefferson went to the hoop for 12 points for the sdss midgets chris leonard had eight points while phil pridham and phil deroo had four a piece ww ix wkmm v si lislbf 1 v 1 1 0m wf mmm photoannette buchkowski stouffville hoopster tops the stouffville district secondary school sdss senior boys spartans basketball team fought their way to the consolation finals at the uxbridge black and gold invita tional tiger tournament saturday at uxbridge secondary school the spartans got off to a slow start drop ping a 5128 decision to the host squad but they came back to bounce port perry 6538 on the strength of karam amers 14- point effort travis white was named spartan mvp for the match the win put the stouffville cage crew into the consolation final against brock which the spartans lostj6248 amer again went to the hoop for 14 points while white was given the nod as the spar tans best defensive player amer placed second in the tournaments three point competition hitting on an impressive nine of 15 shots in the contests first round while amers nine hoops were top of all shooters he fell short in the prize round shootoff against uxbridges jason eddy carnival organizers hoping for snow theyll try again this weekend with the organizers of the 1991 snopitch winter carnival confi dent that winter wont abandon them as it did earlier this month looking at the hastily revised schedule of events for the three extravaganza nothing would seem to have changed with the opening ceremonies slated for 7 pm at memorial park an outdoor family skate at the rink where the old arena once stood will follow with the ball tourna ment beginning at 8 am saturday morning brrrr the pancake cook flip and eat should be a barrel of laughs while the snow sculpture competition is sure to bring out the talent of the local citizenry there are dog sled races saturday afternoon and hayrides sunday at sport notes 11am the snopitch championships are slated for 2 pm sunday a chat with dave winn father of chris uxbridge bruin forward and exstouffville clipper at the uxbridge arena during a recent bruins playoff game provided me with the answer to a question that had been burning for a few months chris had always reminded me of a bull who had just been let out of his stall and into the ring when he came onto the ice he would combine the boister- ousness of an eddie shack with a talent level which while definitely not at the superstar plateau had kept him on the junior c bruins roster for three years as this season progressed chriss name began to appear more and more on the score sheet under the goals category and less and less on the penalties side he even lit the lamp twice in some games such was his ne found scoring prowess and he was definitely picking his spots flicking the puck into the net in the last second of one game to give the bruins a onegoal victory 1 why the turnaround i kept ask- ing myself well the answer came when dave told me his 19yearold off spring is in the home stretch of a twoyear law enforcement and security course at georgian college inbarrie he has applied for a position with the durham york and halton region police forces as well as the toronto force it turns out the recruiting officer for one of the forces said hed like to comeand see chris play hockey since then chris has been concen trating on his goal scoring leaving the enforcer stuff to the others he hasnt changed that much really insists dave he s just minding himself he tends to back off when the rough stuff starts as we spoke the bruins and their ajax axemen opponents were in the process of turning a sunday afternoon hockey game into a roller derby exhibition but as his father had said chris was one of the few who were showing restraint his new found maturity demonstrating that he certainly would be good jpolice officer material he even scored a goal to con tribute to the 102 bruin romp as he played on a line with fellow stouffvillites paul sinclair and jason underwood who werent having the same kind of luck as chris when it came to avoiding the penalty box on that afternoon winn stands to make a big contri bution as the bruins who ended up in first place in the central ontario league standings pursue the league championship over the next few weeks v his enthusiasm and his scoring touch along with his increasing restraint will give him an edge in a league where players often lose their cool at the slightest provoca tion iv