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v jc3 r p2 weekender october 2 1993 w st rmmmmmymmmi spartans encounter smooth waters tami waters remembers the first few practices she and co- coach bill mcknight put their stoufiville district secondary school spartans boys fastball team through last spring the boys were more than a little skeptical that a female firstyear business studies teacher would be able to teach them anything about the game some of them had been playing at the rep level for more than a few years but the doubters quickly became converts when tami took the ball and demonstrat ed proper softball pitching form to the teams pitching prospects for tami the subsequent york region high school championship won by the spartans was just another in an endless string of fastball titles she has known as a coach and a player since she first took up the game at the all star level in oshawa at the age of 10 her latest triumph came when the oshawa midget girls team she coached won the regional provincial and canadian national fastball championships this pas sum mer going 210 in the three competitions tami who was born and raised and still resides in courtice just east of oshawa played on the pickering junior girls team that captured the national junior girls title in 1986 a pitcherinfielder tami then went on to play senior ladies ball for the cobourg squad which won the provincials and placed third sport at the nationals in british columbia in 1990 she was also picked up by the oakville team which con tested the senior ladies title in newfoundland in 1989 since 1986 tami has been coaching at the midget girls rep level in oshawa her ability to pass on her own knowledge and skills has been testified to by the fact that several of her players have gone on to receive fastball scholarships at universities in the united states as for tamis own education al background she attended niagara university in lewis- ton ny on a fastball scholar ship as a commerce under graduate completing her master of education degree in 1991 she took her first teaching job at the stoufiville high school last fall she helped coach the schools junior girls basket ball team to the regional semi finals last fall before leading the boys fastball team to vic tory the next spring this year tami has taken over the senior girls hoops squad and will return to coach the sdss boys ball team next spring despite her own athletic proficiency tami has no desire to become a physical education teacher ive never had any aspirations to be a phys ed teacher i love teach ing business she told me tuesday while watching the sdss spartans senior boys volleyball team in action the coaching is my time away from the class room it gives me a nice balance she enjoys coaching at the high school level but is well aware of the difference between coaching school teams and national level rep fastball squads here school has to come first the team is just a part of their overall school program but with the rep teams ball comes first you work your summer job around it she feels her youth along with her personal athletic successes have made it possi ble to gain the respect of the high school teams she coach es the kids can relate to me and they respect me because ive done it she still smiles however when she remembers how the sdss boys fastball team came to find out she was for real last spring it was pret ty funny they were a little unsure of me but after a few practices they caught on that i knew what i was talking about while tami hasnt played ball herself for several years she said she may return at some time in the future i might get back into it at the senior a level but it wouldnt be as a pitcher i put too much wear and tear on my arm in past seasons spartan girls downed field hockey and hoops the stouffville district sec ondary school girls field hock ey team had the moves but they couldnt put the numbers on the board in a 21 loss to unionville high school in york region secondary schools athletic association action on thursday lori giancoulos scored the lone goal for the spartans the team travels to toronto today to compete in the june collard tournament in senior girls basketball action the spartans suffered losses to bowmanville 2625 and host ajax high 5429 in exhibition games on thursday andrea crothers poured in 12 points in the loss to bow manville melissa austin had seven points against ajax photoceua bronkhorst having a ball the monday night mens lob ball league concluded its season last weekend with its seasonending tournament at town park here a tigers second baseman left catches the ball to force out this yankees base runner in the championship final the brewers defeated the expos 2825 photolori emmerson hooping it up stouffvilles stephanie summerhill 44 is on the receiving end of a couple of elbows from her thornlea counterparts and one of her teammates during action in mondays york region sec ondary schools athletic association junior girls basketball game at stouffville district secondary school for results of this game and other spartan hoop matches see page 29 major novices put two games on ice jordan mabley scored five goals and rod assinck managed a genuine hat trick as the stouffville major novice rep hockey team swept a home and home series with east gwilhmbury over the weekend the stoufiville squad fell behind 30 in saturdays first game in east gwillimbury but mabley counted three goals to key a 74 vic tory brian montgomery collected a pair of markers for the win ners with assinck and andy gibson rounding out the attack assists went to shawn burns 2 brad paterson 2 andrew mckay 2 josh brillinger gibson blair loughead jesse miller and assinck cameron davis showed some strong forechecking paterson came up with the play of the game going end to end before passing off to mabley who tied the game at 33 sunday it was all stouffville as assinck scored three goals in succession to help power his team to a 52 triumph mabley added two more scores to his weekend total scott davis was steady in goal helping preserve the win with several big saves assists were earned by gibson 3 loughead brillinger matthew wright and cameron davis local lawn bowlers roll up some impressive scores the stouffville team of norm swartman eleanor crossen and edna mashinter won high score for three games at the markham fowl tournament sept 22 stouffvilles elmer farthing daws hare and everette ham mond took the three game high honours at an uxbridge tourna ment sept 15 at the stouffville fowl tour nament and dinner held sept 25 three agincourt teams gob bled up the prize turkeys bill mckechnies crew won the high three game award and ron hintons team was sec ond ron genioles green won high two game score