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i i 4 1 i i i i i r i p18 weekender february 15 1997 st mvfmci fitness aerobics centre 190 dullock drive 9054717371 kl spirit come close but fail to haul in muskies by bruce stapley correspondent more of the same thursday nights 54 home ice loss to the lindsay muskies rep resented all the frustrations experienced by the spirit of stouffville in their second provincial junior a hockey league season the spirit were good but not quite good enough as they car ried a 10 lead into the second period then rallied to tie the game at 44 in the third only to have the muskies count the game winner with just over a minute to play to fall short by a goal so many times this season has been dis heartening said spirit manager wally crowder crowder said the frustration of the close losses and diminish ing support from the fans is tak ing its toll the peo ple who are coming out say were playing entertaining hockey and the kids havent quit all season said crowder maybe we should look into taking the team to another town if the people here arent going to support it crowder commended the spirit for playing as well as they have despite a chronic shortage of practice time the spirit got a goal and two assists from john lowrie during thursdays contest kevin edgar had a goal and an assist with phil vito and tate philips scoring as well rob frost had three assists the spirit who were to travel to collingwood to play the blues last night close out the season at home against the muskies today at 730 pm minor bantams win playoff opener david brown hit for the hat trick while lukas williams and matt sullivan each scored twice to power an ailing aikens ida minor bantam clippers to a 109 victory over the georgina ice in the first game of their playoff series between the two teams the clippers who netted the win ner with two minutes left in the end to end contest got single scores from ryan fontanna peter smit and justin heyworth smit and ryan jones each registered two assists casey maude sullivan fontanna heyworth matt prentice brown and williams were each credited with single helpers the next two contests were scheduled to take place in georgina this monday and thursday bruins bear down and scare ghosts the ghosts were out to haunt the bruins but it was all for mcnaught in stouffville amateur hockey league action feb 4 at the rec centre dan mcnaught counted two goals and an assist with brother dave mcnaught chipping in with a goal and one helper as the bruins exor cised the ghosts 54 in the 20 and over division contest adam kennedy and steve bals- don rounded out the bruins scoring greg tarr had a trio of assists for the winners with gary carr setting up two scores steve livingstone had a goal and two assists for the ghosts while dave andreoli dave showers and brandon abrahams netted singles in the other 20 and over match tom hammond and graham sum- merhayes each had two goals and two assists as the gallo real estate red wings iced the penguins 53 tim mullen had a goal and three assists for the winners the pen guins countered with goals by bill hughes brian lemay and frank blanchet in 30 and over play feb 5 al fockler earned a shutout and al currie and dan brown were the marksmen as the mackenzie insur ance devils blanked the hunters nest north stars 20 paul westerman and doug taylor each found the target as the fuller- tons flames nipped the williamson jets 21 greg roberts replied for the jets the flyers got goals from joe oconnor dan maillet alan boyd and mark moreau in a 43 win over the boyds sports sharks gary carr had two goals and an assist for the sharks barry green- shields also scored in 40 and over division action sunday wayne jackson and bill ormson both potted a pair and garth bell had two assists as the vec enterprise ducks doubled up the occasions blues 42 jim gray and wayne mcmann scored for the blues dave wicksted lit the lamp twice to help lift the kings to a 52 victory over the rand pools maple leafs bruce mehaffey and gregg tam- lin each had a goal and two assists for the kings who also got a goal and an assist from dan lloyd john hickman set up two kings goals bob saunders and bill anderson had the leafs goals ed dennis gary yoshida jim sutton and chris tancock scored to give the stouffville travel black hawks a 4- 2 triumph over the ken may estate flyers larry penny picked up two assists for the hawks wayne emmerson and jack holder responded for the flyers art nicholson al mcnaught john visser and mike bossi were the marksmen as the whalers downed grounded the lightning 41 mcnaught and garth krisman each had two assists dale vick notched the lone lightning goal classics earn win loss and tie it was a win a loss and a draw for the stouffville classics at a recent oldtimers hockey tournament held at ice gardens at york university the classics came from behind to post a 32 victory in game one as mike jones netted a pair to go with a single from doug gornall gor- nall also had two assists jones and george sled also had assists in game two the classics rallied to erase a 31 deficit on their way to a 3- 3 tie with the islington villagers bob shunder gornall and sled had the stouffville goals assists went to graham williams smith sled and ron martyn the islington shooters scored a second period goal then clinched it with an empty net marker to blank the classics 20 in their third and final contest pilgt stouffville district secondary schools alison crow der right shows good form in spiking this ball back toward her brother andre opponents in wednesdays yraa junior girls volleyball game at stouffville dis trict secondary school the spartans had a success ful day on the court defeating brother andre 20 and unionville high school 20 photosteve somerville spartans gain revenge on ice the stouffville dis trict secondary school spartans junior boys hockey team settled one score tuesday and now theyre looking to set tle another g the spartans j avenged their only t defeat of the sea- mjettj son to huron hts ss when they thumped the newmar ket squad 91 in their final game of the regu lar york region athletic association season tuesday the spartans now have their eyes on the yraa title after going as far as the finals in their inaugural 199596 season jason fontanna and richard cho led the way with two goals and a pair of assists each tuesday in newmarket tyler markle had a goal and two helpers with peter mabley chipping in with a goal and an assist mark johnston brett meyer and kevin hack- ert also had goals the spartans finished the season in first place in the yraa east divi sion with a record of eight wins and one loss the spartans begin their drive to repeat as yraa finalists on feb 18 at home against vaughan ss which fin- ished fourth in the west division midgets spike title good as gold that was the story for the spartans midget girls volleyball team as they spiked their way to the championship at a tournament in picker ing feb 8 the spartans rolled to victory in the prelimi nary round robin fin ishing first out of 12 teams they then swept the host team in the quarter finals before advancing to the finals with a twogame sweep of cedarbrae ss the spartans claimed the title in a hard fought three game set against a strong dun- barton hs crew