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f29 weekender april 26 1997 i st wafo fitness aerobics centre 190 bullock drive 9054717571 dwahftsmsaw swinging into action the arrival of spring signifies the start of another golf season here stouffville resident gary wilson got into the spirit of the season by hitting a bucket of balls recently at the timber creek driving range photobbee campbell stingrays serve up 11th place effort the stouffville stingrays were in tough at the recent ontario tier 1 midget girls volleyball championships at the university of torontos scarborough college the stingrays placed third in their pool after winning one of their three preliminary sets they were then downed in a hard fought three game set in the opening playoff round but came back to prevail in a three game consolation set to claim 11th place overall in the 16- team competition stingrays coach don forbes praised the consistent play of arin bush amanda crowder suzanne fogg evelyn kuck megan bennett and tory woods in the tournament he said the team had a banner season overall we reached our goal to play with the best club teams in ontario at the tier 1 level said forbes tm very proud of what weve accomplished this season sahl titles on the line tonight at the rec centre by bruce stapley correspondent while music mania treats its audience to song and dance tonight at the local high school the stouffville amateur hockey league sahl will be providing the drama at the rec centre a few hundred yards to the west if past performance is any indi cation the recreational mens leagues seasonending champi onship showdown will include thrills spills and an overtime goal or two as usual upsets have been the order of the day as only one of the three divisional regular season champions have advanced to the final round the lastplace fmishing ghosts will take on the runaway league leading bruins in the 20 and over title tilt which gets under way at 5 pm while the bruins cruised to the finals with a playoff record of three wins and no defeats the ghosts snuck through the back door with a mark of just one win and two losses the ghosts who posted their only post season win tuesday when they blanked the penguins 50 ended up in a threeway tie with two points but advanced to the championship match because of a superior goals for and against average the ghosts had only managed to score four goals in their first two playoff outings but rallied behind goalkeeper glen greigg to blank the pens tuesday in wednesdays 30 and over divi sion preliminary round robin final steve schneider and randy osbourne were the heroes as the williamson motors jets advanced to the finals with a 10 win over the fullerton flames schneider had the games only goal while osbourne recorded his second shutout in three playoff games the nimble netmihder has allowed just one goal in three play off outings taking two consecutive shutouts into the final his only goal against came with just 12 sec onds left in the jets opening game 11 tie with the flyers april 9 wednesdays loss was the first for the flames after winning their first two games meanwhile the flyers were defeating the boyds sports sharks 41 wednesday to clinch a berth in the championship show down which takes place at 7 pm tonight the flyers who placed fifth in the regular season and the jets who were second each finished the round robin with two wins and a tie the firstplace finishing sharks won just one of their three post season contests the 40 and over title tilt gets underway at 6 pm pitting the second place whalers against the third place flyers the whalers won all four playoff round robin games while the fly ers won three and lost one if tonights games are not decid ed in regulation time an overtime period and if necessary a shoot out will be used to decide the win ners kavluk happy with marathon effort by bruce stapley correspondent kim kavluk finally got the mon key off his back the 42yearold stouffville run ner broke the three hour mark for the first time in five tries at the 101st running of the boston marathon monday the insurance broker covered the 26mile distance in two hours 57 minutes and five seconds fin ishing an impressive 598th overall in the 12000 runner field i had a super race i always thought this course had a curse on me said kavluk whose previous best had been just under three hours and six minutes in 1992 a severe flu bug and chest infec tion resulted in his finishing well over three hours at the 100th kim kavluk anniversary run ning of the classic marathon in 1996 the veteran marathon runner was recovering from a similar con dition this year but managed to recover in time for race day it must have cleared up quicker this year or else i never would have run the course in that time said kavluk who took along a medicinal puffer for use during the race while kavluk routinely finishes under three hours at marathons elsewhere the boston course had always proved elusive ifelt i was ready last year but to get sick like that was a big dis appointment but i got the job done this time novice selects ice divisional crown the stouffville novice selects are north york hockey league divisional champions the stoufrville crew which is sponsored by greyfield construction and wk miller insurance adjusters swept faustina two straight in a closely contested play off championship series played last week the selects rallied from a 30 deficit to take the open er 43 in sudden death overtime then came up with an intense effort in a 32 triumph in game two team spokesperson tara donaghey said the selects were rewarded for their efforts all season the season saw the team develop as players and individuals they were successful because they approached each game with hard work and intensity they played as a team and won as a team donaghey also praised the work of coach kirk mccul lough their coach kirk mccullough has taught these please see page 29 sig local riders cycle up a storm in durham regional forest a trio of sto impressive event whue his brother kyle w lenge time trials sport class paul bouchard was 14th in the same leld sunday in the durham event in all 250 riders took part in the all day 12-kilo- the junior sport male metre competition which included 28 classes points earned at the trials count for ontario cycling association season totals 6f jtiie season held pleasure va rhont r