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economist sunltribune sports saturday nov 20 1999 si straight junior title people keep asking rob thomas when he will vacate his position as junior boys volleyball coach at unionville high school to coach the seniorclub u v thomas said the temptation to l win gold at the senior level and vie yraas for provincial honours is not entic- uwij ing jt now innindutk what thomas savours is the challenge of moulding good athletes into potential good senior players and in the last seven seasons thomas has done a commendable job as the wolves have laid claim to the york region athletic association gold medal the most recent triumph came on wednesday when the wolves posted a twostraight set victory over the richmond hill high school raiders 25- 17 2725 at sutton district high school everyyearwevewon people ask me if ill move up to coach senior but i have no intention ray kong current senior boys coach is a good coach based on preseason tryputs for this years team thomas would riot predict a seventh straight title but he had a notion his team would be contenders we had a lot of good athletes thomas recalled from the auditions i wanted to keep 12 players just to give everyone some court time but this year i kept 13 because we had so many good athletes thomas felt this years version of the wolves ranked with the other six goldmedal winning clubs what makes this team unique he said is his startingsix the guys are good athletes and theyre coach- able theres a lot of spirit on this team what might set this team apart from others though he said is the presence of a lefthanded offside hitter in darryl sam a firstyear grade 11 student when you have a left hander hitting from the offside it niade us less predictable thomas point- ed out darryl is a very talented and powerful hit ter hes deceptive while sam played an integral role in the clubs success thomas noted the other starters also made major contributions that group included setter erik brown middle hitters anthony farouse james artkiri and power hitters eric mees and drew cosburn at wednesdays final thomas noted the raiders had far more supporters on hand but he noted the bench provided plenty of enthusiasm and vocal support to offset the num bers of raiders backers mavericks swept in senior final in the senior final the richmond hill high school raiders made quick work of the markville secondary school mavericks winning the title in two sets 2514 2516 clippers sail off with title the stouffville major peewee clippers skated off with the tide at the recent bradford tournarrien with a 21 wing5f pyerclarington in 1 the champi onship final the clippers reached the final after posting wins over dundas 20 uxbridge 51 and richmond hu120 scoring for the clippers were lee maxwell three goals josh spang two goals two assists brad steckley and gabrian barnett one goal two assists christian davis todd nesbitt arid richard little one goal one assist cameron mckenzie one goal luke dawson three assists ryan thorn and david salvagna two assists jon wonch one assist- shawn gibson posted two shutouts while pomenic metauro also played well when called upon in net wheatley figures well former markharh skating club member evan wheatley 12 will jet his way to kelowna bc in march 2000 to compete in the tomorrows champions compe tition now affiliated with the huntsville skating club sports digest wheatley earned the right to ad van c e after finish ing first in the juvenile mens cate gory of the northern ontario sectionals in thunder bay last weekend wheatley maintains h i s markham evan wheatley former markham skater to compete in keiowna bc ties by haying markham skating club coach darcy guddat arrange his music skaters earn good figures four members of the markham skating club earned top four finishes at the recent lindsay invitational competition candice keast skated off with a firstplace effort in the junior ladies bronze freeskate another first was claimed by leanne lamarche in the preliminary freeskate in the same division jessica rowsell was third and brenria myers fourth juvenile runners fourth the markham track club put fourth a good showing at the recent ontario track and field finals the junior girls entry led by a thirdplace finish in the 4000- metre event by beth wightman finished fourth overall rounding out the team were lindsay thompson who fin ished 35th ashley korman 29th and glirissie hamilton 36th the midget girls team anchored by a seventhplace effort from lindsay tedford in the 3000m race was fifth overall other team members includ- ed melanie macchione 20th natalie barnett 36th jen seeney 40th ally aasen 42nd julie kleberg 49th katie morrison 50th among other top individual efforts jeff fairman was fourth in the 6000m juvenile boys race the following are the results posted by other markham entrants midget boys sean fox 11th jamie hardman 16th felix ng 45th juvenile r boys ryan hardman 20th keith stranger 49th tf we putoubenerqyinto conservjngyours- 905471 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