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economist suntribune sports saturday jan 22 2060 13 slow start hurts spirit sports digest subtract the first period of thursdays provincial junior a hockey league con test and the spirit of stouffville might have come away with two points against the visiting couchiching terriers unfortunately for the spirit playing sound hockey in the final two periods wasnt good enough when they met the firstplace terriers as they suffered a 42 loss trailing 30 after 20 minutes the spirit mounted a comeback early in the second period when mike fiume and justin graham scored backtoback markers to cut their deficit to 32 the terriers added another goal before the period concluded to round out the scoring not helping matters for the spirit was its powerplay which failed to score in 12 extra strength attempts losers of two straight the spirit fell to 221820 and took to the road for games against aurora yesterday and the durham huskies tonight pulle swims up a storm garrett pulle finished in a twoway tie with jere hard of finland for third place in a recent world cup short course 50- metre butterfly event in sydney- australia the markham native and hard were clocked in a time of 2407 seconds also racing in the 100m butterfly pulle finished fifth with a time of 5296 markham unionville minor hockey applications for waxer coach positions for the aa sc a level teams for the 2000- 2001 hockey season are now being accepted interested parties are asked to send in their resume and yearly plan before february 5 2000 to markham minor hockey association po box 23 markham ontario l3p 3j5 attention selection committee marauders court revenge by mike hayakavva sports editor oliver prince was on a mission when he took to the milliken mills secondary school hardwood floor wednesday the markham district high school marauders grade 10 cen tre wanted to show the host milliken mills knights he could be a presence on the court when the two senior boys basketball clubs met in a crucial york region athletic association southeast division contest when the clubs met for the first time in december the 6-foot- 4 prince disappeared from the court as the knights prevailed 64 61 this time around a highly motivated prince asserted himself by scoring gamehigh 34 points including 20 in the first half to lead the marauders to a resound ing 8651 victory with the win the marauders took a stranglehold of first place in the division with a 61 mark playing the game without the services of guards arnel scott and adam tang power forwards peter kotsopoulos and donevan gayle who were out with an assortment of injuries the knights fell to 62 the first time when we met milliken i had three quick fouls prince said i was thinking this time around that when i looked back on previous games that i played like in last years metro cup which the marauders won i said i would step it up and wed get the same results marauders head coach george kraus said princes play in the pivot was a major factor in his clubs win this time around he was determined kraus said he had something to prove and so did our whole team with the marauders holding a 2411 lead after one quarter the knights made a surge early in the second quarter and cut the deficit to 2820 but that would be as close as they would get as the marauders upped the margin to 3827 at the half and made it academic after midgets cage tourney title the markham district high school marauders midget boys basketball team captured the king city tournament last weekend with a 4336 win over the unionville high school wolves in the championship final matt francis led the marauders attack with 13 points in reaching the final the marauders won their first game over huron heights 7233 then turned back alexander mackenzie 5824 in their second outing aldi dzilums was high scorer for the marauders in its first game with 15 points ashton evetts led markham with 15 points in the second game other contributing marauders include kyle burrows jeff cleworth andrew hobbs david doharris matt mckay taylor lougheed paul reifenstein brent lamptey andrew nagy aries huang and dan weeks junior spartans ice bronze the stouffville district secondary school spartans junior boys hockey team skated home with the bronze medal from last weekends 16team st michaels s photosjoerdwirideen markham district high schools adam campbell with ball goes end to end to score the basket under the block attempt by corey muirhead 15 of milliken mills high school as andrew james 13 looks on in wednesdays yraa senior boys basketball game at milliken mills the visiting marauders won the game 8651 three periods 6335 kraus felt his clubs ability to handle the knights defensive pressure and the employment of a halfcourt trap were the two key factorsthat led to their success power forward mohamed saleh was high scorer for the knights with 15 points without the services of his four injured starters knights coach chris sarellas said he could only rotate seven players as compared to 11 when the clubs first met in december however the club had a chance to keep it close when they whittled the marauders lead to eight points early in the second quarter our big guys folded we didnt step up and they the marauders executed thats the bottom line kraus said his club must win the two league games remaining if they want to wrap up the division regular season tide weve still got tough games to play against markville and unionville its now up to us college invitational tournament after defeating st joanjaf arc 31 in the consolation final the spartans advanced to the semifinals after defeating ridley college st catharines 21 and vaughan secondary school 40 a 33 tie against chaminade mississauga enabled the spartans to advance to the semi finals where they suffered a 21 loss to cabot mississauga goalkeeper lucas hunter was selected to the tournament all- star team leading scorers for the spartans were travis mcmaster four goals one assist shawn burns three goals two assists ron jelenski one goal two assists and richard mulder and jordan mabley one goal one assist st marys cobourg won the gold medal with a 65 overtime win over cabot gellard rink dethroned from provincial perch for kim gellard and her unionville curling club rink there will be no return visit to the upcoming ontario scott tournament of hearts playdowns last weekend gellard and her defending provincial championship rink of vice sherry scheirich second sally karam and lead allison ross saw their reign come to an end after they were eliminated in a lastchance 12team challenge round in brighton losing their first game gellards rink regrouped to win their second match after being relegated to the b side however a loss in their third outing eliminated them acknowledging their season did not meet up to their expectations gellard said by no means was there any sense of overconfidence on their part at the start of every year you have to forget about what you accomplished in the past and move forward you cant live on what youve done in the past she pointed out we just werent consistent this year it was a learning experience with wedding bells on the horizon this fall gellard hopes the lessons learned from this season will serve as a catalyst when next years provincial playdowns and olympic qualifica tions take place the way we look at it is now we can start preparing for next year well take some time off and get our lives back to normal and from there start moving forward dont pay that traffic ticket traffic ticket experts is staffed by expolice officers who will act as your agent in qf court defending all traffic tickets speeding accidents careless impaired etc call for free consultation experts guaranteed service 905 9403000 4418 hwy 7 east unionville b mn or ts fret v 1 ujx mrs yj r f i 1 v v r