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saturday aug31 2002 17 economist sun stouffville tribune sports life mm staff photomike barrett keep your eye on the ball unionville resident david stone 12 eyes his drive at bradford highlands gold course during the us kids all star series event on monday stone fired a tworound total of 85 and was tied for seventh in the boys 1 112 division gajan sivabalsingham of markham won the boys eight and under division with a ninehole total of 32 herder karts off with more racing hardware stouffville resident hopes to motor his way into auto racing by jim thomas correspondent kyle herder is living a dream and hes fulfilling his fathers dream the 19yearold stouffvillearea resident recently won the canadian grand nationals hosted by the ontario kart racing association at shannonvilles motorsports park near belleville although this marks the third time herder has accomplished this feat its the first time hes won in three different classes formerly of markham herder was first introduced to the sport at goodwood kartways only a short distance from where he now lives he was only six at the time his father once a coowner of the goodwood track and a kart enthusiast himself now operates his own karting business at first it was just fun the junior herder explains but now i shown here leading the pack in a race earlier this year stouffvilles kyle herder has grown up with the sport as his father once owned goodwood kartways and his younger brother pearce is also a kart- race enthusiast drive to win he progressed through com petitive ranks first as a novice then a junior and now a senior he races almost every weekend dur ing the summer in ontario and throughout the united states in the winter at age 16 following the receipt of a scholarship he spent a year with the formula renault campus in france his ultimate goal is formula one a competition he describes as the elite in the racing world at the grand nationals herder was part of a 15member gold team that included his 12-year- old brother pearce also a kartrace enthusiast herder operates two machines one weighing 310 pounds and the other 335 lbs both can reach speeds on the straightaway of 120 kilometres per hour the hazards are minimal herder says with injuries restrict ed to bumps and bruises seat belts and roll bars are not required but helmets are mandatory herder admits when first bitten by the karting bug he never dreamed he would go this far everythings fallen into place he says its what i love doing i want to make it a career he credits support of his par ents with helping him reach this level he now has his own manag er and hopes to race in formula renault in europe herder claims most topflight race drivers today commenced their careers on kart tracks like the one at goodwood herder has come a long way since then with a room full of tro phies to prove it peewees break streaks to capture yorksimcoe the markham mariner peewees could not have found a more auspi cious occasion to get an old monkey off their backs in downing perennial powerhouse barrie 30 last sunday the mariners not only won their first york simcoe championship but in so doing defeat ed their northern rivals for the first time in five seasons the mariners combined clutch pitching from leff belgue and andy gray with some outstanding plays by mike belgue seb ricupero tj graham and matt easter to keep barrie off the scoresheet with the score tied 00 entering the seventh inning the mariners broke through for three runs thanks to some timely hitting from tyler miehe and ricupero and then managed to with stand a late barrie rally to preserve the victory mariners manag er don easter a stouffville resident saw the win as a turning point in what has been a somewhat frustrating year for this team which finished the regu lar season in third place we had an unbelievable series of injuries said easter this was the first time since our season opener that we had all 12 players in uniform and what a difference that makes every one of those 12 players made a contri bution this past weekend the mariners opened the champi onship tournament with a 74 victory over newmarket 1 with strong relief efforts from leff bassett blake vaisanen and gray suffering an 110 loss to barrie the mariners then recovered to defeat newmarket 2 85 behind the fivehit pitching of bassett easter and graham miehes threerun triple in the sixth inning proved to be the deciding fac tor allowing markham to advance to the final solid contributions were also given by michael esterbauer zach greenwald and adam lefferson is i sp0rtsb0ard email sportseconsuncom baseball markham district standings of aug 24 tball team w l t p ringwood heating 8 4 markville ford lincoln 6 6 1 0 17 12 greenpoint laser 6 6 backstage hair 5 7 rookie 0 1 12 11 team w l t p ross dixon 13 4 1 27 jocey designs 10 5 martonlle ford lincoln 8 7 3 2 23 18 dixon garland 6 10 1 13 ringwood heating 3 14 mosquito team w markville ford lincoln 14 village nissan 10 ambassador ch cuisine 9 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cornwall 8 vs markham 7 jamie kendra 4 goals sam carrick 2 goals braedon goebel 1 goal 1 assist patrick mcrae 2 assists matt zanardb ryan beattie matt botnick chris porter 1 assist each markham 12 mmiekemfra 5 goals sam carrick 4 goals rianiel williams 2 goals patrick mcrae i goal matt botnick 3 assists david mandzy 2 assists david mcgarry braedon goebel and josh king 1 assist each vs orangeville 1 markham 11 sam carrick 4 goals 3 assists matt zanardo 4 goals jamie kendra 2 goals 3 assists michael duncan 1 goal patrick mcrae 5 assists ryan beattie and david mcgarry 2 assists each david mandzy chris porter and daniel williams 1 assist each vs mimico 10 markham 10 matt zanardo and sam carrick 3 goals 1 assist each jamie kendra 2 goals patrick mcrae 1 goal 1 assist chris porter 1 goal david mandzy and matt botnick 1 assist each vs wallaceburg 6 9 samia 6 vs markham 4 jamie kendra 1 goal 1 assist michael duncan braedon goebel and matt zanardo 1 goal each patrick mcrae 2 assists david mandzy michael hergtand ryan beatfei assist each samia advances to final four