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economist suntribune sports thursday nov 28 2002 19 mark versteeglytwyn goal two assists in winatvaughan 15yearold has spirited debut in front of nhl scouts mark versteeglytwyn arrived in stouffville on the week end with a reputation as a points producer he didnt disappoint in his stouffville spirit debut monday night the right winger had a goal and two assists to help the spirit to a 43 win over the vaughan vipers in a provincial junior a hockey league game at the al palladini community centre in maple stouffvilles own jordan mabley scored the game winner taking the puck from behind the net and tucking in a wraparound with 142 seconds left in regulation time ian staal also had a goal and two assists for the spirit mike forgie opened the scoring for the spirit who outshot vaughan 3923 maple resident steven carota picked up the win in the spirit net he stopped two vaughan scoring attempts in the dying seconds with three sec onds left vaughans leading scorer steven camerlengojumped spirit cap tain jd smithson and started throwing punches drawing a penalty and moving the faceoff out of the spirit end essentially ending the game mark versteeglytwyn who turned 16 yesterday was purchased from the guelph dominators junior b team on saturday the sharon resident was a fourthround pick of the ohls guelph storm last spring out of the yorksimcoe express bantams he shone at the spirits spring camp but opted to move to guelph with plans to play for the storm in the same city next season he scored an impressive 16 goals and added seven assists in 19 games with the dominators this year basically homesick he said of the decision to move home and switch teams the newmarket hurricanes were also keen on the winger but after talking to other players and friends includ ing barrie colts assistant coach wes jarvis he opted for the spirit everyone said that brian perrin spirit head coach plays his young guys here and that doesnt happen every- where he said tuesday after practice this is really good here these are good guys on this team who have made it easy for me to come in mark knows spirit rookies cale tanaka and michael lombardo from summer teams and this years ontario under- 17 camp former spirit captain anthony minicucci now with the vipers did not play because of an injury the spirit hosts the wexford raiders tonight and visits the couchiching terriers tomorrow all stouffville minor hockey players wearing their team jerseys get in free tonight players and team officials make their annual us college road trip this weekend to see cornell the seventhranked team in the us host boston university in ithaca ny saturday mcmullen speeds off with two secondplace efforts dan mcmullens debut in the inaugural franam 2000 season concluded on a positive note recently as he drove off with a pair of secondplace efforts in the final two races last weekend at firebird raceway in phoenix arizona for the gormley resident who races for phillips motorsports his second- place efforts were the fifth and sixth this season in seven outings reflecting on the season phillips president pierre phillips was pleased with mcmullens performance this sea son dan is such an impressive driver and represented phillips motorsports so well this year he finished every race ran up front and brought back a whole race car each session although his six podiums are an incredible achieve ment we are challenged to do even better for him he said i do think we proved our abilities in this series and look forward to the winter series and 2003 season i dan mcmullen gormley resident finishes second in six races this year stouffville rink dream close to reality by jim thomas correspondent last summer it was a dream this winter it will be a reality the raisetheroof project at boyds natural ice arena on ringwood drive is almost complete all thats needed is the sale of nine more advertising boards and the 52000 cost will be covered weather permitting flooding will begin dec 15 ian boyd the projects promoter describes community support as unbelievable i cant believe the generosity of this town he said each of the 25 board spaces sells for 1500 only nine are left to be sold what makes this venture so unique is the fact it is userfree everyone is welcome says mr boyd boys and girls men and women snowclearing and flooding equipment is already available the surface measures 1 00 feet long by 60 feet wide contractors todd excavating and jendan construction commenced erecting the roof on nov 4 the four- by eight- foot sign boards are being built by jim brazier its a winwin situation says mr boyd weve had a ball- he admits mild winters in recent years have made holding ice difficult the roof he says will protect the surface from rain and sun thus extending the season so far financial support has come from the mayors youth fund stouffville kinsmen club stouffville buttermakers and stouffville raiders slopitch teams stouffville amateur hockey league moller insurance don reesor excavating james rennie excavating torontodominion bank bob mcneil electric the miller group lafarge canada yipes- stripes williamson motors jendan construction todd excavating ken goodbrand schell lumber dale rennie carpentry roma fence tim hortons barthau jewellers edwards murphy ltd stouffville lions club markham mower drivit kline maintenance houston ford lionels pony farm novopharm mgh office molsons ltd almira furniture bauernike ltd jones pools millermcasphalt dr deborah stanley stouffville royal canadian legion branch 459 stouffville ida betz pools and the whitchurchstoiiffville minor hockey association the markham waxers junior a hockey club tradition heritage community established since 1962 home games friday nov 29th 8pm vs st michaels friday dec 1 3th 8pm vs ajax friday dec 20th 8pm vs huntsville friday jan 3rd 8pm vs vaughan markham centennial centre arena vviii call 9052942699 call dave chalmers for sponsorship ipportunitie for info call don bremner at 905 8880066 or russ or larry herrington 9054702927 email mwaxersrogerseom websitemarkhamwaxerssavolainencom sports digest minor peewees tame terriers the stouffville minor peewee clippers received two goals and one assist from roger ianuzzo and a pair of goals from dean glueckler and clutch netminding from colin hilts to edge the firstplace orillia terriers 65 last saturday jason deveny and steven demelo added single goals while denver gray zack stevens josh montesano andrew mingay steven demelo dean glueckler and tom mcleod earlier last week the clippers tied newmarket 44 and georgina 55 before suffering a 94 loss to tottenham atom clippers on a roll the stouffville atom a clippers extended its winning streak to three straight with a 41 win over innisfil last weekend tyler barber lloyd davis cameron macmurtry and brandon harley each scored once ryan brown brad sutherland and russell zarzeczny earned an assist for the clippers who improved to 1264 judo students earn good marks three students representing the sheffield judo club took to the mat for two recent competitions and fielded some impressive results at the asahi invitational judo tournament in waterloo justin chan fought in the 73kilogram senior adult and ijf junior teen and was second in the former category and first in the lat ter lauren chan won first place in the 31kg girls 11yearold division at the ajax budokan invitational judo tournament justin chan was first in his weight category brent colclough was second in the whiteyelloworange beltjnens division i y y last call york region celebration of the llajju all visual performing artist applicants all material that was submitted may be picked up as follows rjjigki- a- si iv r mondays wednesdays or fridays 9am 10am or 4pm 5pm only until friday november 29 no applications will be kept rau caumitcimuek win we m deyonu tiiis oaxep jj slsiijjrfi please pick up your material at the liberal newspaper hilkrest mall sw corner of yonge 16th ave 9350 yonge street richmond hill private 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