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32 stouffville suntribune thursday sept 11 2003 stouffville suntribune i i michael lombardo was skating off the ice after practice monday when stouffville spirit head coach brian perrin tapped him on the shoulder t thought i was being cut said lombardo a secondyear forward and one of six stouffville residents on this years spirit roster it was farthest thing from the truth lombardo 17 was informed he is the new captain of the spirit replacing fiveyear veteran jd smithsbn who graduated last year im thrilled and excited the grade 12 student at stouffville district secondary school said ive had it before and i think i knbwwhat it takes but it really hasnt sunk in yet rlombardowas the captain of his stouffville clippers a and richmond hill stars aaa teams for all 11 years he played minor hockey unnnvit michael lombardo stouffville resident named captain of this years stouffville spirit hockey club monday home opener tonight the spirit opens the provincial junior a hockey league season tonight at 730pm at the stouffville arena against the newmarket hurricanes the spirit eliminated newmarket in seven games in the second round of last springs playoff gone from that spirit roster are its top five scorers weve picked up some young guys who can handle the puck and score said lombardo i think weve got four solid lines that can finish their checks and weve got a strong defence the bliieline improved last week with the addition of chris grey the newmarket resident played for the collingwood blues the last two sea sons aside from lombardo the five stbuffvillites with the spirit are returnees kevin hayward gale tanaka kevin hayward and jordan mabley rookie take van allen and ohl veteran grant buckley lombardo looked around the arena tuesday night recalling spirit games of the 1990s used to sit right up there in the first section he said they had the purple and yellow jerseys back then t didnt think id ever play for this team let alone be its captain spirited notes michael com- rriisso markmitchell and buckley are the spirits assistant captainsopening ceremonies at tonighfs game start at 73bthe spirit plays at aurora tomor row night where die hometown tigers will be without goalie chris whitley he is ajmpletirig a suspension for shoot ing a puck into the crowd during last years league final in wellington see spirit schedule on page 33 james t rennie excavating baserunner brittney williams get past dr sheldon lazier catcher kim keller as the throw slips past her during saturdays whrtdiurchstouffville softball assoriation squirt girls house league playoff game at memorial park stouffville lioness won the title while james t rennie excavating finished second local fastball prospects named to national team pool for 2004 season two players from the stouffville and markham area were identified as potential can didates to represent the canadian mens fastball team in 2004 arid has been selected to the national team pool stouffville native paul koert and markham native craig crawford are the two players a 24yearold leftharided last season koert was a memi- canadas national team that won pitcher koert toiled this past ber ofthe national team finishing me g m at the recent pan- secorid in the panamerican qualifier american games m santo crawford 32 was a member of domingo season with owen sound which captured the provincial and national tides i i ill it fa i i i ill s il i ii i i i iir si i m