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stouffville suntribune thursday oct 9 2003 27 stouffville suntribune spirit to keep close watch tonight on former stouffville scoring great there will be no red carpet or bannerhanging ceremony tonight at the stouffville arena but there could be anthony minicucci one of the best players in stouffville spirit his tory leads the vaughan vipers 3-8- 00 into the arena to take on the spirit 5500 in provincial junior a hockey league action minicucci 20 scored a net full of goals including 82 points in 45 games two years ago and set numer ous records during three years with the spirit after a failed tryout with the eventual memorial cup champion kitchener rangers the spirit traded i minicucci to his hometown vipers for cash and defenceman andrew dennis now with the barrie golts minicucci was injured both times the spirit and vipers met both were spirit wins last season still has scoring touch now wearing no 83i he has five goals in his last two games including a pair monday night when the short- staffed vipers lost 63 to the markhamwaxers michael commisso spirit forward scored once in 31 loss to newmarket saturday and was named player of game the spirit plays at markham tomorrow at 730 pm the spirit split a pair of weekend games defeating couchiching 53 friday and losing 31 at home to newmarket saturday an emptynet goal with 35rsec onds to play sealed the loss to newmarket after a scoreless first period newmarket opened up a 20 lead in the second michael commisso scored mid way through the second to make it 2- 1 kevin hayward and j michael lombardo assisted all three goals were scored on the power play iv steve carota had a strong game in net for the spirit commisso was named player of the game rookies shine in victory the spirit won in couchiching v thanks to six points from itsall-rook- ie line rob groom and randy johnston had a goal and an assist each while linemate mark boyce earned two assists rookie jake van allen and veteran defencemen chris gray arid grant buckley had the other goals v the spirit held period leads of 1t and 42 and increased it to 52 early in the third couchiching outshdt the spirit 3431 with 15yearold neil conway earning the win for stouffville i spmted notes the future of the winless huntsville wildcats will be decided by tuesday the cash- strapped team needs an influx of money to keep operating town recognizes top athletes teams by simon mountjford correspondent not only do athletes go out to compete and show others what they can do in their respective endeavr ours but they also do it to represent the good name of their home town the hard work and determination as exhibited by those individuals arid teams which culminated in provincial and national honours this year were recently recognized by the town of whitchurchstbuffville at their annual recognition of athletes night at latcharri hall jim veltman and glenn clark secondary school teachers during regular work hours and professional indoor lacrosse players on the side earned national and world honours clark a 32yearold teacher at bayview secondary school and veltman a 36yearold teacher at agincourt collegiate helped the toronto rock win its second straight national lacrosse league title the pair were also members of team canada at the inaugural world indoor lacrosse championships august and played a major contribu tion in helping canada win gold leonard scores gold in finland in hockey 35yearold shawn leonard was a member of the gold- medal winning team canada at the world amputee hockey champion- ships in finland during the tournament leonard who has a prosthetic left hand admitted to embedding a toonie at centre ice v in softball the stouffville storm squirt boys captured the ontario ft mam assst smm itttp wifes mmm sit a 1 shawn leonard helped canada win gold at world amputee hockey championships in finland amateur softball association a title team members included nolan benoit travis connor bruce cringan derek eickmeier erick espiritusanto brian hector tyler heffernan robert kay kohl mcvicar aaron pettifer david wiseman- and philip wood mike heffernan ted wood rob mcvicar scott connor and rob santo coached the team joanne cringan was the teams manager jaimee mellorhill was recog nized by the junior lifeguard ontario telegames for both the head up approach and lifesaving individual medley categories in martial arts nicole thompson won the provincial gold medal in tae kwon do for the team c bantam weight category in track and field several mem bers of the york region olympic club garnered attention smith leads track contingent stephanie smith claimed 16 provincial titles and a gold and silver at the national level among her accomplishments include the 2003 ontario track and field association bantam girls out- door 400 metres 1500m arid 30b0m the midget track association mta senior girls out door distance medley relay sprint medley relay 800m and 1500m nicholas smith won the mta tyke boys indoor 1500m alex maryuen and james preece earned the mta senior boys outdoor sprint medley relay crown andrea lee lindsay rotten chantelle maryuen and kristin scheliga won the mta senior girls outdoor distance medley relay carolyn mancuso and chantelle maryuen were winners in the mta senior girls outdoor distance and sprint medley relays mancuso was also a part of the otfa bantam girls indoor 4x800m and distance medley relay gold medal teams stephanie grammenopoulos achievements include the mta sen ior girls indoor 400m and outdoor sprint medley relay titles and the otfa bantam girls indoor 4x800m arid distance medley relays heather kavelaar was also on the otfa bantam girls indoor 4x800m and distance medley relay winning entries anthony lee was the tyke boys outdoor long jump chariipibn tyler pettes won gold in the mta senior boys outdoor sprint medley relay and 800m and 1500m taff photosjoerd witteveen long arm of the law michael powerst joseph defender bridget holmes left gets her arm up to deflect this shot taken by stouffville district secondary school spartans winnie law during action in fridays father michael mcgivney catholic high school junior girls basketball tournament in markharn looking on at me play is iyssa holmes right the spartans advanced to saturdays final but lost to markham district high school 3116 pearl goleshill was high scorer for the spartans in the final with five joints easy win for clipper atoms the stouffville atom clippers unleashed a potent offensive attack in their minor hockey contest against oak ridges sunday as they cruised to a 130 win josh machesriey recorded the hat trick for the clippers while steven tait and wesley brown each con tributed two goals and two assists dalton mayo added two goals and a helper while robbie acton and curtis crago each had a goal and one assist elise acton and lyndsay burrows rounded out the scoring with single tal lies chris smith was credited with three assists while connor gadaret and jeff leuschner each had two matthew miriiaci and mike bourgeois earned singles travis gibbs played in goal and received a good defensive effort from joseph palladino soccer dub set to meet the whitchurch stouffville soccer club willhold its annual general meeting on oct 22 at the stouffville arenas upstairs lounge at 730 pm executive positions will be up for renewal all soccer supporters are invited for further information call 9056401800