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22 stouffinlle suntribune thursday oct 23 2003 stouffville suntribune ill t spirit lets itaineon collingwood not all hockey injuries are caused by bonerattling hits or careless sticks stouffville spirit forward ty rairie missed four games this month after experimenting with new skates a blister on a foot caused by tight skates became infected sidelining the big secondyear player now wearing old old skates from bantam two seasons ago hes not missing a step raine had two goals and was namedmgh office repairs player of the game as the spirit won 32 over the collingwood blues saturday at the stouffville arena the win on minor hockey night extended the spirits unbeaten streak to four and improved its provincial junior a hockey league record to 9- 610 they won 43 in overtime in collingwood friday and tied the wexford raiders 33 in stouffville thursday spirit in fourth place now in fourth place in the north conference the spirit is two points back of newmarket and three behind collingwood firstplace aurora 15000 is the topranked team in canada see standings on page23 the spirit hosts the top team in the south conference the north york rangers 12410 tonight at 730 pm at the stouffville arena raine a unipnville resident was named the norths player of the jmonth for september sitting in the tv raine north conference player of month scored twice to help spirit edge collingwood blueson saturday j stands in october he gained a hew appreciation for his team were getting better you can see it he said we have the talent its just a matter of everyone getting used to each other sthere are only nine returnees from last years north finalist team ori the roster head coach brian perrin and his assistant and brother jeff perrin have to remember the teams average age is 174 in contrast aurora has 14 20yearolds thats our biggest problem as coaches reminding ourselves just how young these guys are and being patient with them he said the chemistry between the guysis there arid slowly its coming together were really pleased with how the rookies are playing the veterans can step it up then again many of those veterans are only 17 years old the series with collingwood had its ugly moments including a scrum after exblue chris grays game win ner 17 seconds into overtime friday blues captain brandon elliott received an intent to injury match penalty from the melee gray and jordan mabley had two goalseach chippy play on saturday the next night the scorekeeper and referee were kept busy during a penaltyfilled second period the blues came back from being down 3- 1 and thought they had tied it late ori a shot that clanked off a post after the garrie collirigwood coaches had loud words with the officials on the ice and in the corri dor outside the referees room 1 i was disappoirited with the way collingwood played perrin said but i was proud our guys didnt get into the stickwork and hacking it didnt turn into a total goon fest rob groom had the spirits other goal saturday players from his old organization the aaa thunder bay kings were at the garrie during a break from a minor hockey tourna- merit in hamilton fifteenyearold goalkeeper neil conway earned both wins the spirit plays in huntsville friday then hosts wmless huntsville 01600 on saturday night by jim thomas correspondent the diamond dust has settled from ilast summer but for jacquie harris it was a fast- jball season she will never forget within a period of three months the 17yearold stouffville resident par- iticipated in provincial championships canadian championships arid a world j championship gaining allstar status un the canada cup tournament at lsurreybc v for this centrefielder who is saj j grade 12 student at stouffville district i secondary schodl its been a rapid i climb to he ranks of stardom j she also hopes it will result in a 2004 jfastball scholarship arid enrolment in j the united states university of her choice v the 17yearold stouffville resident participated in provincial championships canadian championships and a world championship it was just fun recejjhaxris who began playing tball ijitouffville when she was five years old 0s i as an underage mite she later tcracked the rep team lineup with the jacquie harris stouffville resident hopes her performance on the sqftball dia mond will earn her a college scholarship stouffville stingers then graduated into squirt it was at this poirit her parents saw the possibility of athletics and educa tion working together towards a uni- versjty scholarship the dream moved closer to reality when she joined the whitby eagles as an underage rriidget with whitby she rnpetelin tour naments all across canada and the united states atttacting attention ereverlhe went in her second season with the eagles harris estajbusheiiahasiazing record including top batting average top fielding average most infos most stolen bases and most runs scored her batting average was 366 and an onbase average 482 when the gueiph gators won the provincial midget title they had first pick of all eligible players harris was their riumber one choice she will suit up with the gators next spring training camp begins in january harris move to guelph has already created excitement within the media a recerit addition of the guelph mercury contained a photo of harris and the following news capsule she jacquie is known for her blazirig speed arid solid bat she was an allstar at the prestigious canada cup tourna- meritlhisyear harris iritends to commute between stouffville and guelph for practices and games i owe so much to my parents harris said theyve been with me all the way she also credits whitby head coach bert harris no relation arid assistant coach rosemary theriault she describes them as family harris clirrib up the fastball ladder hasnt come without setbacks ys two years ago she broke her left wrist during a collision at first base she ateq suffered torn tendons in her right ankle on a slide into home plate several times shes had her helmet smashed by errant pitches its been worth it he says staff photosjoerd witteveen stouffville district secondary schools erin button jumps past a thornhill secondary school defender to score a bas ket during fridays york region athletic association senior- girls basketball garrie at stouffville secondary the host spartans won 3932 v artan junior g vmm anxm tmincumkurxm thestouffvilledistrictsecondary school spartans jun iorboys golf team finished second in the team standings of tuesdays york region athletic association chaihpi- oriships at angus glen golf club in unidriville the spartans team of fred bell adam craig matt easter eric gainsbrdok and cj stevens fired a 351 on the north cpiirse craig a grade 10 student carded the top score for the spartans with an 82 gainsbrook also in grade 10 shot an 86 while easter a grade 9 student had an 89 spartans head coach steve kinsella was happy with the way his charges per- formed under frigid and windy conditions newmarket high school won the junior title with a 326 spartans serve up berth in quarter finals the spartans senior boys volleyball team advances to the quarterfinals of last weekends chathamkent high school tournament before bowing out in two closely con tested sets against chatham mcgregor in the quarter finals the spartans won two of their three pool play matches in the 12team event against vincent massey windsor and lambton kent before losing in three straight sets to host chatham kent that record enabled the spartans to advance to the six- tearh championship round z the guys played awesome spartans head coach jirii fletcher said fil ii i 1 m i op fit 1 f 3 hi hi m m