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26 stouffville suntribune thursday nov 13 2003 stouffville suntribune i artanss llarofciieights jim fletcher felf his stouffviile district secondary school spartans senior boys volleyball team had ample opportunity to win mondays york region athletic association championship against host huron heights secondary school v the spartans head coach feltiiis cliib outplayed me newmarket high school in most facets of the game but there was one aspect which might have spelled the difference in his clubs 31 loss r serving tomc kecion athletic association they beat us on service fletcher said we lost the game because we didnt serve tough enough and with rally pointi thats it 7 but at- least we got the silver medal theres not too many teams mat can do that he said losing the first game of the best- offive affair 2517 the spartans were within a point of evening the match as they held a 2420 lead but huron heights rallied with six unanswered points to win the second game 2624 the spartans came back to win the third game 2523 but lost the fourth game 2523 it was a tough go fletcher said 1 thought we outplayed them we beat them on defence and we blocked them ofsaa bid still on line despite the loss the spartans season wasnt over they were in the hunt for a berth in the ontario federation of school athletic association aa championships the spartans won the york region aa title with a 30 victory 2520 2521 2624 over host sutton district high school friday the spartans were to host die gl roberts secondary school lakers oshawa winners of the lake ontario secondary school athletic association aa title in a bestoffive match for the ofsaa bid yesterday at stouffvilfc the ofsaa aaplaydowns will be held ihmississauga nov 21 and 22 spartans hosts millennium cup volleyball event saturday the spartans will host their annual millennium gup tournament saturday at stouffville secondary from 9 am to 2 pm the event will feature teams comprised of former spartan volley ball players hockey spartans hosting early bird tourney at arena the stouffville district secondary school spartans senior boys hockey team will host an eightteam early bird tournament today and friday at the stouffville arenai the final is slated to begin at 3 pm friday junior football champions have stouffville connection markhams brother andre catholic high school cardinals jun ior boys football team captured the york region athletic association tide saturday with a 4122 win over st thomas of villanova knights at york university head coach rick maloney and several of his cardinal players are stouffville residents ted fairgogek a secondyear running back scored four touch downson runs of 30 20 35 and 40 and yards a twopoint convert russel jacksonwyatt and chris- norrhandeau added the other majors paul lefaiye booted three- converts with the victory the cardinals advanced to the inaugural junior metro bowl playdowns and were scheduled jo face the st michaels college school kerry blues yester day in the first round of the playoffs at st michaels in toronto staff photosjoerd witteveen stouffville spirits carson devine white uniform tries to corral the puck in first period action dur ing last thursdays i provincial junior a hockey league contest against the goucmchlng terriers at the stouffville arena the spirit lost 43 but beat the pickering panthers 56 at home saturday surrounding devine are from far left justin sawyer mike thomson andpeter dekker the spirit plays host to the ajax axemen tonight at 730pm spirit to face one less rival suddenly the stouffville spirit has a night off tomorrow and two cancelled home dates later this season the sad sack huntsville wildcats are ceasing operations for the reminder of the 200303 provincial junior a hockey league season the team announced tuesday spirit general manager ken burrows was awaiting official notification from the ontario hockey association tuesday night but a planned road trip to huntsville friday appears out the wiriless wildcats 0-23-0- 0 were scheduled to play in stouffville dec 4 and jan 15 all games will likely be defaulted huntsyilles board of directors met sunday to approve selling the team to a group led by ex- nhler tom mccarthy and sherry bassin of the ontario hockey leagues erie otters the new ownership team met with the qha in the preced- ing week to discuss the options for the team including the acquisition of additional players to complete the season readsa statement on thewildcats web site- the 0ha presented the option of having the wildcats take a leave of absence for the remainder of the 20032004 sea son and then resuming hockey operations for the 20042005 season it read the board approved the plan unanimously team to be renamed the huntsville team will be renamed arid affiliated with erie for next season players from this years team will be moved to other teams where possible the wildcats allowed an aver age of 909 gbalsagainst this sea son while scoring only 18 coming off one of its best games of me season the spirit hosts the ajax axemen tonight at the stouffville arena at 730 ajax 41512 is in last place in die south conference the spirit 13910 is in third place in the north spirit tame panthers jake van men scored twice and nell conway earned the shutout as the spirit dumped the visiting pickering panthers 50 saturday rbb groom michael commisso arid rick schfank accounted for e other goals carson devine andty rainehad two assists each f the spirit is scheduled to play at vaughan monday starting at 715 pm steckley has special reason to complete next years boston marathon by jim thomas correspondent a 45yearold stouffville moth er of twins has qualified for the 108th running of the boston marathon next april robin steckley will be one of 12000 entered in what is described as the ultimate in road facing her husband john and children kate and joe will be among the more than one million onlookers watching from the sidelines the route covers 26 miles and 385 yards 42195 kilometres to gain acceptance steckley had to equal or better a specified time at a previous event this she did running three hours 4859 minutes in ottawa in may the minimum to qualify was three hours 50 minutes ran with confidence at the halfway point i knewl could do it the 110pound speedster said it was exciting andfuri she sprinted the last 300 meters just to make sure a runner in her teens steckley began taking the sport seriously again 10 years ago shes often seen running on stouffvilles back streets or v as far away as unionville its a habit she says i love it particularly in the winter with a- fresh layer of snow on the ground most motorists she says are cooperative allowing her lots of running room while winning in boston would be a great experience steckley claims that for her just taking part is something shell never forget the entry fee is 180 us help for africans for steckley its a winwin sit uation every cent she collects in donor pledges will go to the urafiki health centre in igoma tanzania through stouffville missionary church it was back in 1998 that several people from in the congregation constructed a clinic there a group returned five years later and set it up as a medical unit a licence to practice was approved in 2003 with full operation expected this fall steckley hopes to raise 2000 that will go towards the purchase of four blood pressure kits the missionary church where the steckley family attends will issue donation receipts marathon officials have given steckleys project their stamp of- approval steckley admits that until recently she never thought quali fying for the boston event attain able she gives credit to stbuffville running guru fred robbiris for his encouragement now is the time she says v- i- i- 1 i ml i i- l i if