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18 stouffville suntribune thursday sept 30 2004 stouffville suntribune sports spirit find groove reel off 3 straiaht wins aurora tigers to face spirit tonight at stouffville arena the music blasted from the stouffville spirit dressing room as smiling players shared a joke in the hallway of the stouffville arena monday night what a difference a week makes the spirit which opened the provincial jr a hockey league season with three loss es reeled off three smilepro ducing wins in the past week we should have won two of those first two but just couldnt get anything going spirit captain michael lombardo said now its coming together from the goalies out everyone knows what theyre doing and if they dont someone reminds them at 18 lombardo is a griz zled threeyear veteran oh team whose average age is 17- 12 years old were young again this year but what we have over rob groom scored a goal and two assists in spirits 64 road win sunday over the wexford raiders last year is heart he said everyone on this team is tak ing this year very seriously the spirit defeated the wexford raiders 64 in scarborough sunday collingwood blues 64 in collingwood friday and the couchiching terriers 21 last thursday at home the spirit hosts the defend ing national champion aurora tigers at 730 pm then visits huntsville tomorrow at scarborough the spirit held on to win after leading 5- 1 in the third period wexford scored three unanswered goals but an emptynetter doused the comeback rob groom led the spirit with a goal and two assists sean gray lombardo mark boyce carson devine and ty raine had the other goals simon gysbers and ian brunt had two assists each troy ciernia had another big game in net for the spirit who were outshot 2822 at collingwood the spirit erased a 2- t deficit after one period and led 54 after two periods brandon walker boyce jake van allen devine lombardo and gysbers scored for the spirit raine had three assists spirited notes the spirit and whitchurch- stouffville fire and emergency service will host fire preven tion night during the oct 7 game against thornhillfor- mer spirit winger cale tanaka was traded to aurora before this season at his request pearce saddles fourthplace in 50000 canada cup final john pearce felt he stood a good chance to capture last sundays 50000 canada cup final at the seventh annual tournament of champions at caledon equestrian park but one mishap while rid ing his mount champagne was costly competing in a jump off with eric lamaze and ian millar the 40yearold stouffville resident lost a stir rup pearce and his 11 yearold german holsteiner settled for a fourthplace finish after committing eight faults and completing the course in 3514 seconds s lamaze a 36yearold schomberg resident and his mount pulque completed the course with no faults and in a time of 3162 to win the event lamaze also rode tempete and took second while ian miller of perth and promise me were third it was an unfortunate mishap pearce said of the slight error i lost my balance for a slight second and in a competition of this magnitude theres no room for error i thought i had one of the faster horses in the jump off champagne has won four major grand prix events this year hes a fop horse a former member of the 2002 canadian olympic equestrian team pearce found some consolation in other events as he rode archie bunker a sixyearold german oldenburg to a firstplace fin ish in the jumper development competition the pair were second in the stoney hill grand prix and sixth in the 2500 grand prix level 3 jumper event archie bunker is a young up and coming international candidate pearce said hes just moving up the ranks and hes a big hopeful for the future he did very well pearce also rode oreilly a fiveyearold german oldenburg to a firstplace fin ish in the 500 welcome level one jumper event among other results posted by local riders margie gayfordsproule and pspice were fourth in the jumper development sixyearold event virgina gayford and roxborough were fourth in the adult amateur 36 and over under saddle event and ninth in the adult amateur 36 and over fences in the adult amateur 36 and over fences martha gayford and big shot placed third danielle raucamp and corrado were fifth in the cet gymnastic phase in the class 110 beginner adult hunter over fences erin brooks and dominika were second while leslie horn and earl of grover were third in the class 112 beginner adult hunter over fences horn and earl of grover were third and brooks and dominika fifth brooks and dominika were third in the class 113 beginner adult hunter under saddle while horn and earl of grover were fourth in the class 111 beginner adult hunter over fences brooks and dominika were second while horn and earl of grover were fourth staff photosteve somerville practice makes perfect stouffville district secondary schools freddy bell perfects his digging form during a tryout session for the junior boys volleyball team tuesday sports team representing the school are expected to begin play in the york region athletic association next week minor bantam clippers tame toros in tournament final the stouffville minor bantam clippers took home the hardware from the recent richmond hill early bird tournament with a 53 win over the clarington toros in the title tilt the clippers reached thermal after going undefeated in roundrobin play with wins over the downsview beavers 91 north york knights 41 arid richmond hill stars 91 the clippers then faced the windsor spitfires in a semifinal game and emerged with a 40 win scoring for the clippers were steven demelo with 11 goals and seven assists lee averill and kurtis hulshof four goals and 1 assist nolan benoit four goals dylan seymour three goals and two assists- ryan brown three goals and one assist zack stevens four assists chris tambos one goal and one assist josh montesano and tom mcleod two assists lawson mann and anthony zambri one assist posting a 050 goals against aver age and a shutout was sean gibson jake robinson also recorded an impressive 166 goals against average novice clippers split first two games the stouffville novice a clippers began the hockey season on a suc cessful note after blanking the markham waxers 30 at the stouffville arenaiast friday greg barker scored twice for the clippers while mitchell smith added the other marker robbie armstrong and spencer roberts each collected one assist cameron nowkow posted the shutout on sunday the clippers suffered its first loss of the season in a 21 decision against visiting east gwillimbury evan smith scored the lone goal for the clippers while matthew carrick drew an assist c m