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26 stouffville suntribune thursday oct 21 2004 stouffville suntribune sports 1 h jfr jwki m k i 4 h iiu it i i staff photosjoerd witteveen here take that st elizabeth catholic high schools randolph fajardo left blocks the ball back into the stouffville district secondary school spartans court as john chaput right and allan mcgrath look on during tuesdays yraa senior boys volleyball game at stouffville the spartans however won the match 20 2519 2516 the spartans also defeated richmond hill secondary school 20 2516 2522 converted goal scorer happy to be in spirit net juniors host collingwood tonight wexford saturday dan mcwhinney was a goaltender in forwards cloth ing for 12 years he played cen tre on hockey teams in his home town of sault ste marie but i always wanted to be in net the stouffville spirit goalie said my brother would take shots on me at home and i was always the goalie in street hockey his parents had other ideas his dad jeff coached many of those youth teams including some at the aa level how can i put my top scor er in net hed tell dan then there was the issue of forking out a few thousand dollars for equipment one day three years ago white pines high school was short a netminder for practice dan volunteered telling the coach hed played before not explaining it was only in the family driveway he never returned to cen tre eventually backstopping the school to the city champi onship he spent last year in terrace bay ont with the aguabason river rats jr b team a highlight came in a 100 loss in the western canada dan mcwhinney sault ste marie native was late cut by hometown- greyhounds before coming to spirit championships mcwhinney who had just stopped more than 80 shots was named player of the game auditions in wellington sault his route to stouffville this fall included stops in wellington where he thought he had a spot with the jr a dukes and back home in the sault where he was a late cut of the ontario hockey leagues greyhounds the spirits thunder bay scout john mason was talking to a colleague in sault ste marie in early september when mcwhinneys name came up the goalie drove to stouffville and the next day was spectacular in a triple overtime win over brampton at a preseason tourney the spirit signed him immediately its been good here he said the guys are great and were playing well it will only get better spirit down hurricanes mcwhinney 19 drew the attention of at least one us college scout sunday when he beat the newmarket hurricanes 53 in newmarket ty raine had a goal and two assists for the spirit which trailed 21 after one period but led 32 after two rick schrank jake van allen carson devine and simon gysbers accounted for the other spirit markers the spirit lost 31 to the aurora tigers friday night with four regulars out includ ing mcwhinney and two defencemen from a fight two weeks ago with thornhill rugged winger cory battista had the spirit goal and scored a tko of a tiger in a fight the spirit has three games in three nights hosting collingwood tonight visiting couchiching tomorrow and meeting wexford saturday at the stouffville arena at 730 pm for more on the spirit tog on to wwwstouffvillespiritcom spartan senior golfers finish third at york region championships the stouffville district secondary school spartans senior boys golf team finished third at last thursdays york region athletic association championships at angus glen golf club in unionville the team of james casde adam craig adam gainsbrook and justin hitchen fired an 18hole score of 326 on the south course castle had the best round among spartan golfers with a four over 76 while gainsbrook had a 78 craig 85 and hitchen 87 also on the team was cj stevens st robert catholic high school of thornhill won the event with a 313 in die junior boys event which was held on the angus glen golf club north course the spartans finished fourth with a 346 sir william mulock secondary school of newmarket was first with a 317 the junior team included matt easter fred bell david bell dennis oshaughnessy and brendan wise ba tackled in final the spartans bantam boys rugby team advanced to the final of last thursdays rugby ontarios high school 10s tournament at fletchers field in markham before they were blanked 50 by bracebridge and muskoka lakes secondary school in reaching the final the spartans won all three of their roundrobin games by shutouts while scoring 86 points the spartan juniors reached the semifinals before they were defeated by port perry high school 105 the spartan seniors lost their first game to westmount secondary school vaughan 15- 0 but came back to defeat leaside secondary school 350 and bramalea secondary school 170 despite winning two of three games the spartans failed to advance to the playoffs the spartan bantams juniors and girls teams are slated to be at fletchers field today for the high school 15s event heritage j xjjgggp the new halloween saturday october 30 2004 weaf youp scariest costume all tickets 1500 each train 1 the friendly ghost train boards at 530pm departs at 600pm returns at 730pm train 2 the scary ghost train hoards at 800pndeparts at 830pm returns at 1000pm scary entertainment hot chocolate hot dogs tickets may be purchased in advance at the uxbridge train station prizes for best costumes treasure hunt scary lootbags for information call our hotline at 9058523696 or wwwvdhronca