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stouffville suntribune thursday may 5 2005 29 stouffville suntribune staff photosjoerd witteveen getting a firm grip on the situation alexander mackenzie secondary school ball carrier andrew mcbride is wrestled to the ground by stouffville district secondary schools jake van allen during last weeks york region athletic association senior boys exhibition rugby contest at stoufrville the spartans won 250 the spartans also won the junior game 270 and the firstyear bantam team defeated alexander mackenzies jun iors 190 the spartans will host a senior and junior tournament tomorrow minor hockey surplus follows successful season by jim thomas correspondent the whitchurchstpuffville minor hockey association is projecting a surplus of 33310 for the 20052006 season this figure prepared and pre sented by treasurer don easter at the organizations annual meeting last thursday is 20850 less than the excess last year when a 30 rebate was approved for all house league players a projected income of 564225 includes 343000 from player registrations 168500 from rep- team assessments 26000 from tournaments and clinics and 18725 from house league sponsors the largest anticipated expense is 331500 for ice time excluding tournaments other significant costs include 52000 for uniforms 32800to the ontario minor hockey association 32800 for office operations and 26600 for refer ees and timekeepers compared to last season income is expected to be up by 27 per cent and expenses by 72 per cent the biggest hike is in ice rental at 2265600 or 73 per cent registration fees will remain thesame michael humphreys 43 is the new president of the associa tion for 20052006 humphreys succeeds joe cornacchia cornacchia held the position three years the kids come first the presidentelect stressed were all here for the kids humphreys who plays in the stouffville amateur hockey league has a 12yearold daughter playing minor bantam with the markharristouffville stars girls rep team he was previously house league convenor the league including 38 house league and 18 rep teams involves 825 players with young families continually moving in a sizeable increase is expected next season humphreys said cornacchia told the meeting his sixyear term ori the executive including three as president had been the best years of his life haddeficrr three years ago the associa tion was in a deficit position thanks to an excellent executive weve made great strides i leave the organization in good hands cornacchia described the leagues coaching staff as the best in ontario many leagues are envious of what were doing here he said we have a good organization that will only get better humphreys praised his pred ecessor he cornacchia took on a job and turned things around he leaves an association of which he can be justly proud new members elected were wendy armstrong bruno derocchis peter harmsen ross newlands and joe sutherland returning are josie robinson don easter chris miller gary courts emilio ronco greg roberts and kevin mcguckin mrs robinson vicepresi dent of- the association and omha convenor for 20052006 described the past season as a great year at last weeks annual meeting she spoke of the honour associated with having the stouffville juvenile team win an omha championship while the only club to accom plish this feat other teams had also acquitted themselves well she said including novice omha semifinalists minor atom york simcoe finalists minor atom ae york simcoe finalists atom a omha quarter finalists minor peewee omha quarter finalists peewee a york simcoe finalists peewee ae york simcoe semifinalists minor bantam york simcoe quarter finalists minor midget york simcoe semifinalists and midget york simcoe finalists our teams would not have succeeded without the assis- tance and hard work of many people here and within the asso ciation all of whom gave gener ously of their time ms robinson concluded spartans hope to kick up storm in yorks top tier varsity girls soccer team wants to earn ofsaaaa berth the stouffville district secondary school spartans varsity girls soccer team is tackling some thing new when it takes to the pitch for the york region athletic association season after winning a yraa tier two title two seasons ago and being tier two finalists last year the spartans will move up in calibre to the more competitive tier one circuit spartans head coach rob edmondson anticipates his club will be far more challenged this season when they play in the southeast division which includes markham district high school unionville high school brother andre catholic high school and st augustine catholic high school each of these teams he noted traditionally has players with rep experience while the spartans only have two players of this calibre the coach thinks they can be competitive if they adhere to the system hes installed you cant teach or coach players with heart and the girls on my team exemplify that when we play our system we will outwork people and we will be more competitive said edmondson although league play began yes terday with a road game against markham district high school the spartans did not come in unpre pared last month the spartans played in two indoor tournaments win ning the anderson collegiate invitational in oshawa and losing in the final in another as wellthe club had one exhibition outdoor game at port perry high school and pre vailed 41 so far weve been competitive outside of york region at the senior level and i think well be competi tive this year in tier one in playing bigger and better teams edmondson said in assessing his clubs strength edmondson feels it lies in the mid- field area where they are using the athletic sister tandem of cassie and jaime sparks anchoring the defence is brittany moreau a grade 10 student liz knox will handle goaltending duties n regular season too short playing just a fourgame league schedule in a twoweek span along with the two early indoor tourna ments edmondson felt that wasnt substantial enough for his club in an attempt to make the season a lit- tie more meaningful he has entered his team in two outdoor tourna ments including one in allistqn may 7 and one in woodbridge may 20 the event- in alliston was one which they won last year with the soccer program enter ing its fifth year edmondson said another reason for the club choos ing to go tier one is to try and quali fy for the ontario federation of school athletic associations aa playdowns which will be held in thunder bay fielding a team with just two grade 12 players two in grade 9 and the rest in grades 10 and 11 edmondson predicts the schools varsity program should remain competitive for the next few years its really a true varsity team that we have he said for more information on yraa sports log on to wwwyraacom honours for college goalie steve cox a goalkeeper with the houghton college highlanders mens soccer team was recently awarded the 20042005 velrria m hewson and dr marvin h eyler champions of character sportsmanship award the markham native who gradu ated from stouffville district secondary school was one of two senior athletes from the houghton ny school to receive the award which recognizes athletic excellence and is the highest honor the school gives to its current athletes this past season cox played every minute in goal for the highlanders recording a 151 goals against average and six shutouts he started every game 70 in his four- year career recording 25 shutouts he earned firstteam allconference honors as a sophomore v senior was a secondteam allconference selection as a freshman steve cox is the ultimate com petitor on the soccer field his desire to compete is unmatched however the level of sportsmanship he dis plays on the field is also unmatched said coach matthew webb steve never lets his competitive juices interfere with his perspective of playing the game with integrity respecting those he is playing with and against and ultimately repre senting jesus christ ori the field it is not uncommon to see steve help an opponent up off the ground after a collision in the goalmouth he is always looking out for the good of those around him arid plays the game the way it should be played houghton college is located in western new york and is a member of the national associatiori of intercollegiate athletics arid the airierican mideast conference j 1 i j 1 i f 7 j i j i i i i i i t i 1 i x i s 1 i j j y j y j j i i y i jr tywafrfi mvm j m