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30 stouffville suntribune thursday june 16 2005 stouffville suntribune howe sparks top athletes at stouffville secondary staff photobill roberts avoiding the squeeze play stouffyille district secondary school spartans ball carrier brayden pettifer outruns two simcoe composite high school tacklers during sundays first- round bantam boys contest of the barbarian cup at fletchers field in markham the spartans lost 75 but they managed to reach the consolation final before bowing out to sir john a macdonald high school waterloo 22- 14 james beare and alex mahgotich each had one try for the spartans matt raguseo booted two converts senior rugby squad wins team trophy at awards night by jim thomas correspondent all work and no play makes jack a dull boy for that matter jill too dozens of jacks and jills were honoured last thursday when stouffville district secondary school hosted its annual 2005 athletic banquet and awards night presentations were made by members of the sdss physical education staff gavin howe was named the schools senior male athlete of the year while cassie sparks was the senior female athlete kyle miller was nominated the schools junior male ath lete of the year and natalie geiger the top junior female in addition to these ath letes others received citata- tions for their efforts during the academic year nicole mashinter and brad hulshof were given the homestead award jessica aprile and kevin rice earned the moral and physical improvement award the jim rehill sportsmanship award went to liz knox and sean hume named as this years recip ients of the presidents award were jaclyn mowatt and greg boyd the dan mcneil award was given to landon wideman geiger and malcolm forbes received the the dave sdss girls physical education head sharon macfarlane left presents cassie sparks with the plaque as this years senior girls athlete of the year connell award the john turner award was given to dan coskun while the senior boys rugby team won the glen tarver award teammvps on teams the spartans fielded this year the most valuable player in each went to amanda deacon in junior girls basketball erin button senior girls basketball mashinter and sarah leccese field hockey geiger and malcolm forbes cross coun try fred bell junior boys vol leyball alan mcgrath senior boys volleyball james castle golf steve moller junior boys hockey shawn gibson senior boys hockey the entire spartans team girls hockey gavin howe left is presented the sdss senior male athlete of the year plaque by boys physi cal education head jamie hewitt kyle law junior boys basket ball howe senior boys bas ketball deanna williams jun ior girls volleyball amber muir senior girls basketball jason lock crosscountry ski ing ken higgins and dexter sibley junior badminton devin paynter and luke harrison senior badminton mashinter and allison lloyd slopitch matt martiniello baseball sam batten girls soccer boyd mountain bik ing matt raguseo bantam boys rugby graham wilson junior boys rugby gavin howe senior boys rugby jessica aprile girls rugby- forbes and bruce preston boys track and field geiger and aprile girls track and field no sueh thing as quiet offseason for spirit front office burrows makes two trades starkman joins front office staff jswsm bymikehayakawa staff writer the summer months are sup posed to be a time when hockey teams cease operations to take a well deserved vacation but for the stouffville spirit it hasnt exactly beenthat way the provincial junior a hockey league club announced tuesday it made two transactions the first involved the trading of forward carson devine to the newmarket hurricanes for for ward joel sheppard the other- had defehceman jodyhalas who left the spirit late last season andjeturned home to r barrie being dealt to the collingwood blues in exchange for future considerations in the trading of devine for sheppard- both 1986born players who will be entering their third season in the league burrows insisted he didnt go out seeking to make the deal but rather it came about after having discussions with hurricanes general manager and director of hockey operations pauldossey on other unrelated issues we started talking about some things and the next thing you know were talking about sheppard and devine it just went from there burrows said burrows was hesitant to depart with devine a richmond hill native who was sent to the- vaughan vipers by trie spirit dur irig the 200364seasohbutiwastrehl signed before the start of last sea son he was the clubs second- leading scorer during the regular season with 14 goals and 31 assists in 46 games but he thinks the spirit has four or five players who play a similar game as good play- makers sheppard fills scoring void in acquiring sheppard who in 34 games with the hurricanes last regular season had 12 goals and 18 assists burrows thinks he is get- ting a player who can score we had problems scoring goals last year and im missing some finishers he will be more of a scorer with us maybe last year he got lost in newmarket with a team that had a lot of 20yearolds he said of the georgina resident jin dealing halas who had three oaisandlsixvassists in32 reames igames w for the spirit burrows anticipated he might be more comfortable playing near his barrie residence hes a good player and maybe he will enjoy living at home and playing hockey in collingwood i dont tliink he enjoyed living away from home he said as for the future considerations to be received burrows expects something will be finalized before the start of the regular season while the spirit made two on- ice moves it also bolstered the front office by hiring marshall starkman to become the clubs director of operations starkman succeeds joe cornacchia who held the position briefly this spring before leaving to purchase the markham waxers junior a club starkmiah is no stranger to the leaguejashe waswithithe lindsay bj muskies and handled several port folios last season including direc tor of hockey operations general manager and goalie coach he is also clinic coordinator with the roger neilsons coaches clinic and director of the neilson sum mer hockey camp in lindsay oversees spirit zeev werek who owns the spirit with david laren said starkman will oversee the clubs entire operation he feels stark- mans presence will be a valuable addition were impressed with his cre dentials and were tickled to have him he brings another perspec tive to our team he knows the league and a lot of people he also has a way of working with people and an ability to make things run asmooth wereksaidj tissy rv jsriuoth i t v j-