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30 stouffville suntribune u thursday nov 24 2005 stouffville suntribune ports gysbers continues to receive hockey accolades spirit defenceman in prospects game on nhl draft list 2005 has been excellent for simon gysbers the thirdyear defence- man on the stouffville spirit was one of five players in the provincial jr a hockey league named to the nhl draft list last week this week the 18yearold from oak ridges was one of 40 players announced to play in the inaugural canadian jr a hockey league prospects game dec 7 in yorkton sask earlier this year gysbers the defenceman of the year in north conference last season accepted a scholarship to attend lake superior state university in sault ste marie mich quite the year it takes a while for it all to sink in said gysbers after learning of the trip west and his nhl listing but its all really exciting teammates who call the sixfoot fourinch gysbers gyzzy lined up to shake his i sp t p sj sjigwsfitjt r jfw 3 sr sssoi hjflbi fe smbbm hlv ikjti i hbrt fek xskr jhr j p simon gysbers is excited to showcase his skills in junior a all- star game dec 7 in yorkton sask hand and ask for an auto graph at practice tuesday and the thing is simon probably hasnt played his best hockey yet this season spirit head coach dan west said the scouts can see his potential to develop at a very quick rate and he is being rewarded for that the spirit improved to 12- 433 with a 43 win over the oshawa legionaires saturday captain ian brunts point- shot goal with 19 seconds left in regulation was the game- winner the spirit which trailed 3- 2 after two periods outshot oshawa 4726 goaltenders matt wagener of oshawa and the spirits dan mcwhinney were out standing scott brown randy johnston and shawn frank had the other spirit goals joel sheppard had three assists the spirit hosts the vaughan vipers tonight at 730 and visits aurora friday and ajax sunday spirited notes no word on when the third period or all of last thursdays game with seguin will be played the spirit led 31 in the sec ond intermission when the icemaking machine broke down at the stouffville arena forward tom coukos has been dealt to ajax stouffville resident cale tanaka who plays for aurora has accepted a scholarship to huntsvillealabama for more on the spirit log on to wwwstouflvillespiritcom birker takes to the trails to race off with national dirt biking championship by jim thomas correspondent christian birker is proud to display the award in his possession the 13- yearold stouffville resident has a huge trophy emblemat ic of a firstplace effort he achieved in the 1115 year- old boys division at the national hare dirtbike scramble in vienna ont the event was sponsored by the canadian motorcycle association the eightkilometre course took him through haz ards of woods mud and poinsettias grown on site water he commandeered an 85- horsepower kawasaki capa ble of reaching speeds of 80 kmh birker described the vienna meet as the biggest thrill of his life his fifth first- place finish in eight tries this year in overall points he came in second losing out to a rider from vienna birker comes by this form of recreation honestly his father chris is also a dirtbike enthusiast competitions have taken him as far as st thomas great gifts for the gardener on your list tropical plant sale dec 1 24 hillsdale and barrie the season finale was held at wheatley ont near windsor to date despite jumps of 40 to 50 feet birker has escaped serious injury im well padded he said with assurance his mother debbie admits shes only attended a few of her sons meets i cant look she claims next year birker hopes to move up to novice bclass competition with eventual aspirations of acquiring a sponsorship and turning pro fessional rjp wflmmk hang on tight btarp phorosifcvb bumekvlllb stouffville district secondary schools lara moller centre grimaces in an attempt to maintain possession of the ball while being surrounded by newmarket high schools kaitlyn porter left and lisa len in tuesdays york region senior girls ofsaa aa qualifier at stouffville the host spartans prevailed 4524 and will host the lake ontario secondary school athletic association aa representa tive today at 4 pm for the right to play at the provincial championships pearl coleshill and sam sheridan led the spartans offence with 11 points each hockey girls off to a good start the stouffville district secondary school spartans varsity girls hockey team overcame a threegoal deficit by erupting with three goals of their own in the final period to salvage a 33 tie against sacred heart catholic high school of newmarket in york region athletic association action tuesday jessica ziegler hayley hughes and heather hughes scored for the spartans the tie was preceded by a 43 opening game road win last thursday over the brother andre catholic high school cardinals in markham heather hughes scored twice for the spartans while ashley mclellan and ziegler added singles the spartans will take to the road 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