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stouffville suntribune h thursday feb 2 2006 25 stouffvilie suntribune sports photobill roberts follow the flying puck country styles ryan dunlop keeps a close eye on the puck that went into the air from a faceoff during saturdays whitchurch stouffville minor hockey associa tion novice house league contest at the stouffville arena dunlop scored two goals in his clubs 41 win ducks make big waves in markham swim competition a 10member contingent repre senting the stouffville ducks swim clubwas a splash hit at the markham aquatic clubs 21st annual winter invitational swim meet at centenni al pool jake silverthorn 11 led the way with two firsts in the 100m butterfly and 100m individual medley he also fin ished second in the 50m and 100m but terfly fourth 200m freestyle and sixth 100m freestyle beth wideman 16 posted two thirds in the 50m freestyle and 200m freestyle three fourths in the 100m and 200m breaststroke and 200m individual med ley and was sixth 100m freestyle lauren wallis 17 had three fifths in the 100m freestyle 100m breaststroke and 200m individual medley and three personal best times bethany philpott 15 was fifth in the 400m freestyle sixth 100m breaststroke and 100m butterfly seventh 100m back stroke ninth 200m individual medley 11th 50m freestyle and 14th 100m freestyle dylan cook 9 attended his first meet and was fourth in the 50m back stroke fifth in the 50m breaststroke sixth in the 50m freestyle and 100m individual medley seventh in the 100m breaststroke and 12th in the 50m butterfly jaime silverthorn 8 finished fourth in the 50m backstroke fifth 50m butter fly sixth 100m individual medley ninth 50m freestyle 10th 100m breaststroke and 1 1th 50m breaststroke jaimee mellorhill 12 recorded five personal best times and placed fourth overall in the 400m freestyle dana kennedy 12 swam in her first meet for the ducks with three personal- best times and a 15thplace effort in the 100m backstroke kevin boehnke 14 placed 12th in the 100m breastroke and 15th in- the 200m individual medley carter mcghie 13 posted all person al best times and placed 16th in the 100m backstroke third pirit preppin for next weeks playoffs last week saturday lost 21 vs newmarket hurricanes coming up today vs toronto thun- derbirds 730 pm at stouffville arenasatuitiay vs markham waxers 730 pm at markham centennial arenasunday vs aurora tigers 230 pm at aurora community centre end of regular season game notes the stouffville spirits remaining three regular season games mean little if anything in the provin cial jr a hockey league standings the spirit 24994 is all but locked into third place in the north conference and will almost certainly meet the sev enthplace seguin bruins in the first round of the playoffs starting next week the newmarket hurricanes defeated the spirit 21 in front of almost 500 fans at the stouffville arena saturday to snap the spirits point streak at seven games all goals were scored on the power play in a game rarely played with both teams at full strength newmarket took 22 penalties and the spirit 21 rob groom gave the spirit a 10 lead in the first period the spirit outshot newmarket 3830 secondplace new market leads the spirit by five points insider tonight is glad park public school night with the spirit players were scheduled to visit the school across from the stouffville arena today simon gysbers injured on a hit from behind saturday was at practice tuesday markham stouffville hospital is a guaranteed winner in saturdays game the spirit and waxers have a friendly wager going with all money going to the hospital the waxers and st michaels buzzers are tied for first in the south conference both teams have two games left generally speaking were happy with how things have gone said rookie head coach dan west but we still want to move forward in this final week and finish on a positive note and there are some goals we set at the beginning of the season that are still within reach we want to be prepared and ready to go when the playoffs start theres an outside chance of a huntsvillestouffville firstround series it doesnt really matteif said west theyre both good teams who have improved a lot since christmas and beaten us it should be exciting record 24994 see standings on page 26 for more on the spirit log on to wwwstpuflvillespirilcom spartan girls excelling in sports classroom seven grade 12 students seen as special group by jim thomas correspondent stouffville district sec ondary school has a circle of seven they are all in grade 12 all of one age all aplus students and all excellent athletes samantha batten pearl coleshill jessie harris liz knox winnie law laura moller and samantha sheridan are the pride and joy of staff physical education instructor sharon macfarlane macfarlane is held in the same high regard in my 21 years of teaching ive never seen their equal says macfarlane theyre a very special group not only are they proficient athletically and academically but also diligent kind and gen erous she notes although some graduated from different elementary schools theyve known each other either as competitors or teammates since kindergarten we played with and against each other during our early years but bonded at the high school level said harris each brings something dif- ferent to each sport she added photojim thomas dubbed as the circle of seven grade 12 stouffville district sec ondary school studentathletes liz knox from left samantha batten pearl coleshill laura moller jessie harris samantha sheridan and winnie law have earned high praise from physi cal education teacher sharon macfarlane foreground there was a chemistry between us said coleshill their main games are vol leyball basketball fastball soc cer and hockey following graduation all plan to go on to college or uni versity coleshill hopes to attend winthrop university in rock hill sc on a fastball scholarship a proficient hock ey player who plays in goal knox has her heart set on a uni- versityjiockey scholarship on the strength of their skills the spartans advanced to ontario federation of school athletic associations competi tion in soccer and basketball and while unsuccessful in championship bids it was a thrill just to get that far coleshill said the girls said much of what they have accomplished could be credited to the leadership provided by macfarlane she inspired me to do more than i ever would have on my own said moller shes like a mother to us added sheridan thanks to her every day was a lesson in life said knox while distance could be a factor the circle of seven is confident it will be reunited one more time when sdss holds its graduation night next fall