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stouffvilk suntribunem thursday june 8 200621 stouffville suntribune sports geiger is golden at ofsaa track finals sdss student wins junior girls 200m 400m races by mike hayakawa staff writer- when natalie geiger entered the high school track and field scene last year she was a relative unknown but after winning die midget girls 200 metres and 400m at the ontario federation of school athletic associa tions championships and in setting a record in the latter event people began to take notice entering this years ofsaa champi onships at etobicokes centennial sta dium last weekend the 15yearold grade 10 student acknowledged there was added pressure moving up into the junior ranks this year didnt affect geiger one bit as she stouffville district secondary schools natalie geiger also won the 200m and 400m last year at ofsaa as a midget performer ran off with the gold medal in fridays 400m in 5604 seconds running the 200m saturday under adverse weather conditions in which it rained for most of the day geiger was first to cross the finish line in a person al best time of 2425 her time would have eclipsed an ofsaa mark set last year of 25 15 set by rebecca johnston of sudbury howev er tail wind conditions saturday were above the allowed limit that prevented her from rewriting the ofsaa record book nonetheless geiger was happy with how she performed both days tough encore to win both events i guess was tougher to do this year maybe because i went into it last year as a grade 9 and no one knew who i was this year though everyone knows who i am and people were expecting more of me she said but to win both events feels pretty good in explaining her winning formula geiger attributed a good segment of it to the confidence gained after winning last years races it definitely helped she said but each year is different geiger also felt it helped that she was familiar with her competitors many of whom she sees during the club track season in both races though she felt the competitors ran faster especially in the 400m in which everyone did it under one minute there was definitely better com petition this year she said with the high school season over geiger is concentrating her efforts on the canadian junior nationals which will take place july 2123 in sher- brooke que running the 200m and 400m geiger acknowledged this competition will provide a true test of what she can do as she will face rivals who are 17 18 and 19 years old as well they will be coming from across canada among other results posted by spartan participants dan coskun a 15yearold grade 10 student finished seventh in the junior boys discus and 17th in the shot put for more on the ofsaa meet log on to wwwtrackdatabasecom staff photosjoerd witteveen better late than never stouffville district secondary school spartans third baseman curtis reesor is late in applying a tag on our lady of the lake keswick bulldogs baserunner travis myette who successful stole third in mondays yraa tier two first round baseball playoff contest at milliken park the spartans however won the game 185 mark lofthouse fanned eight batters to earn the win matt martiniello scored four runs the spartans advanced to todays semifinal with an 85 win over keswick high school tuesday in sutton the spartans will face st joan of arc catholic high school maple juniors tackle york rugby title victory lifts spartans into barbarian cup sunday by mike hayakawa staff writer in the dozen years jamie hewitt has coached high school rugby it wont take him long to reveal which is the best team hes ever been associated with its this years junior boys team at stouffville district sec ondary school the spartans juniors did nothing to alter his thinking dur ing last thursdays york region athletic association champi onships at fletchers field in markham as they crushed the huron heights secondary school warriors newmarket in the title tilt 220 james beare scored a try and booted a convert while matt raguseo luke bartell and bray- den pettifer each added a try for the spartans this is by far the best junior team that ive had in the 12 years of coaching at any school that ive been at hewitt said making the team special hewitt said is its skill level and confi dence this was evident earlier thursday when the spartans overcame a 30 halftime deficit against thornlea secondary school thornhill in it semifinal game and reeled off 22 unan swered points to emerge with a 223 win and berth in the final entering that game hewitt noted the spartans were down five starters due to injuries i think the guys were a litde nervous at first but the other kids who filled in for the injured guys dug down deep and stepped up hewitt said hewitt anticipated big things from this team who last year were grade 9s that played in the yraa tier two circuit and lost in the final against grade 10 stu dents our goal this year was to win the york region tide hewitt said but with the number of injuries that we had i was con cerned with the two victories thurs day the spartans improved their overall record to 151 and qual ified for this sundays barbarian cup at fletchers field with no ontario federation of school athletic associations championships for the junior boys the barbarian cup is the equivalent seniors advance to ofsaa in odier division finals the spartan seniors reached the semifinal before losing to alexander mackenzie high school richmond hill 85 bjorn mcsorley scored the lone try for the spartans who are at the ofsaa aa playdowns that began yesterday at fletchers field in markham the spartans entered the tournament as a ninth seed see soccer page 22 mhwm this year at the walmart kid zone sponsored by walmart trrsffcwraw5swrwf7w june 29 dultf 3 2oo6 featuring kloda blowup rides located in latcham parking lot dunk tank bubble gum blowing contest free miss daisy clown face painting free pony ridespetting zoo free colouring station free fishing pond free please check schedule for exact event details locations