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18 stouffviile suntribunem thursday nov 23 2006 stouffviile suntribune sports spirit thriving in foreign environment last week sunday won 31 against north york rangers now 13s12 on season third place in north conference coming up today vs huntsvillemuskoka otters 730 pm friday at st michaels buzzers 730 pm game notes just call the stouffviile spirit kings of the road at least for the time being the spirit racked up their seventh straight win on the road sunday with a 31 victory over the north york rangers james mcintosh scored the gamewinner shorthanded and unassisted 36 seconds into the third period corey trevino and will acton had the other goals for the spirit which trailed 10 after the first period mark kubicz played in goal for the spirit and earned the win the spirit was outshot 3938 notebook with the spirit playing just one game last weekend they avoided any serious injuriesforward brock van der gulik saw a specialist last week and was told to avoid any physical contact for at least two weeks for ward josh domingues who incurred a knee injury during the preseason is beginning to skate with a track suit on no timetable is set for his returnforward joel sheppard who was thought to have had mononucleosis was not diagnosed with it spirit head coach dan west said he was just run down physically and is expected to begin skating this week former spirit head coach brian perrin was hired mon day to coach the newmarket hurricanes relieved of his duties with the spirit after the 200405 season the ballantraearea resident was on the huricanes bench staff for five sea sons as an assistant coach including their run to the royal bank cup in melfort sask in 1996 generally speaking ive always been proud of the way we played on the road some one said to me even last year that we were a team that played well on the road for that everyone deserves credit were proud of how we prepare to go on the road where we try to keep things simple and try to work hard at least i do and i try to bring in onto our team west said as for playing at home west cant figure why his team hasnt had the same degree of success but he noted his club this season has been involved in several onegoal affairs in which theyve come out on the short end maybe were feeling a little too comfortable he speculated i think though that were run ning into teams that come into our rink and they take the same approach as us when we go on the road they feel its a challenge to beat us on our ice based on how successful we were last year insider for live scoring and updates go to pointstreakcom for more on the spirit log on to wwwstouf- fvillespiritcom sheffield students earn high marks members of the sheffield judo club took to the mat in two recent events and came away with some impressive results at the ajax budokan monthly tour nament which involves youngsters and firsttime entrants seven sheffield members took part and each finished no worse than in fourth place tressa sheffield led the sheffield contingent with a firstplace finish in 12yearolds boys and girls com bined secondplace finishes came from mitchell vendrov who made his debut in the sevenyearold white belts boys and girls combined josh altomare another firsttime performer in the eightyearold boys whiteyellow belts naomi mishan nineyearold orange belt girls sarah mishan 11- yearold orangegreen belt girls and marcus chan 11 -year- old orangegreen belt boys sean long also competing for the first time was fourth in the eight-year- old boys whiteyellow belts in another competition at bramp ton the tora monthly tournament three sheffield students came home with topthree placements as naomi mishan was first in the nineyearold orange belt girls and sarah mishan in the 11 yearold orangegreen belt girls sean long was third in eight- yearold boys whiteyellow belts junior spartans cage berth in york region tier two final four decision to go tier two this season pays off with good season by mike hayakawa staff writer last season was one which the stouffviile district sec ondary school spartans junior girls basketball team would just as soon forget about playing in the highly com petitive york region athletic association tier one circuit the spartans took their lumps more frequently than not making a decision this sea- son to go the tier two route has proven to be a wise move for the spartans and its enabled them to move into some unchartered waters as they gained a berth in the yraa tier two semifi nals the spartans did so after defeating richmond hills langstaff secondary school 37- 36 in mondays quarterfinal contest at stouffviile the spartans were to face thornlea secondary school in a semifinal tilt yesterday at the thornhill school the winner would advance to the final to be played later that day the girls have certainly come a long ways sandy bush spartans coach said of her clubs accomplishments this season in our first tournament in late september we didnt do that well but weve improved since that time indeed they did as they won the south division regular sea son title with an unblemished 90 mark in explaining the clubs suc cess bush attributed it to sever al factors among them she said is the work ethic displayed by the team the girls are anxious to learn new plays and they have great heart she said as well bush said much of what the club has done this sea son wouldnt have been possi ble without the presence of co- coach jack hammond staff photosjoerd witteveen stouffviile district secondary school spartans tracey veletri shoots the ball over langstaff secondary schools alyssa bialavas in mondays yraa junior girls tier two quarterfinal game at stouffviile the spartans won the game 3736 and advanced to yesterdays semifinal hammond bush noted possesses a great wealth of knowledge of the game hes brought in a new dimension for our team she said of hammond hes intro duced a trap defence which the girls have done quite well this season led by cocaptains jessica veletri and brittany crago the spartans have received timely contributions from almost their entire roster that also includes guards tracey veletri nicole kiatipis emily aprile and laura lehming forwards amanda raguseo natalie kondovski brittany dunbar natasha dea con dale wilkinson and felicia penanen for more on high school sports log on to wwwyraacom x 1au1 mmb qubmit a stoty submit a poedni see ancfqocafi tesoutcfes ioit usdtets yorkregion com it clicks home