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p i v rsv -ti- n i rsr 14 stouffville suntribune saturday march 3 2007 y i w a i stouffville suntribune sport staff photobill roberts stouffville spirit forward james mcintosh works the puck against collingwood blues jordan smith and goalie mike nigalis during the spirit s 73 win in the provincial jr a playoff action at stouffville arena thursday the spirit led the series 30 acton johnston lead stouffville juniors to seventh straight playoff win spirit rolling at right time dan west couldnt put his finger on the moment it happened or what caused it it doesnt matter the stouffville spirit head coach is just rolling with his hot junior a hockey club his team defeated the collingwood blues 73 thursday night to take a threegamestonone lead in their provincial jr a hockey league north conference semifinal game 4 was to be played last night in collingwood the spirit is 70 in the postseason and 17210 since christmas i guess we peaked at the right time said west whose team was on a skid before the holidays were just really rolling right now the insertion of stouffvilles will acton into the lineup has helped after sitting out six weeks on the injured list the thirdyear forward returned to the lineup to start the spir- itcollingwood series he has five goals in the past two games including a hat trick during thursdays win randy johnston had two goals and two assists and shared farmer jacks player of the game honours with acton johnston has six points in the last two games i guess we peaked at the right time dan west stouffville spirit head coach third star donivan munro had a goal and two assists tyler gubb had the other goal james mcintosh and myles gomes earned two assists each trevor oneill earned the win to go 60 in the playoffs the spirit was without corey trivino canada games and mark kubicz st mikes majors both are expected back this weekend if necessary game 5 would be played tonight in stouffville at 730 the sixth game would go monday in collingwood and game 7 tuesday in stouffville tigers canes working overtime overtime has been the story of the other north semi the upstart newmarket hurri canes defeated the aurora tigers 32 in double overtime thursday to tie their series at 22 exstouffville player rick schrank netted the win ner aurora needed extra time to win the previous two games aurora is the topranked jr a team in canada spirit games are broadcast at whistleradiocom for more information go to stouflvillespiritcom atoms win opener the stouffville atom a clippers got off to a good start in their ontario minor hockey association best- offive semifinal series against whitby wednesday with a 43 road win spencer roberts chris jarrett josh burkholder and mitchell smith scored for the clippers eric zambri collect ed two assists cameron nowikow was solid in goal the second game of the series goes tomorrow at the stouffville arena at 430 pm girls make final if the stouffville dis trict secondary school spartans varsity boys hockey team can do it why not the girls like the spartan boys the girls varsity squad gained a berth in the york region athletic associa tion tier one final after winning its first-to-three- point semifinal series over newmarkets sacred heart catholic high school after battling sacred heart to a 33 tie in tues days series opener in newmarket the spartans took full advantage of playing in the confines of the stouffville arena wednesday and skated off with a 31 victory igniting the spartans offence in wednesdays finale were the hughes sis ters with hayley scoring twice and younger sister heather once hayley had all three spartan goals in the opener we definitely got some timely goal scoring from the hughes sisters and great defensive play from our defensive core spar tans head coach dan mcconnachie said our goalie courtney humphreys deserves a tip of the hat for shutting the door down in the third peri od when sacred heart had us back on our heels all in all great teamwork did the job he said the spartans will face the markham district high school marauders in a onegame winner-take- all final the date was not determined as of press high schools deadline yesterday by finishing atop the south division standings the marauders will have home ice advantage both teams will be going to the ontario federation of school athletic associa tions championships the spartans to the aaa tour ney in belleville march 20- 22 and markham to the aaaaaaa event march 2023 in ottawa for the defending ofsaa champion spar tans its their fourth con secutive appearance at the provincial champi onships its been quite a run said mcconnachie who doubles as school band leader boys final delayed by bad weather the york region high school hockey champi onship game will have to wait yesterdays nasty weather postponed the winner-take- all contest at mount joy arena in markham between stouffville district sec ondary school and markhams brother andre catholic high school the game has been rescheduled for monday at 1 pm at mount joy 4 i i i i r- k 3 1 i i for more on high school sports go to wwwyraacom com