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14 stouffville suntribune thursday april 19 2007 stouffville suntribune stouffville district secondary school spartans traci velletri and eric lee chase the birdie during the york region high school badminton playdowns at milliken mills high school last thursday the spartan duo lost the match to unionville high schools janice lee and michael mok staff photosjoerd witteveen rugby squad small in size large on team concept by mike hayakawa staff writer stouffville district sec ondary school spartans senior boys rugby squad head coach jamie hewitt calls this years team short on experience and small in stature it would appear the spartans could be in for trying times when the york region athletic association season kicks off hewitt argues otherwise even after last weeksl45 road exhibition loss to the east- dale collegiate eagles in oshawa i think the guys looked pretty good hewitt said of his clubs performance that saw andrew norton account for the lone spartans try eastdale is one of the top senior teams in the province and we werent too disappoint ed with that result were a young team and were looking forward to the year while the spartans have just five grade 12 players including provincial team member kyle miller and coteam captain jason lock the remaining starters on this years team are in grade 11 the spartans have just five grade 12 players including provincial team member kyle miller and coteam captain jason lock several were members of last years york junior champi onship squad we dont rely on one two or three guys we have a lot of depth and they do things together on and off the field said hewitt who started work ing with the team last fall they even set up a team dinner all by themselves he said while lacking physical pres ence hewitt feels his club can overcome this through skills theyve acquired and developed our skill set is pretty good if we can move the ball well from sideline to sideline well be in good shape hewitt said if the spartans can fulfill their potential and avoid the injury bug hewitt remains optimistic his club can contend for the york title markham district high is definitely the team to beat he said but i think if we can play to our potential we can be in the mix for more on high school sports go to yraacom cards score silver at provincials four stouffville girls are the towns newest provincial medalists the markham cardinals returned from the ontario cup provincial basketball champi onships in london and st thomas sunday with silver medals the cardinals comprised of girls aged 12 and 13 from markham and stouffville won their first five games of the tourna ment before falling 4430 to sarnia valhalla in the final they were competing in the 16- team division 5 of the major ban tam younger than 14 event stouffville players on the squad are peri scheliga jennifer mason haley preston and breanna mal- oney rick maloney is head coach the cardinals defeated the wood stock chill 4225 durham city chameleons of ajax 3621 and dun- das dynamo 4626 to win their pool they knocked off the sault ste marie titans 4436 in the quarter finals and ottawas capital xelle 33- 23 in the semis cardinals point guard alyssa cheung won the hustle award for the division the cardinals won a provincial select championship a year ago sports digest judo students win 9 medals students from the sheffield judo club battled opponents from across ontario and buffalo ny and for their efforts claimed nine medals at the brantford invitational tournament firstplace finishers included tres- sa sheffield in the 1112 yearold girls division lea sheffield juvenile girls 45 kilograms and jill pirrie senior women 78 kg earning silver medals were taylor straight in the juvenile boys 81 kg and collen welch 10 yearold girls those who finished third included sean long in the eightyearold boys division tressa sheffield juvenile girls 45 kg brent colclough senior men 81 kg and clint moxley senior men 100 kg moxley and pirrie have qualified to compete in their first senior canadian championships in quebec in may