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Unionville SChool’s Taylor MarShall jumps over the ball as 5t0uffVill€ District Second- Matt Raguseo of Stoufl‘ville Secondary runs into the Uxbridge Secondary School defence ary School’s Annalise Mathers prepares to throw to second for the inning’s third out in York during the Red Hot Rugby Tournament semifinal game in Maple Sunday, Stouffville Region slo-pitch action at Stouffville Memorial Park Monday. Unionville won 17-0. won 17-5 and went on to win the division, Defending Ontario champs Red Hot again in tournament BY MIKE HAYAKAWA Staff Writer The Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations A/AA rugby championships do not take place until early next month in Sar- nia. “This tournament has the best of the best," Spartans head coach Jamie Hewitt said. “There were 120 different schools that took part in this toumament and you had the top AA and AMA teams playing. “Our guys were focused for this tourna- ment. ()ne of their goals at the start of the year was to win this toumament because it’s so big We were challenged and tested." But the defending champion Stouffville District Secondary School Spartans might be considered as strong contenders to retain the crown. The Spartans got a good indication of the calibre they might encounter at this year’s championships while winning their first-ever Red Hot Tournament title Sunday. it was cli- maxed with a 12-7 win over Saltfleet Secondâ€" ary School in the Laurier Division final on the St. loan of Am Catholic High School synthetic pitch in Maple. National team member Matt Raguseo accounted for all of the Spartans' scoring in the final, with two tries and a convert, and was named the toumament’s most valuable player. To reach the final, the Spartans had to defeat Uxbridge Secondary School 17-5 ear- lier Sunday in their semifinal match. “He was unbelievable.” Hewitt said of Raguseo, a Grade 12 student and last year’s senior male athlete 0f the year at Stouffville. Raguseo had two tries and a convert for the Spartans and Kyle Miller added one try. “The kids played fantastic," Hewitt said. “Their defence was unbelievable and ball mtention was good. They understand how the game is to he played." The Spartans took part in a regional quali- fier last Thursday in Waterloo and won their pool by defeating ()akvillc 'l‘rafalgar 7-5. Blucvale Collegiate (Waterloo) 29-0 and 13- HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS [[68 UP ON THE COMPETITION SPORTS STAFF PHOTO/SJOERD WITTEVEEN Stouffville Sun-Tribune Juniors take two toumeys time defending Red Hot Tournament and last year’s OFSAA AAAA champion Barrie Central Collegiate 3-0. A penalty kick by Raguseo with 30 seconds remaining in regulation time proved to be the difference for Stouffville. The senior Spartans victory came on the heels of a 33-26 win by the junior Spartans over the Alexander Mackenzie High School Mustangs (Richmond Hill) in Saturday's Queen’s Division final of the Red Hot. David Amy, Jeremy Brownridgc, Scott Mill- er, Max Muir and Atieq Wasim each scored a try for the Spartans. ()liver Boettchcr booted four conVcrts and was named the tournaâ€" ment’s MVP. “We didn't play overly well," Spartans mach Rub denndson said. “We made some physical and mental mistakes. We were fortu- nate to win. It was one of those games where The victory by the Spartans atoned for their 20-12 loss to Lindsay Collegiate in the final of the eighth annual Spartan Invitational Toumament played on the school's old pitch this month. WSW-"mankith May15.2(X)8 23 we made one less mistake than they did. We're happy to win, but not proud of how we played in the final. Whenever you get a lot of scoring in rugby, there’s a lot of mistakes that are taking place.” “We've got some work ahead of us to do. But we are getting better slowly," he said. To reach the final, the Spartans defeated Trenton High School 13-5 earlier in the day. Chris Chekay scored the lone try for the Spartans and Boetteher hunted a penalty kick and convert. In that match, lidmondson felt his charges played a far better game than in the final. To qualifying for Saturday's playoffs, the Spartans travelled to Kingston Wednesday and won their qualifier after posting victo- ries over Ashhury College, (( )ttawa) 14-5, Ajax High School 38â€"0 and Kingston (Iollegiate 22â€"0. The juniors also won their own tourney, capped oil with a 24â€" l2 win over l.li. Weldon (Lindsay) in the final. 'lhe Spartans resume York Region Ath- letie Association play today at lluron Heights (Newmarket) starting at 3 pin. The seniors, hantams and juniors will 8(‘(‘ action. STAFF PHOTO/BILL ROBERTS