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22 The Stouffville Mennos won’t take to the Memorial Park ball diamond this week to resume their Oshawa City and District Fastball league playoffs. You can thank the weath- er, which forced a post- ponement in another best- of-thnee quarter-final series between the Markham Majors and Aurora Shoeless Joe's Monday at Markham Centennial Park As of press time, the Majors led the series one game to none. The series was to have resumed last night inAnrora. Because of the delay, the playoff picture remains as clouded as the weather and the Mennos are look- ing at a twoâ€"week break Mennos play waiting game 9 in men’s fastball playdowns ( O RNs _ O RPNs . 0 Nursing Students For mane pl _’ Amy Hughes at Check out the various health care opportunities for: StouM’ Sun-Whims- get. III 2008 between games. The S'toufiville squad, which swept the Oshawa Intermediates in the open- ing round, anticipate they will begin their semifinal series next Thursday at Memorial Park at 8:30 pm. against an opponent yet to be determined. The Mennos finished third in the regular-season standings. In afiother quarter-final, the Sharon-based Lake Simâ€" coe Lightning were swept in two strai t by Toronto Celtics. The tics finished the series with a 7-1 win Tuesday. > Goto:yorkregion.com and ocdfl.ca for updates Minor hockey is back The Stouffville minor midget Clip- pers skated ofi with the championship from last weekend’s tournament in Richmond Hill after defeating the host Stars 2-0 in the title tilt. David Belofi and Curtis Crago scored for the Clippers, who won an Ontario Minor Hockey Association A title as bantams last spring. Brandon BéylefConnor Cadanet and Josh Machesney earned assists. n In reachingâ€" the final, the Clippers won their first game over the Markham Waxers 5-2. Daniel Perry paced the Clippers’ with two goals while Taylor Clifford, Joseph Palladino and Beloff added singles. Chris Smith earned one helper. Facing the Leaside Flathes in their second game, the Clippers skated off with a 4-1 win. Cadaret deposited a pair of third- period goals for the Clippers while Machesney and Clifiord added singles. Steven Tait and Matthew Miniaci each had two assists while Crago and Clifiord had one each. Buoyed by. a pair of goals from Machesney, the Clippers won their third game of the tournament, a 4-1 verdict over the Mississauga Hornets. Tait, Beloff, Kyle Raymer, Cadaret and Perry had singles. Miniaci, Beloff and Crago contributed two helpers while Tait, Raymer, and Kyle Sauro earned one apiece: Thé victory enabled the Clippers to advance to the semifinals where they edged the Markham Islanderg 6-5. "Belofi orchestrated the offence with a hat trick while Machesney added a pair of goals and Tait one. Josefih Palladino, Tait, Crago and cm. ford were each credited with an assist. YORK REGION Your Community... Your Opportunities Vlncoc heads for Las Vegas, shot at national kartlng title In July, Mike Vincec raced his way to the Stars of Karting East Division t_itle_. _ last weekend in Kent, Wash., the 17- year-old Stouffville resident staked his claim to the Stars of Karting West Diviâ€" sion title. 'IWo, top-five placings did the trick. By finishing fourth in one race and sec- ond in the finale, Vmcec was in a tie in the final points standings. me man palms Stanumgs. irls But, based onhisvictory at the East/ 4g 81‘ West races in Shawano, M50, in July, 1%: ' Vincec was awarded the championâ€" for? ship. A T The next races in the series are Oct. 12 when the East-West finals for Stars of Karting. and a shot at the nation- al championships, are held at the Las Vegas MotorSpeedway. Glbbons 11th, Hathaway 16th In Barrie NASCAR race Peter Gibbons drove his Canadian Tire/ Mobil Super Chevrolm to an 11th- place finish in Sundays NASCAR Cana- dian Tire Series Pizzath 300 race at Barrie Speedway. PSWs Physiotherapists and other Health Care Professionals The .Stouflville-area resident began the race in the 16th position and com- pleted the 300-lap event. Also taking {0 the track was the Stouffville-based Team 3 Red/ EHR entry For more information, go to: mikev.ca B'RIEFS ' SPORTS Bmught to yqu driven by Jason Hathaway, which fin- ished 16th in the Snap-0n ’I‘oois/ Super 8 Dodge. Hathaway began the race in the 19th position. Scott Stecldy took the checkered flag and leads the overall series point stand~ ings with 1,824 points. Gibbons occupies eighth place with 1,509 points and Hathaway is 10th with 1,416 points. The next race in the series goes Sept. 20 in Antigonish, N.S., at the Riverside lntemational Speedway. « The Stouffville Mustangs under-12 girls encountered difficulty scoring goals during their York Region Soccer Association match against visiting Wex- ford Thursday. Mustangs edged by Wexford That provéd to be costly as the Mus tangs fell 2-1. fiochelle F00 scored the lone goal for the Mustangs, who fell to 7-5-3 on the 883801]. The Mustangs conclude their regular season today in Oshawa. Gajan 5th at tour championship Gajan Sivabalasingham finished in a two-way tie for fifth place in individuals , competition at the recent Golf Associa- tion of Ontario's Junior Tour Champion- ship at Barcovan Golf Club near Carry- ing Place. vThe 14-year-old Ballantrae resident and Mandarin Golf and Country Club member fired a one-over par 71. Gajan finished six shots behind win- ner Uno Cho, 15, of Ancaster, who had a five-under par 65. 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