A Voice from the Eastern Door
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By Andy Gardner With the 2019-20 girls hockey season under way, Massena and Salmon River picked up recent wins against the Oswego Buccaneers and Canton Golden Bears. Massena beat Oswego 4-2 at Massena Arena on Saturday, Dec. 7. Massena scored twice in the opening stanza and once in the middle frame. In the third period, Massena scored their fourth goal while Oswego fashioned two. Two days earlier, the Shamrocks trounced Canton 7-1 on the Bears' home ice. Brycelan Sunday and Kayla Cunningham...
By Andy Gardner The Volunteer Transportation Center plans to launch an intra-village bus route in Massena that would connect to Akwesasne, and eventually elsewhere in the area. Frank Doldo, a mobility manager for the VTC, said they are planning to start service March 2. He said their tentative schedule includes stops at the Massena Housing Authority, Massena Memorial Hospital, the Harte Haven Plaza, the St. Lawrence Centre, Bob’s Motel, Aldi, Price Chopper, Walmart, farmer’s market, Twin Leaf, the Akwesasne Casino, Akwesasne Senior Center and...
By Andy Gardner Members of the Massena Raiders and Salmon River Shamrocks volleyball teams received Section 10 East Division honors in between rounds of sectional finals on Friday, Nov. 8. The Outstanding Sportsmanship Team included Abigail Benham from Massena and Kendall Jock from Salmon River. They were "selected by their coaches and represent the ideals of good sportsmanship," the announcer read. Also honored were Ethan Mulverhill (Brushton-Moira), Chloe Boyea (Chateaugay), Brooke Myers...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Raiders have won the overall Section 10 volleyball title and are headed to state playoffs. They won the crown in back-to-back games against Chateaugay and then Canton on Friday, Nov. 8 in their home gym in Massena. Massena is now headed to regionals on Thursday, Nov. 14 at Burnt-Hills Ballston Lake High School. Their opponent is to be determined. "Very proud of this team, Canton played so well, and it was back and forth," said Massena Coach Maggie Farrell. "It was a...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Memorial Hospital referendum has passed by a wide margin, 1,963 yes votes to 174 nays. Meanwhile, Republicans have taken over two seats on the Town Council. Republicans Bob Elsner and Sue Bellor are ahead in unofficial results that do not include absentee or affidavit ballots. They have respective vote totals of 1,332 and 1,073. They lead Democrats Melanie Cunningham, an incumbent, and Loren Fountaine, a newcomer. They have 908 and 889 votes, respectively. The MMH referendum passing means the town will transfer its a...
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Shamrocks volleyball squadron had made it to the Section 10 Class B finals, but they were shut down by the No. 1 seeded Ogdensburg Free Academy Blue Devils. The No. 2 seeded Shamrocks played against them on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at the SUNY Potsdam Maxcy Hall field house. OFA won the first two sets 25-16 and 25-14. Salmon River recovered and won the third set 25-19. Then OFA came back and won the fourth set 25-15. Kayla Cunningham served up eight points. Kendall Jock...
By Andy Gardner Massena and Salmon River’s boys and girls soccer teams concluded their 2019 seasons in sectional playoffs. The Massena boys and girls both lost to Malone in Section 10 Class A finals. The Salmon River boys lost to Canton in Section 10 Class B semifinals, all of which were played Wednesday, Oct. 30. In the Salmon River game, Canton netted two goals in the second half for a 2-0 win. Christopher Shuckers scored the only goal they would need in the 49th minute. Colin Taylor followed with an insurance goal in the 52nd minute. The S...
By Andy Gardner Fifth-seeded Salmon River upset fourth-seeded Ogdensburg in the opening round of Section 10 Class B girls soccer playoffs on Saturday, Oct. 26. Hannah Johnson and Joryan Adams scored for the Shamrocks in the first half en route to the 2-1 victory over the Blue Devils. Erin Perretta scored for OFA. Meanwhile, the Shamrocks boys soccer contingent kicked their way to a 2-0 win over the Massena Raiders on Tuesday, Oct. 22. “It’s been a tremendous season for our program. We are excited to be hosting the class B semifinal in our sta...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Raiders and Salmon River Shamrocks volleyball squads closed out their regular seasons and playoff games were to-be-determined as of press deadline for this edition. Massena’s closing regular season game was Friday, Oct. 25 against Tupper Lake. The Raiders swept the Lumberjacks 3-0. The Shamrocks played their last regular season game the previous day against Chateaugay. The Bulldogs won 3-0. “I am extremely proud of the team tonight. We are battling injuries and sickness right now and three of our starters were una...
By Andy Gardner Delanie Deshane, who wears #10, is finishing her second season on the varsity squad. She plans to attend college with a nursing major after graduation. Her favorite team memory is getting the nickname "Delangmer." Karli St. Ann is in her second varsity season. She wears #13. She plans to attend college with a major in criminal investigation in the fall. Her favorite team memory is Alexis kicking balls at her. Her parents are Monique and Ben. Alexis Seymour is also in her second...
By Andy Gardner MASSENA. Massena Central High School students will have the option to pursue a specialized foreign language diploma, and one of the available languages will be Mohawk. High School French teacher Sarah Hopper told the Board of Education at their Thursday, Oct. 17 meeting that students can get the New York State Seal of Bi-Literacy and nine current students have shown interest. This year’s group are all doing either French or Spanish, but students in lower grades have expressed interest in languages including Mohawk, Mandarin a...
By Andy Gardner MASSENA -- The Massena Central School District will contract with the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe to hire a Mohawk education specialist. This will be to replace Robin Logan, who left the district at the end of the 2018-2019 school year. She taught a Mohawk culture course, tutored Mohawk students and was advisor to the Mohawk Club. Superintendent Patrick Brady said they’re turning to the tribe because they contract for the same service at Salmon River Central, and Massena is having trouble finding someone to fulfill the role. It w...
By Andy Gardner MASSENA. Voting on it for the second time in as many months, the village board voted to spend $2,000 on an app that will broadcast public safety notifications and take police tips. The board voted 3-0 on Tuesday, Oct. 15 to spend $2,000 for one year on the Tip411 app. All of the board members present, Mayor Tim Currier, Deputy Mayor Matt Lebire and Trustee Christine Winston, voted in favor of it. The motion to spend the $2,000 went in front of the board last month and was voted down 2-2. The two no votes from the September...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Raiders swim team easily defeated Potsdam after narrowly losing to Malone three days earlier. Meanwhile, Salmon River had two meets postponed. Lia Lazare swam to two individual first-place finishes and two relay firsts in Massena's home meet against the Potsdam Sandstoners on Friday, Oct. 18. The final score was 61-33. The 200-meter medley relay went to Callie Dow, Peyton Brown, Rowan Mayette and Carlie Donnelly with a time of 2:17.71. Second place went to Marley...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Raiders applauded nine outgoing senior members of their varsity football and cheerleading teams before the start of their Friday, Oct. 18 game against the St. Lawrence Central Larries. It was Massena's final regular season home game of the year. Their senior football players are wide receiver/cornerback Hunter Pryce, wide receiver/safety Ty Page, fullback/linebacker Ethan Miller, running back/cornerback Christian McSurdy, tackle/defensive end Ian McDermott, lineman...
By Andy Gardner Massena and Salmon River soccer teams recently squared off with Lisbon, Brasher, Canton and Potsdam. The Shamrocks lost 3-0 to Lisbon on Friday, Oct. 18. “After the goals we had a bit of fire but (Lisbon goalie Abagail) Flack did a great job backstopping her team. They jumped on us quick in the second half and we couldn’t take advantage of a few opportunities that we were given,” Coach Liz Durfee said. “On a highlight, we did have the opportunity to recognize our eight seniors: Yenastanunha Thompson, Rylee Garrow, Delanie...
By Andy Gardner Despite back-and-forth scoring against St. Lawrence Central on their home turf, the Massena Raiders lost 28-19 to the Larries on Friday, Oct. 18. The Raiders will now head to playoffs at Canton for the Section 10 Class A semi-final game. The winner of that game will play for the Section 10 Class A title the following week in Watertown. St. Lawrence managed a 14-6 lead after the first quarter, and then the Larries scored a touchdown with a successful PAT kick in the second. The...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Raiders varsity swim team on Friday, Oct. 18 paid tribute to seven outgoing senior members of the swim team. Swimmers among the Class of 2020 are Peyton Brown, Rowan Mayette, Gabrielle Thomas, Madison Cusworth, Riley Pratt, Callie Dow and Jordan Stiles. They were each given a few minutes to speak about their favorite swim team memories prior to the start of their final home game of the season against Potsdam. Massena won 61-33. The team used the game as an...
By Andy Gardner The New York State Public High School Athletic Association’s executive committee has voted to remove the international tiebreaker rule for state softball regional games. They also voted to allow baseball to implement the 10-run rule with section or league permission. The 10-run rule ends a game when one team is leading another by 10 or more runs after five innings, or 4.5 innings if the home team is winning. This is currently the rule for North Country softball. The international tiebreaker rule in softball automatically p...
By Andy Gardner Nidia Dearmayero, a sophomore striker from Akwesasne, scored both goals for the Saints in a 2-1 victory over Columbia-Greene Community College on Saturday, Sept. 28, making her the school's all-time leading scorer. Her 47 career goals surpassed the previous record of 45, which was set last year by Alicia Cook. The two were teammates last season "and pushed each other to always be the best," a statement from NCCC said. "Playing with Alicia last year and watching her break the...
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Shamrocks won the Volley for a Cure Tournament at Massena High School on Saturday, Oct. 5. Salmon River played the OFA Blue Devils in the finals and won 2-1. The Lady Shamrocks are back in action at home this Tuesday versus the Gouverneur Wildcats at 6pm. "It was a great day of volleyball where all players hustled and contributed!" said Coach Nicole Deshaies. Money raised from this tournament went to raising funds and awareness for cancer research. "It is always...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Raiders and Salmon River Shamrocks volleyball teams won all of their games the week of Sept. 30. Massena defeated Gouverneur in three straight sets on Thursday, Oct. 3. The scores were 25-16, 25-7 and 25-17. Tsiakoseriio David set the offensive pace with 19 service points and five kills. Anna Thompson tallied 17 service points. Delany Durant served up 11 service points, along with eight kills and four blocks. Two nights earlier, Massena beat Madrid-Waddington 3-0 by...
By Andy Gardner The Massena girls and boys had an unlucky week, with most of their games lost by just a single goal, and one tie with Canton. The Raider girls hosted Gouverneur in their final home game of the season on Monday, Sept. 30. The Wildcats won 1-0 off a goal from Laney Smith with 3:22 left in the game. Massena netminder Sabella Cromie made six saves. Shacoria Jackson made five saves for Gouverneur. The following day, the Raider boys lost 2-1 to Malone on their home turf. The Raiders...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Raiders varsity girls soccer team bid farewell to their 10 graduating senior members. They are Emma Kormanyos, Megan Eddy, Kourtney Peets, Abagayle Morrell, Meg Wilmshurst, Ariana Noriega, Lindsey LaDue, Kylie Letham, Pauline Maseland, Emma Kenny, Caitlyn Reed and Novaleigh LeGrow. Emma Kormanyos has played soccer since kindergarten. She plans to attend SUNY Potsdam after high school and wants to become an art therapist. She says her favorite soccer memory is winning...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Raiders football team went against hosts Canton on Saturday, Oct. 5 and lost 40-22. Dylan Lazore caught Massena’s only complete pass of the game for 16 yards. Quarterback Dominic Monacelli had a tough day, completing just the one pass of 16 attempts. He also rushed 86 yards on 10 carries and ran in two touchdowns. Christian McSurdy rushed 96 yards on 12 carries and scored one touchdown and returned one kickoff for five yards. Nate Eastwood made it 12 yards on four rushing attempts. Zach Austin rushed 14 yards on e...