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After years of work and a thorough grassroots fundraising campaign, Akwesasne now is home to the Diabetes Center for Excellence, a treatment center many say is unparalleled in this portion of the United States. The center offers a combination of treatment, prevention and education rarely found under a single roof, granting it the official designation of Center for Excellence. "It's the only building of its stature of the eastern seaboard," former Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Health Services...
The Akwesasne Wolves are trailing three games to none in their best-of-seven playoff series against the Casselman Vikings. The visiting Wolves were defeated in game one 5 – 1 on Thursday, Feb. 13. Despite the disparity on the scoreboard, the Wolves offense hammered throughout the game. They tallied 33 shots on goal to Casselman's 39. Three Viking goals came during powerplays. Casselman notched the only two markers they would need in the first period of play. Mark Hough opened the scoreboard o...
The Massena Red Raider hockey squad recognized their graduating seniors on Tuesday, Feb. 11 before dropping the puck for their regular season closer against Canton. Forward Ryan Thomas has been with the Raiders for one year, having played two prior seasons with the Salmon River Shamrocks. He has been on the ice since age four and also plays lacrosse. The son of Rachel and Louie Thomas, he wants to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering after graduation. Defenseman Josh Blair, also an assistan...
The Massena Red Raiders will compete for the Section 10 Division I championship after taking down the visiting Salmon River Shamrocks 4 – 3 in double overtime on Saturday, Feb. 15. The Raiders will play the Potsdam Sandstoners on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 4 p.m. at Cheel Arena, Potsdam. Salmon was leading their match against Massena 2 – 1 going into the third stanza, but the Raiders came back and tied it up before claiming their win in the second sudden death period. For the game's opening goal, Nat...
The Akwesasne Wolves are headed to the first round of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs where they will face the Casselman Vikings in a best-of-seven series. Game one will take place in Casselman on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. The Wolves will return to Anowarakowa Arena for game two on Friday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. The winner of this round will move on to face either the Winchester Hawks or Char-Lan Rebels. The Wolves and Vikings met six times during the regular season. Casselman...
The Massena Lady Raiders fell 62 – 43 to the Ogdensburg Free Academy Blue Devils in their regular season home closer on Thursday, Feb. 6. Prior to starting the clock, the Raiders honored graduating seniors Samanntha Villnave and Robin Boudreau. Massena came onto the court strong outscoring their opponents in the opening stanza, but OFA's defense held them 10 points or fewer in the subsequent quarters. The Raiders opened the game at a 19 – 13 lead, which shrunk to 26 – 25 at halftime. The Blue...
The Massena Red Raiders took a narrow double-overtime victory over the Franklin Academy Huskies in their final regular season home game on Tuesday, Feb. 4. The final score was 83 – 76. Before tipping off, the Raiders recognized their graduating seniors. Rhoades Tarbell has been on the basketball court since elementary school. The son of Brandon and Tara Tarbell, he wants to get a college degree in business administration. He said his favorite pro basketball player is Allen Iverson. He will be h...
The Pelham Pelicans skated past the Massena Red Raiders on Saturday, Feb. 8 to take the weekend's invitational tournament championship. They defeated the Salmon River Shamrocks the previous night. Massena also tied with the Beekmantown Eagles and Salmon River defeated Northwest Clinton. The Raiders started the championship game in the lead. Jordan Roberts took advantage of a pass from Tyler Young and Ryan Thomas with less than two minutes left in the frame. But the Pelicans came back with two...
Alcoa and United Steelworkers Local 450 and 420 reached a deal to minimize involuntary lay-offs from the Massena East plant and abide by their power contract with the state. Local 450 president David LaClair said 264 union members at the east plant have options that include early retirement with incentives, transfers outside of Massena or to voluntarily quit. Early retirement packages will have penalties waived for being too young or having too little seniority, the Local 450 president stated. “They’re not forced to take these options,” accor...
The Akwesasne Wolves moved back up to fourth place in the EOJHL St. Lawrence Division after beating the visiting Char-Lan Rebels 4 – 2 on Sunday, Feb. 2. They now hold a 20 – 17 record with 41 points. The Wolves clinched the Sunday game by the end of the second period. Akwesasne’s Zack Seguin broke through 7:43 into the game to open up the scoreboard. He was assisted by Teilen Celentano and Derik Dionne. Alex Conroy Terrance notched the second Akwesasne marker 6:20 into the middle frame, on a play set up by Sean David. Rebel stickman Jamie...
After three quarters of close play, the St. Lawrence Central Lady Larries won over the Massena Lady Raiders with a fourth-stanza offensive push on Thursday, Jan. 30. Massena now holds fifth place in the NAC Central Division with a 4 – 7 division record, 5 – 10 overall. St. Lawrence led 5 – 4 by the end of the first eight minutes and 18 – 13 at the half. The teams scored evenly in the third marker, 11 points each. They made their break for victory in the closing period, outscoring 20 – 8. The fi...
The Red Raiders boys' hockey squad will finish 2013-14 with the NAC Division I regular season banner after taking down the Salmon River Shamrocks on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at Massena Arena. The final score was 6 – 1. The Raiders now stand at 11 – 0 in their division. After 2:19 on the ice, Evan Kassian put the first point on the scoreboard, capitalizing on a play set up by Ryan Thomas. Seven minutes later, Patrick Manning scored the eventual game-winner on a power play assisted by Dylan Stone and Th...
The Massena Lady Raiders 2013-14 season ended on Wednesday, Jan. 29 with a shutout loss to the Potsdam Sandstoners in the Section 10 playoffs opening round. After nearly two periods of stalemate play, the Sandstoners won the contest with three goals in just over a minute of play. Potsdam missed eight scoring opportunities before Ally Miller notched the only marker necessary for the win 14:19 into the middle stanza on a play set up by Jayden Young. Just 28 seconds into the closing period, Young...
The Massena Red Raiders boy's basketball team improved their record to 12 – 3, taking victories over the St. Lawrence Larries and the Potsdam Sandstoners. They currently hold third place in the Northern Athletic Conference Central Division The Raiders dominated the court on both sides in all four quarters of play against the St. Lawrence Central Larries at the Massena High School gym on Friday, Jan. 31. They held a comfortable 37 – 23 lead at the half, and in the fourth quarter outscored the...
Akwesasne's own Blake Tarbell is continuing an impressive season with the Rochester Junior Americans after scoring his 18th and 19th goals of the season on Wednesday, Jan. 22 against the Springfield Pics. He has also tallied 21 assists throughout his 29 games on the ice. Tarbell ended Wednesday's contest with three points. It all started when he sent a pass to William Shafer at 6:40 who capitalized on a power play, tying the game at 1 – all. Tarbell fired his first goal eight minutes into the f...
Karley Cree saved the SUNY Canton Kangaroos from a three-game losing streak as her team gradually improved their record over three consecutive games. They fell to Hamilton College on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Later that week, they ended in a 1 – 1 tie with University of New England Nor’Easters on Friday, Jan. 24. Cree scored the lone marker. The next day, Canton defeated the Nor’Easters. The first game against New England opened with 40 minutes of stalemate play. Tia Mitchell had a chance to score in the first period, but was foiled by netminder Sydne...
After going on an eight-game winning streak over the last month, the tide has turned for the Akwesasne Wolves as they have lost their last two games to Char-Lan and Casselman. They stand at fourth place in the EOJHL St. Lawrence division with a 19 – 15 record. The final game of their fortuitous period was against the Athens Aeros where they left the ice with a 9 – 3 victory. The bout took place on Sunday, Jan. 19 in Athens. The Wolves finished the first period ahead 2 – 1, with goals from Christian Leger at 9:58, assisted by Hiio Herne and H...
The Lady Raiders basketball contingent fell to the Canton Golden Bears on their home court on Saturday, Jan. 25 by a final tally of 54 – 39. Canton outpaced Massena in the first half, outscoring them 10 – 8 in the first quarter and 16 – 3 in the second. Massena started a comeback in the latter half. Facing a 26 – 11 deficit, they outscored in the third stanza by 16 – 13, but came up slightly short 15 – 12 in the closing marker. Samantha Villnave led the way for Massena. She finished with a doub...
Massena's girls hockey squad fell to the Canton Golden Bears at their home ice on Friday, Jan. 24. Bailey Dillabough put the Lady Raiders to a 1 – 0 lead just under 10 minutes into the opening marker on a power play. But, Canton would win the game within the first two minutes of the following stanza. After 30 seconds on the ice, Kelli Couglar tied the game on a play set up by Blake Orosz. Just 47 seconds later, Orosz, who finished the game with two goals and an assist, banked the eventual g...
The Massena Red Raiders varsity boy's basketball team finished the week with a loss to the Carthage Comets and a win against the Canton Golden Bears. They also took a narrow victory over the Salmon River Shamrocks on Friday, Jan. 17. The Carthage bout, at Massena high school on Saturday, Jan. 24, was dominated by the Comets. They finished the first quarter with a 28 – 7 lead, which they increased to 48 – 14 at the half. The Raiders regained their footing in the fourth quarter. Facing a 67 – 2...
Massena's varsity wrestling squad took two straight victories against the Canton Golden Bears and the Ogdensburg Free Academy Blue Devils. Before the bouts got underway against Canton on Wednesday, Jan. 22, the team recognized its graduating seniors. They are Cameron Tarbell, Dakota Bernard, Noah Serabian, Alex Romeo, Jeremy Malone, Dan Elman and Nate Marshall. Head Coach Scott Perrine is optimistic about the remainder of the season. "We have had a good season so far, we still have two matches...
Hockey players and fans of all ages joined forces on Friday, Jan. 17 to help raise funds for Anowarakowa Arena, which currently is losing money. Former players from Akwesasne as well as Montreal Canadiens alumni squared off in front of about 550 fans, one of them was NHL legend and five-time Stanley Cup winner Guy Lafleur. "I like to organize games to raise money for organizations," the now-retired Lafleur said, who played on five Stanley Cup-winning teams. "It's a lot of fun ... there's no...
MASSENA -- The Lady Raiders varsity basketball squad added two wins to their record against the Lady Shamrocks and Wildcats. Their first of the two victories came on Monday, Jan. 13 at home against Gouverneur. The contest was a close one, with a final score a 39 – 32. Massena started the bout with a 10 – 7 lead at the end of the first quarter. They maintained a narrow lead at the half, 13 – 12. This is despite being outscored 5 – 3 in the second quarter. The Lady Raiders regained their offensi...
The SUNY Canton Kangaroos Women's hockey team took two wins and two losses from doubleheaders against the Chatham University Cougars and the Sacred Heart University Pioneers. Akwesasne's Karley Cree pitched in for the winning efforts by scoring the deciding goal in one of the contests. She has scored eight markers this season. The Chatham contests opened with the Roos taking a shutout loss and a 2 – 1 win. The shutout came on Friday, Dec. 10 at the Roos House in Canton. The Cougars' Katrina Hawk...
The Gouverneur Wildcats wrestling squad took down the Massena Red Raiders on Wednesday, Jan. 15 in Massena. Jacob Beckwith took the 220-pound bout for Gouverneur, pinning Dakota Bernard in 2:24. Akwesasne resident Nolan Terrance, who has last year's state championship under his belt, pinned Mason Wing in the 285-pound class in 1:45. Red Raider Nathan Marshall took his 99th career win by pinning Derick Stowell in 1:08. They grappled in the 113-pound class. In the 120-pound division, Daniel...