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The Ogdensburg Free Academy Blue Devils boy's basketball squad shot their way to a win over the Massena Red Raiders on Thursday, Jan. 9 in Massena. OFA's 72 – 46 victory was aided by ruling the three-point line. They connected 13 out of 31 attempts for 39 of their points. Massena made two of 20 attempts for six points. Matt Piercey and Kinnan LaRose led the triple-pointer charge. Piercey tossed four, Larose contributed three. The Blue Devils led offensively in every quarter, except the last. T...
The Akwesasne Wolves handed the Casselman Vikings their first loss in 10 games on Saturday, Jan. 11 at Anowarakowa Arena. The Vikings have only fallen four times this season, with two of their defeats at the hands of the Akwesasne contingent. Akwesasne stands in third place in the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s St. Lawrence Division. They hold a 17 – 13 record and 35 points. The fourth-place Winchester Hawks are one point behind the Wolves. They have a 16 – 10 record. The Wolves jumped onto the ice with an early 3 – 0 lead. The first g...
A Tuesday, Jan. 7 contest between Massena's Lady Raiders and the Lady Huskies of Franklin Academy ended in a 51 – 29 victory for the green-clad contingent. The Huskies dominated all four quarters, outscoring the Raiders 12 – 6 by the end of eight minutes, and leading 27 – 14 at the half. Both sides upped their defensive game in the third stanza, with Massena holding F.A. to nine points and tossing in seven of their own. But Malone regained their momentum in the fourth marker, outscoring Masse...
The Massena boy's hockey squad skated to a win and a loss on Friday, Jan. 10 and Saturday, Jan. 11 in a round robin tournament on their home ice. The Suffern Mounties, who hail from Rockland County, took first place. The Mounties' Kevin Hill was named tournament MVP. Second place went to the Lancaster Redskins, who made the trek from Erie County. Massena took third and the Potsdam Sandstoners took fourth. The Raiders made a dramatic come-from-behind overtime victory on Friday, Jan. 10. They...
The Akwesasne Wolves, now on a five-game winning streak are one point away from being tied for second place in the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League St. Lawrence Division. They currently stand in third place for the division with 33 points with a 16 – 13 record. They are just one point behind the Char-Lan Rebels, who stand at 15 – 9. But, their next game will be a hard-fought battle for the point as they take on the Casselman Vikings, who hold first place in the division with a 26 – 1 record. The Wolves have yet to beat the Vikings this seas...
The Massena Lady Raiders took a 75 – 18 loss to the Beekmantown Eagles on their home court on Saturday, Jan. 4. The opening eight minutes saw the Eagles start out with a 27 – 2 lead. Shannon Ryan, who led the Beekmantown offensive, scored 10 of her 21 points during the frame. They outscored the Massena contingent at the half by 49 – 8, but the Raiders would step up their defense at the end, holding the score to 15 – 5 in the third stanza and 11 – 5 in the closing marker. Devin Kelly and Saman...
Akwesasne’s own Karley Cree added her sixth goal of the season in a two-night bout against the Utica College Pioneers, but her team lost both matches, putting the SUNY Canton Kangaroos on what is now a seven-game losing streak. The Roos fell to the Pioneers 4 – 1 on Saturday, Dec. 4 in Utica. Jessica Kistabish brought the Roos to an early 1 – 0 lead in the first period, but Utica secured their victory by the end of the middle stanza. Kelsey Dowdall tied the score on a power play at 6:41 and Megan Myers knocked in the game-winner less than...
The Massena Red Raiders boy's hockey squad took their last three home games, defeating Ogdensburg, Malone and St. Lawrence Central. Friday, Jan. 3 saw the Raiders finish with a 4 – 2 victory over the Larries in front of a highly-energized crowd. Massena opened with a bang, scoring two goals in the opening stanza. The first came from forward Ryan Thomas, who took a pass from Tyler Young and tapped a low shot between Nate Burnett's legs from a few feet away. Low shots seemed to be Burnett's w...
The Rochester Junior Americans are dominating the U.S. Premier Hockey League's Empire division, and a large part of that success is due to a 19-year-old native of Akwesasne. Blake Tarbell, who plays left wing, is the team's second-highest scorer with 12 goals and third-highest in points with a total of 28. But, according to his coach, his biggest contributions come when victory is at stake. "When he scores, it counts – he has seven game-winning goals so far," Junior Americans Head Coach Jeff K...
The SUNY Canton Kangaroos are now on a five-game losing streak, having dropped two weekend contests to the Franklin Pierce Ravens in Winchendon, Mass. The games saw Karley Cree unable to capitalize on eight scoring opportunities, Tia Mitchell found the net once out of three tries. Any Friday the 13th superstitions Canton may have had turned out to be valid, as the Roos lost to the Ravens 5 – 2. Karsyn Baker, who ended the game with a hat trick, helped give the Franklin Pierce contingent a strong start, scoring back-to-back power play goals less...
The Akwesasne Wolves Junior B hockey squad took back-to-back home wins over the weekend, bringing their record back to an even 13 – 13. Saturday, Dec. 14 saw the Wolves shut out the Winchester Hawks. Following a stalemate first period, Alex Conroy Terrance took a pass from Stevie Ray Adams for the only goal his team would need at 7:34 into the middle stanza. A little more than seven minutes later, Derik Dione raised the team to a 2 – 0 lead, assisted by Adam Bomberry and Zack Seguin. The closing period brought Akwesasne two more insurance goa...
The Massena boy's basketball squad took a 73 – 42 home win against the Canton Golden Bears on Friday Dec. 13. The game opened on even footing, as the first quarter saw the two squads tied at 15 – all. The Raiders heated up their feet in the second quarter, outscoring their opponents 25 – 9, which left the scoreboard at Massena 40 – 24 at the half. The third quarter saw a return to a more even pace, with Massena scoring slightly more than Canton 13 – 11. The final quarter saw the Raiders r...
The Massena Red Raiders wresting squad won two straight on the mat, defeating the Canton Golden Bears and the Ogdensburg Blue Devils. The bouts opened with Massena's Dan Elman taking a 12 – 6 loss by decision to Bailey Phelps in the 152-pound match. Hunter Perrine brought Massena back on top in the following 170-pound bout, taking a 12 – 9 decision over Cody-Allen David. Nathan Murdock of the Blue Devils secured the night's first victory by pin, holding down Sinclair Babb in 1:05. Alex Cole fol...
Akwesasne's veterans are now eligible to get low-interest loans from the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs direct home loans program now the that tribe has signed a memorandum of understanding with the DAV. "It's an opportunity for those who have served this country with honor, dignity, and pride," Chief Ron LaFrance told a crowd of about 50, later adding, "It's just a very historic day – our veterans have been forgotten everywhere else but here in Akwesasne." The program was instituted in 1...
The Akwesasne Wolves were shut out by the Gananoque Islanders on Sunday, Dec. 8 on their home ice. The final score was 4 – 0. The Islanders knocked in the game-winning goal on a 4 – 3 power play with less than 30 seconds to go in the first period. Harrison Jacobs and Dom Coyle were each serving two minutes in the sin bin for respective calls of slashing and unsportsmanlike conduct, Islander Tyler Murray was cited two minutes for high sticking. His teammate Jordan Dunin took a pass from Taylor Kyle and Cole Busschaert and fired it past Wol...
The Massena Red Raiders boys and girls varsity basketball teams opened their 2013-14 seasons with victories against the Gouverneur Wildcats. The boys won by a blowout with a final tally of 69 – 25 on Friday, Dec. 6. Dante Viskovich nailed 18 points. Logan Deshane and Tyler Haas garnered nine points apiece; Xavier Viskovich and Rhoades Tarbell each added eight points to the Massena effort. Gouverneur’s Curt LaPlante was the Wildcats’ high scorer with 10 points. The Raiders dominated at the net, outscoring Gouverneur 16 – 4 in the second quarter...
MASSENA – The New York State School Public High School Athletic Association recognized the varsity swim team for high grade averages during the fall semester. They presented the squad with Scholar Athlete Team awards at Thursday’s Board of Education meeting. The team members’ 95.7 combined average trumped that of any other sports team at Massena Central. Girl’s soccer had a combined average of 94.8, volleyball was 94.2, football was 93.6 and boy’s soccer was 92.9. “All five of our teams in the fall made it and that has never happened be...
Karley Cree fired her fifth goal of the 2013-14 season against the SUNY Potsdam Bears, but her squad ultimately lost the effort plus two others against Oswego State. She scored the marker on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at Maxcy Hall in Potsdam. With 14:52 left on the clock and her team at a 3 – 1 deficit, she bested Bears netminder Alexane Rodrigue on a play a set up by Jessica Kistabish and Abbey Diabo. It was her team’s lone goal of the game as they fell 4 – 1 after 60 minutes on the ice. Potsdam’s Jordan Ott scored two goals; Amanda Lucky and Jenn Cr...
The Massena Red Raiders girl’s hockey squad opened their season with a bang, taking three straight wins against Skaneateles, Salmon River, and Lake Placid. Katie MacCuaig helped usher her team to a 4 – 2 victory on Friday, Dec. 6 against Skaneateles with a pair of goals, including the game-winner. She opened the scoreboard just over ten minutes into the opening stanza, assisted by Abbie Paquin and Shannon Casey. With about a minute before the first period buzzer, Skaneateles’ Caroline McGuigan tied the board on an assist from Grace Schnorr and...
The Cornwall River Kings raised their record to 5 – 5 – 2 over the weekend, taking back-to-back victories against the Thetford-Mines Isothermic and the Valleyfield Braves. The River Kings’ Doug Andress opened the scoreboard at 7:05 on a powerplay, with a hand from Dave Reid. Just over six minutes later, Ryan Jardine doubled the score, taking home a pass from Dominic Chiasson. Jardine notched his second marker of the game 8:07 into the second period. Nicolas Corbeil and Alex Bourret later made quick work of a penalty kill, scoring back-...
The Akwesasne Wolves won a hard-fought victory over the Casselman Vikings on Sunday, Nov. 24 on their home ice at Anowarakowa Arena, thanks to an overtime goal by Stevie Ray Adams. The win brings their record to 10 – 10. The first period closed at a tie, with matching goals from Casselman’s Joel Adam, who put his team at a 1 – 0 lead just 16 seconds in. Akwesasne’s Hayden Mancini scored his first of two markers 15 minutes later after being set up by squadmate Tye Terrance. The period saw the Wolves spend a combined total of 18 minutes in the...
The SUNY Canton Kangaroos women's hockey team took down the Buffalo State Bengals in two straight games on Friday, Nov. 22 and Saturday Nov. 23 on their home ice at the Roos House in Canton. Roos center Karley Cree walked away from the doubleheader with a goal, four assists, 14 shots on goal, and a +6 rating. Tia Mitchell ended up with one goal, five shots on goal and a +2 rating. Friday's contest didn't heat up until the second period when Canton's Dana Morrison took a play set up by Cree and f...
After months of setbacks and delays, the Three Feathers Casino trial is underway in Albany. Anthony Laughing Sr., 66, William Roger Jock, 52, and Thomas Angus Square, all of Akwesasne, and Joseph Hight, 44, Atlanta, Ga. are accused of running an illegal gambling venture on Indian land and illegal transportation of gaming devices on Indian land. They were also accused in a separate state indictment with stealing at least $200,000 worth of electricity from National Grid. At the heart of the trial is whether or the People of the Way of the...
Sunday, Nov. 17 saw two World Indoor Lacrosse Championship competitors square off for 7,000 people at Montreal’s Bell Centre as Team Canada narrowly defeated the Iroquois Nationals 12 – 11. Canada’s Stephan Leblanc stood out with four goals and an assist, his squadmates Dan Dawson and Jordan MacIntosh each notched two goals. The Iroquois offensive was led by Jeff Shatler, who recorded two goals and four assists. Vaughan Harris, Roger Vyse, and Johnny Powless each found the back of the Canadian net twice. Canada came out strong in the openi...
The SUNY Canton Roos squared off with the Chatham University Cougars in Pittsburgh, Penn. taking a win on Friday, Nov. 15 and tying the following day. Akwesasne native Karley Cree, who plays center for the Roos, was credited with three assists over the two contests and nine shots on goal. Her squadmate Tia Mitchell, a Roos center who also hails from Akwesasne, had three shots on goal. Meanwhile, the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons lost two at home to the Utica College Pioneers on the same days. Sky Timmons, who calls Akwesasne home, contributed an...
