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The SUNY Canton Roos shutout the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons on Saturday, Nov. 9 at home, led by an offensive assault from Akwesasne's own Karley Cree. She topped out the scoreboard with two of her team's three goals and one assist. Cree was not the only player on the ice to hail from the community – her squadmate Tia Mitchell and Cortland's Sky Timmons also have roots in Akwesasne. Two minutes and 11 seconds into the game, Roo right winger Rhea Coad took advantage of her team's early puck d...
Tyson L. Gonyou, 26, of Hogansburg is jailed on a felony count of second-degree assault. He was taken into custody on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Gonyou allegedly stabbed Demetri A. Lafrance, 22 multiple times in the torso in the early morning hours of Sunday, Oct. 27 at 237 Raquette Point Road. He was taken by ambulance to Massena Memorial Hospital where he was treated for his injuries and released. Police said LaFrance showed up at a Halloween party at the Raquette Point residence uninvited and was asked to leave but refused. A fight broke out and...
The Hiawatha Institute for Indigenous Knowledge (HIIK) recently had the rug yanked out from under their feet. They were trying to purchase Camp Gabriels, a former minimum-security prison camp, and convert it to a center to teach and preserve Native American language, culture, history, and heritage. But because of legal and financial problems, it went to a private buyer at auction last week. “I was really hopeful … that this was an historic opportunity to do something the community has wanted for many years,” HIIK Vice President Doug Georg...
The Massena Red Raiders volleyball squad finished their season on Wednesday, Oct. 30 in Potsdam, narrowly losing the NAC Class B title to the Franklin Academy Huskies three sets to two. Massena took the opening bout 25 – 22, quickly being matched by the Huskies, who took the second set 25 – 18. The Malone contingent powered ahead in the third set with a 25 – 13 win, but the Raiders tied by taking the fourth tilt 25 – 23. The Huskies rallied at the end, bringing it home by taking the final set 25 – 20. Krista Loran led the Raider effort wi...
The Lady Raiders swim team barely slipped past Ogdensburg Free Academy on Monday, Oct. 21, despite dropping the top finish in seven out of 11 events. The final score was Massena 48, OFA 46. Emily Hurlbut took two individual first place finishes and one relay. Baylee Carroll took a first and second place in two individual events and two relay second place finishes. Abby Elman had two second place finishes and a relay second place. The meet’s first event, the 200-meter medley relay, went to OFA’s Hayley Snodgrass, Megan Mills, Elizabeth Sov...
Massena's varsity girls and boys soccer squads each picked up home wins on Monday, Oct. 21 and Wednesday, Oct. 23 respectively. The girls squad took down the Potsdam Lady Sandstoners 2 – 0. Bailey Dillabough made the first tally on the scoreboard with just over 10 minutes left in the first half, besting Bre Sapp off a pass from teammate Iastha Porter. About halfway through the second stanza, Porter logged the insurance goal with a hand from squadmate Abby Laclair. Massena's Bailey Young t...
The Board of Education is looking into allegations of bullying against varsity volleyball coach Cassie Hayes made by two parents who addressed the board at their Thursday night meeting. “Because it’s a personnel matter, I can’t really say much about it,” Interim Superintendent of Schools William Crist said Tuesday afternoon. “We’re required to investigate.” Julie Malone and Sue Ellen Jacobs, who both have daughters on the varsity volleyball squad, each claimed their daughters had been disrespected or degraded by their coach, although they...
The Massena Lady Raiders varsity soccer team shut out Norwood-Norfolk’s Lady Flyers at home on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Bailey Dillabough booted the first goal just over 10 minutes in, the ball sailing about 20 yards up and over Megan Plumb’s head, landing in the right-hand corner. With just over a minute to go in the first half, Serena Hall knocked in the first of three insurance goals. Iastha Porter had made a corner kick, the ball landing in a conglomeration of red and green, which Hall managed to...
The Massena Red Raiders varsity football team lost the Northern Athletic Conference title to the Potsdam Sandstoners 36 – 12 on Friday, Oct. 18 The game’s highlights included Potsdam’s O’den Robertson running in three touchdowns, including one off a first-quarter fumble recovery. The Sandstoners logged three interceptions throughout the night. Quarterback Will Coleman single-handedly ran in three touchdowns. Massena’s J.P. Reagan, who has rushed over 1,000 yards this season, was held to less than 100 yards and scored both Raider touchdown...
Massena’s Lady Raiders soccer squad shut out the Gouverneur Lady Wildcats 2 – 0 on Thursday, Oct. 10 at Mike Nichols field in Massena. Bailey Dillabough took advantage of a pass from Carlie Leary at 4:32, garnering the game-winning goal early on. Just under 10 minutes later, Iastha Porter took a pass from Chelsea Streeter to rack up the insurance goal. Massena netminder Bailey Young was credited with the shutout, stopping all nine shots booted at her. Gouverneur’s Taylor Andrews was credi...
The Lady Raiders swimmers took down the Lady Huskies on Friday, Oct. 11 with a final score of 65 – 29. Massena’s Abby Elman, Kalie Peets, Courtnee Stowell, and Sydney Lewis garnered two relay victories each, while Emily Hurlbut walked away with two individual top finishes. Malone’s Rita Mills was credited with first place in two of three events in which her squad finished at the top spot. The Lady Raiders took first place in the opening event, the 200-meter medley relay. Allison Dix, Elman, Peets, and Stowell combined forces to finish in 2:13....
Massena’s Lady Raiders swept the Gouverneur Lady Wildcats at the volleyball net on Monday, Oct. 7 in Massena. Massena opened with a strong showing and held their opponent scoreless for their first eight points of the night. They came out ahead 25 – 7 in the first match. The second game saw the Wildcats keep the Raiders on their toes, tying the game early on at 4 – all, but the Raiders were able to establish another substantial lead, pulling ahead to a final score of 25 – 16. The Raiders dominate...
The Massena Red Raiders varsity football squad took a home victory over the Canton Golden Bears on Friday, Oct. 4 at Mike Nicholas Field. The Raiders came out strong on offense, with standout running back J.P. Reagan taking the ball to the endzone from 52 yards out on the third play of the team’s first possession of the game. Jayce Lanning followed up with a PAT kick, the scoreboard reading 7 – 0. After stopping the Golden Bears from making any advance up the field with an effort that inc...
The Massena Red Raiders girls varsity soccer squad took down the Salmon River Shamrocks at home on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at Mike Nicholas Field. Iastha Porter scored six minutes in with an assist from Abby Leclair, duplicating the effort just under 20 minutes later with an assist from Natalie Hurlbut. With less than 10 minutes left, Serena Hall capped off the goal scoring with an assist from Mia Jermano. Lady Raiders netminder Bailie Young stopped all four shots booted at her, while Salmon River’s Wraven Sunday was credited with seven saves. The L...
The Massena Red Raiders varsity girls swim team took a home victory against the Potsdam Sandstoners on Friday, Oct. 4. The Lady Raiders swam to first place finishes in 10 out of 11 of the day’s events and ended with a 66 – 28 final score. The meet opened with the 200-meter medley relay, where Massena’s Allison Dix, Abby Elman, Kalie Peets, and Baylee Carroll finished their laps in 2:11.30. Potsdam’s closest finish was 2:33.17, which garnered a third place finish for Corinne O’Brien, Alexis Pe...
The Salmon River Central School District Board of Education has a vacancy following Board Vice President Greg Cunningham’s Sept. 24 resignation. Cunningham told the Indian Time he decided to call it quits for personal reasons. “I felt like I didn’t have enough time to commit and do the proper job that the district needs and I want to spend more time with my daughter,” he stated. “There’s no individual factor … there’s many different reasons.” Cunningham said his resignation’s timing following the hot-button debate of whether or not to b...
The Massena Red Raiders varsity football team took its first loss of the regular season in Ogdensburg, falling to the Blue Devils 25 – 20 after four quarters of play on Friday, Sept. 27. Massena standout JP Reagan scored on a 50-yard run on his first carry of the night, ultimately moving the ball 142 yards on 22 carries. His second touchdown of the night came after squadmate Matt Thibault gained the ball back on an interception. Connor Paquin blocked a punt. Linebackers Isaiah Dillabough and Nolan Terrance each notched a sack. The Lady R...
The Lady Raiders volleyball team took a hard-fought loss to the Potsdam Sandstoners on Thursday, Sept. 26 at the Massena high school gym. In the first match Potsdam came out from behind an early deficit, finishing with a 25 – 19 final score. Match number two was a bit closer finishing with the scoreboard reading 25 – 21. The third match was where the competition was the tightest, drawing cheers from the crowd and screams of support from the benches as the ‘Stoners narrowly drew a 28 – 26 vict...
The Massena varsity girls volleyball team came from behind to pull down a home win on Wednesday, Sept. 18 taking down the Salmon River Shamrocks. The Raiders managed a 27 – 25 come-from-behind victory in the first set, but their green-clad opponents took over the next two sets 25-14, 25-17. Massena got back on their feet in the fourth set, coming out ahead 25 points to the Shamrocks’ 19, and rallied to win in set number five by two points, 27 – 25. Krista Loran racked up 18 points and 11 kills for the Raider contingent. Jacalyn Lamica garne...
The Massena Lady Raiders varsity soccer team fell to the Franklin Academy Huskies on Friday, Sept. 13 on their home turf. The closing score was 2 – 0. Abigail Collins scored both goals, opening the scoreboard 14 minutes into the first half by sneaking a shot past Raider netminder Bailie Young unassisted. Five minutes into the second stanza, she repeated the feat with an assist from squadmate Morgan Fountain. Young finished the day with 10 saves, F.A.’s Jayme Lavloe stopped nine shots. The Lad...
The Massena Red Raiders varsity swim team took down the Gouverneur Wildcats in their season opener at home on Friday, Sept. 13 by a final score of 58 – 33. The Lady Raiders’ Taylor Brault, Abby Elman, Kalie Peets and Savannah Hayes got their squad off to a strong start by taking nine points in the meet’s opening event – the 200-meter medley relay. They finished in 2:18.28. Next came the 200-meter freestyle; Massena’s Emily Hurlbut took one of her two victories from the meet finishing in 2.17.44....
The Massena Red Raiders varsity football squad defeated the Tupper Lake Lumberjacks 47 – 20 at Mike Nichols Field, Massena on Saturday Sept. 14. Massena’s offense blasted onto the field with running back J.P. Reagan taking the ball 80 yards down the field for a touchdown on their first possession of the day. The Raiders had taken the ball on an interception in the endzone from outside linebacker Matt Thibault. Regan missed the extra point attempt, leaving the score at 6 – 0. Tupper Lake was u...
MASSENA -- Representatives of more than a dozen local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies announced yearlong investigations culminated in Thursday, Sept. 5’s arrest of nine Massena and three New York City residents on federal charges alleging conspiracy to sell and possess with intent to sell more than 500 grams of cocaine, 28 grams of crack cocaine, and heroin. Federal search warrants at four Massena addresses also yielded 380 grams of cocaine, 77 grams of heroin, 100 grams of crack c...
The Massena Red Raiders opened their 2013 varsity football season with a bang, taking down Franklin Academy 21 – 0 after four quarters of play at Massena’s Mike Nichols Field on Friday, September 6. The game’s opening saw the teams hold each other to a stalemate, but Massena senior running back J.P. Reagan helped carry his team over the top in the second half, penetrating the end zone three times. The Raider’s domination started with senior linebacker Connor Paquin blocking a punt, giving his sq...
The Massena Red Raiders picked up a win and a loss in the Bill O’Neill tournament on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6 and 7. The tourney’s championship contest saw the Parishville-Hopkinton Panthers narrowly take down the Red Raiders 2 – 1. The first half saw both sides unable to find the back of each others’ nets. The second half saw the stalemate quickly snapped as Dalton Mullin tallied the Raiders’ lone goal of the game 3:56 into the stanza with Forrest Brockway providing the assist. Just under s...
