A Voice from the Eastern Door
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The Akwesasne Wild added to their unbeaten 2017-18 season with a 4-0 win last weekend at the Benson Center in Cornwall. Erika McKay picked up the shut out in the win over C.C.G.H. Lady Stars. After a scoreless first period Krystal Peters got the Wild on the board at the halfway point. She jammed in a rebound off Stars goalie Krisey Prieur. That stood as the second period's only goal and the Wild added three more in the final period; Jenna Merpaw, Kelly McGillis and Peters (2nd), for the win....
The Akwesasne Wild are in great shape to repeat as Champions. Last weekend at the Benson Centre they extended their undefeated season to 19-0 with a 7-1 win over Moon Ray. The Wild struck first – Jenna Merpaw redirecting a shot from Madison O'Reilly to make it 1-0. Merpaw had a few chances to add to the score early in the game as she held onto the puck zig-zagging behind the Moon Rays net, but could not get the puck out front. The first period ended 1-0 but the Wild had a beautiful chance to sco...
The Massena Men's Broomball league came to a close last weekend with one of the Akwesasne representatives winning the big one. The Ice Pigs finished the season in first place and on the way to that Championship game last weekend they beat Nezerons Construction 4-1. On Saturday they defeated Akwesasne rival The Chiefs 2-0, and the final saw them blank Norwood Legion 8-1. Goalie Evan Cree was the regular season Most Valuable Player. The Ice Pigs went 12-3-2 throughout the season. The Chiefs also...
The theme of the day was the future powwow dancers of today and they put on a big show. The Seventh Annual event was held at the former IGA building in Hogansburg last Saturday and as happens annually the building was filled to capacity with proud family members watching their young ones dancing with pride. Before the festivities there was a moment of silence to honor the late John Thomas whose contributions to preserving Haudenosaunee culture are well known and celebrated. On the sidelines...
The Cornwall Women's Soccer league ended last weekend with the Lady Devils winning their Division 3 Championship. Jadie Burns scored the lone goal over Olson Fabrications, and Cheyenne Lazore recorded the shutout. This was their only game of the final as the other team in their division failed to record any points this season. The expansion Akwesasne Wolves had their first season end in a heartbreaker. Iakokwenienstha Porter scored the first half's only goal – a kick in from the corner, and J...
Weeks of practice is coming to a head, and this weekend the future Powwow dancers will be showing off their stuff in Hogansburg. The annual Children's Powwow is set for Saturday, March 10, 2018 and for the past several weeks workshops and practices were held at the Kana:takon School and the Native North American Travelling College. These practices were to help new kids learn the tradition, or seasoned young dancers get in some floor time or to help others. Last Friday such a practice was held...
Despite some big scoring chances that came in bunches, the Akwesasne Wolves Bantam hockey team came up short 2-0 last weekend at the Benson Center in Cornwall. The visiting Russell Coyotes scored the first period's only goal. Akwesasne came close to tying near the end of the period on Akenhi:io Lazore and Rayne Arenovich close calls. There was no scoring in the second period. Throughout most of the first period the Wolves had trouble in the neutral zone, rarely getting into the Coyotes end. The...
Several local lacrosse players and supporters of our game were honored last weekend for their love and dedication to the game. At the ceremony held at Brass Horse eight players and builders were accepted into the Hall of Fame. The players were from the 1970's and 80's and played with or against each other. Master of Ceremonies and Hall of Fame board member Peter Garrow recognized their past accomplishments. "It comes with great honor that we, for 2018, recognize a number of great players, great...
With the playoffs around the corner the Akwesasne Wild are sitting pretty atop the National Capital Women's League. Last weekend they blanked the Lady Capitals 5-0. Josee Daze, Jenna Merpaw and Alicia Thomas did the scoring with Britany Leplante earning the shut out. The playdowns start this Sunday, March 4 at the Benson Center against Napanee....
The school students pulled together to cheer up one of their friends in her time of need. Kana:takon student Camryn Cook has been undergoing medical treatments and last week her classmates offered her Get Well cards and sang songs to cheer her up. Classmates all put together cheers and made cards and well wishes for her in this difficult time....
The Kawehno:ke School marked their 100th day and the first awards ceremony of the new year. The theme of the month for January was Perseverance and the awards ceremony was held last Friday, February 9. This month's sponsor of the First Class club was Kastowa Gas who donated goodies for the students who got to watch the proceedings from First Class seating on the side of the AMS gymnasium. This is a monthly draw for all the students. Last December 14 the school held their annual Science Fair and...
Akwesasne representatives Lady Devils and Stars pulled off wins last weekend, but the Akwesasne Wolves' slide continued. Last Sunday in Cornwall, Kendall Horn of the Stars scored five goals including four straight second half goals in a 7-0 sweep of Elevation Fitness. Lindsay Kennedy and Calandra Thompson each pitched in with one. The Lady Devils edged out Adam Beehler Plumbing 3-2. Jade Benedict-Bough, Jadie Burns and Trysten Burns did all the scoring. The expansion team Akwesasne Wolves lost...
New home – same story. A perfect season. Last Sunday at the Benson Center in Cornwall the Wild's Jenna Merpaw scored four goals as they defeated the Russell Coyotes 5-2. The Anowarako:wa Arena is closed for the season and the Wild relocated to other venues for the year. Merpaw scored her first goal a minute into the game and added her second goal with a minute and a half left in the first. Despite the win, the Wild were outshot in the game and goaltender Brittany Laplante had a lot of work. H...
The 2017-18 school year is at its halfway point and the students at AMS are still working hard to be the best. Last Friday, January 19, the school held their monthly awards ceremony for the month of December. The theme of the month was Friendship and in addition to the students who most exemplified this trait awards were also given out for December's Science Fair held at the school. They also had their attendance awards, reading and Athletes of the Month. Every month, different businesses...
The St. Regis River annually rises over the banks in Hogansburg. Some years it's minor but this winter the high water levels have the potential to cause flooding not seen in 38 years. A few houses have reported flooded basements and ice floes up to their back porch. It was in 1980 when houses were completely flooded out and although the ice is jamming up it hasn't reached that point yet. However the authorities are not taking chances. Last week a call out was made for community volunteers to...
The kids had a few laughs while learning about a couple of timeless classics. The DuffleBag Theatre group paid a visit to the St. Regis Mohawk School last week bringing with them productions of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Robin Hood. The theatre troupe does improvisation using members from the audience to play the various characters. This wasn't the first time they appeared in the area and the kids left a lasting impression on them, said DuffleBag Theatre cast member Marcus Lundgren....
A full house, lots of enthusiastic performers and plenty of holiday cheer was in store at the Kawehno:ke School just before the Christmas break on December 21. The different grades sang their hearts out for the appreciative audience doing the classics "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer," "Santa Rock," "Jingle Bells," "I'm A Little Snowman," "Little Drummer Boy" and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town." They were accompanied by Music teacher Lisa Zeran, or they played the instruments themselves. The...
First place met last place in the National Capital Women's Hockey League with the league-leading Akwesasne Wild earning their second shutout in a row. Last Sunday the Wild extended their winning streak to nine games with a 6-0 win over the GCGH Lady Stars. Kristen Ezard scored twice–both in the first period for Akwesasne while Krystal Peters, Victoria Thompson, Alley Bero and Jenna Merpaw each found the back of the net once. Denise Thompson chipped in with three assists while Peters added two a...
Students of Salmon River Central got a chance to experience a bit of Akwesasne last week at their school. Native American Day was held on Tuesday, November 21. The day began with the middle school engaging in a social in the gym. Members of the Mohawk Club demonstrated some of the various dances including the Smoke Dance and performed it to the singing and drumming of the Akwesasne Ratirennahawi. From there they invited classmates to come up and share in the traditional dances. During the day th...
Two of the three Akwesasne teams got the W last weekend in Indoor Soccer league play at the Benson Center in Cornwall. The Stars won their game against Elevation Fitness by a score of 4-1. Calandra Thompson led with three markers while Jenna Thompson kicked in one. The Lady Devils were upended by Emard Bros. 7-1 with Jade Benedict-Bough scoring the lone marker. The expansion Akwesasne Wolves lost in their game to Dr. Bosse Dental 3-1 with Amanda King scoring that one....
The Lanark County Condors girls visited the Anowarako:wa Arena last week and despite having only nine skaters they put up a big effort against the Akwesasne Wild. But the hosts pushed their unbeaten streak to seven games with a 5-1 win in National Capital Women's Hockey League play. Despite the shortened bench, the Condors hit very early even going in on a 3 on 1 rush, but Kelly McGillis of the Wild broke up that play. Alley Bero of the Akwesasne club started the scoring a little over a minute...
It was a heartbreaking tie last weekend at the Benson Center. The Akwesasne Novice team were leading 6-5 over the Cornwall Colts with a little over two minutes remaining. The Cornwall team caught a break on a loose puck setting up a 2 on nothing breakaway on Wolves goalie Max Garrow. He stopped the shot but it dropped and slid across the goal line and the game ended in a tie. Treven Seymour led the Wolves with the natural hat trick and Teiowisatenion Herne chipped in with two. Wade Francis...
The Akwesasne Peewee B Wolves hosted the Cornwall Colts last weekend and were seconds away from sending them home with a win. They settled for a tie. Carter King of Akwesasne started the scoring as he shovelled it from the side for the first period's only goal. The Wolves Ethan Seymour made it 2-0 early in the second period as Cornwall was short handed, but the Colts quickly scored two straight to tie. In the third period Chance Quenville of Cornwall gave them their first lead of the game as he...
It was a bad day for two of Malone's Peewee teams. Last weekend at Salmon River the Peewee Green team from Malone were blanked 12-0 by the NF Shamrocks. Ryan Bouchey lead with four goals, Fire Swamp and Evan Collette each scored two goals and Swamp added five assists. With one each in the win were Brayden Bethel, Caiden Cartier and Luke Miller. Collette and Cartier collected two helpers. Christian Shonicker picked up the shutout. He wasn't very busy but came up big when called upon. The other...
The St. Regis Mohawk School was alive with Native song and dance. Last Friday, November 17, Native American Day was celebrated at the Hogansburg school. The day consisted of storytelling, singing and social dancing, and arts and crafts. The day was divided up into classes. While some grades were singing and dancing in the gym, local Artisan Natasha Smoke-Santiago brought in some artifacts and explained their significance. She brought in samples of pottery, Indian corn, utensils and other...
