A Voice from the Eastern Door
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The Shamrock Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Athletes of the Month for the 2013-14 winter season. Each month the team coaches select student athletes who have distinguished themselves through achievements or contributions to their particular team. The athletes also exemplify the ideas of good sportsmanship. Each winner is given a gift certificate donated by Twin Leaf of Akwesasne and Ft. Covington as well as a certificate of achievement. Congratulations to all the Students of the...
Student athletes and coaches were excited to finally get outside and start playing some ball last week after what seemed like a never ending winter melted away. The Salmon River girls' softball team played host to the Brushton-Moira Panthers in a Central Division opener for both teams. The Lady Panthers left town with their first win of the season defeating the Lady Shamrocks 14-0. B-M's Emily O'Connor was the winning pitcher and it looked like she was heading for a perfect game until the sixth...
From the "Wooded ghettos of Minnesota and the buffalo grass of Oklahoma" members of the hilarious sketch comedy group, 1491s, traveled to the Salmon River high school on Friday, April 4th. They entertained students and faculty with their comedy and 'Represent' films. The group also worked with the Native film class and the Mohawk Club to film a short film in conjunction with the Seven Dancers Coalition. The 1491s use their 'Represent' films to show different nations and Native people...
On Thursday, March 27th, Salmon River Middle School parents were treated to the first Academic Showcase where each grade level shared a selection of their year-long learning with a variety of critical-thinking projects. The evening started off in the auditorium with speakers from Clarkson University, Potsdam State, North Country Community College, North Country Workforce Investment Board, ALCOA, King and King Architects, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Siemans, Franklin-Essex and Hamilton BOCES...
This spring, Mother Nature seems to have quite a sense of humor that is keeping some of the sports teams off the fields for the time being. However, it's business as usual and the teams are practicing and getting ready for when they can transition to the track, diamond and field. The Salmon River girls' softball team is looking towards improving last year's record. With a 14 game schedule, the Lady Shamrocks are striving to be a competitive force in every game this season and hopes to improve...
Every class wants to leave their mark at their school and the SRCS seniors are no exception. Spirit week, culminating with the Class Olympics, is one of the most exciting weeks of the year for the student body at Salmon River High School. March 17-21 was a week filled with school spirit as students and staff were given opportunities to participate in class competitions, organized by the Student Council, to earn points for their class. The seniors took the Class Olympics' crown this year. Spirit...
Michelle Cook is off to a winning start to her professional boxing career and is keeping her focus on her next fight in May. Michelle's first professional victory came on February 27th in Niagara Falls, NY when she won each of her four rounds against Ivana Coleman of Slidell LA, (0-5). Michelle's coach, Atsiaktonkie, said that Coleman "has not won a fight yet but she has been fighting top ranked women, including number one ranked, Heather Hardy, and has given them all battles. No one has ever...
There is nothing more honorable or satisfying than helping another in need. The young people involved in the Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club are learning this at an early age. Last Friday the club kicked off National Boys and Girls Club Week by sponsoring a Boot Hockey Tournament to benefit a fellow member who is in need of medical care. Each participant collected pledges to raise money for a fellow member who was recently diagnosed with a chronic illness and needs to travel to Burlington for...
What cute gang stole the show last weekend? Why, it was the Peanuts gang, that's who! The Salmon River Drama Club presented the zany musical comedy, "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" last Friday and Saturday night with a matinee on Saturday afternoon. This humorous musical based off the Charles M. Shultz comic strip Peanuts, "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" was made into a musical comedy in 1967 with music and lyrics written by Clark Gesner. The show follows several stories, vignette style, of...
Michelle Cook won her second professional fight on February 27th at the Conference and Event center in Niagara Falls, NY. "She used her amazing skill and totally dominated her opponent, Ivana Coleman," reported her coach Atsiaktonkie Ionkiats. "She knocked Coleman down in the third round with a right hand. Michelle gave her a boxing lesson." Michelle is looking forward to fighting the number two ranked girl in the country from Seattle, Washington, Cassie Trost. Details on that event will be...
Good Grief! The Salmon River auditorium will open its doors this Friday and Saturday to all Blockheads, Yellow Dancing Birds, Precocious Dogs, Bossy Older Sisters, Beethoven-obsessed Toy Pianists, Lil' Red Headed Girls, and all those who grew up reading about them in the papers. Written in 1967 and revived on Broadway in 1999, "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" will connect you with your favorites from the Peanuts gang. Perfect for all ages, this production will feature songs like "The Kite",...
The commitment of the Salmon River girl’s lacrosse parents to provide quality lacrosse for the girls to equal the success of the boy’s program is an ongoing process. This will mark the fourth year that the Akwesasne Attack Girl’s booster club has had to fundraise to make sure that the girls at Salmon River have an opportunity to play lacrosse. “We had to hurry and raise funds so the girls would have a team at Salmon River,” said Shari Bigtree-Adams. “We were hoping that the team would be in the Salmon River budget and we wouldn’t have to fundr...
The eve before the 2014 Oscar Awards the Shamrock Figure Skating Club was proudly showcasing its own "Shamrock Music Awards" at the annual figure skating show at the Tom C. Cavanaugh Arena. It was lights, camera, action as each skater stepped onto an elegant rink between two large golden statuettes. The boards were all black with red trim and blinking lights to set the atmosphere of this star studded night. The stars of the show were the 57 performing students that have been learning and...
Some people say that progress is always a good thing, but others may say that is debatable, especially when it comes to the Lost Villages of Canada and the U.S. Louis Helbrig, a Canadian aerial photographer, was on hand at the Massena Library on February 20th to present his photos as well as a 20 minute audio of interviews by people affected by the loss of their communities in the 1950's. The construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway required the flooding of 12 communities between Iroquois and...
Hitchcock, Spielberg, Tarantino, Scorsese, Del Toro. Akwesasne teens began their journey to join the filmmaking elite when they spent their weekend learning the art of cinematic storytelling in the Akwesasne Just Got Reel Youth Film Production Camp. These students also gained an awareness of a very important relationship issue, domestic violence. This event was sponsored by the Akwesasne Family Wellness Program and organized by Raeann Oakes. Katsitsionni Fox instructed the students in hands-on d...
Step into the ring with Michelle Cook and you step into a storm of pounding, punishing leather. Her hooks quickly come screaming out of nowhere and behind every thundering fist is only 118 pounds of a svelte gym-shaped mother of one. She lives up to her nickname "thunder hands". However, out of the ring Michelle is quiet, calm, laid back and a little shy. Michelle, a 21 year old Snye Native, is preparing for her second professional fight on Thursday, February 27th at the Conference and Event...
Last Friday night the St. Regis Mohawk School hosted a New York, New York Trivia night complete with hot dogs, the Bronx Zoo and a Derek Jeter imposter to help raise money for the St. Regis Mohawk National Elementary Honor Society. Being a member of the St. Regis Mohawk National Elementary Honor Society is more than just being on the honor roll. It gives students another reason to work hard to earn recognition for their accomplishments and involvement in leadership and service. The...
Boys Basketball Josh Hynes scored the game high 21 points as Salmon River High School's boys basketball team pulled away for a 60-49 victory at home against Canton last Friday night in Central Division action. The Shamrocks honored Hynes and four other seniors before the game before ending their high school basketball career on a high note. Graduating seniors are Alex Paulino, Justin Bigness, Austin Leduc, Kason Tarbell and Josh Hynes. The first half was a back and forth battle with the...
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Getting drafted by a Major League Professional men's lacrosse team is great. Getting drafted by the same MLL team your cousin was drafted to, who you have been playing lacrosse with since childhood as well as in college, is awesome. This is the case for former Salmon River lacrosse standout, Ty Thompson, who was selected by the Rochester Rattlers earlier this month. Ty is the son of Kristian and Tisha Thompson and the older brother of Kiera (Babes) and Thomas. He is currently in his senior year...
A flood of goals for the Shamrocks in the third period propelled the Salmon River boy's hockey team to a 9-1 victory last Friday night against Tupper Lake at home. Tyren Boots started off the scoring with a shorthanded goal when he finished off a play set up by Ronnie Boots and Tye Terrance at the 11:12 mark. Terrance put the Shamrocks ahead 2-0 in the second with a goal at the 3:19 mark assisted by Ronnie Boots and Tyler Sisto. Tupper Lake answered back four minutes later when Broyce Guerette...
It was a tough week for the Salmon River girls varsity basketball squad as they fell short against Gouverneur last Thursday, 61-49, at home. The Lady Wildcats steadily built a lead over the Lady Shamrocks and went to the locker rooms leading 32-24. Both teams came out ready to work in the second half. The Lady Shamrocks stepped up their defensive and offensive game to keep the game close for most of the third quarter to end it at 37-43. The Shamrocks ran into some foul trouble in the fourth to...
The age-old saying "good things come to those who wait" can be used to describe last week's boy's varsity game when Salmon River hosted rival Chateaugay. It has been at least 10 years since a SR boy's team has beaten a Chateaugay team. The Shamrocks came roaring out taking an early lead and at one point the score was 10-0. Salmon River led 16-12 at the end of the first quarter. The Bulldogs rallied back in the second with great defensive pressure to cut down the Shamrock scoring. When the teams...
A late goal in the third period by Norwood-Norfolk tied up the score and forced the game into overtime at the Tom Cavanaugh Arena last Friday night. With 2:47 minutes left in OT the Icemen struck to win the game, 5-4, in NAC Interdivisional play. The game was so close to being the Shamrocks, yet so far. So close because they had a two goal lead in the third period and had some nice chances to score in the overtime period. So far away because the Icemen capitalized on their opportunities to tie...
