A Voice from the Eastern Door
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After suffering their first loss in three years against Potsdam, the Lady Raiders dusted themselves off and got back on track with an 18-6 win over Salmon River. Senior Erin Francis turned in a career game on offense delivering five goals and four assists to give her a school record 273 points with 195 goals and 78 assists. Francis plans on continuing her lacrosse career at the collegiate level next year at Syracuse University. Alisha Jacobs scored three times and tallied three helpers. Shannon...
Salmon River High School awarded the March Student of the Month to students nominated based on the character trait of Honesty. Congratulations to Krissy White, Trina Thompson and Tsioweriio Lazore! Each student was awarded with a gift bag and a gift card courtesy of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program....
The Massena Red Raider boys relayed a 4-0 halftime lead into a 11-7 NAC win over Ogdensburg at Mike Nicholas Field last week. The Raiders started out strong but had to regroup in the second half from an OFA second quarter comeback to capture their first win of the season. The Raiders and the Blue Devils had a tied score early in the second half until Massena scored four unanswered goals in the fourth to claim the win. Grayson Phillips anchored the winning attack with four goals and two assists....
The Massena Central varsity girls lacrosse team netted a convincing win over Ogdensburg at the Mike Nicholas field last week. The Lady Raiders raced out to an early lead and steadily increased that lead to an 18-8 victory. Erin Francis generated nine goals and four assists to spark the winning attack as Massena improved to 2-0 in league standings. Alisha Jacobs tallied four goals and three assists while Ashlyn Olson collected two goals. Dominique Valancius and Devin Kelly chipped in one goal...
On Thursday April 11th, the movie “Kissed by Lightning,” written and produced by Shelley Niro, was shown at the St. Regis Recreation Center for the community to view. The screening was made possible by Associate Professor, Morgan Perkins, from the Cultural Anthropology and Museum Studies department at SUNY Potsdam. In this debut feature film for Niro, a Mohawk woman, Mavis Dogblood (Kateri Walker) is an artist living on the Six Nations Reservation. After the loss of her husband Jessie Lightning...
Canton edged the Red Raiders, 6-5, in the opening game of the 2013 season at the Mike Nicholas field last week. Canton took the lead in the first half and led 3-0 at halftime. Massena rallied in the third quarter to score three goals and cut the deficit to within one. In the fourth quarter the Raiders scored two goals and tied things up with five minutes left in regulation play. The Bears answered back with a goal that turned out to be the game winner. Sako Rourke led the way for the Raiders...
You know it’s spring in the North Country when the lacrosse season gets under way and there is still freezing rain or snow in the forecast. The Massena Lady Raiders and the Canton Lady Bears kicked off their seasons with an opener at the Mike Nicholas Field last Thursday. Massena took control early and built an 8-3 halftime lead. They were able to turn that lead into a 12-5 victory. Senior Erin Francis anchored the Lady Raiders offense with five goals followed by fellow senior Dominique Valanciu...
Class Olympic week is one of the most exciting weeks of the year for the student body at Salmon River High School. March 25th-28th 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. Spirit week officially opened on Monday with a themed dress day of “retro.” Students and staff wore clothing from the 60’s, 70’s 80’s and even the roaring 20’s. Tuesday was “dress...
Humans and donkeys worked together (or didn’t) to play basketball at the Salmon River high school gym to raise money for the All Night Grad party. Salmon River high school seniors, staff, parents, radio personalities and police officers were among those who rode donkeys while playing basketball. It was SRCS seniors against the teams of SRCS staff and community celebrities. There was one game of four nine-minute quarters with team members substituting in and out. Donkeys were provided by Green M...
The Salmon River and Massena high school robotics team, officially called FRC Team 229 “Division By Zero,” competed in the FRC “Ultimate Ascent” game this year. They had six weeks to design, build, and program a robot to play ultimate frisbee. The team actually built two robots (#229 and #4124) and the twin robots were both designed to shoot frisbees across a court into targets. Both robots were also built to hang from a horizontal bar on a tower for bonus points in the game. The robots were bo...
On Wednesday, March 20, the Salmon River High School Band traveled to Albany to perform at the Capitol Building. The month of March has been named ‘Music in our Schools’ month, and each day two to three schools are selected to perform. According to Cindy Healy, SRCS band director, she has to apply each year by October to be considered. She hears by the end of November if the band has been selected. This is the seventh year that the band has been picked to perform. “It is quite an honor to be se...
“When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I’m feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things and then I don’t feel so bad.” If you had a ticket to see the Salmon River high school drama department’s production of “The Sound of Music”, then you will most likely remember it as one of your favorite things. The SRCS auditorium was alive with The Sound of Music this past weekend. The stage was lit up by fabulous lighting, twirling skirts, melodic voices, and its own orchestra. The Sound of Mu...
Salmon River High School will be alive with the ‘Sound of Music’ this weekend when the school’s drama department performs the ever-popular musical. On Friday, March 15, the school theater department will begin a two-night run of “The Sound of Music” in the auditorium starting at 7:30 p.m. The play will feature drama department veterans in the lead roles. Sophomore Kayla Clute will portray Maria Ranier and senior David Patnode as Captain Georg von Trapp. The show creates scenes from the 1959...
The Massena girls suffered a disappointing loss in their bid to earn a three-peat in the Section 10 Overall Championship Tuesday night in Maxcy Hall at Potsdam State. The Canton Golden Bears, Class C Champions, earned the bragging rights when they pulled out a 41-39 win with only 11.8 seconds left in regulation time. It was an exciting battle throughout the game. Canton came out strong in the first and opened the game with a 14-6 run until senior Alisha Jacobs fired through a three-pointer to...
Massena Central boys basketball squad outlasted Madrid-Waddington 64-50 in the semi-finals at SUNY Potsdam’s Jerry Welsh Gymnasium. The win gives the Raiders a spot in the Section 10 Overall Championship game against rival OFA. In the first quarter both teams came out firing but Madrid-Waddington came out ahead, 15-13, at the end of the first. During the second the Raiders were down 19-17 and rallied to a 10-0 run to take a 27-19 lead with 2:29 left in the period. Xavier Viskovich accounted f...
Utica …here come the Red Raiders! When it comes to playoff hockey, nothing can be as valuable as a hot goaltender. Junior goalkeeper Connor Paquin has been a wall in goal for Massena and his effort during the NYS Division 1 quarterfinals last Saturday has the Red Raiders headed to the Final Four in Utica. Paquin faced 29 shots against the Crusaders of Monroe-Woodbury and stopped all but one as the Raiders defeated M-W, 3-1. The Red Raiders were first on the scoreboard when Tyler Young f...
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Ryan Hill, originally from Six Nations, is an artist here in Akwesasne. You may have seen him during the summer working on large stone carvings in the parking lot of Mohawk Printing. He recently traded his block of stone for a block of ice when he entered the Public Challenge Ice Carving contest at Winterlude in Ottawa at Confederation Park on Saturday February 16th. The theme was Imaginary Garden and the title of his sculpture was “Native Spring.” This is the first time Hill has tried ice scu...
Grayson Phillips saved the day for the Red Raiders as his late goal in the third period propelled the Raiders to a Section 10 Division 1 Championship last Sunday at Cheel Arena in Potsdam. Phillips’ goal gave Massena the spark to claim the 3-2 overtime victory over top seeded Potsdam. The Raiders were the first on the scoreboard in the first period when, at the 4:11 mark, Dylan Stone finished off a play by defenseman Josh Blair for a power play goal. Patrick Manning picked up an assist on the f...
A game is never over until the last buzzer sounds. This was proven true at SUNY Potsdam’s Jerry Welsh gymnasium when at 1.7 seconds left in regulation time, Zack Rusaw’s shot made its way in the basket to give Massena a 48-47 victory over defending champs, the Malone Huskies. Malone had defeated the Raiders, convincingly, twice in regular season play as well as in last year’s Class A title. Malone was in the lead at halftime with a nine point advantage, 29-20. Massena rebounded from the nine...
The Massena Lady Raiders basketball squad defended their Section 10 Class A crown when they held off the Lady Huskies, 41-36, at SUNY Potsdam’s Jerry Welsh Gymnasium. Malone struck first when Morgan Fountain fired through a three-pointer to start the scoring. Alisha Jacobs answered back with a three-pointer of her own and the first of her trio of threes. Massena continued to build a first quarter lead of 9-7. Malone pulled ahead 14-9 early in the second quarter when Janelle Heden drained a p...
Holy Akwesasne Komic Kon, Batman! The first annual Akwesasne Komic Kon brought out people from every corner of the Akwesasne galaxy. There were Luke Skywalkers, Darth Vaders, Spidermen, Batmen, Hulks, Vulcans as well as new heroes in this portal to fantasy worlds usually lived out in the imagination. However, Komic Kon allowed the imagination to be exhibited and celebrated openly and in one place. Comic Con conventions are for fans of comics, movies, superheroes, science fiction and video games....
The final home game for the Red Raider seniors went the way they hoped with a win over the visiting Shamrocks. The Massena boys closed out the NAC regular season with a 67-37 victory over Salmon River in the Massena High School gym. The Red Raiders streaked out and worked their way to a 24-6 first quarter lead and headed to the locker room at halftime with a 43-9 lead. The Shamrocks came out in the second half and went to work to chip away at the Massena lead. Senior Zack Rusaw led the Red...
Canton brought a large fan contingency to the Massena Arena last Saturday afternoon for the Section 10 Division 1 Hockey semi finals. Massena and Canton fans got their money’s worth as both teams battled for the right to play Potsdam next Sunday in hopes of continuing on to the State Championship. Massena struck first with only 28 seconds left in the second period when Grayson Phillips’ hard work in front of the net paid off. He deflected a shot by Anthony Cortese for a power play goal. Zac...
What can be more fun than a little friendly competition among friends to earn bragging rights as the smartest person while raising money for graduating seniors to have a fun, safe environment after graduation? The twelve teams that participated in the SRCS All Night Grad Party Trivia Night know this answer. The All Night Grad Party Committee held its annual Trivia Night last Saturday night at the Brass Horse to raise money for the Class of 2013. The theme was “Trends Throughout the Decades” wit...
