A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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By Rachelle Garrow-Hayes The pep band and cheerleaders filled the full bleachers with spirit last Saturday night as Massena hosted its long standing rival in the first NAC home game of the season. However, the Blue Devils jumped out to a 12-0 half-time lead en route to a convincing 38-13 win over the Red Raiders. The tables were turned this week. Massena had won its first game of the season against Tupper Lake while OFA had lost against Gouverneur. The Blue Devils’ quarterback, Nate Angel, l...
We know fall is here when we hear the sounds of whistles, shouts of instruction, and the clash of football equipment on area school athletic fields. The fall sports season is in full swing in Section 10 and Massena Varsity Football has been working hard since August 13th in hopes of improving last year’s record. “In 2011 we had a record of 4-5 overall. We are returning a solid nucleus of players and are looking to improve on last year’s record,” states Coach Anthony Diagostino. “We finished out...
The Massena Red Raider girl’s varsity soccer team is in full swing with Coach Ryan Hayes at the helm for his fifth year. The Lady Raiders ended the 2011 season with a 12-3-2 record and hope to improve on that record. “The strength of our team will be our defending, conditioning and ball control. We are an experienced team-9 players have varsity experience. We are looking to possess the ball and control the field of play,” explained Hayes. Players that are returning are Erin Francis (Sr-D...
There is a saying that goes like this “like father like son”. However, in the local car racing circuit it has been changed to “like grandfather like grandson”. This season the local race tracks have seen a young newcomer by the name of Thomas Cook. Thomas may be new as a driver but not new to car racing. He is the grandson of racing veteran, Bill Cook, who has been driving the Mohawk Express M 70 for the past 42 years. Thomas states that his grandfather has been his inspiration and mentor that h...
The efforts and accomplishments of the Salmon River 6th and 7th graders were celebrated in an Award Ceremony on Tuesday, June 19 in the high school auditorium. Principal Angie Robert hosted the ceremony while the teachers handed out their awards. Congratulations to all the students for their hard work on the completion of another successful academic year. Listed below are this year’s award recipients. Horizons Award: Noreen Bautista and Kamryn Ransom Perfect Attendance: Grade 6: Sierra B...
Last week the Top Shamrocks in grades Pre-K to 5 at Salmon River were recognized for their hard work for the third and fourth quarters. Pre-K Mrs.Binion February AM- Aubrey Russell PM- Kadin Berry March AM-Cierra Rust PM-Kaylie Snyder April AM-Aiden Premo PM-Anna Barnes May AM-Cole Stowe PM- Noah Maneely June AM-Nevaeh Weaver PM-Allyssa Pickering KINDERGARTEN Mrs. Durant Mrs. Jock February (friendship)- Angelina Mitchell February – Jasmine Oakes March (honesty)- Tanner Snyder March – Mak...
Lights, Camera, Action…the stars came out on Saturday night May 12th to strut their stuff on the Red Carpet at the Salmon River Central Junior-Senior Prom. The theme for the night was a Hollywood inspired event called “Red Carpet Romance” and prom goers were dressed in fine fashion for this gala event. The cafeteria was transformed into a classy and elegant setting fit for the Academy Awards. Decorations included tall 3-dimensional stars with lights, movie reels, and large stand-ups of picture t...
Lights, Camera, Action…the stars came out on Saturday night May 12th to strut their stuff on the Red Carpet at the Salmon River Central Junior-Senior Prom. The theme for the night was a Hollywood inspired event called “Red Carpet Romance” and prom goers were dressed in fine fashion for this gala event. The cafeteria was transformed into a classy and elegant setting fit for the Academy Awards. Decorations included tall 3-dimensional stars with lights, movie reels, and large stand-ups of picture t...
The Massena boys lacrosse squad tried but just couldn’t keep up with the speed and agility of the Shamrock senior leadership in the Section 10 Boys Lacrosse Overall Championship Game last Friday. Salmon River left the Mike Nicholas Field with a 15-1 win over the Red Raiders. Salmon River is the five-time undefeated Class C champion while Massena claimed the Class B title. Both teams will host their section 4 opponents in the first round of state playoffs on Wednesday May 30th at Potsdam C...
The Eleventh Annual Robideau/Lamitie-King Juried Art Exhibit was held at forArtSake in Malone from May 1st-17th. The exhibit featured art work from middle and high school students from six area schools. It is sponsored by Foothills ARTSociety and forArtSake every year in memory of well-known local photographer Norbert Robideau. Awards for the juried exhibit are donated by the Robideau family and participating schools’ teacher’s unions. There was a variety of work on display from about 100 stu...
The Massena Track and Field team hosted the Norwood-Norfolk Flyers and both N-N teams ran away with top honors. The N-N boys came out on top 142-99 while the N-N girls took top honors with 173.5-144.5. For the boys Mike Ortman and Lucas Benedict led the Raiders with two first place finishes. Ortman finished first in the 800 while Benedict sailed to first place in the high jump. They then teamed up with Zach Frego and Nathan Marshall to lead the 3200 relay. Andrew Bush took the 100 yard dash and...
Revenge can be sweet if it brings success and the Raiders were successful when they hosted the Canton Bears on a wet Mike Nicholas field. The first time the two teams met; Massena left Canton with a 16-0 loss. The tables were turned and this time Canton left town with a 17-10 loss. There was also an individual sweet success triumph as senior attackman Zach Hopps led the Raider offense past the Bears and in doing so he broke the Massena lacrosse boy’s school record for all-time scoring. He went i...
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After a week of rain soaked fields and cold temperatures, the sun came out for the Massena boy’s lacrosse seniors as they and their parents were celebrated. Three seniors played their last NAC regular season game in front of their home based fans. Ryan Chauvin, Luke Bender and Zach Hopps will be heading off to college in the fall and are wished all the best. The Ogdensburg Blue Devils were in town to play ball. The Raiders came out fast and furious and scored four goals in the first quarter a...
On Thursday May 3rd, Salmon River Central High School recognized and honored its students during the annual High School Awards Ceremony. Superintendent Jane Collins welcomed parents and students to the event and congratulated students for their achievements. High school principal, Alison Benedict, and guidance counselors, Toni Siddon and Rachelle Hayes were on hand to present awards to students. Salmon River graduate and local radio celebrity, Sandy Cook, graciously donated his time to emcee...
On Thursday May 3rd, Salmon River Central High School recognized and honored its students during the annual High School Awards Ceremony. Superintendent Jane Collins welcomed parents and students to the event and congratulated students for their achievements. High school principal, Alison Benedict, and guidance counselors, Toni Siddon and Rachelle Hayes were on hand to present awards to students. Salmon River graduate and local radio celebrity, Sandy Cook, graciously donated his time to emcee...
The Massena Red Raider girls played host to Saranac Lake and continued their winning ways with a 22-1 victory. The Lady Raiders rattled off 15 goals in the first half to make the score 15-1. They then continued on to improve their NAC record to 6-0 and 7-1 overall. Shannon Casey and Megan Han led a balanced attack with three goals each. Courtney Manley (1 assist), Megan Poupore, Shaydi Oakes, Annie Casey and Alanna Pyke each contributed two goals. Dominique Valancius (1 assist), Hanna Gleason,...
Massena hosted the Salmon River Shamrocks in NAC action last week. Massena started strong and took a 6-0 lead in the first inning and ended strong in the bottom of the fifth after seven runs to claim a 17-1 victory Sierra Streeter claimed the win with two strike outs and walking none while allowing only three singles. Marrisa Manley (3rs), Bailey Dillabough (2B, 2 rs), Mackenzie Young (2B, 2rs), Kharlene Garrow (2rs) and Kayleigh Zappia all delivered two hits. Jessielee Cole singled and scored...
The Massena Central boys and girls track teams hosted Salmon River and Madrid Waddington in a double duel meet. In the boys meet the Raiders outscored M-W 154-84 while M-W ran by Salmon with a score of 170-36. In the girls meet M-W outscored the Lady Raiders 173.5-139.5 as well as the Lady Shamrocks 210-54....
Although the temperatures were frigid last week, the Lady Raiders were heating things up on the lacrosse field with wins over OFA and Heuvelton. On Wednesday Massena played host to the OFA Blue Devils at the Mike Nicholas Field. The Lady Raiders blasted their way to a 9-2 halftime lead and kept the momentum going in the second half to claim a 14-4 win. Shaydi Oakes (1 assist) and Erin Francis stoked the fire with four goals each. Dominique Valancius found the back of the net three times. Megan...
The Lady Raiders balanced attack held off a determined Potsdam lax squad at Mike Nicholas Field on April 18th to win the NAC game 16-11. The two teams took a break at half time with only a one goal difference, 7-6. Whenever Potsdam made a charge, the Lady Raiders would answer back with a goal or two of their own to keep the lead and eventually pull away for the win. Erin Francis led the attack for the Raiders with three goals and one assist. Shannon Casey also found the back of the net three tim...
On Thursday April 19th at Mike Nicholas field 47 minutes of lacrosse had been played and the game was not yet determined. With 47 seconds left in regulation play St. Lawrence scored only to have Massena score 14 seconds later to win 13-12. After the first half the Raiders were ahead 8-5 and had outscored the Larries 4-1 in the second quarter. However, the Larries came out in the second half and went to work pull even. With just 49 seconds left Marshall Burninghausen completed a play set up by...
The Salmon River Shamrocks opened their 2012 NAC season with an 18-3 win over the Massena Red Raiders at the Mike Nicholas Field in Massena. The first half saw the Shamrocks pull ahead to half time score of 8-2 lead. In the second half Salmon came out charging and scored nine unanswered goals in the third quarter. Leading the Shamrocks offensively was Seth Oakes with seven goals and two assists. Dalston Day found the back of the net six times while Ky Tarbell struck for one goal and assisted in...
The Lady Raiders open up the 2012 lacrosse season with an 18-0 win over the Lady Shamrocks at the Mike Nicholas field in Massena. Erin Francis struck for four goals and helped set up five to lead the Raider offense attack. Alisha Jacobs fired off four goals while Courtney Manly generated three goals and a helper. Ashlynn Olson netted two goals and two assists. Carlie Leary hit the back of the net twice and Emma Dupree, Hanna Gleason and Shaydi Oakes each added one goal. Felicity Love stopped...
Last year the Massena Girl’s Varsity Lacrosse team finished the season with a 15-2 overall record. In 2011 the Lady Raiders went undefeated in the league and went on to win their second Section 10 B/C Championship in a row. The two losses came from Section 3 teams; Watertown in regular season and Oswego in the state quarter-finals. Returning seniors this year include Kallie Barnes (defense), Emmalynn Dupree (midfield), Hanna Gleason (defense), Shaydi Oakes (attack), Megan Poupore (attack) and Bethany Rogers (midfield). Other returning p...
