A Voice from the Eastern Door
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5 is full of promise for the Red Raider Laxmen. The Raiders come off a 9-9 outing last season that saw them compete in five one goal games, winning two in regulation and losing three in overtime. The Raiders hope to learn from their past experience and improve this season. Attack - Zach Hopps (Senior) is the Raiders top returning point getter from last season with 79 points. He is followed by Grayson Phillips (Junior) (59) and Rhoades Tarbell (sophomore) (20). Sako Rourke (freshman) will compete for playing time. Midfield – Returning at m...
The North Franklin 10U girls basketball team coached by Karen Francis, Billy Cook and Jocelyn Kelly won both tournaments that it entered this spring, the Potsdam Blue and Orange tournament held at SUNY Potsdam on March 10-11 and the Richard McLean Memorial Tournament held at Salmon River on March 30-31. Congratulations coaches and girls....
This spring there will be some new coaching faces on Salmon River’s playing fields and the on track. Shawn Martin will be taking the helm of the track and field team with the assistance of Kim Russell. They are taking over the reins from long time coach Danny Mainville. Martin and Russell are well experienced in the SRCS running programs. Martin was the boy’s track and field head coach in 2000 and assistant cross country coach in 2002 when the Salmon River boys won the Class C NYS Cross Country Championships. Russell was the assistant coa...
Salmon River Secondary School Principal, Alison Benedict, is proud to announce the top scholars for the Class of 2012. Sean Godard has been named the Valedictorian for the Class of 2012. He is the son of Girard Godard of Cornwall, Ontario and Gerry and Linda McElwain of Bombay, New York. Sean’s paternal grandmother is Marie Godard of Cornwall, Ontario and maternal grandfather is Leon Richards of Bombay, New York. Sean is a member of the National Honor Society and the Mu Alpha Theta M...
After the first quarter of last Friday night’s Section 10 Overall Championship for girls basketball it looked like the game would end like the last two previous match ups between Salmon River and Massena, with Salmon claiming victory. It turned out that the third time was the charm as the Lady Raiders came from behind to defeat the lady Shamrocks 46-43 in Maxcy Hall at SUNY Potsdam. After the first period the Lady Raiders were trailing 18-6 and rallied hard in the second quarter to close the g...
The Lady Red Raiders and the Malone Lady Huskies battled for the Section 10 Class A title at SUNY Potsdam’s Jerry Walsh Gymnasium. Massena held on to claim a 47-41 victory and advance to the semi finals of the Section 10 Overall crown against Hammond Central. Malone’s defensive strategy seemed to focus on trying to shut down Raider forward Alisha Jacobs by keeping an individual defender on her throughout the game. Jacobs was also forced to play part of the game without her glasses when she was h...
The Red Raiders Boys hockey squad methodically shutout a well prepared Canton team, 4-0, in the Division 1 Semi Finals. The Red Raiders chipped away at the Bears each period with the first goal being scored at 8:51 in the first period by Conner Dix off a play by Brantly Adams. At 12:33 into the second period Jayden Wood put the Raiders ahead, 2-0 with assists from Adams and Jake Holcomb. In the third frame Massena added two more goals to insure the win. Luke Bender scored with his signature...
The last time these two teams met it was a tight match with Potsdam prevailing 40-37. A month later on Massena’s home court the rematch was still pretty tight with Potsdam prevailing defensively once again, 38-33. The win puts Potsdam in a tie for the NAC Central Division Standings. If they win over Ogdensburg later in the week they will claim the Championship title. Six Red Raider seniors were honored before the game. “Coach Miller and the boy’s basketball staff would like to honor the six s...
The Lady Raiders basketball team pulled away to 52-30 victory at home over Gouverneur to claim a share of the Central Division banner. Massena closes out its regular season with a 7-1 record and puts them in the top spot along with the Malone Lady Huskies. The night started out with honoring four seniors that will be graduating in June. They are Marissa Truax, Megan Poupore, Emmalyn Dupree and Kallie Barnes. They all have been major contributors to the success of the Red Raider basketball team...
The Lady Raiders had just come off a great win over Franklin Academy and hoped to avenge their previous loss to the Lady Shamrocks. However it wasn’t in the stars as the Lady Shamrocks shut down the Lady Raiders and claimed a 42-19 NAC interdivisional victory at home. At the end of the first quarter the Shamrocks were leading by only two points. In the second and third quarters the Shamrocks really went to work and limited the scoring of the Raiders to four points and six points respectively. I...
The Massena Lady Raiders sent shock waves through the Lady Huskies basketball squad when they handed FA its first league loss with a score of 41-29 at the Massena gymnasium in NAC action. It was a see-saw battle throughout the first three quarters until the Lady Raiders fashioned a 14-4 burst in the fourth to claim the victory and a step closer to the top spot in the Central Division. Alisha Jacobs led all scorers with 15 points which included two three pointers, five boards and three steals...
The Red Raiders went back in time to tight shirts, short shorts, headbands, wristbands and 25-cent hot dogs last Friday night when they hosted the Salmon River Shamrocks on Retro Night. There was nothing retro about the Raiders as they defeated the Shamrocks 65-25 in the NAC Interdivisional match up. At the end of the first quarter Massena had gone ahead 22-8 and went on to score 18 unanswered points in the second quarter. Zack Rusaw sparked the Raiders balanced offense with 18 points while...
The showdown between rivals Massena and Ogdensburg Boy’s basketball teams last Thursday night turned out to be quite a show as Massena battled from behind to win 60-56. The game started with each team hitting three point shots. Late in the first quarter two quick three pointers by Troy Myers and Joe LaBelle put Massena ahead 20-12 but Breton LaRose answered back with a three pointer to close the gap to a five point game. OFA started off the second quarter with two quick three pointers from M...
The Massena Central boys’ basketball team continued their winning ways by defeating Gouverneur, 48-28 in NAC Central Division action last week. Massena had a very balanced attack with nine players scoring points. Troy Myers led the way with 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Zach Russaw tallied nine points while Rhoades Tarbell struck for seven. Zach Hopps contributed five points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals. The highlight of the game was when the Red Raider manager c...
Joe LaBelle scored 19 points to lead the Massena Central varsity boys basketball team to a 73-49 NAC Interdivisional victory over St. Lawrence Central last Friday night at home. Zack Rusaw fired through 12 points along with six blocked shots and three steals. Troy Myers generated 11 points, nine rebounds, six assists and two steals. Senior Zach Hopps tallied eight points, five boards, six assists and two steals. Rhoades Tarbell struck for six points and grabbed six rebounds. Xavier Viskovich...
Senior Luke Bender ensured that the Red Raider Hockey squad would exact some revenge for last year’s Section 10 finals upset by earning a hat trick in the first fourteen minutes of NAC play against the Potsdam Sandstoners. In front of a large fan based crowd, the Raiders came out fast and furious. Bender scored 3 goals, with 2 from the point, to lead the Raiders to an 8-2 win over the Potsdam at the Massena Arena. Also scoring in the first period were Conner Dix and Ryan Chauvin with assists f...
The Lady Red Raiders sailed to a comfortable victory over the Potsdam Sandstoners in a 58-25 NAC Division win at home with Sydney Thompson at the helm. The Lady Raiders opened the game with a 14-9 first quarter run then outscored the Sandstoners 28-8 over the next two quarters leaving Potsdam with a deep hole to overcome. Thompson dropped in 16 points to lead all scorers while teammates Marissa Manley (8 rebounds) and Meagan Poupore netted 7 points each. Marissa Truax ( 7 rebounds), Alisha...
The Salmon River Shamrocks Girls Basketball team avenged last year’s Section 10 finals loss to the Massena Red Raiders by defeating the Lady Raiders, 49-41 last Friday night in Massena. Both teams came ready to play and the first half saw a see saw battle between the two teams. At the end of the first quarter, Salmon River lead, 17-12. In the second quarter the Raiders came roaring back and pulled ahead, 20-17 after an eight-point run. Salmon River standout, Abby Kelly, responded when she c...
The Red Raider Girls Hockey Team was led by eighth grader goalie, Maddy Dillabough, as they shut out the Purple Ghosts of Alexandria Bay, 2-0. Dillabough earned her first high school girl’s hockey shut out performance turning back 24 shots at the Massena Arena. The win puts the Lady Raiders record at 5-5-1 overall and 2-3 in Section 10. Senior Laura Gonzalez scored the only goal in the first period off an assist by sophomore Shannon Casey with only eight seconds left in the period. The second p...
The Massena Red Raider Boys hockey team played host to Malone Franklin Academy last Friday night at the Massena Arena. The Raiders skated away with an 8-0 victory over the Huskies (1-6). The Northern Athletic Conference win gives the Raiders a seven game winning streak and 7-2 overall record. The first period saw single goals from Josh Blair, Ryan Chauvin, Jayden Wood and Jake Kormanyos. In the second period Luke Bender (2 assists), Cullen Baines (2 assists) and Conner Dix (2 assists) each...
The Massena Red Raiders Girl’s Basketball Team are sporting new uniforms as they start off the 2011-2012 season. They are practicing hard in order to defend their Section X Class “A” and Section X Overall Championship this season. In their first game of the season the Massena Red Raiders beat Section VII Beekmantown in a non-league game 51-38 on Monday. Alisha Jacobs fired through a pair of three-pointers and finished with a team-high 18 points as the Lady Raiders fell behind 13-11 by the end o...
The Massena Arena is alive with the sound of hockey skates scratching across the ice and sticks banging against pucks. The Massena Red Raider Boy’s Hockey Team is gearing up to defend their regular season League Championship title for this 2011-2012 hockey season. They ended the 2010-2011 season with a 10-1-1 League Record and 11-8-1 Overall Record. The Raiders lost seven players from last year to graduation and one to Prep school. However, they have a solid core or returning players. R...
The winter sports season is underway in Section X and the Massena girl’s hockey team is looking towards improving last year’s record. “With a 20-game schedule, the Red Raiders are striving to be a competitive force in every game this season and working to improve last year’s overall record of 5-12-2,” comments Coach Jennifer Gray. “We are also looking to secure home ice for the Section X play-offs while working towards the goal of Section X champions.” Returning players are sophomores Sh...
Last Thursday night proved to be girl’s volleyball at it’s finest. The Lady Raiders (Section Class B champs) and the Lady Shamrocks (Section Class C champs) battled back and forth to see who would win bragging rights to say they are the overall Section Champions. After four games the Shamrocks claimed an intense victory over the Raiders, 3-1 in front of a large and loud spectator crowd. Shamrock coach, Nicole Deshaies, was ecstatic over the win “We have had our ups and downs but in the end t...
The Massena Red Raiders improve their record to 4-4 with a third straight win last Friday night at Nicholas field. The Raiders defeated the Governeur Wildcats, 33-8, on the first Louis Trevino Senior night and head into playoffs with a .500 record. Junior Jordy Mitchell had a great night running the ball for the Raiders. He started with an interception of 66 yards to the Wildcat 11 yard line, then a few plays later rushed for 5-yards which resulted in the first Massena touchdown. Mitchell...
