A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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History was made last Saturday morning as the Akwesasne Eagles Youth Flag Football Teams took to their home field at Generations Park for the first time ever. The Akwesasne Eagles faced off against the Massena Red teams with the age of students on each team ranging from Kindergarten to Grade 2. Team founders are Tsiorasa Barreiro, Rasennes Pembleton and Pamela Pembleton, with the original plan to have only one team but after the overwhelming response of interest there were enough players to...
On Sunday July 26, the Akwesasne Storm Peanuts lacrosse team, coached by Robert Francis, traveled to Kahnawa:ke to play a game. The boys played hard despite only seven players and took a loss on the day. The boys and their parent volunteers had a great time. Sakaronhiotane Thompson played the entire game in goal. Peanut practices had been disrupted by the bridge closure but are now back on track every Tuesday and Thursday at 5 p.m. on the Island. It is planned for practices to continue up...
Buffalo – Clinging to a one goal lead with less than a minute remaining and facing six Portland LumberJax shooters in the 2008 NLL Champions Cup Final, the Buffalo Bandits relied on their signature defensive attitude to will themselves to a title. The future and present of Akwesasne lacrosse met at the buzzer when Mike Thompson turned away 18 year-old rookie Peter Jacobs’ twelve foot blast with less than a second remaining. Once it was clear Jacobs’ shot did not find the net the fans at the H...
