A Voice from the Eastern Door
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By Andy Gardner. Salmon River’s girls soccer squadron downed Malone 4-3 in a close overtime game. Meanwhile, the Massena Raiders volleyball team swept Madrid-Waddington and Potsdam. Monday, Oct. 3, girls soccer, Salmon River 4 Malone 3 – Makenna Manson booted in two key goals. The first tied the game late in the second half. The other was the game-winner in overtime. Ryanne Lafrance scored Salmon River’s first goal with 15:30 left in the first half. The Huskies pulled ahead to a 3-1 lead in the first half and held on until Leyla Snyder spark...
The Salmon River Shamrocks claimed girls and boys soccer wins over General Brown, Gouverneur, Canton and Potsdam. Meanwhile, Massena’s soccer contingents were victorious against Ogdensburg, Canton and Gouverneur. The Raiders’ football squadron lost a close game to Gouverneur. The Raiders also took consecutive volleyball wins over Chateaugay and Clifton-Fine. Saturday, Sept. 24, boys soccer, Salmon River 1 General Brown 0 – Chase Lewis scored the only goal the ‘Rocks would need in the 24th minute. Rick Chatland helped set up the play. Ryan Bo...
In recent Massena and Salmon River sports action, the Shamrocks came out ahead of the Raiders in a boys soccer game that went into overtime. In a volleyball contest, Massena defeated Salmon 3-2. Also, the Raiders shut out Malone in girls soccer. Monday, Sept. 19, volleyball, Massena 3 Salmon River 2 – Salmon River started with an early lead, winning the first two sets 25-17 and 25-20. Massena came back and swept the next three sets by respective scores of 25-13, 25-19 and 15-4. Alison Lazore tallied a service point, two kills and two blocks. E...
FORT COVINGTON – The year was 1975. Microsoft had just been born, "Jaws" was out in theaters and the price of gasoline hovered around 57 cents per gallon. It was also when Salmon River Central School District last had its own football program. This all changes for the 2022-23 school year. Salmon River has launched an entirely new football program from the ground up, nearly five decades later. The new Salmon River Modified Football team is made up of seventh, eighth and ninth graders. After j...
The Akwesasne Eagles flag football team ended their season on Saturday, Sept 17 with an eight-team tournament held at Generations Park. Flag football is for children in kindergarten to grade 2. The Akwesasne Eagles team hosted two teams each from Canton, Potsdam, Malone and North Franklin and a Tri-Town team. Flag football for these young players included two coaches on the field along with one referee. Tsiorasa Barreiro, along with other parents started this league nearly years ago when his...
By Andy Gardner. The Massena Raiders beat the Brushton-Moira Panthers on Friday, Sept. 10 on the road. They swept the game with scores of 25-14, 25-18 and 25-8. Payton Benson led the Massena offense with 14 points and five aces. Ella Murtaugh scored nine points with six aces, seven kills and an assist. Allison Lazore scored five points with an ace and three kills. Katelyn Benham tallied six points, two aces, 13 assists and three kills. Keely Bova notched six points, two aces and a kill. Makenna Cameron pitched in two kills and three came from...
The Haudenosaunee Nationals returned home from the 2022 World Lacrosse Men's U21 games in Limerick, Ireland with a bronze medal. At the start of the games, a prayer was recited, "We ask the Creator to watch over these men gathered here during this game so that no harm will come to them. We ask The Creator to watch over all those who come to enjoy this game of lacrosse. We ask The Creator, as the games conclude, to safely return all to their homelands, located in each of the four directions of...
The 2022 IIJL World Junior Lacrosse Championship semifinal lived up to all the expectations. Despite trailing after 30 minutes, Haudenosaunee found a new gear in the second half, leading them to another championship berth with a 14-12 win over USA in the Canada Life Centre on Saturday (Aug.13). Cooper Demallie opened the scoring for the United States 2:45 into the opening quarter, but it was Owen Vanloon who responded for their opponents 36 seconds later. Ross Hill scored his second of the game with 5:41 left in the opening frame to give...
After a two-year hiatus, the Akwesasne Little Men returned to the Williamstown Fair to defend their 2019 Championship Tug of War title. On Sunday, as hot as it was that day, twelve "260lbs+, somewhat athletic, with a strong heart and mind," men stepped onto the field to do their best. The Akwesasne Little Men have participated in tug of war throughout the North Country and Southern Ontario. The popular team came up short this year, placing fourth and missing a few key teammates who had prior...
By Andy Gardner. FORT COVINGTON – For the first time in over 40 years, Salmon River Central will field a football team. The modified squadron will be for boys in grades seven, eight and nine. The head coaches will be James Barnes, also a Salmon River physical education teacher, and Andrew Kershner, who teaches second grade at SRC. "It's probably been in the works for a couple years now. (Superintendent of Schools) Dr. Stanley Harper wanted to being in another option for boys here. He s...
By Andy Gardner. AKWESASNE – The Akwesasne Indians 2022 season came to a close in the third round of Ontario Junior B Lacrosse Association playoffs. The Indians won their way into the third round after sweeping the Clarington Green Gaels in a best-of-five round two. That series closed with an anxious victory for Akwesasne - 8-7 on Friday, July 15 at Garnet B. Rickard Rec Complex. The Gaels started the game with a 2-0 lead, after scoring the opening goals respectively at 1:54 and 2:36. The I...
Teammates on the Akwesasne Ride U15 Lacrosse team gathered on Tuesday evening to present an extraordinary quilt to Konwanahktotha Sargent, manager of the Friends of the Akwesasne School, a not-for-profit foundation supporting AFS. This one-of-a-kind handmade quilt was made by Renee Adams and purchased by the girls lacrosse team. This unique quilt honoring and remembering Indigenous children from across Canada and the United States who were forced in residential schools, forced into...
By Andy Gardner. An Akwesasne woman designed a ribbon skirt to honor Team Ireland's withdrawing from the next World Games lacrosse bracket and giving their spot to the Haudenosaunee Nationals, formerly known as the Iroquois Nationals. They competed in the World Games and finished in fifth place, while the Nationals women took seventh in their bracket. "I just want to thank Team Ireland for doing that. It meant so much to Indian country. It meant a lot and inspired me to do this," Cheyenne...
By Andy Gardner. The Akwesasne Indians defeated the Gloucester Griffins in the opening round of Ontario Junior B Lacrosse Association playoffs. They've moved on to face the Clarington Green Gaels in the next round and have beat them in two games so far. Akwesasne needs just one more win in the best-of-five series to advance further. The next game is slated for Friday, July 15 at 8:30 p.m. at Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex in Bowmanville, Ont. Games four and five, if needed, are slated at t...
Akwesasne Storm participated in the Ray Broadworth Memorial Tournament in Gloucester this past weekend. Gloucester, Sudbury and Kahnawake also took part. Akwesasne Novice came up short with a loss to Gloucester 6-4. The U9 Akwesasne Storm also came up short but proudly winning silver to Kahnawake. After playing against Gloucester, Sudbury and Kahnawake, they worked their way to the final game against Kahnawake. In a nail biting – all out fast game, Akwesasne Storm lost for the first time ever a...
By Andy Gardner. The Snake Island Muskies took their first victory of the 2022 season, a razor-thin win at Cornwall Civic Complex against the Kahnawake Mohawks on Friday, June 24. After trailing 2-0 going into the second period, the Muskies rallied to tie the game 7-7 going into the final stanza that came down to the last goal. At 2:51 in the second period, Andrew Lazore passed to Tristan Thompson who found the back of the Kahnawake net for the first Snake Island goal. Twenty seconds later, Joe Hall tied the game on a play set up by Thompson...
By Andy Gardner. The Akwesasne Indians’ 2022 regular season finished on a high note with an exciting win over the Nepean Knights at Anowarakowa Arena. Monday, June 20, Indians 9 Knights 7: A neck-and-neck game ended with a game-winning goal from Stone Chubb with just over five minutes left in regulation. He got the ball from Carey Terrance Jr. and found the back of the Nepean net at 14:38 in the third period, with Terrance following up with an unassisted insurance goal 4:12 later. The game started with an Akwesasne goal from Zack Gignac at 2:53...
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Shamrocks girls lacrosse team’s season came to an end in state playoffs, closing out a show-stopping 2022 season. The defeat was their first loss since before the COVID-19 pandemic. They played Skaneateles in the Class D subregional game. The final score was 14-3. Wynter Jock, Tallis Tarbell and Kawenokwiio Mitchell scored Salmon River’s goals. The Lakers took control of the game in the first half, including a six-goal rally before the halftime buzzer with the scoreboard reading 9-1. The Salmon River boys lac...
BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin College Athletic Department has announced the hiring of Abby Kelly as assistant coach for the Polar Bear women's basketball team. A 2019 graduate of Bowdoin, Kelly has been an assistant coach at Noble & Greenough School for the last three years and will join new head coach Megan Phelps in her first year at the helm of the Polar Bears. One of the most decorated players in program history, Kelly was the 2019 NESCAC Player of the Year, a First Team All-American and ca...
The Akwesasne Storm U9 lacrosse team took a beating on Friday to come back and win on Saturday against Kahnawake. The young players took their loss well and regrouped to win 12 to 2 the next day. The boys play hard, had fun and were led by a great coaching staff, Head Coach Brandon Swamp and assisted by Chad Thompson, John Jacobs and Blake Diabo. Their next game is Saturday in Kahnawake....
Salmon River's baseball team, girls lacrosse team and boys lacrosse team each won their Section X titles....
By Andy Gardner. The Salmon River Shamrocks easily clinched a third consecutive Section 10 title over the Canton Golden Bears and are headed to state finals. They advanced in the Class D bracket at Jamesville-Dewitt on Thursday, June 2. The Shamrocks built a 14-1 lead in the Thursday, May 26 game at Potsdam High School by halftime and went on to win 18-4. Section 10 MVP Wynter Jock led the Shamrocks offense with six goals and an assist. Tallis Tarbell scored four goals. Joryan Adams scored...
By Andy Gardner. The Salmon River Shamrocks boys varsity lacrosse team won the Section 10 championship over Ogdensburg by a final score of 12-5 at Potsdam High School. The game went back-and-forth through the early stages before the 'Rocks took control, culminating in six unanswered goals and a shutout fourth quarter, and held on to take the sectional crown. Salmon River advanced to the Class D bracket in regional playoffs at Potsdam High School on Saturday at 12:30 p.m., against the winner of...
The Ottawa Kids Marathon is a chance for kids ages 5-12 to take part in the excitement of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend-and stay active through the spring months. Young marathoners check off kilometers daily or weekly by running or walking in the weeks leading up to the race at their local school or clubs. On May 28, 2022, they'll run or walk their final 1.2 kilometers on the real Tartan Ottawa International Marathon racecourse adding up to a grand total of 42.2 kilometers: a real marathon. E...
Salmon River honored graduating lacrosse players at the Massena Central – Salmon Lacrosse game on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Thirteen lacrosse players will be graduating this June, with many of them having played for several years. Most prominent in their favorite memories is winning the Section X Lacrosse Championship in 2019. Coach Jim Barnes brought each senior and their parents to honor them for their hard work and sportsmanship. Salmon won the game 12 to 7. Tryton Benedict, parents Carrie B...
