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By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Shamrocks celebrated four graduating senior members of the boys varsity basketball team and four members of the cheerleading team prior to the Tuesday, Feb. 11 basketball game. Tobias Jacobs, who wears #24, wants to become a doctor after enlisting in the U.S. Navy or Marines. "He has won many awards and is looking forward to what the future has in store," Coach Ron LaFrance said during the recognition ceremony. His mother and father are Allena Jacobs and William...
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Shamrocks hosted a recognition ceremony for their four outgoing senior players prior to their Wednesday, Feb. 12 final home game of the season. Delanie Deshane, who wears #10, has been on the varsity team for a year. She wants to attend either SUNY Canton or LeMoyne and study nursing. Her parents and family members are Nina and Sean Benore, Shane, and Krystal Deshane. Sarah Tremblay, who wears #5, has played varsity basketball for two years. She has been...
By Andy Gardner Massena and Salmon River's varsity girls basketball teams have closed out the 2019-2020 regular season and are headed for the opening around of Section 10 playoffs. Massena will contend for the Section 10 Class A championship at SUNY Potsdam on Monday, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. They will play against Franklin Academy. Salmon River will play hosts Potsdam on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 6 p.m., after press deadline for this edition. In their final home game of the season, the Shamrocks played...
By Andy Gardner Massena and Salmon River boys basketball teams are set to compete in Section 10 playoffs now that their regular seasons have concluded. The Raiders will play for the Class A championship at SUNY Potsdam on Monday, Feb. 24 at 7:45 p.m. The Shamrocks will host Potsdam for Class B playoffs on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 6 p.m., after deadline for this edition. In their final regular season home game of the year, Salmon River narrowly fell to Potsdam 56-52. Clayton Jones led Salmon River's o...
By Derrick Lafrance In years past, decades ago, Akwesasne and Cornwall had a fierce rivalry on the lacrosse floor. That spirit has gone dormant since then but earlier this month it was reignited on the ice. The Akwesasne Wolves Midget club had a tilt against the Cornwall Colts in the Upper Canada Minor Hockey League Feb. 11 on Kawehnoke. The Wolves jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on goals by Khyler Johnson and Kyden Burns with Treyton Sunday and Warren Oakes assisting. There was some rough...
Congratulations to the Akwesasne Atom B Wolves on winning gold this past weekend (Feb 14-17) at the Rockland Annual Hockey Tournament. The Wolves placed 7th overall after a 3 game round-robin in the 16 team tournament. They moved on to the quarter-finals where they beat the Cumberland Rockets 4-1. In the semi-finals, they won 3-1 against the home team, the Rockland Nats. Finally, after a lot of hard work, they faced the North Dundas Demons in the championship game and came home with a...
Submitted by Clayton Benedict The North Franklin Shamrocks Peewee team won the gold medal at the CAN AM Hockey Tourney over the weekend in Montreal. This is their third gold medal this year. Players from Akwesasne are Clayton Benedict, Ethan Gibson and Casey Jacobs. Congratulations boys keep up the good work and good luck this weekend in Ogdensburg!...
All youth less than 17 yrs. must be supervised and please wear helmets during scheduled times. To schedule and inquire about availability please call 613-936-1583 #1. Thursday, February 20 3-4:50 Seven Leaf 5-5:50 OTI 6-8:50 AMHA Friday, February 21 3-4:50 Sticks and Pucks 5-8 Gibbs Hockey 8-10 AMHA Saturday, February 22 11:30-12:20 Learn to Skate 1-3:50 AMHA 4-5:50 Glen Walter 6-6:50 A. Francis Party 7-7:50 B. Thompson 8-8:50 Atom Competitive LNHL 9-10:20 J. Marleau Sunday, February 23 9-11:50 AMHA 12-1:20 OTI 1:30-2:50 L. Sunday 3-4:50 K....
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Shamrocks came out on top of two bouts with Potsdam and Plattsburgh, while their counterparts on the Massena Raiders lost by just a single goal to Syracuse. The final score of the Potsdam game was 4-1. "Always a big win if we can beat Potsdam. We have a nice stretch of home games to end the season," Coach Cook Sr. said. Hosts Potsdam posted the first goal of the Wednesday, Feb. 5 tilt, off the stick of Cole Eakins on an unassisted play just over seven minutes...
On Monday, the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe announced, "We are pleased the Generations Park Ice Rink is now open for public use. Niawenko:wa to SRMT Maintenance Staff for helping prepare the ice for the community. Special thanks to Wes "Fuzzy" Benedict, with the assistance of Kenny King and Harvey Arquette. The ice rink will be available as long as the temperatures cooperate."...
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By Andy Gardner The Massena Raiders on Tuesday, Feb. 4 took a few moments to pay tribute to their five graduating senior players. Christopher McGregor has played basketball since fourth grade. Coach Brandon Downs said he "has returned as a strong member of our team this year, after recovering from an injury that ended his junior campaign." He plans to attend either SUNY Cortland or SUNY Potsdam to study physical education. Hayden Amo has played basketball since fifth grade. "He attended...
By Derrick Lafrance The Akwesasne representatives in the Upper Canada Minor hockey league split the night on the Island. The Wolves Bantam club got goals from Ienni Thompson (2), Trysen Sunday and Carter King as they nipped the South Stormont Selects 4-3 on Tuesday, February 4. Sunday also added two assists and Drey Thompson, Carter Jackson, Ryder Sunday and Waksi Rice chipped in with assists. The Wolves ended the first period 3-1, were scoreless in the middle period while the Selects scored...
A banner season for the Salmon River Shamrocks girls varsity hockey team came to an end in state playoffs. The ‘Rocks lost to Section 3 champions the Clinton Warriors on Saturday, Feb. 8 at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, the site of the legendary “Miracle on Ice” during the 1980 Winter Olympics. The final score was 1-0. A scoreless opening stanza saw Clinton reel off six shots compared to just one for the Shamrocks. Then, 4:45 into the middle frame, Drew Kopek took a pass from Abby Kurdziolek to produce the eventual game-winning goal. Salmo...
By Andy Gardner The Raider boys defeated the St. Lawrence Central Larries at home on Tuesday, Feb. 4 by a 57-24 final tally. “Boys played well. Solid night on defense. Chris McGregor had a great night all around. Ethan Firnstein, big night in paint with 11 boards and five blocks,” Coach Brandon Downs said. McGregor scored a game-high 21 points. Ryan Herrick fashioned nine points. Zachary LaBarge tallied eight points. Ethan Barney and Ethan Firnstein scored six points each. Adam Peets notched three points. Two points apiece came from Luke Gre...
All youth less than 17 yrs. must be supervised and please wear helmets during scheduled times. To schedule and inquire about availability please call 613-936-1583 #1. Thursday, February 13 3-4:50 Seven Leaf 5-5:50 OTI 6-8:50 AMHA 9-10 Women Wild Practice Friday, February 14 3-4:50 Sticks and Pucks 5-8 Gibbs Hockey 8-10 AMHA Saturday, February 15 10-10:50 L. Roundpoint 11:30-12:20 Learn to Skate 1-1:50 L. Papineau Party 4-5:50 Glen Walter 7-7:50 B. Thompson 9-10:20 J. Marleau Sunday, February 16 9-11:50 AMHA 12-1:30 OTI 3-3:50 Women Wild vs....
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Shamrocks girls varsity hockey team are the Section 10 champions. They will play in the NYSPHSAA championship tournament Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7 and 8, at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, the venue of the legendary "Miracle on Ice" at the 1980 Winter Olympics. They will play Section 3 champs Clinton on Friday at 6 p.m. Salmon River played Potsdam on Saturday, Feb. 1 at SUNY Potsdam and scored three key goals over five minutes in the second period to win the...
By Andy Gardner Massena and Salmon River's varsity girls and boys basketball teams went head-to-head with the Raiders coming out on top in both games. The boys teams played Friday, Jan. 31 in Massena. The Raiders took an early lead and didn't let go until the final buzzer. They led 18-4 after the first period, 28-10 at halftime, 42-19 after the third period and the final tally was 55-26. Chris McGregor paced Massena with 14 points. Adam Peets and Ethan Firnstein chipped in nine points each....
The Cornwall Prowlers Senior “A” team will play at home Sunday, February 9th in the best 2 out of 3 semifinals versus the Deseronto Bulldogs. Puck drop is 6:30pm at the Civic Complex. Cornwall finished the regular season tied for first place and will be looking to come out strong in the series. Individual regular season awards were swept by the Prowlers: Marc Andre Labelle - most points and most assists Jeff Clarke - most goals Frederick Roy - most goalies win, best goals against and best save percentage We hope to see you all Sunday in our...
By Derrick Lafrance The local Atom club stayed close in the first to the Cornwall Colts club last weekend in Cornwall's Benson Centre, but a second and third period barrage sent them home with 7-1 loss. Wolves goalie Max Barrow was overworked but played a solid game making a few huge saves. Midway through a scoreless first period Hardie David of the Wolves made a big rush, splitting the Colts defense, but lost his edge before getting the shot off alone in front of Cornwall goalie Jacob Fortier....
During a game on the half rink on Kawehnoke last weekend, Kenna Leaf mucks it up behind the net with a player from the Alexandria Glens. Photo: Derrick Lafrance....
The MCA Community Health Program will be offering a community fitness gym at the A’nowara’ko:wa Arena starting February 3! The open gym will be available from Monday-Thursday, 11 AM - 1 PM. For more information, please contact Aaron Jock ([email protected]) or Rachel George ([email protected])....
Akwesasne Child & Family Services and Iakwa’shatste Youth Fitness are excited to co-host the Family Fit Challenge: Survivor Edition at this year’s Akwesasne Winter Carnival! When: Saturday, February 15 Time: 10 AM - 12 PM Where: Tsi Snaihne Recreation Centre The first 10 families to register will go head-to-head in 9 challenges that will test your family physically and mentally, all while spending quality time together! The challenges will take place both indoors and outdoors, so please dress appropriately. For more information, please con...
All youth less than 17 yrs. must be supervised and please wear helmets during scheduled times. To schedule and inquire about availability please call 613-936-1583 #1. Thursday, February 6 3-4:50 Seven Leaf 5-5:50 OTI 6-8:50 AMHA Friday, February 7 3-4:50 Sticks and Pucks 5-8 Gibbs Hockey 8-10 AMHA Saturday, February 8 11:30-12:20 Learn to Skate 12:30-2 AMHA 4-5:50 Glen Walter 6-6:50 N. Lazore Party 9-10:20 J. Marleau Sunday, February 9 9-11:50 AMHA 12-1:30 OTI 3-3:50 Women Wild vs. Mavericks 6:30-7:50 A. Herne 8-9:30 J. Ritchie Law Enforcement...
By Andy Gardner Salmon River applauded their six outgoing senior girls varsity hockey players during their final home game of the season on Monday, Jan. 20. Their graduating members include Karli St. Ann, who wants to study criminal investigation; Rylee Garrow, who wants to study early childhood education; Alexis Seymour, who wants to "go with the flow;" Olivia Moulton, who wants to study political science; Autumn Benedict, who plans to attend Buffalo State and is undecided on a major; and...
