A Voice from the Eastern Door
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By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Lady Shamrocks wrapped up an undefeated regular season and will play Alexandria in Section 10 semifinals. The winner of that game will go on to play for the Section 10 title on Saturday, Feb. 1 at SUNY Potsdam. The semifinal game was to have been played Wednesday, Jan. 29, after press deadline for this edition. Salmon River defeated Potsdam, Massena and Plattsburgh to close out their perfect regular season. They squared off against hosts Massena on Wednesday,...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Lady Raiders played a close game against Norwood-Norfolk and the Salmon River Shamrocks boys had similar luck against Colton-Pierrepont. Massena walked away with a 53-47 win on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Nova LeGrow scored 12 points to spark the Raiders offense. Hayleigh Armstrong tallied 10 points. Kylee Kellison paced N-N with a game high of 19 points. The same night, the Salmon River boys claimed a 43-37 win over the Colton-Pierrepont Colts. Hawi Cook-Francis led the Shamrocks offensively with 17 points. Tim Farns led C-P...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Lady Raiders recently honored four senior players who will graduate this year. They include Margaret Wilmshurst, Kylie Letham, Emma Kormanyos and Lindsey Ladue, who all play forward. Wilmshurst and Letham, along with underclass teammates Lindsey Ladue and Hannah Chilton, are team captains. Their head coach is Greg Paquin. Assistant coaches are Taylor Zappia and Alex Kormanyos. The seniors were honored during the Wednesday, Jan. 15 home game at Massena Arena versus...
By Derrick Lafrance Every Tuesday the Kanatakon School gym opens up and a group of guys get together and have some fun. Equipment is piled up ready to use and snacks are provided. The weekly event is sponsored by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne's Wholistic Health and Wellness program. Their goal is to promote activities for staying active, healthy and sober. Until this year the weekly event was held on Kawehnoke but has moved to the Kanatakon School. Everyone is welcome to come in on Tuesday...
Team Ontario is hosting hockey tryouts for the 2020 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships! This is open to all indigenous youth residing in Ontario that are Bantam and Midget-aged players. Tryouts in Akwesasne will be held March 1, 2020 at the Anowarakowa Arena. Online registration is required prior to the event. Register online at https://my.iswo.ca/start/....
By Andy Gardner The Massena Raiders and Salmon River Shamrocks played a neck-and-neck hockey game that went into overtime and Massena clinched 5-4. After a scoreless first period, both teams rattled off two goals in the middle stanza and then two more each in the third frame before Massena's Mikey Kuhn fired in the game-winner in overtime. Raiders goalie Ben Rogers lent a big hand to their win, finishing the tilt with tally of 39 saves. Salmon River goalie Ryan Oakes Jr. made 18 saves. Alex...
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, January 30 3-4:50 Seven Leaf 5-5:50 OTI 6-8:50 AMHA 9-10 Women Wild Friday, January 31 3-4:50 Sticks and Pucks 5-8 Gibbs Hockey 8-10 AMHA Saturday, February 1 8:30-11:20 AMHA 11:30-12:20 Learn to Skate 12:30-3:20 AMHA 4-5:50 Glen Walter 6-6:50 L. Steer Vachon 7-7:50 9-10:20 J. Marleau Sunday, February 2 9-11:50 AMHA 12-1:30 OTI 1:30-2:50 M. Bissonnette 3-3:50 Women Wild...
By Derrick Lafrance Call it the return of North Franklin girls hockey. For the past several weeks a team of dedicated under 10-year-old girls have been hitting the ice playing a game they love. The Lady Luck team recently held a scrimmage against the North Franklin Squirts and came up on the wrong end of a 6-0 loss. On the boys side Keylin Francis led with three goals and Bryce Benore added two. Clayton Thompson rounded out the scoring. The 10U Lady Lucks are in their first season of play and...
By Derrick Lafrance A wild penalty-filled loss for the Akwesasne Peewees. On Wednesday, January 22 the South Stormont Selects visited Kawehnoke and took home two points in a 6-3 win. The first period the Selects took a 2-0 lead and each team scored one goal apiece in the middle frame. Dash Adams scored for the Wolves on a wristshot with Luke Lazore assisting. In the final period things got chippy with the penalty boxes quickly filling up for 38 p.i.m. and South Stormont outscoring the Wolves...
By Andy Gardner Massena split two games against Canton and Potsdam as the Shamrocks were unsuccessful against Malone and Ogdensburg. Tori Jacobs scored 16 points as Massena went on to defeat Potsdam 58-37 on Wednesday, Jan. 15 in Potsdam. Tsiakoseriio David notched 10 points and Nova LeGrow chipped in 11. Julia Basford paced Potsdam with 19 points. In the Monday, Jan. 13 game the Raiders lost to Canton, the final score was quite close -- 52-50. Tsiakoseriio David paced Massena's offense with 18...
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Shamrocks were shut out by the Norwood-Norfolk Icemen 2-0 on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at Dominic Zappia Arena in Norfolk. Salmon River netminder Ryan Oakes Jr. stood tall in the net with 27 saves. Ryley Ashley scored what would hold up as the game-winner, with helpers from Jude Lauzon and Robert Voss. Jayden Grant connected for the insurance goal on a play set up by John McCall. Icemen goalie Thomas Cafarella turned aside 22 shots. The Massena Raiders broke open a stal...
With the classic traditions of Ice Carnivals of the past, and the modern touches of fireworks and an ice carver demonstration, Clarkson University’s Cold Out Gold Out winter celebration is back for the fifth year in a row. The North Country is invited to join students and alumni for a weekend of hockey, outdoor ice skating, hot chocolate, horse-drawn carriage rides and more on Friday and Saturday, January 24 & 25. The Clarkson men’s hockey team will play two games against Arizona State University on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. The...
By Derrick Lafrance The two Akwesasne Representatives in the Upper Canada Minor Hockey League saw action splitting the two. On Saturday, January 18 the Bantam B Rep Wolves hosted the Cornwall Colts on Kawehnoke and won 3-1. The Colts scored first in the game – Daniel Stefanich on a rebound from Addison Oakes-Cook, but the rest of the match belonged to Akwesasne and Trysen Sunday scored all three markers. Two of Sunday's goals came in the first period and his hat trick was completed with an empty...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Raiders broke even in games against Canton and Potsdam, and the Salmon River Shamrocks boys lost two straight against Malone and Ogdensburg. Massena defeated the Potsdam Sandstoners on Friday, Jan. 17. Massena leapt out to a 10-6 lead after the first quarter and was up 29-17 at halftime. They continued their domination by posting a 37-28 score at the end of the third quarter en route to a 58-47 final tally. Zachary LaBarge led Massena with 14 points. Ethan Firnstein punched in 12 points. Luke Greco had an 11-point ga...
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Lady Shamrocks defeated Massena, Malone and Canton to keep a grip on an undefeated 2019-2020 record. Their win over Massena was Tuesday, Jan. 14 at Tom Cavanaugh Arena in Fort Covington. It was a 6-0 shutout performance. Makhia Snyder scored twice to spark the SRC offense. Alexis Seymour scored the only goal the ‘Rocks needed 5:22 into the opening frame, on a play set up by Jaryn Chubb. Carli Cartier turned aside all 20 shots fired her way. Karli St. Ann had a goal and two helpers. Hannah Johnson and K...
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Shamrocks and Ogdensburg Free Academy Blue Devils recognized their referees during their Friday, Jan. 17 game. The captains of the teams applauded their refs, Steve Ansari and Brian Gale, to mark Officials Appreciation Week, SRC Coach Shawn Martin said. The two officials posed for a photo with the captains of both teams: Kamea Thomas and Meg Martin from Salmon River, and Hailey Reed, Riley Hough, Gabrielle Morley, Emily Farrand and Celia Henry from OFA. The Blue...
By Derrick Lafrance Beginner hockey players got some playing experience last weekend at Salmon River. The North Franklin Hockey league hosted the event with teams coming from Ogdensburg, Massena and Louisville. There were three teams from the host club and another local team were from the Akwesasne Wolves program. For those unfamiliar with the Mites, they section off the rink and two teams give it their all for twenty minutes. When a team scores there is no time for high fives because play...
By Derrick Lafrance Another week of the kids honing their basketball skills. Last weekend at Salmon River the Kindergarten through Grade Two had the gym with coach Shawn Martin putting the players through their paces. In addition to this group the grades divisions are Three and Four and Grades Five and Six each alternating days of the week....
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, January 23 3-4:50 Seven Leaf 5-5:50 OTI 6-8:50 AMHA 9-10 Women Wild Friday, January 24 3-4:50 Sticks and Pucks 5-8 Gibbs Hockey 8-10 AMHA Saturday, January 25 8:30-11:20 AMHA 11:30-12:20 Learn to Skate 12:30-3:20 AMHA 4-5:50 Glen Walter 6-6:50 A. Barnes Party 7-7:50 Aronhiaies Herne 9-10:20 J. Marleau Sunday, January 26 9-11:50 AMHA 12-1:30 OTI 1:30-2:50 M. Bissonnette...
By: Jaclyn Hall The A'nowara'ko:wa Arena was host to the 8th Annual Law Enforcement Hockey Tournament which took place beginning Thursday, January 9th and ending Friday, January 10th. The tournament was organized by the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service. Each AMPS chooses a recipient who will receive money raised during the hockey tournament. "This year we chose the Caring Hearts of Akwesasne, every year we choose a different cause to receive the money raised during the tournament," stated...
Last week the NF club hosted Massena on the half rink. Several Akwesasne players played for both teams and it was an entertaining hour of hockey. Photo: Derrick Lafrance....
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River girls and boys both beat Potsdam, and Massena's girls and boys both triumphed over Gouverneur during the week of Jan. 6. In Potsdam on Friday, Dec. 10, the Shamrocks jumped out to a 45-18 halftime lead and nailed 12 three pointers en route to a 61-52 win. PJ Ghostlaw led the offense with 14 points, including four of their three-point shots. Clayton Jones tallied 13 points. Kyran Skidders and Hawi Francis-Cook each scored 10 points. Donovan Lazore fashioned five...
While the minor hockey players are busy on the Salmon River ice getting ready for varsity, the young basketball players are just as hard at work at the Salmon River gymnasium doing the same. Above are the five and six age category getting acquainted. The North Franklin youth basketball program runs all week with this group sharing the gym with 3/4 and K2. Photo: Derrick Lafrance....
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Lady Shamrocks maintained a perfect record with their 12th 2019-2020 win over Alexandria Bay at home on Friday, Jan. 10. The previous evening, the varsity hockey contingent defeated Plattsburgh 4-3 in a tilt on their home ice, Tom Cavanaugh Arena in Fort Covington. The teams went back and forth right until the end. With the scoreboard knotted 3-3, Makhia Snyder got ahold of the puck and scored what would prove to be the game winner, with just 41 seconds left on the clock. The play was set up by Karli St. Ann...
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, January 16 3-4:50 Seven Leaf 5-5:50 OTI 6-8:50 AMHA 9-10 Women Wild Friday, January 17 3-4:50 Sticks and Pucks 5-8 Gibbs Hockey 8-10 AMHA Saturday, January 18 9-11:20 For Rent 11:30-12:20 Learn to Skate 12:30-3:20 AMHA 4-5:50 Glen Walter 6-7:20 L. Barnes 9-10:20 J. Marleau Sunday, January 19 9-11:50 AMHA 12-1:30 OTI 3-3:50 Lisa Steer 5-6:50 C. Thomas Girls Hockey 8-9:30...
