A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Akwesasne's Mohawk Medicine Men fell in two recent home games against the Onondaga Red Hawks and Seneca War Chiefs. Meanwhile, the team's win was upheld in a game against Seneca that had been called short. On June 17, the Medicine Men played the War Chiefs at Massena Arena and the game was called partway through the third period with Mohawk up 9-6. Officials cut the game short for player safety. With humidity that day in Massena hovering around 100 percent, the cement floor was extra slippery an...
Thursday, June 29 4:30-7pm Comm Health (track) 5-9pm AMLA 9-10:30 Jr. B (Practice) Friday, June 30 8pm Jr. B vs. Orillia (Game) Saturday, July 1 9am Tyke 1 vs. Kahnawake 10 Novice 1 vs. Kahnawake 11 Peewee 1 vs. Kahnawake 12 Paperweight vs. Kahnawake 1-9pm Team EON Sport Challenge Festival (Field) 7pm Jr. B (game pending on results of Friday’s game) 9-10:30 Basil Lazore Masters Lacrosse Sunday, July 2 9-1 AMLA 2pm Jr. B (game pending on results of Saturday’s game) 8-9:30pm Women Warriors Monday, July 3 NO FLOOR Tuesday, July 4 5-9 AMLA 8-8 Are...
A hometown match-up between Akwesasne's St. Regis Braves and Snake Island Muskies ended with a 12-3 Braves win. The two teams met up at Massena Arena on Wednesday, June 14. Meanwhile, the junior B Mohawk Medicine Men game was called early, but the Akwesasne contingent still earned a win. In the Braves-Muskies bout, the St. Regis defense and goaltender Torrey Bigtree stood tall, holding their opponents scoreless through the first two stanzas, and allowing three goals in the final period. Braves...
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne is inviting all to attend the grand opening of the A’nowara’kowa Arena’s new outdoor pavilion. The ceremony will be held this Friday, June 23rd at 12 p.m. “On behalf of the Department of Tehotiiennawakon, we would like to take this opportunity to thank our funding partners: the Mohawks of Akwesasne Community Settlement Trust Fund (MACST) and the Akwesasne Economic Development Fund (AEDF),” said Kahnastatsi Jacobs, Arena Manager. “Our community is very fortunate to have this new venue on Kawehno:ke (Cornwall I...
The Cornwall Civic Complex was home to a second live professional boxing event on June 17th, 2017. The event began at 8:00 p.m., with a massive amount of supporters in attendance. The event has been greatly anticipated by many from Cornwall and Akwesasne. The headline matchup being Tony Luis vs. Cam O'Connell, for the NABA Championship belt. Tony Luis being from Cornwall, was proud to be able to fight for the championship belt in front of his hometown. The event was action packed with a fight...
Sat. and Sun. June 24th and 25th Free Fishing Weekend - Same fun events both days!! 10:00 to 11:00am - Watch fish feeding at the nature center 11:00 to 12:00pm - Fish with us at Barnhart Beach 1:00 to 3:00pm - Fish-O-Lympics - timed knot tying, accuracy casting, and plastic fish catching 3:00 to 4:00pm - Fish craft at the nature center Free and fun for all ages!! Sponsored by The New York State Power Authority. For more info. call 315-705-5022....
Thursday, June 22 8-4 Nation Building Turtle Room 4:30-7pm Comm Health (track) 5-9pm AMLA 9-10:30 Jr. B (Practice) Friday, June 23 8-4pm Nation Building Turtle Room 12pm Pavilion Grand opening Ribbon Presentation 12:15- 1:00 Hamburg/hot dog, sausages and salads 1-3pm Elders Bingo 3-6 Kids in the Park (Arts & Crafts, Zumba, Bounce Houses, DJ & Music) 6-8 Crosswinds Band 5-8 AMLA 8-10 Rock and Roller Blade Saturday, June 24 9 Midgets 10 Girls vs. Nepean 11 Peewee1 (or 9-5 AMLA) 1pm Girls Kingston vs. Nepean 3 boys Bantam 1 vs. Kingston 4 Girls...
Submitted by Kanastatsi Jacobs Team Eastern Door & the North is ready to attend the 2017 North American Indigenous Games in Mississauga, Ontario from July 16-23rd. Team EDN is made up of 372 athletes, coaches and managers, with 61 athletes, coaches and mangers coming from Akwesasne. EDN is driven by Respect - Sports Excellence & Team Spirit. Team Eastern Door & the North Akwesasne athletes, coaches, managers and parents meet every Wednesday at 5:30pm in the manager's board office at the...
The Akwesasne Indian's big Founders Cup Championship win came full circle last Sunday as the championship banner signifying the best of Junior "B" lacrosse was given its permanent home at the Anowarako:wa Arena. Former and present players of that championship squad came to the arena before the season finale against the Halton Hills Bulldogs. Guest speakers included Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Chief Ron Lafrance Jr., Mohawk Council of Akwesasne District Chief Steve Thomas and Indians General...
Submitted by Liz Durfee At the end of each sports season, the NYSPHSAA honors those teams and individuals that excel in the classroom. Those student-athletes, teams, and schools work very hard throughout the year and deserve to be recognized for their academic success. To receive Scholar-Athlete team recognition with a certificate, the team's average GPA for 75% of the roster must be greater than or equal to 90.00. The individuals on that team with a 90.00 or above GPA are still eligible to...
All season, parents have been driving their kids to Attack Girls Lacrosse games and sitting on the sidelines cheering on their charges. Earlier this week they had a chance to place against them. Last Monday at Generations Park they had a Parents vs. Kids game and it made for some fun and entertaining lacrosse. After the game everyone enjoyed pizza and socialized with teammates or played on the playground and everyone went home with memories of another successful lacrosse seas...
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The Georgia Swarm captured their first Champion's Cup, winning the National Lacrosse League title by beating the two-time defending champion Saskatchewan Rush 2-0 in the best-of-three final on Saturday, June 10, 2017. Game 2 ended in dramatic fashion as the Swarm forced overtime by scoring with three seconds left in regulation, and then winning the game 57 seconds into overtime on a goal by Miles Thompson. The game-winner was set up by Lyle Thompson, who scored a hat trick in Game 2 and was...
MASSENA – Akwesasne's Mohawk Medicine Men won two recent home games against the Onondaga Red Hawks, a blowout 14-3 win on June 8 and a closer 6-4 bout on May 29. Head Coach Kariwate Mitchell says the team is still in the process of honing in and there have been lineup changes, but he's pleased with the players so far. "I really like what I see, we are getting better each time we hit the floor and that is our objective, to keep improving," he said. "We have a really good mixture of players, t...
Canadian middleweight Ronnie "Rocket" Robidoux never planned to be a boxer. The 5' 7" battler started boxing in 2010 with the intention of moving into martial arts. However, after seven years after first strapping on the gloves, he is growing a reputation as a hard-hitting, smart fighter and certainly not afraid of backing down. His mother, Angela Sunday (Akwesasne) started Ronnie in boxing with the Standing Rock Boxing Club under the tutelage of Atsiaktonkie. Even in 2012 his talent was evident...
Submitted by Kanastatsi Jacobs Team Eastern Door & the North is ready to attend the 2017 North American Indigenous Games in Mississauga, Ontario from July 16-23rd. Team EDN is made up of 372 athletes, coaches and managers, with 61 athletes, coaches and mangers coming from Akwesasne. EDN is driven by Respect - Sports Excellence & Team Spirit. Team Eastern Door & the North Akwesasne athletes, coaches, managers and parents meet every Wednesday at 5:30pm in the manager's board office at the...
MASSENA – The St. Regis Braves decimated the Caughnawaga Indians 20-2 on June 7 at Massena Arena. Caughnawaga's Hank Delisle scored the opening goal just three seconds into the game. He was answered by an 18-goal barrage from the Braves. The Indians managed their other goal just over a minute into the third period. Blake Kenny led offensive efforts with four goals and four assists. Geoff McNulty had two goals and five assists. Ty Thompson scored three goals with three helpers. Brett Bucktooth h...
Thursday, June 15 4:30-7PM Comm Health 5-6 AMLA 8-10 Jr. B Indians vs. Kahnawake (game) Friday, June 16 8-4 Operational Support Turtle Room 5-7 Curtis Lazore Tehotiiennawakon Turtle Room 5-8 AMLA 8-10 Rock and Roller Skate Saturday, June 17 9am AMLA 12:30-3:30 Mallory Benedict Turtle Room 2-3 Mallory Benedict (floor) 6-9 Jr. B Indians vs. Oakville 9-10:30 Basil Lazore Masters Lacrosse Sunday, June 18 9-1 AMLA 1-5 Jr. B vs. Halton Hills Banner Celebration 8-9:30 Women Warriors Monday, June 19 1-4 Nation Building 5-9 AMLA 9-10:30 Akwesasne...
The Akwesasne Storm Peewees came out on top at last weekend's Legends of Lacrosse Memorial Tournament in St. Catharines, Ontario. Ranked sixth overall, the Storm Peewees beat other top-ranked OLA teams Whitby 2 and Cambridge, then survived a rash of penalties and an equipment challenge late in the third period to tie St. Catharines to advance to the semi-final against Clarington on Sunday. Tehokwirathe Barreiro led the way against Clarington in the semi-final, with five goals and an assist....
MASSENA -- The Akwesasne Medicine Men played their inaugural home game against the Seneca War Chiefs to a celebratory opening and an enthusiastic crowd. The game opened with two Akwesasne youth performing a smoke dance, and the artist who created the team's logo being made an honorary member of the team. Hohnegayehwahs Mitchell and Tsiawentiron Mitchell, who are brother and sister, performed the dance to open the game. The team gave a jersey to Akwesasne artist John Thomas, who designed their...
The Georgia Swarm (16-5) took the first game of the NLL Champion's Cup with a come-from-behind victory courtesy of a seven-goal run in the second half to best the Saskatchewan Rush (14-7) with an 18-14 victory at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Field at Infinite Energy Arena. Randy Staats once again broke the ice by scoring the first goal in the contest, an underhand whip. Kiel Matisz followed up with a bouncer to widen the lead to two. Eldest brother Jeremy Thompson retaliated, and Curtis Knight...
MASSENA -- The Snake Island Muskies traded leads with the Caughnawaga Indians and pulled off a last-minute victory at Massena Arena on Wednesday, May 24. The Muskies started on strong note, shutting out the Indians in the first period. Lee Thomas scored both goals at 6:40 and 15:54, with assists from Kariwate Mitchell and Trysten Thomas. The Indians outscored the Muskies in the second period, but were still not able to pull ahead. Chad Norton punched in both Caughnawaga markers at 3:32 and...
Congrats to NYSPHSAA Section X award winners. Salmon River: Academic All Northern, Talon Thompson; Outstanding Sportsmanship, Blaze Benedict; First Team All Northern, Rowisonkies Barnes and Myles Jacobs; Second Team All Northern, Isaiah Skidders. Massena Central School: Kyran Sunday received First Team All Northern and All American and Academic All Northern....
Submitted by Kanastatsi Jacobs, Carrie Benedict, Teena Thompson & Shannon Lazore Team Eastern Door & the North is ready to attend the 2017 North American Indigenous Games in Mississauga, Ontario from July 16-23rd. Team EDN is made up of 372 athletes, coaches and managers, with 61 athletes, coaches and mangers coming from Akwesasne. EDN is driven by Respect - Sports Excellence & Team Spirit. Team EDN #88 Role Models are: Melody & Lylee Horn – Soccer - Kahnawake Jessy James & Paul Cleary – Tra...
An informational meeting for athletes, coaches and managers will be held on Thursday, June 8th at 8:00pm in the Turtle Room at the arena. Team Eastern Door & the North Akwesasne athletes, coaches, managers and parents meet every Wednesday at 5:30pm in the manager’s board office at the A’nowara’ko:wa Arena....
