A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
Jay Chubb (12) gets into good body position for the ground ball in the Shamrock 18-3 win over SLC.
Isaiah Skidders beats the Larrie keeper to earn one of his two goals.
A SLC player uses aggressive defense against Iekwenienstha Mitchell (13). Mitchell broke through to score a goal for the Shamrocks.
Tatyana Papineau (14) makes a move on a Massena defender. Papineau earned a goal in the Shamrock-Massena matchup.
Avery Benedict-Swamp races past the strong defense of a Massena player to score a goal for the Shamrocks.
Shamrocks Halle Cook (15) and Ieneratokwas Swamp (11) try to create a turnover by pressing a Massena player.
Dava Thompson prepares to make the save. Thompson recorded 11 saves in the Massena game.
Shamrock Laxmen net win over Potsdam
The Salmon River boys' varsity lacrosse team hosted Potsdam on Monday, May 9, and continued its winning ways. The Shamrocks worked their way to a 7-1 halftime lead before going on to win 15-2.
Konnor Sunday (4 assists) and Tanner Tarbell sparked the Shamrock offense with three goals apiece. Skkylar Thomas added two goals while solo goals came off the sticks of Norman King (2 assists), Alan Jacobs (2 assists), Myles Jacobs, Isaiah Skidders, Osenadehka Mitchell, Cash Mitchell and Blaze Benedict. Kaleb Rathburn and Carter Brown struck for the Potsdam goals.
Troi Benedict turned aside six shots for the Shamrock win while Jacob Cray stopped three shots for the Sandstoners.
SR-18, SLC-3
The Salmon River boys' varsity lacrosse easily handled St. Lawrence on Wednesday at home by a score of 18-3. The Shamrocks scored seven unanswered goals in the first quarter but ran into some penalties in the second quarter. The Larries capitalized with the one man advantage to score a pair of goals. However, the Shamrocks held a convincing 10-2 lead at the half.
Salmon River went on to score five goals in the third to the Larries singleton to enter the fourth with a 15-3 lead. The Shamrocks held the Larries scoreless in the fourth while scoring three to take the 18-3 win.
Alan Jacobs took the offensive lead with four goals and two helpers. Thomas Thompson, Tanner Tarbell and Memphis Mitchell struck for two goals each, while Cash Mitchell, Jay Chubb, Talon Thompson, Myles Jacobs and Osenadehka Mitchell each chipped in a singleton. Troi Benedict stopped 11 shots in the Shamrock win.
Drew Rose, Jake Sutton and Luke Collins recorded solo markers for SLC.
Canton-17, SR-6
The Shamrock eight-year winning streak ended on Thursday in Canton when the Golden Bears rallied to a convincing 17-6 win.
"I'm not sure what to say right now. I've never been in this position before," said SR coach Jim Barnes. "I had a feeling on the bus before the game that we might be in trouble today. We were a little slow, a little lackadaisical and it showed. Give Canton the credit. They came with a lot of energy. They had the fire."
Skkylar Thomas led the Shamrock offense with two goals and two assists. Raienteres Oakes tallied two goals while Cash Mitchell and Tanner Tarbell each produced a goal and Norman King recorded two helpers. Troi Benedict turned aside seven shots for Salmon River.
"Streaks end" said Barnes. "We knew this was going to be a tough game and if we had to lose, it's better to lose now than in playoffs. In that way, it's good this happened. This is a first for all of us and how we react is going to be important."
Girl's Lacrosse
Salmon River-14, OFA-4
On Monday, May 9, the Salmon River girls' varsity lacrosse team hosted OFA and notched a 14-4 win to keep them atop the NAC standings.
Jadie Burns sparked the Shamrock attack with five goals and an assist while teammates Tatyana Papineau (3 assists) and Meg Martin (2 assists) added three goals apiece. Avery Benedict struck for two goals while a singleton came off the stick of Marietta Jock. Geena Terrance contributed an assist to the win.
Dava Thompson (4 saves) and Brounetta Terrance (2 saves) stood tall in the net with a combined six saves for the Shamrock win.
Massena-9, Salmon River-4
On Friday the Salmon River girls' varsity lacrosse team suffered its first league loss of the season, at home, to Massena in a 9-4 decision.
The Shamrocks got on the scoreboard first at the mark. The two teams traded goals in the first half with Massena leading 5-4 at the break.
Massena rallied in the second half to score four unanswered goals for the win.
Marietta Jock, Tatyana Papineau, Avery Benedict and Jadie Burns struck for the Salmon River goals. The Shamrock bench has been shortened due to injuries but the team members left have been going the distance for the Shamrocks.
Devin Kelly led the Massena offense with three goals and two assists. Teammate Abby LaClair added two more goals while Kyrsten Stone, Katelyn Kennedy and Maddi Dillabough produced solo markers.
Dava Thompson worked the Shamrock crease for 11 saves while Gisele Todd made six saves for the Massena win.
Softball
Massena-9, Salmon River-2
The Salmon River varsity softball team hosted Massena on Thursday with the 9-2 win going to Massena.
The score was even at 2-2 going into the third inning when Massena went ahead with three runs and capitalized on four Shamrock errors in the fourth to produce four more runs.
Amber Thomas picked up the win for Massena. She limited the Shamrocks to six hits, walked one and struck out five.
Brittany Brooks walked three, struck out four while giving up 10 hits.
Brittany Streeter and Kelly Southwick each finished with a single and a double to lead Massena's offense. Sydnee Carroll produced a two-hit homer while Alyssa Eubank and Reaghan and Camryn Peets connected for singles.
Tiffany Conners made lead offensive contributions with two hits while Brooks had a two-bagger. Tsiiowisonte Laffin, Kera Ghostlaw and Lauren Martin produced solo hits.
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