Curlers claim Adams trophy

 

Although it was certainly far from the largest track and field team Seaway District High School has fielded, it had its moments, particularly at the senior girls level.

Leading this year’s Seaway team were veteran athletes Jessica Thompson and  Gillian Beatson who won the top one and two spots at the SD&G meeting held at St. Lawrence High School in May.

Both are established track and field athletes and both train with the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club.

Thompson scored the overall top senior girl award at the SD&G with gold medal finishes in the sprint hurdles, the 400m hurdles and the 400m.

Beatson was second with gold medal wins in long jump and the 200m, and a second behind her teammate in the sprint hurdles.

“They are both athletic kids” said Seaway track and field coach Trevor Thompson. “They are very talented and very good at individual sports. Both are successful figure skaters.”

Unfortunately, Seaway’s track team will be saying goodbye to Thompson who is in her final high school year.

According to coach Thompson, she is planning to attend the University of Windsor, “and is hoping to run track and field with them next year.”

Both of the girls advanced from the SD&G to EOSSAA which was held in Belleville.

Thompson qualified for the East  Regional with a third in the 400m hurdles at EOSSAA and a fourth in sprints.

Although she competed at Regional, she wasn’t feeling well and did not complete her events.

Beatson claimed a third place finish in long jump at EOS
SAA but did not compete at Regionals.

Another highlight for Seaway was an SD&G gold medal win by Brodie Casselman in the senior boys 200m. Casselman also qualified for EOSSAA in the 100m. He competed in both at EOSSAA but did not claim a East Region qualifying position. 

Also at the SD&G senior boys level, Monty Hamadi qualified for EOSSAA in the 400m. He did not compete at EOSSAA.

Ryan Douma qualified in shotput and the 400m hurdles at the SD&G and distance runner Denzil Barkley qualified in the 1500m and 3000m.

Neither was able to advance out of their EOSSAA  events.

At the midget level, runner Riley Barry won the SD&G 100m and qualified in the 200 and 400m runs.

Matching him was Ali VanHoof who picked up a gold medal in triple jump and qualifying finishes in the 300 and 800m hurdles.

Neither of the two advanced past EOSSAA.

Overall, the kids worked hard,” said Thompson. “We started in the second week of March and travelled to three invitational meets.”

“For the most part, they all achieved personal bests. I really enjoyed working with them all. They are all great kids.

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All bets were off when the South Dundas Peewee C Lions and the NGS Braves hit the ice in Morrisburg, Sunday, February 22, for game three of their four-point UCMHLplayoff series.

The seesaw battle got started on Morrisburg ice last Thursday, February 19 with a very decisive Lions 6-0 victory. It resumed in Finch on Saturday, February 21 where the Braves turned it around to score a very decisive 6-0 victory of their own and send the series to a third game.

So when the two teams hit the ice on Sunday, in Morrisburg, it was very much either team’s game to win. And it was a hard fought battle with the Lions coming out on top by a 5-3 score to claim the series four points to two.

Nathen Verhey, unassisted, scored the lone goal of the first period for the Lions, and the 1-0 advantage held until early in the second when he collected his second for a 2-0 Lions lead.

The Braves charged back, with goals from Johnny McAdams at 8:11 of the second and Logan Villeneuve at 10>43 of the 15 minute period. That tied it and that’s the way it stayed through the second period.

Then 2:33 into the third period, Devon Swindells, got help from Ben Wiltshire to put the Lions up 3-2.  

That lasted until 10:22 when Verhey scored his third unassisted goal of the game to give the Lions a little space with a 4-2 advantage.

Jordan Evans got one back for the Braves with 44 second left on the clock, but that would be it.

Collin VanHoof, from Scott Brooks, counted the Lions final goal  to make it 5-3 and allow the Lions to claim the series.

It was a big game for Nathen Verhey who registered his 25th goal of the season.

The series opened Thursday night, February 19 in Morrisburg, with a 6-0 Lions victory.

The Lions hit the ice fully charged to go up 4-0 in the first period on goals from Devon Swindells (from Nathen Verhey), Mackenzie McKee-Markell (from Maclean Machon),  Machon (from Callahan Staye) and Verhey (from Scott Brooks and Swindells).

After a scoreless second period, McKee-Markell set up Jeffrey McPail to make it 5-0 Lions early in the third period.

Swindells counted the final Lions goal with just over a minute left in the game to complete the 6-0 victory.

Derrik Jansen was in net for the Lions shutout.

Then in Finch, on Saturday it was a different hockey game as a charged up Mackinnley MacKillican put the Braves up 3-0 with a hat trick performance.  He started it early in the first period and then added his next two counters in the second.

The Braves added another three unanswered third period goals from the sticks of Bryce McCrae, Tristan Leduc and Yannick Vaillancourt for the 6-0 win.

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  For the second consecutive year, David Lapier will be back at the helm of the South Dundas Minor Hockey Association.  Lapier, who was not present, was reelected at the association’s annual general meeting this […]