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Last Wednesday, October 15, the Morrisburg Junior B Lions were in Brockville where the Tikis nabbed them for a 7-2 win.

Then on Friday, October 17, the Tikis lost to the Westport Rideaus, 6-1.

On Saturday night in Morrisburg, the Lions turned it completely around to defeat the Rideaus, 13-6.

The Brockville Tikis are in second place in the Rideau Division with 13 points, four points behind the Prescott Flyers. The Rideaus are in last place with nine points.

The Lions, thanks to the Saturday night win against the Rideaus, have moved into fifth place in the St. Lawrence Division, two points up on the Char-Lan Rebels.

A betting man might have difficulty deciding where to place his money.  A junior B hockey coach might understand anything can happen in any given game.

Wednesday night in Brockville, the Tikis built a 2-0 first period lead and never looked back. They went up 4-0 in the first five minutes of the second period before Eric Evans counted for the Lions with help from Michael Paquette and Justin Lefevbre.

The Tikis got one more late in the frame to carry a 5-1 advantage into the third.

Early in the third period, Paquette counted the Lions third and final goal on a penalty shot.

John Gilmer started in net for the Lions, and was replaced in the second period by Keiran Weir.

The Lions sat out 22 minutes in penalties on seven infractions, and the Tikis were assessed 33 minutes, also on seven infraction. The Tikis scored only one goal on their power play, that at 12:53 of the third period from Ethan York.

Back home on Saturday night, the Lions got off to another shaky start and trailed the visiting Westport Rideaus 2-1 heading into the second period. 

Just 3:46 into the second, Jacob Kendrick scored unassisted to tie the game 2-2, and spark the Lions to a scoring exhibition which saw them count five consecutive goals to go up 7-3. The Rideaus finally got them stopped with a Travis Marshall  goal with 38 seconds left in the frame.

Peter McGahey got two back for the Rideaus early in the third period to tighten the count to 7-5, but again the Lions went on the offensive. This time  they counted three goals for a 10-5 advantage before the Rideaus got them stopped with an Aaron Gregoire player-play goal at 10:10.

This sparked another Lions spree, which resulted in another three goals, and the 13-6 Lions victory.

Jacob Kendry and Eric Evans led the Lions scoring with three goals each, and Landon Veenstra added a pair.

Zach Belaire, Michael Paquette, Ryan Griffin, Jacob Guillot and Justin Rutley all scored single goals.

Veteran Lions, Paquette and Rutley both had big games. Paquette helped out on four goals and Rutley provided the assists on three.

John Gilmer was in net for the Lions win.

The Lions sat out 22 minutes on seven infractions, and the Rideaus were assessed 24 minutes on eight infractions. The Rideaus scored one power-play goal, while the Lions were not successful in their six power-play opportunities.

The Lions now move into the St. Lawrence Division’s fifth place spot with six points on three wins.

The Casselman Vikings remain in first place, undefeated in eight games, while the Alexandria Glens are in second place with 11 points on five wins and one shoot-out loss.

The Winchester Hawks and the Akwesasne Wolves are tied with 10 points.

Coming up this week, the Lions travel to Casselman to take on the Vikings, Thursday, October 23.

Saturday night, October 25, the Brockville Tikis will be in Morrisburg for a 7:30 p.m. start, and Sunday night, the Lions will be on the road for a game against the Wolves.

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After a crushing opening game, 4-1 loss to the Perth/Lanark Wings, the South Dundas Bantam Rep Lions regrouped and battled their way back into contention with three consecutive wins for the UCMHL 2011/12 playoff championship.

Monday night, in game four of the five point series played in Lanark, they locked it up with a  6-2 victory to take the series six points to two.

The series opened in Morrisburg last Wednesday, March 21 with a tough 4-1 loss to the visiting wings.

Perth had just come off a big win to defeat Smith Falls on Monday, March 19, to advance to the league championship against the Lions, and they carried their momentum forward to the waiting Lions.

The lone goal in the series openere for the Lions came from the stick of Aaron Smith assisted by Randy Fawcett and Quinn Bennis in the first period.

Game two was played in Lanark on Friday night, March 23rd, and despite a slow start the Lions were able to put it together for a 5-2 victory.

The first period saw the Wings take a 1-0 lead on a rebound goal by Alex Echlin.

Then just six minutes into the second period the Lions were able to even it with a short-handed goal by Randy Fawcett, assisted by Andrew Jarvis.

One minute later, Jarvis struck, unassisted to put the Lions up 2-1.

The Lions lead held until the dying minutes of the frame when Quinn Bennis scored on the Lions power play with help from Randy Fawcett and Spencer Heldens to give the Lions a 3-1 edge heading into the third period.

In the third period, the Black boys combined for the Lions fourth goal when Josh Black  set it up for Riley Black who beat Micheal Saumur on the gloveside.

The Wings closed the gap to 4-2 one minute later when Noah Greer slipped one past Lions goaltender Zach Frawley.

The Lions ended it when Ben Michels picked up a Riley Barry rebound for the 5-2 victory.

With the five point series even at two point apiece, it was back to Morrisburg for a Saturday afternoon game, in front of a huge hometown crowd that saw the Lions claim a 3-1 win.

Six minutes into the first period, Andrew Jarvis scored unassisted on the Lions power play.

The Lions lead, however didn’t last, as before the period ended Tyler Murphy collected his own rebound to beat Frawley and even it at 1-1.

It took the Lions until late in the second period to get ahead, once again with Jarvis scoring on their power play with help from Evan Mullin.

Frawley was solid in the Lions net as the Lions worked to hold on to their one-goal advantage.

With 4:08 left on the clock Mullin counted with help from Riley Black and Randy Fawcett for the Lions third goal.

The Lions win in game three sent the series back to Lanark this past Monday night with a four points to two advantage. 

Details of the 6-2 win that gave them the championship were not available at press time.

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Cheryl Lowe and Kurtis Barkley posted an early lead and never looked back as they headed for their respective 2014 Cedar Glen Club Championships on the weekend.

Barkley put together record setting Cedar Glen club championship scores of 67-65 for a 132 total, and Lowe shot rounds of 83-93 for a 176 for her win.

Barkley was on his game throughout the weekend. Saturday, he got it rolling with a front nine, two-under-par 32, despite a bogey-four on the ninth hole. To his front 32, he added a one-under-par 35 on the back for the 67.

On Sunday it got even better. He turned the corner at three under and brought it home with a two-under-par 36 with birdies on 10, 13 and 14 and a bogey-four on the par-three 15th.

The next closest shooters to Barkley after Saturday’s opening round, were Lonnie McIntosh and Brandon Cousineau who were tied with 73’s. Cousineau fell back into fourth spot with an 84  on Sunday, for a 161 total, and McIntosh added an 82, to finish second behind Barkley. 

J.P. St. Pierre opened with a 79 on Saturday, and added an 81 for a third place finish overall in A flight. His 160 gave him the Senior Championship. 

Cheryl Lowe had a really solid front nine on Saturday, and then played steady to win the women’s 2014 championship. Her front nine 38 on Saturday did a lot of the talking as she finished with an 83, five strokes up on Muriel Whitteker.

The two shot 93’s on Sunday, giving Low the win and placing Whitteker in second place with a 181 total (88-93). Third spot went to Shari Boyd with rounds of 94-98.

In the men’s B flight, it was Barry Casselman claiming the championship with rounds of 83-85. Liam Morrow had the lead after the opening 18 holes with an 82, but fell back with a 91 shot on Sunday.

Morrow’s 173 total gave in the Junior Championship.

Casselman and Larry Harper were tied for second spot in the first rounds with 83’s, but Casselman cashed in with an 85 for the B championship while Harper was two strokes back with an 87 for a 170 total.

Terry Barkley and Darrell Shelp, tied with 90’s Saturday, were well back of the pack, but then pulled it together on Sunday. Barkley closed the gap with an 84 for a fourth place finish at 174, and Shelp added an 86 for a 176 total.

Peter Brown claimed the C flight championship with a 185 total. 

He too set the pace early with an 89 shot on Saturday, eight strokes up on Dale Whitteker at 97. John Phillips was third at 100. Brown and Whitteker tied on Sunday with 96’s giving the Brown the C flight championship. Phillips added a 101 for third place.

In ladies action, Sheila Bush took a one stroke lead over Ann Cook in round one. Bush posted a 98 and Cook a 99.  Bush claimed the B championship with a 97 on Sunday, for a 195 total, while Cook totaled 213 for second place. Elise Muir was third with a 220 total.

Barb Mabe had the early lead in C flight with a 115 to Corry Whitteveen’s 117 and Great McGann’s 119.

Whitteveen came on strong on Sunday, for a 106, to claim the championship with a 223 total. Mabe finish second at 239, and Greta McGann was third at 241.

The D flight championship was won by Connie Collins at 274 (142-132).

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