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To be in the top 15 in any event at the OFSAA championship “is spectacular” says Seaway District high School Track and Field Coach, Mark Lewis.

And Seaway had two, doing just that in three events at the provincial championship in Toronto last week.

David Swerdfeger and Sid Sideratos, did an “awesome” job said Lewis who co-coaches the high school’s track and field team with Lindsay Waddell.

Swerdfeger put his best performance together in the midget boys 300m hurdles to place eighth in the Province of Ontario, and added a 12th place finish in triple jump.

Sideratos registered a 13th place finish in midget shot put.

“David was 12th in triple jump, and was second overall of the athletes representing our East Region,” said Lewis. “His jump wasn’t the best of the year (11.96m), but it is pretty intimidating to jump in front of that many people in a large stadium like Varsity Stadium at the University of Toronto. I was pleased that he kept it together.”

“The next morning, he ran a personal best in the 300m hurdles, and qualified in his heat for the final. That is awesome in itself.”

“David finished eighth in the 300m hurdles and was disappointed in his place and time. But to be in the top eight in Ontario is a great honour. Lindsay and I are very proud of him.”

Sid came 13th in shot put which is also great. He didn’t have his best throw, but finished in the same spot that he finished at Eastern Region.”

“The fact of the matter is, this is the largest high school track and field meet in North America, and to even make it there is quite an accomplishment. To be in the top 15 in any event is spectacular.”

In the midget triple jump, Swerdfeger’s results show jumps of 11.64, 11.77 and 11.96m, the 11.96m jump putting him 12th in Ontario. The win in the event went in 13.74m.

He qualified in the 300m hurdles with a time of 42.76 seconds, and ran the final in 43.44 to finish eighth in Ontario.

The race was won in a record setting 39.99 seconds (40.01 seconds the previous record).

Sideratos registered shot put throws of 12.14m, 11.67m and 11.40m with the 12.14 placing him 13th in Ontario.

The event was won with a 15.20m throw, well back of the record 16.95m.

Lewis says he looks forward to working with and coaching all the kids next year, “as I think we can have even more success with the athletes we have.”

Swerdfeger and Sideratos were two of eight Seaway athletes who qualified to compete in 13 events at the Eastern Region meet in Brockville, May 28-29. This year’s Seaway track and field team consisted mainly of young athletes at the midget and junior levels. 

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The Morrisburg Junior B Lions dug themselves a little deeper into the St. Lawrence Division basement, when they lost to the Alexandria Glens 11-2 in front of their hometown fans on Sunday afternoon. It was the Lions eighth consecutive loss and it leaves them in the division’s sixth place position, three points behind the Akwesasne Wolves.

The wins give the Glens sole possession of third place with 10 points.

The first period of Sunday’s game got off to a slow start, but just over nine minutes in Jarren Burke beat Lions goaltender Ryan Cooper to get the Glens rolling.

By the end of the second period, they were up 4-0.

Chris Rutley put the Lions on the scoreboard less than a minute into the second period with help from Michel Lefebvre but that was it for the Lions until well into the third period.

The Glens stormed back for two more in the second for a commanding 6-1 lead.

At 5:06 of the third period, Lefebvre scored short-handed with help from Chris Rutley and that was it for the Lions scoring as the Glens pumped home another five to claim the 11-2 win.

Ryan Cooper handled the Lions loss and was relieved in net for the final 7:15 of the game by Joey Lamarch. Lions goaltender Mikael Dion was serving his first of a three game suspension assessed in last week’s game against the Winchester Hawks. Antoine Marchand handled the net duties for the Glens.

The first period saw just two minor penalties assessed, both to the Glens. The Lions sat out two minors and a misconduct for checking to the head in the second, while the Glens were assessed one minor. The Lions handled the six minor penalties assessed in the third period and the Glens took advantage for two power-play goals.

Jonathan Cyr and TJ Burns led the Glens scoring with three goals apiece and Luca Ciale, Bradley Gabbour, Jarren Burke, Erik Just and Leo MacLean all had singles. The Glens out shot the Lions 45-35.

This week the Lions announced a change to their bench as Andrew Scott joins Dan Frawley’s coaching staff.

“On behalf of the Lions management, I would like to thank Herbie Seguin for his commitment to our organization, and wish Herbie all the best in his future coaching endeavours,” said Lions manager Kevin Casselman.

Scott is an experienced junior coach having served two seasons as assistant coach with the South Grenville Rangers. From the Rangers, he moved up to Junior A as an assistant coach with the Kemptville Jr. “A” 73s before returning for two seasons at the Junior B level as the coach of the Metcalfe Jets.

“Andrew brings experience to us in the recruitment process and is a welcome addition to our staff,” said Casselman.

The Lions have a busy week coming up as they travel to Casselman this Thursday, night November 1 to take on the Vikings at 7:30 p.m.

They have two scheduled home games this weekend, the first when the Brockville Tikis come to town for an 8:30 p.m. match this Friday night, November 2. On Sunday, (November 4), starting at 2:30 p.m. they will host the Casselman Vikings.

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