Year: 2012

The Seaway Intermediate Spartan girls volleyball team kicked off a big season  in the first week of December and then wrapped it up on Friday, December 14 when they won the LGESAA Volleyball championship played at Gananoque High School.

This year, for the first time, the Intermediate school teams had the opportunity to compete in two venues, the longtime play that leads to the LGESSA championship and the newly formed Upper Canada Sports Council league that leads to the Upper Canada District School Board championship. 

In the board play, athletes will compete in volleyball, basketball and track and field in six separate regions within the UCDSB. The winners of each division then advances to the championship.

On Friday, December 7, Seaway hosted their Regional and the Spartans walked away the winners.

From there they advanced to the UCDSB championship tournament where they placed third. 

The first-ever UCDSB girls intermediate volleyball championship was won by Montague Public School.

Then last Wednesday, the Spartans competed in a six-school tournament hosted by St. Mary/St. Cecilia School (SMSC) in Morrisburg where the top three finishers advance to the LGESSA championship played in Gananoque on Friday, December 14.

Competing in the Wednesday qualifier in Morrisburg were teams from SMSC, Seaway, North Dundas in Division A and St. Michael, North Grenville and Russell in Division B.

After finishing first in their divisions Seaway and St. Michael played for the North East Regional Championship and the right to advance to LGESSA.

St. Michael’s took first place with 27-25 and 25-22 wins.

Seaway qualified in second and  North Grenville claimed the third qualifying spot with a win against North Dundas.

Friday was Seaway’s day as they went to work to defend their 2011 LGESSA championship title at the 10-team tournament in Gananoque.

After finishing first in their pool, they met and defeated North Grenville in three close sets in the semi-finals.

They claimed the championship over South Grenville in the final.

“Once again we had a great match that went three sets,” said coach Andrew Carson. “The girls rallied for every point, at times diving to save the ball and keep it in play.”

“I am very proud of this team.”

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With two losses on the weekend, the Morrisburg Lions have now fallen nine points behind the fifth place Alexandria Glens in the St. Lawrence Division of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.

The weekend action started for the Lions on home ice Friday night with a tough overtime (shoot out) loss to the visiting Akwesasne Wolves. The Wolves are holding fourth place in the division standings just two points back of the Char-Lan Rebels.

After trailing the Wolves 3-1 at the end of the first period, the Lions charged back to make a game of it. They scored their final goal on their power-play with just under three minutes left on the clock to go up 5-4.

But with the seconds ticking away, the Wolves got one from Marc-Antoine Kamel which evened it, 5-5, and forced sudden-death overtime.

With no  decision made in the overtime, the game went to a shoot out with Kamel and Justin Rutley both beating Lion goaltender Mikael Dion. The Lions counted just once against Wolves goaltender Cam Turcotte, that coming from the stick of Chris Rutley.

Following the let down from Friday night’s overtime loss, the Lions were on the road Saturday night to the Char-Lan Recreation Centre where they were handed a 7-3 loss by the Rebels.

The Lions opened the scoring just over five minutes into the first period with a power-play goal from Grant Cooper then fell apart as the Rebels came back for three in a road and a 3-1 advantage heading into the second period.

They added another three goals (two short-handed and one on their power play) in the second period, before the Lions were able to step in with a goal from Zach Sequin with just 27 second left in the frame.

Single goals were traded in the third period for the 7-3 Rebels win.

Matthew Burns scored the Lions lone first period goal Friday night against the Wolves, with help from Brandon Chaffe and Ty Hodgson.

Then in the second Grant Cooper got it rolling with an unassisted counted at 8:09 to cut the gap to 3-2.

Two minutes later Michel Lefebvre scored to tie the game 3-3 with Chris Rutley and Sylvester Bzdyl supplying the assists.

With 3:16 left in the frame the Wolves went up 4-3 on a Michael Poapst goal which allowed them to carry the advantage into the third period.

Throughout the first 15 minutes of the third, the Wolves held onto their one goal lead.

It was at 14:53 that Michael Paquette got one past Wolves goaltender Cam Turcotte to even the game 4-4. Dylan Casselman and Taylor Eamon provided the assists.

Then with 2:50 left on the clock Bzdyl, with help from Taylor Eamon and Lefebvre on the Lions power play, gave the Lions the 5-4 edge.

The Wolves, Kamel tied the game with 34 seconds left on the clock setting the stage for the overtime and the shootout, and the eventual Wolves win.

The Lions sat out just four minor penalties and a 10 minutes misconduct in the game while the Wolves drew nine penalties. Shots on net were fairly even with the Wolves getting 40 shots off and the Lions 38.

In comparison, Saturday night’s game was a much rougher event with the Lions drawing a total of 68 penalty minutes and the Rebels 106. The Rebels out shot the Lions 38-23.

Scoring for the Lions in Saturday night’s 7-3 loss were Grant Cooper (from Brandon Chaffee and Zach Renfrew), Zach Sequin (from Cooper and Curtis Pilon) and Nicholas Pilon (from Renfrew and Cooper).

Coming up this Thursday night, December 20, the Lions are on the road to Casselman for a 7:30 p.m. game. They host the Westport Rideaus this Sunday, December 23 at 2:30 p.m.

They are on the road on December 28 and December 29 for games against the Alexandria Glens and the Akwesasne Wolves.

 

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ATHENS–The Morrisburg Junior B Lions were on the road to Athens on Sunday, December 9 where they were handed a 5-1 loss by the Rideau Division’s first place Aeros.

The two played a scoreless first period. After that it was penalties that did the talking as the Aeros scored twice on their power play in the second period and twice on their power play again in the third.

Brett Costello counted the first power-play goal against Lions goaltender Mikael Dion 1:49 into the second period and Shane Hiley made it 2-0 with 1:19 left on the clock.

Just over three minutes into the third period, Costello counted his second of the game again while the Aeros were on the power play.

They pulled into a 4-0 lead at 12:57 of the third with  Hiley’s second counter and Daniel Lacroix finished it off on the Aeros power play at 15:28.

Sylvester Bzdyl, with help from Brandon Chaffe and Taylor Eamon, counted the lone Lions goal, spoiling Dallas Slack’s shut out with 16 seconds left on the clock.

The Lions were out shot 43-22 and were unsuccessful in two power-play opportunities. The Aeros were successful in four out of 10 power-play opportunities.

This past week’s results between the Rideau and St. Lawrence Jr. B Divisions saw mixed results. The first place Aeros had a pair of wins, the first over Char-Lan 7-5 and the second over the Lions.

From the St. Lawrence Division, the first place Casselman Vikings posted a 6-4 win over Westport and followed it with a 10-3 win against South Grenville.

The Vikings continue to lead the St. Lawrence Division with 35 points and are now nine points up on the second place Winchester Hawks.

Char-Lan is third with 25 points and Akwesasne fourth with 21. The Alexandria Glens are right on their heels with 20 points, and the Lions have 12.

Coming up this weekend, the Lions are at home to the Akwesasne Wolves, Friday night, December 14. Game time is 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, the Lions are on the road to the Char-Lan Recreation Centre to take on the Rebels at 8 p.m.

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The South Dundas “We Can Contracting” Atom B Rep Lions moved back into the win column Friday night after a rough stretch of games. 

The Lions, who were sitting in fifth place after a loss at the hands of the NGS Braves on Tuesday night, travelled to Long Sault on Friday night looking to move ahead of the Selects who were sitting one point ahead of them in fourth place in the tight East Division  standings.

A 2-1 Lions win, did the trick, however, they needed a big third period to overcome a 1-0 deficit in a tightly battled game. 

The Lions out shot the Selects through the scoreless first period and had an excellent scoring opportunity when Jaeden Phifer-Shaver found a wide open Joshua Broad on the right wing. Broad skated in alone but his backhand missed the net wide as Selects defenders closed in on him. 

Some great Lions goaltending from Brendan Shaver kept the game scoreless until a Lions turnover created a scoring chance for Selects forward Jacob Willison who buried a backhand shot into the back of the net for a 1-0 Lions lead.

As the third period began, the line of Ben Lapier, Nolan Henry and Owen Fetterly pressed hard and were rewarded with a goal to tie the game 1-1. 

It started when Dana Domanko kept the puck alive at the point. She fed it down low to Henry who battled with a Select defender but was able to get it free to Lapier who walked out front and slid the puck home on a wrap-a-round.

Minutes later, the Lions found themselves on the power-play. The Lions gained control of the zone and when a Selects defender attempted to ice the puck Nathen Verhey cut it off. 

Verhey then wristed a shot high towards the goal that deflected off a South Stormont stick into the net for a 2-1 Lions lead.

The Lions held off the Selects late push, killing a penalty in the final two minutes with the Selects goalie on the bench for a six on four advantage. 

Shaver and the Lions defense held strong and the Lions left town stealing the 2-1 victory.

Tuesday night, in Finch the Lions scored before the ice was dry when Ben Lapier banged home an Owen Fetterly rebound thirteen second into the game. 

The NGS Braves however responded once in the first period and again in the second to take a 2-1 lead into the third.

They scored early in the third period to take a 3-1 lead that might have been considered insurmountable. 

But, with time ticking away, the Lions broke out of their end with Ben Lapier carrying the puck. Spotting a wide open Nolan Henry on the left wing Lapier made a tape at tape pass  which sent Henry in alone on the Braves goalie. Henry’s shot which sailed high over the glove hand cut the Braves lead to one. 

Moments later Lapier and Henry teamed again, this time with Kieran Geurkink jumping up from the blue line to back hand the puck over a sprawling Braves goaltender to tie the game, 3-3.

The Braves responded to take a 4-3 lead, but Lions pressured one last time to get the equalizer on their power play.

With the Lions goaltender Brendan Shaver on the bench for an extra attacker the Lions pressured, but the buzzer sounded before they could create any scoring chances.

The South Dundas “We Can Contracting” Atom B Rep Lions will face the Kemptville Panthers in Morrisburg on Saturday night at 7 p.m. followed by the Major Midget B Rep Lions who host the North Dundas Demons. 

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