The 19th hole

 

The South Dundas “Pizza Hut” Novice B Lions continued their tournament success by winning the “A” Championship at the North Dundas Demons Novice B Tournament last Tuesday. In the championship game the Lions defeated the tournament host team Demons, 6-2 while in preliminary action the Lions defeated Smith Falls 3-2 and South Stormont 3-0.

With the tournament title on the line, the Lions faced their county partners the North Dundas Demons. 

The Demons came out early and put the pressure on the Lions and were able to grab a 1-0 lead one minute in. 

With the Lions on their heels, goalie Brendan Shaver had to come up big to keep the lead to one. 

The Lions got going late in the first and Nolan Henry tied the game, 1-1, with only 13 seconds left. 

Ben Lapier started the play at his own blue line and made an excellent pass to Henry who stick handled into the offensive zone and beat the Demons goaltender.

In the second period, the Lions had the momentum to take the lead they would not relinquish. 

Joshua Broad set up Kayne McCadden as he went top shelf for the 2-1 lead, and moments later Lapier struck from the slot on a pass from Owen Fetterly for a 3-1 Lions lead. 

Sitting out the game was defenseman Emytt Fetterly, so Spencer Barclay, Cassidy Bilmer and Trent Rae had to pick up the extra ice time.

In the third, the Lions iced the game with another three counters. 

Trent Rae started a play in his own end, getting the puck to Joshua Broad who made a breakout pass to Kayne McCadden which sent him on a breakaway where he would score again.

Off the centre ice draw, McCadden got the puck and broke in on the Demons goalie beating him for the third time, a “hat trick” goal. 

Lapier rounded out the Lions scoring before the Demons netted one late for the 6-2 final. 

Kayne McCadden was selected for the game MVP award and the Lions were crowned tournament champions.

In their second game against the South Stormont Selects, the Lions grabbed an early lead and then left the rest up to goalie Brendan Shaver who was extremely strong in the Lions cage making several point blank saves. 

With the score 2-0 on two goals by Ben Lapier, Selects Owen Carter stick handled to the slot and ripped a shot glove slide that Shaver snagged. 

The Selects continued to pressure Shaver who made three saves on a scramble in the blue paint. 

The Selects out shot the Lions, but Shaver made all the saves for his second shutout of the season. 

Kayne McCadden scored a power-play goal in the third to round out the scoring. 

Assists went to Lapier, Owen Fetterly and Nolan Henry.

Brendan Shaver earned his forth tournament game MVP award in only his eighth try this season. 

In the tournament opening game, the Lions faced off against the Smith Falls Bears and once again fell behind 1-0 in the first period before Joshua Broad dug the puck out of the corner after it hit the referee’s skates and centered a pass to Ben Lapier who scored with a shot on the ice. 

The Bears grabbed a 2-1 lead, before Joshua Broad and Kayne McCadden hooked up on the same line with Kolby Latulippe to score on back to back shifts. 

McCadden grabbed as loose puck in the corner after a Spencer Barclay rush and centred it to the slot where Broad was standing all alone. 

Broad held the puck until the goalie went down and then shot it over him into the open net. 

Moments later Broad would grabbed a loose puck in his own end and banked a pass off the boards to McCadden who went end to end to score the game winner.

Joshua Broad received the game MVP award.

In three tournaments this season, the Lions have earned the “A” Championship in North Dundas, the “B” Championship in Gananoque and they were the “A” Finalist in Finch, losing the “A” Final in overtime.

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On Saturday, the Morrisburg Curling Club held its annual Heart and Stroke bonspiel. It’s a charity we feel is important to support, and with the fine lunch served by our volunteers, it was, as always, a delightful day. 

It was great to see many families out, and new curlers, as well as others we haven’t seen for a while. 

Thanks to Greta McGann, who, with her committee, ran a highly successful event, raising over $1,000 for the charity and, through the Heart and Stroke Foundation, arranged for a defibrillator for the club. It isn’t hard to operate, but once it’s in place, training will be arranged so that every league has people who can use it. We’ve been lucky in the past, but with a large senior population, this is a great security blanket for us.

Thanks to our supporters, especially Cardinal Flowers, the McIntosh Inn, Valu-mart and Home Hardware. The curlers appreciated all who supported the event in a variety of ways.

As to the curling results, in the early draw, the winners were the Toonders foursome, John, John C., Jason and Candice. There were some tight matches, and some high-scoring games, but all were entertaining. 

Victorious in the second draw were Mahlon Locke, Carolyn and Garry Beckstead, and Paula Locke. There was never a dull moment on the ice, with one of the highlights being the creative way of measuring skip shots in a tiebreaker. Congratulations to our winners.

While the executive will have more open planning meetings on accessibility upgrades to our club, President Mahlon reviewed progress to date. Grants have been won from the Ontario government by way of its Trillium division, and through the Federal government’s Infrastructure Committee. The amount of money is substantial, and will be accessed in a way that will not have the two bodies’ grants to us in conflict.

Our senior men competed in the final Parnell competition of the year last week in Lancaster. Since it’s a two-sheet rink, we’re only allowed to enter one team in the four club event, and after two playoffs, Sid Morrell, Raymond Benoit, Neil Williams and George Rutley emerged as our representative, defeating, Pete Zeran, Sam Locke, Doug Jarvis and Bud Perry for the honour. Despite hard work from Sid’s team, they fell to quartets from Lancaster and a very strong Cornwall squad.

Pete Zeran took teams to two different one-game bonspiels last week as well. With Pete were Karl Duncan, Bud Perry, and Earl Jeacle in the Maxville bonspiel, which they won. Then they were off to Lancaster. This time Pete had Karl Duncan, Eric Johnson and Earl Jeacle with him. They won again, but another winning team had a better score and so our fellows finished second.

     Four of our senior curlers were in Arnprior last week for a 222 bonspiel there. Jack Barkley, Ruth Kelly, Fred “Boomer” Langlotz and Sharon Van Allen won both of their matches against Pakenham teams and finished first. They had high praise for the event, lauding the Valentine’s Day theme and the full-course dinner. Though it was a long drive, our curlers report they had a great day. 

SD&G High School championships were on at the club this Tuesday, and there’s the senior men’s Sullivan bonspiel in Metcalfe to report on next time. 

Good curling to all!

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