Three up, three down, Midget Lions on a roll

MORRISBURG – The Morrisburg Junior B Lions gave up 11 goals and scored five as they were handed a pair of losses in Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey action on the weekend.

The Lions travelled to Alexandria, Friday night, where the St. Lawrence Division’s fourth place Glens handed them a 5-1 loss, and then on Saturday night, they were visited by the second place Winchester Hawks who collected their 13th win of the season, 6-4.

The Lions travelled to Alexandria, Friday night with just 15 skaters. John Gilmer, who was in net for the Lions loss, faced 56 Glens shots on net, while the Lions managed just 39 against Glens goaltender Maxime Beauregard.

The Glens were first on the scoreboard at 1:28 of the first period with a Tristan Sabourin goal, but the Lions Eric Evans evened it a 7:23 with help from Liam Morrow.

The tie held until 7:22 of the second period when Bradley Gabbour made it 2-1 for the Glens. At 10:35, Alex Battistelli made it 3-1.

The Lions held their own and played tough again the Glens until the last couple of minutes of the third period.

At 18:40 of the period Simon Besner pushed the Glens lead to 4-1, and Tristan Sabourin finished it off in the last minute of play with his second of the game for the 5-1 Glens win.

The Lions sat out 12 minor penalties, a five minute fighting major, two 10 minute misconducts and  two game misconducts. The Glens drew nine minor penalties, one five minute fighting major, one misconduct and one game misconduct. 

Saturday night, the St. Lawrence division’s second place Hawks were in town where they picked up a 6-4 win.

Prior to the game a service of Remembrance was held which included representatives of the Morrisburg Legion Branch 48 and the Morrisburg Legion Auxiliary. The program included the playing of the Last Post, a Moment of Silence, Rouse and the National Athen.

The Hawks went up 2-0 on goals by Alex St. Marsaille and Pat Morin in the first two minutes of play against Lions goaltender Brandon Chilton. But that was it for the Hawks scoring until early in the second period.

With just under a minutes left in the first period, the Lions got one back on their power play from Liam Morrow assisted by Christian Evans.

In the second period, the Hawks again came out of the gate flying, this time with an Austin Rothe goal just 10 seconds in.

The Hawks held on to their 3-1 advantage for another eight minutes, until the Lions, sparked by an Eric Evans short-handed goal assisted by Peter Ketcheson at 8:05, came to life.

At 9:58 Justin Lefevbre and Christian Evans provided the set up for a Zach Belaire goal to tie the game 3-3.

Then at 14:16 Ketcheson from Eric Evans and Pearson on the power play, put the Lions up 4-3.

The Lions lead, unfortunately, lasted less than a minute when the Hawks Austin Rothe counted his second goal of the game for a 4-4 tie.

Third period action was intense, and the Hawks collected their go-ahead goal from Wyatt Coghill at 11:29.

The 5-4 Hawks advantage held, and although the Lions pulled goaltender Brandon Chilton in favour of the extra attacker, they were unable to come up with the tying marker.

The sixth and final Hawks goal was scored in the empty Lions net by Rothe.

The Hawks produced 40 shots on net, while the Lions answered with 32.

The Lions sat out seven minor penalties, two five minute fighting majors, one misconduct and two game misconducts. The Hawks were assessed  five minor penalties, a five minute kneeing major, two five minute fighting majors and four game misconducts.

Coming up Saturday, November 16 the Lions will visit the Akwesasne Wolves. Game time is 7 p.m. Sunday, November 17, they are at home to the Char-Lan Rebels. Game time is 2:30 p.m.

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Fresh off his B flight win in the Morrisburg Men’s Open on Saturday, Lee Beaupre was the only golfer to break 80 in round two of the club’s qualifying rounds for Valley and Border League teams played Sunday.

Beaupre led Sunday’s field with a 79 to back up his opening round 77 shot on Sunday, June 10 for a 36 hole 156 total.

That gives him a two stroke edge in A flight over Brian McNairn who opened with a 75 and backed it up with an 83 for a 158 total.

One stroke back is Bob Mann who added an 85 Sunday to his opening round 74 for a 159 total.

Rounding out the top A flight players is Shawn Hummell with a 160  (76-84) and Ron Lapier with a 173 total (88-85).

Blake Barry and Kevin Duvall, who shot 78s on June 10, did not play Sunday.

The leader in B flight is Jordie MacDonald 80-82. Kirk Barkley is in second spot on rounds of 85-80 and Charlie Moore is next at 166 with rounds of 85-81.

Sam Harwood (81-88) and Gary Breyer (83-86) are tied with 169 totals.

Next up are Dave McLenaghan and Eric Wemerman tied with 172s.

Scott Corden, who did not play the opening round, shot an 82 on Sunday.

The leader in C flight is Bob Barclay with rounds of 94-91 for a 185 total. Al Patterson is next at 189 with rounds of 94-95 and Barry Henderson holds third place with a 201 total on rounds of 97-104. Wayne Hutt is in fourth spot with a 207 total on rounds of 110-97.

The Border League team calls for the top eight shooters, plus a junior and senior golfer regardless of their class, while the Valley League team includes four players in each of A, B and C flights plus a junior and a senior.

The rounds are also being used for Intersectional team qualifying.

Scoring for the Intersectional teams (regular men’s and senior) is achieved using the Stableford point system.

Bob Mann and Lee Beaupre lead with 56 points each and Brian McNairn and Shawn Hummel are tied with 53 points. Jordie MacDonald has 52 points.

Qualifying for the junior spot for the Valley and Border League teams is Andrew Morris who has posted rounds of 83-84. Twenty of the 35 qualifiers are eligible to play senior.

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The start of summer break means the start of the swimming lessons at the two municipal beaches in South Dundas. Lifeguards went on duty in Iroquois and Morrisburg starting Monday, July 4th. “We offer four […]