Spartans dominate the basketball court

The South Dundas Bantam B Rep Lions charged back from an opening game 5-1 loss, with a 4-0 win here Monday night to even the UCMHL championship series against the South Grenville Rangers at two points apiece.

The championship series is a five point affair. Game three goes to Prescott tonight, Wednesday, March 25 (6 p.m.) and the series returns to Morrisburg, Thursday night, March 26 at 8 p.m.

The Lions had a tough start in Prescott, Sunday. They held the Rangers to a 1-1 first period tie, but that was it. The Rangers struck for three unanswered goals in the second period to carry a formidable 4-1 advantage into the third period, as they headed for the opening game 5-1 victory. 

Austin Selleck, Simon Watt, Jack Doris, Riley Hildebrandt and Tanner Thomson provided the Ranger goals.

Justin Shay collected the lone Lions goal assisted by affiliate Caleb Jaquemet and Grants Wells.

In front of a big crowd Monday night in Morrisburg, the Lions went to work on the 4-0 victory, with Sam Waytowich having a big game in net.

After a scoreless first period, Lucas Bennis stepped up in the second for a pair of counters for a 2-0, Lions lead. On the first goal, Grant Wells started a great passing play from behind the Rangers net to Kasper Furo who made a quick pass to Bennis out front.

Bennis scored the Lions second goal, unassisted, after fighting for possession of a rebound behind the Rangers net.

The Rangers turned it up to apply the pressure late in the second period, but big saves from Waytowich allowed the Lions to hold on to the comfortable two goal lead.

Lucas Bennis got the Lions third goal started midway into the third period with a pass to Oakley Beavers.  Beavers slid the puck to Dean Lapier whose blast from the top of the face off circle beat Rangers goaltender Tyler Watkins cleanly for a 3-0 Lions lead.

The fourth and final Lions goal was scored by Jonah Bennis, from Connor Dumoulin and Justin Shay, with 6:38 left in the game.

While that was the end of the scoring, it wasn’t the end of the excitement, as the Lions drew a minor penalty with more than four minutes left in the game.

That resulted in the South Grenville coach pulling Watkins for a two man advantage. The move was not successful but it did make Waytowich work a little harder for his shutout.

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Three of our mixed teams were in Winchester last weekend for their club’s annual shrimp and steak bonspiel. Teams were from Ottawa, Cornwall, Toronto, and several valley towns. 

Mahlon Locke, Kathy Norg, Bill Doornward and Janet Levere won both of their games, finishing first overall. Sam Locke, Wendy and Jim Casselman and Claire Locke won both of their games also, finishing fifth. Our third team, Robert Houze, Mandy Pedle, Robbie Stitt and Rhonda Mark, defeated Thornhill, but lost their second game in the last end to a Prescott foursome. Well done, folks! 

In the Thursday mixed curling league, Ruth Kelly, Bill Magee, Rosemary Laurin and Eleanor Allison won the final draw of the season. The league finale finished with a meal catered by Subway. 

After several years of organizing the league, including friendly bonspiels and other social activities, Ron Beaupre has decided to turn the task over to someone else, and Ruth Kelly will take on the job. Ron was thanked for his efforts, and after presenting the trophy to the champions, he indicated that he will continue with his other club responsibilities, including his work as club secretary, arranging for commercial signage, and finding ways to minimizing the cost of electrical service. Thanks, Ron and Jeanine!

The Friday night league has completed its draw, with Sam and Claire Locke, Jenna Harrington and Rob Crombie emerging victorious. Garry Beckstead, Chris Moran and Wendy and Jim Casselman finished second. The final evening involved a rotational bonspiel, with Claire Locke skipping her team to victory. Thanks for taking care of the league again, Mahlon.

Tuesday night, Larry Cooper’s team won the men’s league title. Other members of his team were Rick MacKenzie, Jody Cryderman and Jeffrey Crooke. Larry had also won the early draw, with Sam Decker, Henry Looyen and Steve Summers. Thanks to Joe McCooyee for looking after the league again.

Ten teams took part in our closing bonspiel Saturday. The first draw was won by Ron Beaupre, Kathy Hardy, Robert Martin and Jim Locke, with Wally McDonald, Alice Thompson, Ron Brown and Glen Cougler a close second. In the late draw, Greta McGann, Rick MacKenzie and Keith Robinson tied for top honours with Wally Baker, Paul St. Pierre and Peter Byvelds. 

The curlers enjoyed a fine pot luck luncheon, and the teams and other interested curlers, friends and family sat down for a sumptuous banquet catered again by Sam Laurin. Our thanks to Sam and the volunteers who helped. 

A business meeting followed, with Jack Barkley outlining winners through the year, and other on-ice highlights. He also thanked all league conveners and outlined summer plans. While the club has about $30,000 in its contingency fund, he cautioned that major expenses could be a problem. Treasurer Kathy Johnston presented a healthy financial report. Jack invited volunteers for the board of directors, and indicated all current executive members were willing to stay on, including President Mahlon Locke, Secretary Ron Beaupre, our treasurer, and the bar, house, and ice chairs. Various draws were held, and then the top two teams in the competitive league squared off for the club championship.

Steve Boucher, Amy, Peter and Ashly McCooeye defeated Joe and Leanne McCooeye, Jack Barkley and John Allison for the Dodge Trophy.

Watch the Leader for the date in September for the open house and registration night, with curling beginning in October. 

See you then!

Editor’s Note: The Leader would like to take this opportunity to thank Steve Thompson for the time he spends each week gathering the local curling news and penning this column. The column is a wonderful asset to the Leader and very much appreciated by our readers and our local curlers.    BMc

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The Seaway Kickers U13 Mixed team beat the visiting Nepean City team 4-1, July 12th, to snap a four-game losing skid. 

Early in the first half, Seaway got on the board with a goal by Kasper Furo.

Ten minutes later, despite the best efforts of Nepean City’s defense, Kicker Travis McInnis scored to make it 2-0.

Early in the second half, Kurt Cutler collected the Kickers third goal followed quickly by Devin Vandermeer’s counter which made it 4-0. 

In was in the dieing minutes of game, that Nepean City spoiled Seaway goalie Shawn Dowson’s attempt at his third shutout of the season. 

The U13 Mixed kickers face off against the Ottawa Internationals on July 19th.

In other action, The Seaway Kickers U13 Girls team visited Nepean City July 10th, where they were handed a 4-2 loss. Seaway’s goals were scored by Claire Rylands and Jayme Henry. 

The U13 girls will play Nepean City again in Ottawa on July 17th.

The U15  Seaway Kickers girls team hosted the Nepean Hotspurs, July 11th. The Hotspurs made it 1-0 early in the first half when they put one past Seaway goalie Elizabeth Bygott. 

Kicker Jessica Ferguson scored late in the first half to tie the game 1-1, and midway through the second half, she made it two in a row to give the Kickers a slim 2-1 advantage. 

The U15 girls then held on for their second straight victory after starting off a goal down. 

They host the Ottawa Internationals on July 18th.

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