Jr. B Lions lose two more

 

The South

Dundas Bantam B Rep Lions collected the East Division Championshipon home ice last Thursday,

March 12, with a 4-1 victory over the Cornwall Colts. The win gave the Lions the

East Division Championship series four points to two.

The regular season first place Lions had all they could handle against the Colts who finished the year with just nine wins and four ties for 22 points and the division’s fifth place standing.

The Lions were 17-3-4 over the regular season to win first place. They earned a first-round playoff bye and then defeated South Stormont in the semi-finals in three games (4-1 win, 5-5 tie, 3-0 win).

The Colts defeated NGS (second place in the regular season) in semi-final play to advance to the

championship against the Lions. The Lions got off to a slow start in the championship series losing the opening game Saturday, March 7, on home ice, 4-1.

They regrouped in Cornwall to stay alive in the series witha 5-1 win March 8, and thenbrought their game home to claimthe championship on ThursdayMarch 12, with the 4-1 win.

Game three in Morrisburg gotstarted with a scoreless first period.The Lions opened the scoringat 4:53 of the second period on agoal by Travis McInnis (assistedby Justin Shay), but that didn’tlast long as the Colts chargedback for a goal at 7:12 to tie it.

The Lions turned it up a coupleof notches in the third to count threeunanswered goals for the 4-1 win.Dean Lapier connected forwhat would be the winner at 9:54with help from Caleb Jaquemetand at 12:07 Justin Shay (assistedby Jonah Bennis and Travis Mc-Innis) stretched it to 3-1.

Lucas Bennis (from AdamLapier and Jaquemet) counted theLions final goal with 4:55 left onthe clock.

The Lions had a dismal showingin the March 7 series opener in Morrisburg. After a scoreless

first period, the Colts took a 2-0 lead before Kasper Furo put the

Lions on the scoreboard in the second period.Dean Lapier and Travis McInnisprovided the assists.

The third period belonged to the Colts who struck for two unanswered goals for the 4-1 win.

The Lions regrouped for game two in Cornwall, on March 8, tocome up with a 5-1 victory and stretch the four-point series to the third game.

Again there was no scoring inthe first period. Lucas Bennis (from Oakley Beavers) put the Lions on the scoreboard, 4:58 into the second period, but the Colts charged back one minute later to tie it.

With two minutes remainingin the second, Jonah Bennis gave the Lions a 2-1 lead.

The Lions momentum continued and resulted in three unanswered third period goals and the 5-1 win.

Scoring were Caleb Jaquemet (from Shay), Oakley Beavers (from Lucas Bennis and AdamLapier), and Shay (from Beavers and Lapier).

Next up for the Lions is theUpper Canada Minor Hockey League’s five-points championship series against the South

Grenville Rangers. Game one will be played in Prescott, Sunday,March 22 beginning at 6 p.m.Game two will be back in Morrisburg on Monday, March 23, startingat 8 p.m.

The Rangers were first in thewest division regular season, with17 wins, just one loss and four

ties They defeated Perth to winthe West Division championship and advance to the UCMHL finalagainst the Lions.

 

 

 

 

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 The rain held off and Ottawa Hylands golfer Paul Nooyen held on to win his third consecutive Cedar Glen Men’s Open Championship here Monday.

Nooyen posted a two-over-par 72 for a one stroke win over the Glen’s Kurtis Barkley with a 73.

Nooyen won the Open the last two years, both with scores of 74.

Sunday’s round played from the white tees saw him double bogey the par three sixth hole and the par three 12th.

He turned the corner with a one over par 35, and birdied two of the last three holes on the back nine  (16 & 18) for a one over 37 and his 72 total.

The next low scores in the 29-player A flight category were 76s carded by Craig Nooyen (public player), Brad Mayhew of Nationview, Lance LePage of Upper Canada and Peter Gilder of the Brockville Country Club.

Rick Barkley of Cedar Glen posted a 78, while Dave Saunders of the Brockville C.C., Lonnie McIntosh of Cedar Glen and Mike Guy tied with 79s.

Guy’s 79 gave him the A flight low net with a 68.

Paul McCasliln of Iroquois finished alone with an 80, while Chawn Lapier (Iroq),  Steve McIntosh  and Lyle Schell of Cedar Glen and Lyndsay Weegar of Morrisburg all carded 81s.

Also defending his title was B flight champion Barry Casselman.

A very solid 78, allowed Casselman (Cedar Glen) to walk away from the rest of the B field, his closest competition coming from  Cedar Glen golfers Rick Morrow, Billy DeJong and Kenny Mills all shooting 83s.

Mills’ 83 gave him a 66 net for the B flight net win.

Next up in B flight, was Cedar Glen’s Steve Plummer with an 84. Bill Hogoboam of Sandy Row and Chris Phifer of Cedar Glen tied with 85s.

Thirty area golfers were in the hunt for B flight prizes.

It was another successful defense of his title in C flight, as Mike Berrube of Nationview posted a 100 to collect his second  consecutive championship. 

Also shooting a 100, which gave him the C flight low net with a 75, was Cedar Glen’s Dennis Casselman.

Due to the major thunder/rain storm that arrived just shortly after the final golfers checked in at the clubhouse, a playoff was not possible to break the 100 tie.

The next low shooter in C flight was Brian Erwin of Cedar Glen with a 103. 

Sixty-four golfers competed in the 39th annual Cedar Glen Open. All categories this year played from the white tees that measure just under 6,000 yards.

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Local boxer, Phil Hoftyzer was awarded a unanimous three-round decision at a Friday, February 24 fight in Ottawa against Brutus Payente of Gatineau, Quebec.

A member of the Champs Eastside Boxing Club in Cornwall, Hoftyzer fought in a men’s open class light heavyweight match.

A Boxing Ontario sanctioned event, Fight Night in the Capital 4, was hosted by the Beaver Boxing Club.

The three rounds were action packed with Hoftyzer having the higher punch output for the unanimous decision.

The bout was also voted the best of the evening.

The momentum of the fight went back and forth with Hoftyzer gaining an edge with high pressure and volume  punching.

“He was quite a bit bigger than me, so my fight plan was high pressure,” said Hoftyzer who was 175 pounds to Payente’s 182. “I thought the fight would be a bit easier than it was. But the harder I fought, the harder he came back.”

Hoftyzer trains three days per week at the Champs club in Cornwall and works out at home in Morrisburg another two nights per week. 

He is coached by Jorge Luis and stats listed on the club website show Hoftyzer as an Active Amateur Boxer with 20 fights with 12 wins and eight losses.

Last year he laid off the sport, but this year is back and going hard.

Hoftyzer who comes from the Iroquois area, first took up boxing when he was a student at Seaway District High School.

After school, he served in the Canadian Armed forces for three years.

In 2009, at the age of 23 he won the Ontario Novice Light-heavy Weight division. In the same year, he won a bronze medal at the Open Provincial Boxing Championship.

Hoftyzer now lives in Morrisburg and works in construction.

In other local boxing news, pro boxer Tony Luis, 13-0 with five knockouts and holder of the WBC Continental Americas Light Welterweight Belt, will be in action on April 7th in Montreal at the Claude-Robillard Centre.

Tickets and bus transportation for local fans can be arranged by calling 613-360-5944. Tony, the son of Jorge Luis at the Cornwall Champs club, will box an eight or 10 rounder against one of the leading contenders in his weight class.

Coming up on April 14th at the Best Western Parkway Inn in Cornwall, Champs will host their 2nd annual Knock Out Poverty event. Hoftyzer will be fighting as the main event in this fund raiser for the Agapé Centre.

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