Minor Pioneers rolling with six wins in a row

 

Seaway District High School recognized its top athletes at the both the high school and intermediate levels at the annual sports banquet held in the gymnasium  on Thursday, June 14. :Pictured above are the school’s top athletes at the intermediate level. From l-r, they are Cole Fowler, Alex Satura, Sophia Currier and Jane VanMoorsel. Fowler and Ventura were co-winners of the top male athlete award and Currier was named the top female athlete. VanMoorsel and  Cody Smail (who was not available for the photo) won the intermediate Sportsmanship Awards.

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Kickers on track for undefeated season

OTTAWA – The Seaway Kickers U13M team visited the Ottawa Internationals M2 team August 15, at Brewer Park in Ottawa, hand kept their undefeated season intact with a 6-1 win.

Action started at the four minute mark in the first half with a goal by Ottawa Internationals forward Isaac Gaudreau, breaking through Seaway’s defense; besting Seaway goalkeeper Shawn Dowson high and on the left side, 1-0 Internationals. 

With the pressure on and an undefeated season record to maintain, the Kickers applied pressure to the Internationals, breaking through their defence with a drive by Seaway midfielder John Coligan, tying the game, 1-1, at the 18 minute mark. 

Seaway midfielder Devon Dumoulin landed the go-ahead goal at the 22 minute mark, making it 2-1 Seaway. Forwards Connor Dumoulin and David Swerdfeger added a goal a piece at the 30 and 32 minute marks, Seaway leading 4-1 at half-time.

Devon Dumoulin scored his second on the night early in the second half, and Connor Dumoulin added his second of the night at the 67 minute mark in the game. 

Final score, Seaway Kickers 6, Ottawa Internationals 1. 

Dowson and Kendrew Byers shared the win as goalkeepers. The Seaway Kickers U13M team concludes their season August 22, at Ottawa TLC West in Vanier, against the Ottawa Internationals M1 team. Game starts at 6:30 p.m.

Kickers U13 Girls team gets first shutout

IROQUOIS – The Kickers U13 Girls team hosted the Ottawa Internationals G2 team on August 13 at the Merkley Soccer Fields in Iroquois where they came up with a big 6-0 shutout.

Cameryn Broad started off the scoring early in the first half, followed by a goal by Helene Bygott, 2-0 Seaway at half-time. 

The Kickers continued their lead with a goal by Kristyn VanHoof early in the second, followed by goals from Gracie Perry and Kiana Fredette. 

VanHoof netted her second of the night late in the second half, final score Seaway Kickers 6, Ottawa Internationals 0. 

Cameryn Broad and Kristyn VanHoof shared the shutout in goal, the first shutout for the team this season. 

The U13 Girls team will finish off their season in Ottawa, on August 20, coverage will be in next week’s Leader.

U18 Kickers win big at home

IROQUOIS – The U18 Mixed team hosted Nepean City on August 15 in a high-scoring game that saw Seaway leading 6-1 at the half and winning 14-1. 

Goals were scored by Travis McNeilly(4), Cameron Chayer(3), Ryan Froats(2), Nash Nesbitt-Johnson(1), Evan Mullin(1), Nathan Scarr(1), Clay Dumoulin(1) and Quinn Smail(1). Noah Picotte claims the win in goal. 

The U18 Mixed team will conclude their season  August 22 at home, when they host the Nepean Hotspurs M2 team. Game time is at 6:30 p.m.

U15 Girls shutout Nepean

IROQUOIS – The U15 Girls team shut out the Nepean Hotspurs G1 team August 14, at home in Iroquois. 

Jane Van Morrsel netted the lone goal for the Kickers.

The team plays two games to finish the season, hosting the Ottawa Royals G1 team on August 20, then playing Nepean City in Nepean on August 21. 

Mixed results for U13 Mixed team at tournament

KEMPTVILLE – The Seaway Kickers U13M team competed at the SouthSide Soccer League annual  “FunDay” tournament August 18, playing three games.

Game one against the Ottawa Internationals M1 team ended with a 3-0 shutout win. Connor Dumoulin netted two for the Kickers and Kurt Cutler one with Shawn Dowson and Kendrew Byers sharing the shutout.

Game two saw the Kickers win a 6-0 shutout over the Nepean City M2 team. Scoring for the Kickers were Aaron Tibben(2), Connor Dumoulin(1), Jacob Byvelds(1), Kurt Cutler(1) and Brayden Blacquiere-Rizk(1). Dowson and Byers shared the shutout.

Game Three saw the Ottawa Internationals M3 team shut out the Kickers 1-0.

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Although the Morrisburg Junior Lions have long been out of the St. Lawrence Division playoff picture, their much improved play of late is causing a bit of havoc in the standings as four teams continue to jockey for the second through fourth place positions.

This past week, the Lions defeated the third place Winchester Hawks, not once, but twice, and then forced the Alexandria Glens into overtime for their 3-2 win.

After the Casselman Vikings at 67 points, (first place locked up weeks ago position), it becomes pretty much anybody’s game…with the next four contenders all within four points of each other for the next three spots.

The Rebels are holding the edge with 43 points in 34 games, while the Hawks (in 35 games) have 40 points and Akwesasne (34 games played) and Alexandria (37 games played) are tied with 39 points.

To say there will be some interesting games in the next two weekends (regular season ends February 9) is an understatement, and the Lions, with two upcoming games against Akwesasne (closing weekend) and one against Char-Lan (Saturday, February 1 at Char-Lan), could possibly play a major part in the outcome of it all.

The Lions got rolling on their best stretch of hockey this season on home ice last Tuesday night, when they downed the visiting Hawks 8-4.

They held the pace, Friday night, January 24, again to double the Hawks, this time by a 6-3 count right in Winchester.

Sunday on home ice, they held the Glens to a 2-2 tie in regulation time and lost in overtime.

The Lions kicked off their week with the 8-4 victory over the Hawks on home ice last Tuesday night, January 21.

After a scoreless first period, Shawn Simms put the Hawks on the scoreboard 3:42 into the second, and at 8:52 the Lions Justin Lefevbre evened it with help from Eric Evans and Liam Morrow.

Two more Lions goals, from Isaac Brownlee at 14:47 and Morrow at 19:56, put the Lions in command of the game, 3-1 at the end of the second period. 

Just under two minutes into the third period, the Hawks Bryden Van Kessel cut the gap to 3-2, but that was it as the Lions came charging back for four in a row to make it 7-2.

Cole Blanchard started it off on the Lions power play, then Justin Rutley scored while the Lions were short-handed at 5:46.

William White made it 6-2 at 8:32 and Drew Veenstra counted the Lions seventh goal at 11:34, unassisted.

The Hawks came back for two from Brodie Braun and Shawn Simms, but that was it.

Justin Rutley (from White and Michael Paquette) scored his second of the game in the last minute of play for the 8-4 Lions win.

John Gilmer was in the Lions net for the win and Nathan Bowness saw action for the Hawks.

The Lions sat out seven minor penalties and a 10 minute misconduct, while the Hawks were assessed nine minors and a misconduct.

The two were back at it Friday night in Winchester, and finally after 15 minutes of action in the first period, Justin Rutley (from Justin Lefevbre) got it started for the Lions with a goal at 15:34.

Chris Pearson, with help from Rutley, made it 2-0 Lions at 15:34.

The 2-0 Lions lead held until 13:06 of the second period when Drew Veenstra (from Steven Savage) upped it to 3-0.

The second period came to an end with a flourish of goals, three scored in just over one minute. 

Austin Roth and Bryden Van Kesssel both put the puck past Lions goaltender Brandon Chilton, while Drew Veenstra counted once  against Hawks goaltender Jeremy Wright, to give the Lions a 4-2 advantage heading into the third period.

Steve Savage put the Lions up 5-2 at 6:23, and at 8:24 Kyle Richardson cup the gap to 5-3.

That would be all for the Hawks and the Lions would count one more from the stick of Chris Pearson (assisted by Justin Rutley) for the 6-3 win.

The Lions were assessed seven minor penalties, while the Hawks drew 12 minors, a double minor, a five minute cross checking major, two 10 minute misconducts and two game misconducts. 

Saturday night, on home ice, the Lions lost a heart-breakers to the visiting Alexandria Glens, 3-2 in overtime.

Chris Pearson, on the Lions power play, put them one up at 15:35 of the first period with help from Steven Savage.

That lasted until 5:55 into the second period when Brandon Barillao beat Lions goaltender John Gilmer to even it a 1-1.

Again the Lions came charging back, this time with a Liam Morrow goal assisted by Kieran Devine at 7:09.

The Lions advantage lasted until 12:24 when Adam Cooke beat Gilmer to even it 2-2 and that’s the way it ended. 

Eric Verville counted the overtime winner for the Glens.

The Lions sat out six minor penalties, a five minute fighting major and a game misconduct. The Glens were assessed five minors and corresponding fighting and misconduct penalties. The Lions were outshot 49-33.

Coming up this week the Lions travel to Casselman for a 7:30 p.m game Thursday night, January 30. Saturday, February 1, they are on the road to take on the Char-Lan Rebels.

Their final home game is Sunday, February 9, when the Akwesasne Wolves are in town for a 2:30 p.m. match.

For the February 9 game, the Lions are inviting all kids from South Dundas and South Stormont to come to the game. All youngsters wearing their team hockey jersey will be admitted free to the game. The Lions encourage you to bring a non perishable food item to be donated to the local Food Bank.

The Morrisburg Lions understand the dedication and commitment of the minor hockey players involved with playing Canada’s pastime and would like to reward those that play this wonderful game with a free afternoon of Junior hockey. 

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