Ties stall Bantam B House Lions in second spot

January 27, 2016 Editor Sports

 

A pair of ties for the South Dundas Lions did little to alter the top of the Upper Canada Minor Hockey League’s Bantam B House league standings. The Kemptville Panther #2 team is sill hanging on to the top spot, and the Lions and the Panthers #1 team remain in a heated battle for second place.

Friday night, the Lions were in Kemptville to take on the Panther 1s, and when 48 minutes of action had ended, the result was a 4-4 tie. The two went into the evening tied for the league’s second place, and both were playing hard for a win.

The Panthers took a 1-0 first period lead (Chad Lackie goal) into the second period where the Lions dominated the play with three goals to the Panthers’ one for a 3-2 lead.

Noah Keeler got it started for the Lions 6:07 into the 15 minute second period with help from Justin Dagenais.

Nick Halliday got that one back to maintain the Panther’s one goal lead.

At 11:50 of the second, Owen Orendi provided the help and Jayden Shaver beat Panthers goalie Matt Chalupka to tie the game 2-2.

Then with 1:41 left in the second period Max Garlough scored unassisted to allow the Lions to carry a 3-2 advantage into the third.

The Lions’ lead lasted just over two minutes when Lackie counted his second goal against Lions goaltender Michaela Mustard to again even it up, this time with the scoreboard reading 3-3.

The Lions however, weren’t letting up and just over a minute lager, Dagenais counted unassisted to return to the Lions to an advantage situation.

Action went back and fourth and the Lions held on until 8:27 when Lackie completed a three goal performance which again tied the game (4-4).

That would be it. The 4-4 tie held, and each team collected a single point.

Saturday, the Lions were on the road to take on the fourth place Leeds Chargers, and again they settled for a tie, this time 2-2.

Thanks to two quick Chargers goals, the Lions found themselves scrambling to recoup from a 2-0 first period deficit to get back into the game.

They managed it with single goals in each of the second and third periods, with Michaela Mustard stopping all that came her way during the two periods.

Scoring for the Chargers in the first period were Justin Merkley and Graham Scott

The Lions were unable to put anything up on the scoreboard until  late in the second period when Noah Keeler put one past the Chargers goaltender Ethan Bertrand.

Seven minutes into the third period Justin Dagenais counted to even the game 2-2 and that is the way it stayed.

The Lions have now played 21 games and have an 11 win, five loss, five tie record for 27 points.

With three games left on their regular schedule, they trail the first place Kemptville 2s who, in 19 games, have 30 points.

In 21 games, the Kemptville 1s have 26 points.

 

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The South Dundas Senior Pioneers claimed the Upper Canada Senior Little League championship on Saturday, August 9, in Kemptville with an exciting 7-6 win over Brockville in the final.

“It was nip and tuck the whole game,” says coach Ernie Beckstead. “It was a really, good game of ball.”

After finishing the regular season in second place, the Pioneers met Kemptville in semi-final playoff action in Kemptville and came up with a decisive 14-3 victory. That put them in the Saturday final against Brockville.

“We had them 4-2 then 5-2,” says Beckstead, “but they came back and made it 5-4.”

Beckstead had used his pitching options strategically which enabled him to keep his top producing pitcher of the season, Spencer Heldens, for the final inning.

The Pioneers went into the top of the seventh with the objective to hold on to their 7-6 lead. It was tense and it was exciting, says Beckstead.

“I pulled Spencer [Heldens] aside before we started the inning and told him it was in his hands.”

“We actually started the inning shaky on a routine grounder to third. Smithy [Aaron] took a little too much time getting rid of the ball and ended up throwing high. That put a runner on base with none out.”

“The next batter hit one up the middle and Cole [Beckstead] made an unbelievable play on his forehand. He tossed it up to second, and Adam [Lapier] made a nice catch reaching for the ball while managing to keep his foot on the bag. That gave us one out with a runner still on first base.”

Heldens struck out the next batter, and the final out was on a grounder to second with Lapier throwing out the runner at first.

 “We had a really good team and the boys improved a lot of the summer. I had excellent pitching and an all-star infield. Unfortunately the weather was awful. We missed a lot of games because of rain.”

The Pioneers pitching staff included junior pitchers Lucas Bennis and Adam Lapier. Spencer Heldens was the main senior pitcher with Aaron Smith, Cole Beckstead and Quinn Bennis all seeing some time on the mound.

Quinn Bennis was catcher, Josh Black was at first, Adam Lapier and Jonah Bennis alternated at second, Aaron Smith played third and Cole Beckstead was at shortstop. Outfielders included Johnny Testerink, Isaac Cummins, Johnathon Mayhew and Mathew Backes, who says Beckstead “was the best number eight hitter in the league.”

In the dugout with Beckstead was assistant coach Jamie Smith and working hard for the team at the championship weekend was Jordan Lowe.

The senior little league ball age runs from 14-16 years old. The Pioneers had a good mix of ages and will only lose two players for next year, Spencer Heldens and  Josh Black.

“I’ve coached these kids a lot growing up, and they have really improved. They are now young men, and I could see this year that what I’ve taught them they have carried with them.”

The Pioneers are made up of players from South Dundas and should be strong again next year. Their interest and dedication bodes well for the future of ball.

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Peewee Lions need your vote to win $$$$

January 30, 2013 Editor Sports

The South Dundas Peewee B House 1 Lions are asking the community to get their fingers tapping and to cast an online vote for them in the Stagg® Chili, Save for Success Campaign.

The Peewee B House Lions have entered a contest hosted by Stagg® Chili in which they can win $3,000. And as a result they are inviting the community to get behind them by simply casting a vote in their favour.

Through the course of the 2012/13 regular hockey season, the makers of Stagg® Chili are contributing $1 for every save made by every goalie in every Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Western Hockey League (WHL) regular season game.

The program is expected to contribute up to $30,000 to minor hockey teams at all levels through Ontario and West Canada.

Five teams in each of the two areas (Ontario and Western Canada) will be awarded $3,000 each to help them fund their team jerseys.

The South Dundas Lions have submitted their team photo and the voting has begun.

In the east division they are holding their own in fifth spot with 218 votes as of Monday of this week.

The east division leaders are the Barrie Colts with 812 votes followed by teams from Hanover, Ontario (679) and Aurora (511). A Kitchener team has 411.

With a little help from the community, the South Dundas Lions are looking to move up in the standings and secure a chance at winning $3,000.

You can help them make their move up by going to www.staggchili.ca/vote/ and casting your vote.

 

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