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 After finishing in third place in the very closely contested nine-team Upper Canada Major Division regular season, the South Dundas Pioneers worked their way to the championship final at the playoff tournament  held in Kemptville in mid-August.

The Pioneers, coached by Kent Young, (assisted by Ben Henry and Chris Fetterly) were in a transition year having lost all but four players from the 2013 lineup. They played some good ball during the regular season to finish in a very tight race that saw Brockville in first place with  31 points. 

The next four spots were extremely close with Kemptville Grey in second with 26 points, the Pioneers next with 25, Prescott with 24 and Kemptville Black with 23. 

The format for the tournament playoff championship divided the league into three pools, with the top three finishers in each and one wild card advancing to the semi-finals.

The Pioneers after placing first in their pool met the Kemptville Grey.

“The first couple innings were close as Kemptville had a very good starting pitcher,” says coach Young. A couple of big innings put the Pioneers in the driver’s seat and they hung on for an 8-7 win to advance to the championship final against the top seeded Brockville team.

“They [Brockville] had a good team. They were always the team to be from the start of the season,” says Young. “They had a very good pitcher and a very good team. We started off really well and were actually up on them by a run after two. But they didn’t start their ace, and that got to us mentally. The boys knew it would be tough to manufacture any runs off of him. That’s when things started to fall apart. We walked a couple of batters, made a couple of errors in the field and threw the ball around.”

“Then you added their hits, and it was a recipe for disaster. We ended up losing the game 13-3.”

“All in all, I think we did very well for a young team,” says Young. “The kids learned a lot this year. It was a transition year…I had lost all but four of my players so we had eight new players. The start of the season was teaching all the basics. 

“The biggest difference for some of the first year guys was the pitching. Pitchers didn’t throw as hard and didn’t have curve balls last year.”

“So the start of the season was a bit bumpy.  We did well against the younger teams because they were in the same boat as us. But against the more veteran teams we struggled. They all started to improve gradually through the course of the season. Everyone had something to offer.”

“It is nice to see that baseball has made a huge comeback in the Williamsburg area,” says Henry. “I think the biggest reason is because you have someone like David Lapier in our community who has spearheaded the association. He has spent countless hours getting our association organized and people involved. He has recruited quality people to help with coaching, umpiring and maintaining the fields.”

“It takes many volunteers to make our association successful on and off the field. If it wasn’t for volunteers like David and the others, the kids would be missing out on an opportunity to play such a great sport.”

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Jamie Scott shot an even par 72 Saturday, to lead a field of 64 golfers at the Upper Canada Golf Course’s men’s open. Scott,  centre, the assistant manager at the course, is joined by manager Allan McNairn, left, and course superintendant Randy LeClair. Upper Canada members made it a clean sweep with Doug Patterson winning B flight with an 81 and Denis O’Rourke C flight with an 80. Net winners were Lance LePage of Morrisburg in A flight, Mike Laurin of Upper Canada in B flight, and Doug Warner of Morrisburg in C flight.  Lise Lalonde led the 11 competing women golfers with an 88 to take the top prize in A flight and Carolyn Weegar and Abby Riviere led B flight with 99s. Susan Shepherd shot a 95 in A flight for the low net 73.

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The second last week of the season for the Seaway Kickers club saw all four teams busy with regular-game play and a weekend soccer festival at Kemptville College.

U13-Mixed win again at home

IROQUOIS — The U13-Mixed team hosted the Ottawa Internationals M1 team  August 14th at the Merkley Soccer Fields in Iroquois.

Scoring started last in the first half at the 28 minute mark on a hard drive to the net by forward Sam Henderson, 1-0 Seaway at half-time.

The Internationals made several attempts early in the second half to get by goalkeeper Kendrew Byers, with six shots on net and two on-target, none of the shots were successful. At the 55 minute mark, forward Theo Blancher scored a one-timer in the center of the net, 2-0 Seaway. Midfielder David Vreman finished off the scoring for the game, shooting low in the bottom left corner at the 59 mark. Final score, Seaway Kickers 3, Ottawa Internationals 0. Byers collected his third clean-sheet of the season.

With this win, the U13-Mixed team advances to a record of 6 wins, 8 losses with one final game for the season hosting county-rivals North Dundas United on August 21st in Iroquois. 6:30p.m. game start at the Merkley Soccer Fields.

U13-Mixed team win two, tie one in Kemptville

KEMPTVILLE — The U13-Mixed team played in Kemptville on Sunday, August 17 in a three-game soccer festival.

First game played saw the Kickers face off against the Nepean City Storm M1 team, playing to a 1-1 tie. Midfielder David Swerdfeger scored the lone goal for the Kickers at the 34 minute mark.

The team’s second game was against the Nepean Hotspurs M1 team. Nepean lead at half-time 1-0. At the 40 minute mark in the second half, Seaway was awarded a penalty-kick after a pushing foul, with midfielder Aodhan Lowson besting Nepean’s keeper, 1-1 Seaway. Four minutes later, a three-player charge at the net saw forward Theo Blancher get the game-winning goal. Final score, Seaway Kickers 2, Nepean Hotspurs 1.

The final game of the day saw Seaway play county-rivals, and league-leading North Dundas United. Scoring opened in the first half with Kickers midfielder Sam Waytowich scoring on a rebound at the 22 minute mark, 1-0 Seaway at half-time.

Seaway remained in possession of the ball for a majority of the second half, with eight shots at net, three on-target, and one goal, with four minutes remaining by forward Curran Gilmour.

Final score, Seaway Kickers 2, North Dundas United 0. Goalkeeper Kendrew Byers with the shutout.

U16-Girls shut out the competition in Kemptville

KEMPTVILLE — The Seaway Kickers U16-Girls team shut out all three games in the soccer festival at Kemptville College August 16th. The team won against the Ottawa Internationals G2 team 3-0. Kristen Van hoof, Shayna VanBeilen and Lauren Snyder scored a goal a-piece. Goalkeeper Alyssa Grant got the shutout.

The team faced off against the Nepean City Storm next, playing to a 0-0 tie, Grant with her second clean-sheet for the day.

The final game of the day saw the U16 Kickers play against the Ottawa Internationals G1 team, winning 2-0. Rebecca Ferguson and Lauren Snyder scored a goal a-piece, with Ferguson and Stefanie St. Louis sharing the shutout.

With two games to go in the season, the U16 Girls team host the Nepean City Storm G2 team at their final home game August 20th at the Merkley Soccer Fields in Iroquois, 6:30p.m. game start.

U13-Girls get results in Kemptville

KEMPTVILLE — The Seaway Kickers U13-Girls team competed in the three-game soccer festival at Kemptville College on August 16. The team faced the Ottawa Internationals first, winning 1-0, followed by playing the Nepean City Storm team, shutting them out 3-0. The third game of the day, against the Ottawa Royals G1 team, ended in a 2-2 draw.

The U13-Girls team play their final home game of the season on Tuesday, August 19 at the Merkley Soccer Fields in Iroquois, results will be in next weeks issue of The Morrisburg Leader.

U15-Mixed team dominate Kemptville tournament

KEMPTVILLE — The U15-Mixed team played in Kemptville, winning all three games in shutouts, finishing off the 2014 season.

The first game saw a 5-0 win over the Ottawa Internationals M2 team. Oakley Beavers scored a hat-trick, with John Coligan and David Swerdfeger having a goal a-piece.

Second game saw the Kickers shutout the Nepean City Storm M2 team, 1-0. Lone goal scored by Oakley Beavers.

The final game of the day saw the Kickers play against the Nepean City Storm M1 team, winning 2-0. John Coligan and Oakley Beavers scored one goal each in the win.

Goalkeeper Antoine Scarr had all three clean-sheets for the day.

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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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The 67 players in the 44th annual Ladies Valley League Golf Competition had to battle for every inch of roll they could get on the rain-drenched Summer Heights Golf Course on Sunday, and in the end it was the home team claiming a very healthy win.

The hosting Summer Heights team put up just 940 strokes to reclaim the Valley League title after losing it to Cedar Glen in Williamsburg last summer.

Finishing well back of this year’s champs in second place was Prescott with 988 strokes. Third spot went to Iroquois at 1006, Morrisburg was fourth at 1023 and Cedar Glen was last with 1042. 

The Ladies Valley League consists of 13-player teams, plus one spare. There are three players in each of A-B-C-D flight with the two best scores in each flight counted towards the team total. Also counting in the team total are the senior players’ scores.

Stephanie White led the Summer Heights team to victory with an 83, and Helen Greer-Doll counted the second A flight score with a 91.

Ann Leduc counted a 96 in B flight and Irma Tyrell added a 102, while in C flight, Elizabeth Marjerrison turned in a 100 and Denise Levac a 106. 

Alice Grant led D flight with a 127, and Kay Vallee had a 130. Gail Adams shot a 105 in the senior spot.

Also playing for the team, with their scores not counting were France Longtin in A flight, Nicole Landriault in B, Lynda Lafleche in C and Sheila Cadieux in D. June Eden played as their spare.

In individual play, the Summer  Heights team won three of the five low gross trophies

The low shooter of the day was Stephanie White of Summer Heights who posted an 83 to claim the Trudy Beavers Trophy for low gross in A flight.

Ann Leduc posted a 96 to win the Phyllis Locke B flight  Trophy and teammate Elizabeth Marjerrison won the Mildred and Dick Atchison C flight trophy with a 100. 

Preventing a Summer Heights sweep in the flights was Liz Asselin of Iroquois, who won  D low gross and the Bank of Montreal trophy with a 124.

Net wins went to  Helen Doll Greer (91-75 net) in A flight, Mary Jane Baker of Prescott (103-75 net) in B flight, Denis Levac of Summer Heights (106-73 net) in C flight and Sharon Landry of Prescott (73 net) in D flight.

Carole Parent of Cedar Glen posted a 94 to win the senior low gross Howard Wallace Trophy and Cathy Marston of Iroquois won the Jennie Clifford Memorial Trophy for low senior net with  a 106 for an 83 net.

Judy Eden of Summer Heights was the low spare with a 99 and  Anita Cooper, Morrisburg had the low net shooting a 108 for a 79 net.

Low gross shooters for each of the teams were: Carole Parent, 94, Cedar Glen; Nancy Barkley, 92 Iroquois; Lori-Anne Davies, 95, Morrisburg; Mia Henderson, 90, Prescott; Stephanie White, 83, Summer Heights.

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Just 16 shots separated the top two finishers at the 2014 Border League Golf Competition played at the Prescott Golf Club on Sunday.

The 10-man Prescott team used the home turf to their advantage to claim the 2014 championship with just 678 strokes, while the Cornwall Country Club placed second with 694.

Settling into third were the Brockville Country Club shooters with 705 strokes while St. Lawrence (Canton) was fourth with 720. Gananoque posted 749 strokes, Smiths Falls 763, Partridge Run (Canton) 810 and Morrisburg 811.

The prestigious non-handicapped stroke play Border League competition has been running since 1947, when the Mercury Lincoln trophy was won by Ogdensburg.

It consists of 10-player teams, eight regular, and one senior and one junior aged player. The best nine of 10 scores are used.

Prescott had some great individual play on Sunday, with two team member winning low gross categories. 

This year’s low gross was shot by Prescott’s Kyle Lavery with a two-under-par 68, while Prescott senior Claude Labranche posted  a 69. The low junior score was shot by Zeren Tuna of Brockville with a 71.

Winning in the non-team player categories were Brockville’s Jack Laforty for Low Director and Prescott’s Jim Duncan for low president (net score).

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Shaler and Cindy Hill were the first to the winners circle in action at Cedar Glen last week.

The Hills produced the winning low net in the Tuesday Night Scramble play with Vern and Sue McMillan placing a close second. 

In the low gross category, Lyle Schell and Shawn Lapier put it together for a 31 for the win. Ron Ferguson and Dave Bird and Don McMillan and Larry Harper tied for second place with 33s.

Ladies night action saw some 60 plus golfers out for the annual Golf for the Cure event.

Then on Thursday night, Kurtis Barkley won the low gross in A flight with a 35, and Shawn Lapier was next with a 38. The A flight net win went to Wayde Roles.

Sam Locke was the top shooter in B flight with a 39, and Harry Lalonde was next with a 42. Net winners were Daryl Shelp and Harold Chalker.

The C flight win went to Sandy Johnson with a 46 with Gary Whitteker two strokes back with a 48. Don Hoople won D flight with a 52.

The C flight net winners were Steve Summers and Bill Larocque while Winston Muir had the low net in D flight.

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This week the Morrisburg Golf club sends its good wishes for some big results for Barb Sheridan, and Monique and Andy Patenaude as they head to Windsor for the Provincial 55+ Senior games which will take place August 19-22. Barb and Andy will be on the golf course while Monique will be putting her skills to work at the Euchre table.

The ladies kicked off the week at the Morrisburg Golf course last Wednesday, August 6, with their weekly night. The evening was sponsored by Royal Lepage-John Morrow, and the game was The Good and the Bad.

Golfers were required to count their best and worst scores on the par 3s, par 4s and par 5s which allowed six scores to count.

The low winners were Vicki Boivin with a 30 and Monique Patenaude and Diane Gallinger tied with 31’s. High score winners were Lydia Eamon with a 52 and Claire Dunn with a 50.

The average score winners were Valerie St. John, Shelley Broad, Laurie Dillabough, Anita Cooper and Judy Laurin with the average score being 35.

In the non-member category, Shannon Casselman was the low score winner with a 34, and Nelda Hickman won for high score with a 49. The average score winners were Patty Boucher and Janie Connelly with 36’s.

With the Ladies Open played today, Wednesday, August 13, there is no Ladies Night this week. Ladies night will resume August 20 with the Flower Station-Shannon Casselman as sponsor.

In men’s night action on August 7, Shawn Hummel led the field with a 35. Kirk Barkley was the low gross shooter in B flight with a 39 (retro) and Bob Barclay won C flight with a 43 (retro).

Net winners for the evening were Kevin Duvall in A flight, Scott Robinson in B and Steve Boucher in C. Closest to the pin winners were Travis Dillabough on the par three 14th hole and Dave McClenaghan on the par three 17th.

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 “Over the years, many, many people in our community have had children who took part in Seaway’s athletic program and benefitted from it,” said Mark Lewis, athletic director at Seaway District High School. “Now we are hoping for golfers to come out and support us so that program can continue.” 

The Iroquois-Matilda and the Morrisburg and District Lions Clubs have joined with a volunteer committee, of which Lewis is a member, to set up and host the first ever Seaway Spartans Golf Tournament, scheduled for Saturday, August 16, at the Iroquois Golf Club. This fun-filled tournament is being held to support the Athletic Program at Seaway District High School.

“There are many life lessons which can be learned by being part of a school team, or taking part in any form of athletics,” Lewis said. “It is vital to ensure that a variety of strong sports programs remain available to all the students at the high school.”

“There was a time when there were nearly 600 students at Seaway. Now we have about half that number, and the budgets for sports have declined as a result. Our basketball teams are using uniforms from a decade ago, and we are playing with soccer balls that are more than 14 years old. Our weight room needs serious upgrading as well.”

One of the biggest financial problems for Seaway is the funding required to cover away sports. Because of the fact that Seaway players must travel long distances to take part in meets and tournaments, much of the school’s limited athletic budget goes just to cover those costs. There is often very little money left over.

Yet the school hopes to continue to offer all local students a full, varied and exciting selection of athletic programs throughout their years at Seaway.

To do this, the volunteer committee and the Lions Clubs,  felt that a fund raiser, taking place well outside of the regular school year, would ensure that fresh funds find their way to the Spartans in order to support school athletic programs.

The first ever Seaway Spartans Golf Tournament is spear-headed by Iroquois Junior Lions Jessica Hartle and Melissa Stevens and Morrisburg Junior Lions Christyn Veinotte and Victoria Peters. They have had strong on-going support from Lions Tracey Veinotte, Rick Mackenzie, Evonne Delegarde and many others in the local service clubs.

“This event just wouldn’t be happening without the support and expertise of our Lions clubs,” Lewis said. “I was a complete novice at this kind of thing, and their advice has been wonderful. I know that this is one of the most generous communities I have ever experienced, and I know that local businesses and groups are hit up a lot. What we wanted to do was to give people an opportunity to have a day out, really enjoy themselves, and help our sports department at the same time.”

The tournament starts at 11 a.m. on the 16th of August, using a four man scramble format. Sponsorships are already out in the community. Companies, clubs and individuals are invited to choose from six levels of support, although donations of any size will be gratefully received. 

Sponsors will all be recognized in the local paper, on the SDHS web page, in social media and will also be prominently displayed at the actual event.   

The cost to play is $80 per person, which guarantees 18 holes of great golf, a light lunch and a full roast beef dinner at the end of the day, as well as a donation to the Spartan athletic program.

Contact the Iroquois Golf Club or Morrisburg Home Hardware or the Seaway District High School web page to enter your team or to sponsor the Seaway Spartans Golf Tournament.

“We would especially like to see Seaway alumni, former teachers and administrators and their friends coming out, having a great day and supporting their old high school,” said Mark Lewis.

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Cheryl Lowe and Kurtis Barkley posted an early lead and never looked back as they headed for their respective 2014 Cedar Glen Club Championships on the weekend.

Barkley put together record setting Cedar Glen club championship scores of 67-65 for a 132 total, and Lowe shot rounds of 83-93 for a 176 for her win.

Barkley was on his game throughout the weekend. Saturday, he got it rolling with a front nine, two-under-par 32, despite a bogey-four on the ninth hole. To his front 32, he added a one-under-par 35 on the back for the 67.

On Sunday it got even better. He turned the corner at three under and brought it home with a two-under-par 36 with birdies on 10, 13 and 14 and a bogey-four on the par-three 15th.

The next closest shooters to Barkley after Saturday’s opening round, were Lonnie McIntosh and Brandon Cousineau who were tied with 73’s. Cousineau fell back into fourth spot with an 84  on Sunday, for a 161 total, and McIntosh added an 82, to finish second behind Barkley. 

J.P. St. Pierre opened with a 79 on Saturday, and added an 81 for a third place finish overall in A flight. His 160 gave him the Senior Championship. 

Cheryl Lowe had a really solid front nine on Saturday, and then played steady to win the women’s 2014 championship. Her front nine 38 on Saturday did a lot of the talking as she finished with an 83, five strokes up on Muriel Whitteker.

The two shot 93’s on Sunday, giving Low the win and placing Whitteker in second place with a 181 total (88-93). Third spot went to Shari Boyd with rounds of 94-98.

In the men’s B flight, it was Barry Casselman claiming the championship with rounds of 83-85. Liam Morrow had the lead after the opening 18 holes with an 82, but fell back with a 91 shot on Sunday.

Morrow’s 173 total gave in the Junior Championship.

Casselman and Larry Harper were tied for second spot in the first rounds with 83’s, but Casselman cashed in with an 85 for the B championship while Harper was two strokes back with an 87 for a 170 total.

Terry Barkley and Darrell Shelp, tied with 90’s Saturday, were well back of the pack, but then pulled it together on Sunday. Barkley closed the gap with an 84 for a fourth place finish at 174, and Shelp added an 86 for a 176 total.

Peter Brown claimed the C flight championship with a 185 total. 

He too set the pace early with an 89 shot on Saturday, eight strokes up on Dale Whitteker at 97. John Phillips was third at 100. Brown and Whitteker tied on Sunday with 96’s giving the Brown the C flight championship. Phillips added a 101 for third place.

In ladies action, Sheila Bush took a one stroke lead over Ann Cook in round one. Bush posted a 98 and Cook a 99.  Bush claimed the B championship with a 97 on Sunday, for a 195 total, while Cook totaled 213 for second place. Elise Muir was third with a 220 total.

Barb Mabe had the early lead in C flight with a 115 to Corry Whitteveen’s 117 and Great McGann’s 119.

Whitteveen came on strong on Sunday, for a 106, to claim the championship with a 223 total. Mabe finish second at 239, and Greta McGann was third at 241.

The D flight championship was won by Connie Collins at 274 (142-132).

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