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The South Dundas Atom B Lions evened their season record at two wins and two losses  Sunday, October 26, with a 4-3 win over the Char-Lan Rebels at home.

Montgomery Dejong took a feed from Quade Mullin and beat the goalie with a perfect shot just 15 seconds into the game to give the Lions a l-0 lead.

Then Sam Connors put the Lions up, 2-0, at 5:10 assisted by James Martens.  

Although it looked as if the Lions were on their way, Rebels Jack Gray (assisted by Riley Tessier), had other ideas as he worked to pull his team to within one goal with 4:39 left in the period.  

The Lions managed to hold on to their one goal advance until the final minute of the first when Jacob Campeau, assisted by Sean Marasa, tied it 2-2. 

Although the Lions had started strong in the first period, the Rebels carried the momentum into the second.

They did a good job of limiting the Lions’ scoring chances during the second. While they played defensively, Campeau, assisted by Avery Teodoro, provided their offense to put the Rebels up 3-2.

The game settled down and some key saves from Lions goaltender Mateo Lacroix, during the second and third periods, enabled the Lions to stay within the one goal reach. 

It was late in the third period when Spencer Barclay was rewarded for his strong two-way play. 

Barclay counted for the Lions after taking a nice pass from Mullin to tie the game 3-3, and give the Lions a needed shot of adrenaline. 

The Lions continued to press and with 1:21 left on the clock, Sean Nicolaassen’s shot found the back of the Rebels net.  

Nicolaassen, who normally plays defence, was moved up on a forward line with Barclay and Dryden Buter for the final shift of the game. It was Barclay who provided the assist on his winning goal.  

Following Nicolaassen’s winner, goaltender Lacroix and his teammates were able to survive a final push from the Rebels in the dying seconds.

The Lions next action is on the road in Athens, Sunday, November 2.

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The South Dundas Novice B Lions gave up a pair of second period goals to the North Dundas Demons which set the Demons on the course for victory here Monday night, October 27.

The Lions went up 1-0 in the first period of the game, but then fell behind 2-1 in the second period.

Goals were traded in the third period, which allowed the Demons to hang on for a 3-2 win.

It was midway into the first period that Ben Radley opened the scoring for the Lions with help from Devon Honders.

Two quick Demon goals, from the sticks of Gavin Eikelboom and Wyatt Rivet, in the last five minutes of the second period were the difference. 

Ryan Wilson put the Demons up 3-1 early in the third period, and the Lions got one back from Cooper McCooeye assisted by Noelle Hatherall to keep it close.

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The Morrisburg Club started league play last week, and we look forward to another successful year. As always, there are a few membership changes, and we wish well those unable to curl this year. Perhaps we’ll see you later in the season, and we welcome those new to the club. 

To those who have not signed up yet, there may still be openings. Contact the league coordinators soon, though, to make sure you get in. At the very least, there are openings as spares in any of the leagues. Relative to other sports, curling is the least expensive of sporting activities.

Concerning league coordinators: Little Rock Curlers (Ian Wilson) ianwilson@ucdsb.on.ca, after school Monday; Afternoon, daytime ladies, Tuesday p.m., (Alice Thompson), 613-543-3134; Senior men, (Dave King), 613-652-4227; Tuesday night men, (Jack Barkley), 613-543-3908; Daytime mixed, our new president, Ruth Kelly, ruthkelly@explornet.com; Evening ladies, Wednesday, (Sue McIntosh), 613-543-3118; Competitive league, Thursday p.m., (Ian Wilson);  Evening mixed, Friday night, (Mahlon Locke), 613-543-3104. 

Ruth Kelly is organizing a Monday night league for curlers of five years experience or less. Hope to see some new folks out.

Saturday, we had our first bonspiel, an Oktoberfest. (The swing and sweep fell victim too often in the past to iffy weather.) 

We thank Sandra Beckstead, owner of Smyth’s Orchards, for sponsoring. The hot apple cider, the prizes and the bushel basket full of apples and other treats, won in the draw by Greta McGann, were wonderful. 

The lunch, soup, German sausage and sauerkraut, prepared by Claire Locke and her committee, combined with appropriate beverages, sent the curlers out happy for their afternoon games.

Thanks to those who organized the day, and to Bill Laurin, whose pictures are great, and who will continue to promote the club with them and in other ways this year.

The top team on the day was Sam Locke, Keith Robinson, Paula Locke and Don Lazenby. Finishing second were Mahlon Locke, Joanne Baker, Laurie Lazenby and Linda Murphy. 

There are openings for teams in the Lions’ Bonspiel, Nov. 1, and the United Way Bonspiel Nov. 8 here at the club. The entry fee for each is $100 per team. Keith Robinson would be the contact for the former and Mahlon Locke for the latter. 

At our general meeting last month, Ruth Kelly was accepted as the new president, and Mahlon Locke, our president, retired from the job, though he’ll still be active in club business. We owe a huge debt to Mahlon for his service to our club over the past several years. 

Kathy Johnston, our long-time treasurer, presented her annual financial report, which showed another successful year for the club’s finances. There are still a few openings for the club board of directors, by the way.

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Wellness, and community involvement are both important issues for SDS Kerr/Beaver Dental and that’s why the early-summer purchase of a Stand Up Paddleboard for the South Dundas Sports Lending Library was a perfect fit.

The week of September 29 to October 3, the plant hosted a week-long Wellness Initiative where employees were given the opportunity to participate in and learn of a variety of activities that promote a healthy, active lifestyle.

To take advantage of the opportunity and make public the Paddleboard donation to the Library, South Dundas Recreation Program Coordinator Ben Macpherson, loaded up the board and transported it to the plant.

MacPherson explained the use of the board. “It is currently one of the fastest growing sports. You can take it out and just lay on it to relax, or you can use it for a good core workout. You can work your legs, core and arms. The river provides a really good workout.”

“We’ve had kids use it as young as 6-7 years, and the paddleboard was borrowed every weekend from the time we got it in mid-June to September. The same as the kayaks. With the success of the paddle board, we are going to purchase a second board.”

“We wanted to do something for the lending library,” said Isabella Farlinger. “I was aware of the stand up paddleboard and thought it would make a good addition to the lending library. We raised some money at a barbecue we held at our open house, and the company topped it up.”

Macpherson explained that the current board, at a cost of just under $800, is “middle of the road to high end in design. There are cheaper paddleboards and more expensive boards. This board is designed to be user friendly because it is wider.”

Stand up paddleboarding originated in Hawaii as an off-shoot of surfing. The paddles used to propel the board are similar to the traditional canoe paddles and used while the paddle boarder is standing on the board.

As part of the Wellness Initiative at the plant a two-day trade fair provided vendors the opportunity to display their products and service.

Attending were Great West Life, Encon, Canadian Cancer Society, Lakeshore Massage, Bayshore Workplace Health and Safety, South Dundas Recreation, Heart and Stroke and Natunola.

The employees sat in on retirement planning sessions, and lunch n’ learn sessions on topics such as healthy eating, how to quit smoking and online education programs offered through St. Lawrence College.

There was also a work day walking challenge.

The South Dundas Recreation display highlighted the many recreational activities available in South Dundas, including the Sports Lending Library.

With the summer now gone, Macpherson explained those seasonal items will now move to the back of the Library shelves and demand will be for snowshoes, cross-country skis and skates. 

All of the equipment needed for each, in addition to helmets, are available in assorted sizes.

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Last Wednesday, October 15, the Morrisburg Junior B Lions were in Brockville where the Tikis nabbed them for a 7-2 win.

Then on Friday, October 17, the Tikis lost to the Westport Rideaus, 6-1.

On Saturday night in Morrisburg, the Lions turned it completely around to defeat the Rideaus, 13-6.

The Brockville Tikis are in second place in the Rideau Division with 13 points, four points behind the Prescott Flyers. The Rideaus are in last place with nine points.

The Lions, thanks to the Saturday night win against the Rideaus, have moved into fifth place in the St. Lawrence Division, two points up on the Char-Lan Rebels.

A betting man might have difficulty deciding where to place his money.  A junior B hockey coach might understand anything can happen in any given game.

Wednesday night in Brockville, the Tikis built a 2-0 first period lead and never looked back. They went up 4-0 in the first five minutes of the second period before Eric Evans counted for the Lions with help from Michael Paquette and Justin Lefevbre.

The Tikis got one more late in the frame to carry a 5-1 advantage into the third.

Early in the third period, Paquette counted the Lions third and final goal on a penalty shot.

John Gilmer started in net for the Lions, and was replaced in the second period by Keiran Weir.

The Lions sat out 22 minutes in penalties on seven infractions, and the Tikis were assessed 33 minutes, also on seven infraction. The Tikis scored only one goal on their power play, that at 12:53 of the third period from Ethan York.

Back home on Saturday night, the Lions got off to another shaky start and trailed the visiting Westport Rideaus 2-1 heading into the second period. 

Just 3:46 into the second, Jacob Kendrick scored unassisted to tie the game 2-2, and spark the Lions to a scoring exhibition which saw them count five consecutive goals to go up 7-3. The Rideaus finally got them stopped with a Travis Marshall  goal with 38 seconds left in the frame.

Peter McGahey got two back for the Rideaus early in the third period to tighten the count to 7-5, but again the Lions went on the offensive. This time  they counted three goals for a 10-5 advantage before the Rideaus got them stopped with an Aaron Gregoire player-play goal at 10:10.

This sparked another Lions spree, which resulted in another three goals, and the 13-6 Lions victory.

Jacob Kendry and Eric Evans led the Lions scoring with three goals each, and Landon Veenstra added a pair.

Zach Belaire, Michael Paquette, Ryan Griffin, Jacob Guillot and Justin Rutley all scored single goals.

Veteran Lions, Paquette and Rutley both had big games. Paquette helped out on four goals and Rutley provided the assists on three.

John Gilmer was in net for the Lions win.

The Lions sat out 22 minutes on seven infractions, and the Rideaus were assessed 24 minutes on eight infractions. The Rideaus scored one power-play goal, while the Lions were not successful in their six power-play opportunities.

The Lions now move into the St. Lawrence Division’s fifth place spot with six points on three wins.

The Casselman Vikings remain in first place, undefeated in eight games, while the Alexandria Glens are in second place with 11 points on five wins and one shoot-out loss.

The Winchester Hawks and the Akwesasne Wolves are tied with 10 points.

Coming up this week, the Lions travel to Casselman to take on the Vikings, Thursday, October 23.

Saturday night, October 25, the Brockville Tikis will be in Morrisburg for a 7:30 p.m. start, and Sunday night, the Lions will be on the road for a game against the Wolves.

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The Morrisburg Junior B Lions slipped to the bottom of the St. Lawrence Division standings with a pair of losses this past weekend. 

Saturday night, October 11, the Lions travelled to the Char-Lan Rec Centre where they lost 6-3 to the Rebels. Back home on Sunday, they lost a close one, 7-6 to the first place Casselman Vikings.

The Vikings are now sitting atop a seven-win record for 14 points, five up on the Winchester Hawks and the Alexandria Glens who are tied with nine apiece.

The Akwesasne Wolves are fourth with eight points, while the Rebels and the Lions are tied with four points each.

Saturday night in Char-Lan, the Lions fell behind early and were never able to catch up.

John Gilmer, who was in net for the Lions, gave up the six goals on 39 Rebels shots.

Ryan Cooper earned the Rebels win.

The Rebels took a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Brian Landry and Quinlin MacDonell. They went up 3-0 at 10:47 of the second period with Landry’s second counter.

It wasn’t until the final minute of the second that Jacob Kendrick, on the Lions power play, found the Rebels net with help from Justin Rutley and Michael Paquette.

The Lions put up a big effort to collect two more in the early minutes of the third period to cut the gap to 3-2.

Cole Blanchard (from Rutley) and Kendrick (from Isaac Brownlee and Dylan Nixon) did the counting, both scoring on the Lions power play.

But then it was back to the Rebels. Brennan Markell added a pair at 5:23 and 7:18, both on the Rebels power play, and David Poirier upped it to 6-3 at 12:15 of the third period, again on the Rebels power-play.

Both teams had great success with their power-plays. The Lions scored their three goals on the power play, and the Rebels scored four of their six goals on their power play.

The Lions sat out 54 minutes on 15 infractions, and the Rebels were assessed 35 minutes on 16 infractions.

Sunday in Morrisburg, both the Vikings and the Lions counted heavily on penalties. The Vikings were three for three on power play and the Lions connected for three power-play goals in 10 opportunities

The Lions were first on the scoreboard when Ryan Griffin struck unassisted at 8:07 of the first period.

The Vikings turned it up a notch to come back for three in a row to end the first period, 3-1.

The second period  was a seesaw battle, but the closest the Lions were able to get was to within one goal of a tie.

Justin Rutley (from Jacob Guillot and Brodie Barkley), Michael Paquette (short-handed from Barkley and Isaac Brownlee), Dallas Blacksmith (power play from Barkley) and Blacksmith (power play from Lefevbre and Barkley) counted the four second period Lions goals.

Sebastien Plante, Taylor Widenmaier, Maxime Choquette and Nicolas Brazeau counted the four Vikings goals in the second period.

The high scoring second period sent the game into the third period with the Vikings still ahead 7-5

Fifteen seconds into the third, Vikings Yannik Bertrand drew a roughing penalty, and that set the stage for Balcksmith to complete his hat trick  and to close the gap to 7-6.

Junstin Lefebvre provided the set up.

That would be it however. The remainder of the third  period was scoreless, and the Vikings hung on for the 7-6 win.

Coming up, the Lions host the Westport Rideaus, Saturday night, October 18. (7:30 p.m.)

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The South Dundas Novice B Lions opened their 2014/15 season on the road and on a winning note.

On Wednesday night, October 8, the Lions travelled to Kemptville where they collected a close 4-3 win from the Kemptville B2 Panthers.

The Lions Nick Connors was on top of his game and ready to roar for the Lions as he connected for all four of their goals.

The Panthers were first on the scoreboard with a goal from Cameron McNulty with 5:49 left in the first period. Their advantage lasted just 16 seconds when Connors answered with help from Mason Hummel.

The 1-1 tie held until late in the second period when Connors struck for goals two and three, both assisted by Ben Radley.

The Panthers got one back before the end of the second period from Nate Thompson to narrow the gap to 3-2.

Midway into the third period Graeme Laverance scored, unassisted, for the Panthers to again tie the game, now at 3-3.

With the minutes ticking away, Connors, with help from Drew Laperle and Radley scored his fourth goal to put the Lions up 4-3, and that’s the way it stayed.

Hutt was unbeatable in the net for the remaining 3:49 minutes, and the Lions collected their first win of the new season.

In this year’s Novice B Lions lineup,  along with goaltender Hutt, Connors, Hummel, Radley and Laperle are Cooper McCooeye, Addyson Lalonde-Thompson, Logan Tait, Terrence Mudde, Luke Byvelds, Noelle Hatherall, Caleb Machan, Travis Faulkner and Devon Honders.

Matt McCooeye is the coach and the assistant coaches are Shawn Hummel and Dan Byvelds. Also on the coaching staff are Mike Hutt, John Connors and Shellie Spencer.

In exhibition action in Long Sault, the Lions and the Selects played to a 1-1 tie. Both goals were scored in the second period. 

Mason Hummel counted for the Lions with help from Cooper McCooeye and John McLeod provided the Selects goal.

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A strong second period by the visiting Smiths Falls Bears proved too much for the South Dundas Novice C Lions.

The veteran Bears scored three times in the middle frame to skate away with the victory. 

Fans certainly got to see an entertaining game. It was standing room only and even if they could sit, the excitement was certainly too much for anyone to use their seats.  

The Lions’  “Legion of Doom” line of Emily Swerdfeger, Shayna Markell, and Lanie Verhey nearly turned things around when trailing 2-0.  

Verhey fought off two for checkers before young Swerdfeger sprung Markell on a lone breakaway. The Bears’ goalie stood tall and stymied the scoring opportunity.  

Brogan Kyle started in nets for the home opener and stood on his head.  

“He did everything we asked of him but score,” Coach Martens said in a post game interview.  “He really played great!”  

The Lions take a couple weeks off, allowing key players to recover from the turkey flu. 

Coach Dickson expects with a full line-up this Novice C club could be unstoppable. 

“We’re looking forward to what we can do when firing on all cylinders.  We have a nice break before we face off against county rivals, North Dundas on October 25th.”  

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Although they have their hopes up that there is still plenty of fall golf ahead, members of the Iroquois Golf Club wrapped up their 2014 program with a final scramble tournament and awards banquet on Sunday.

Pro shop manager, Kathy Hardy acted as master of ceremony for the awards banquet which kicked off with a delicious turkey dinner prepared by the club’s food service provider Ida Donnelly.

After that Hardy provided an overview of the season and its winners, and the corresponding  trophies were presented.

Presented the Fred Brouse Memorial trophy by Carol Brouse were ladies champs Nancy Barkley (A flight) and Mary Jean Craig (C flight).

Julie Bennett presented the Dale Simms Memorial trophy to men’s club champs Ed Orlicky (C flight) and Les Craig (D flight). Club champ Mike Tobin and B flight champ Doug Blad were not in attendance.

The Leslie Wright Memorial trophy for the senior nine hole scramble, played August 12, was won by Liz Asselin, Don Poland, Shirley MacLeod and Jamie MacLeod.  

This year’s net club champions were: Sue Sloan and Eric Brawberger (A flight, women’s and men’s), Maurice Kolff (Men’s B flight); Rick MacKenzie and Kathy Pederson (C flight) and Jacques Asselin (Men’s D flight).

Recognized for their holes-in -ones were Sarah Smith and Mike Tobin both on the par three 11th hole and David Thompson on the 13th.

Sunday’s 18 hole closing scramble tournament was won by the team of David Cherry, Ted Styles, Nellie Lightizer and Kathy Hardy. 

The scoring format resulted in a predetermined nine of the 18 holes not used in the scoring. The winning team shot a 66 before the nine holes were eliminated.

The winning low net team of the day consisted of Mike Tobin, Betty McDermid, Allie Cameron and Richard Martel.

Following the presentations, Iroquois Golf Course/Club director Stan Brigham thanked the members for their continued support.

“Every year we try to do better,” he said. “Our goal is to keep our golfers happy, and lately we seem to be turning the table.”

Brigham commended Hardy on the great job she does. “I really appreciate Cathy’s efforts. Her leadership is very important to us.”

Brigham also congratulated food service operator Ida Donnelly on her retirement at the end of the season and wished the best to her daughter Susan who will be taking over and keeping the food operation open throughout the winter.

With the apparent down turn of golf everywhere, Brigham encouraged all members to “keep bugging your friends and your neighbours, telling them how wonderful it is to play here.” 

Managing director and grounds superintendent, Chris Brigham also thanked everyone for their cooperation during the 2014 season. 

“I think the golf course was great this year,” he said. “I had a really great team this year, and I really enjoyed working with them.” 

The Iroquois Golf Course will remain open for play until the end of October. Bookings for holiday banquets are now being accepted  by the food management group.

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The Morrisburg Junior B Lions treated their fans to an exciting finish in St. Lawrence Division Hockey on Sunday afternoon, when they claimed a 5-4 shoot-out win against the Akwesasne Wolves.

For the Lions, it was a good ending to an otherwise not so good three-game weekend. 

Friday night they were in Winchester, where they were handed a  tough 8-2 loss by the Hawks.

Game two saw them back on home ice Saturday night, against the Alexandria Glens, who were able to break the game open late in the second period as they headed for a 6-2 win.

Friday night in Winchester, the Hawks went up 2-0 in the first period before Eric Evans, at 16:07, put the Lions on the scoreboard. The Hawks got one more, late in the frame, to carry a 3-1 advantage into the second period.

A four goal Hawks’ scoring outburst in the second period finished off the Lions.

The Lions did get one more goal from Zach Belaire with help for Jordan St. Louis and Justin Rutley 3:42 into the third period.

Justin Lefevbre and Jordan Smail provided the assists on the Eric Evans power play goal in the first period..

Keiran Weir gave up the six goals on 45 Hawks shots. Brandon Lowry handled the net duties for the Hawks.

The Lions sat out 50 minutes  in  penalties on 17 infractions and the Hawks drew 58 minutes on 17 infractions.

Saturday night, the Glens were first on the scoreboard 5:58 into the first period. But the Lions, Dallas Blacksmith got that back at 9:13 with help from Eric Evans and Dakota Blacksmith.

Jeffrey Rhainds made it 2-1 Glens late in the first.

The one goal Glens advantage held until 9:39 of the second period when Dallas Blacksmith (from Tanner Hummel and Justin Lefevbre) evened the game 2-2.

A late second period Glens rally resulted in two goals against Weir and allowed the visitors to carry a 4-2 advantage into the third period.

Good tight action was the highlight of the third period, but the Lions were unable to get anything more past Glens goaltender Callum Cassidy-Matthews.

The Glens scored their fifth goal in the empty Lions net at 18:14 and added their sixth with the less than one minute to go for the 6-2 win.

Sunday afternoon against the Wolves, the Lions hit the ice for two first period goals to go up 2-0.

Dallas Blacksmith got it going on the Lions power play from Justin Lefevbre and Dylan Nixon just 6:17 in.

Jordan St. Louis followed up the effort at 11:18 with help from Ryan Griffin and Jacob Guillott for the 2-0 Lions advantage.

But the Wolves came charging back with Nicholas Talarico scoring against Lions goaltender John Gilmer at 11:44 and Victor Bisson (power play) at 18:34 to even the field at 2-2.

In the second period, the Lions again skated into the lead with goals from Lefevbre (from Dallas Blacksmith and Eric Evans) at 1:27 and Evans, unassisted, at 5:40.

The Wolves, Nicholas Talarico got one back to cut the gap to 4-3 heading into the third period.

Just 1:08 into the third period, Derik Dionne, on the Wolves power play struck to tie the game, 4-4, and that’s the way it remained through regulation time to force the overtime.

The scoreless overtime play then pushed the game to the shoot out.

Justin Rutley (the Lions second shooter) was first to score for the Lions but his effort was cancelled by Alex Conroy Terrance.

Justin Lefevbre and Dallas Blacksmith were both not successful for the Lions and finally after the Wolves sixth shooter missed, Lion veteran Michael Paquette found the spot to lift the Lions to the 5-4 shoot out win.

Eric Evans was unsuccessful as the Lions first shooter.

Coming up this weekend the Lions are at home to the Alexandria Glens, Sunday afternoon. 

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