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It is just what the “volleyball” doctor ordered for girls in grades 9-12 interested in taking up volleyball or who are looking to improve their skills.

Meant to complement the successful volleyball programs at Seaway District High School, an Ontario Volleyball “Spikes” eight-week program will start Thursday, November 8. It is open to girls in grades 9-12 in South Dundas and the surrounding area, but will be limited to the first 32 girls who register.

“It is meant to provide fitness, skills and scrimmages as well as a couple of exhibition matches to interested participants,” says organizer Andy Lee. “No previous experience is necessary.”

The Spikes program, developed by the Ontario Volleyball Association, is meant to develop and interest players in the game. The drills and games are designed so that everyone has lots of fun and learns volleyball skills like never before.

All participants receive a Spikes® t-shirt.

“I would hope that this girls program could be extended into a boys program next year, and also involve younger ages, if someone would want to lead them,” says Lee. “We are relying on the knowledge of local persons to assist in the program as well as the Spikes program direction.”

The Spikes program will run on designated Thursday nights from 7-8:30 p.m. for eight weeks from November 8 to January 10 at Seaway District High School. The cost is $50 per player. 

South Dundas Spikes Volleyball registration form can be found at www.ontariovolleyball.org. For more information players can contact Andy Lee at andylee1sympatico.ca or by calling 613-543-3649. Participants can register through Lindsay Waddell at Seaway District High School or through Andy Lee in Morrisburg.

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CORNWALL & DISTRICT–Plans for local 55 plus winter games are under way, as the district prepares to send a team to the Ontario 55 plus Winter Games in Huntsville, February 26-28.

The local games will kick off with prediction skating, scheduled for Monday, November 12 and Friday, November 16 at the Benson Centre in Cornwall. Convener is Robert Peladeau (613-931-1641).

Glengarry Curling Club in Maxville will host a qualifying mixed bonspiel. The Stuart McKay rink from that club is the Ontario 55 plus Winter Games champions from 2011 in Haliburton. 

Dates are being finalized and information will be sent soon to local curling clubs.

Other qualifying events which will take place in the next couple of months are duplicate bridge and hockey, which has two age divisions (55 – 64 and 65+).

Alpine skiing and nordic skiing held their qualifying events in February 2012.  District 8’s Nordic Ski team won the Ontario team award in 2011 so will be defending that title in Huntsville.

Any 55 plus seniors wanting more information may contact the District Winter Games coordinators: Stanley Fraser (613-525-3777) or Monique Patenaude (613-543-3453).

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The 30 members of the St. Lawrence Rowing Club (SLRC), that rows out of the Galop Canal in Iroquois, has put away their paddles for the season which was highlighted, Saturday 29, with personal best performances at the Head of the Trent Regatta in Peterborough.

At Peterborough, the local club entered two boats in the 4km regatta. 

The recreational 8 finished in second place out of 13 boats with a time of 13:22 and the recreational 4 finished fourth out of 10 boats with a time of 15:42.

One of the newest members of the St. Lawrence Rowing Club, Olivia Wouters, competed in a novice women’s boat for the University of McMaster.

Wouters completed the SLRC’s Learn to Row program that ran for four weeks in May and June, before rowing recreationally with the St. Lawrence Club for the rest of the summer.

The St. Lawrence Rowing Club is  looking back on a season that included participation in three regattas including one at Burnstown and the Head of the Rideau, along with the recent regatta in Peterborough.

The club also benefitted from a Trillium Grant which is being used to purchase a new boat. The new stern-coxed four will be a lighter boat than the ones currently in the club and will be in the club’s possession for the 2013 season.

Pictured right are the recreational 8 rowers (Peterborough). Front l-r, they are Jocelyn Madge, Oliver Beal (fan), Andy Lee and Nancy Jordan. Back, l-r are Sue Welsh, Matt Kelemen, Sally McMullen, Jon Beal, Art Pearse and Jessica Tozer (coxswain).

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The Dundas County Midget B Lions hung up their skates on a big weekend here Sunday, when they gave up a tough 2-1 loss to the Nepean Wildcats in the championship final of the 29th annual Cornwall Competitive Tournament.

The Lions had a great tournament record going undefeated in preliminary round action with a 2-2 tie against the Wildcats, a hard-fought 1-0 win against Smith Falls and a 5-2 victory over Rockland.

Their record put them into the tournament semi-final against Kitchener and once again they were successful, handing the Rangers a 5-2 loss to earn the right to advance to the championship against Nepean.

With the two holding out for the 2-2 tie in preliminary round action, the championship game was expected to be close and exciting and they didn’t disappoint.

Hope Klein-Swormink put the Lions on the scoreboard  in the first period with an unassisted goal at 3:04.

At  9:51 Nepean’s Neila Brenning answered to tie the game 1-1.

The game remained even throughout the second period and at 2:27 of the third Brenning counted her second to give Nepean a 2-1 edge.

The Lions were unable to count anything more and the Wildcats hung on for the 2-1 win and the tournament championship.

For her goal, Klein-Swormink was named the Lions game MVP.

The Lions opened in the tournament on Friday night, October 12, with the 2-2 tie against the Wildcats.

After a scoreless first period Nepean went up 2-0 in the second to force the Lions to turn it up a notch.

Shannon Van Moorsel answered with an unassisted counter at 9:51 of the second to tighten the gap to 2-1 heading into the third.

Midway into the third, Jenna Warren and Taylor Cummins set it up for a Vicki Van Hoof goal which tied the game at two.

For her efforts in the Lions net, Megan Van Allen was named the Dundas County game MVP.

The Lions kicked off Saturday’s action with a 1-0 squeaker against the Smiths Falls Cubs with Van Allen in net for the shutout.

It wasn’t until the third period that Van Moorsel, with help from Casey McNairn, was able to light the scoreboard in the Lions favour, and that was it.

The Lions claimed their second win of the tournament against Clarence Rockland 5-2 on Saturday.

Again Van Moorsel kicked it off with an unassisted first period goal.

Clarence Rockland came charging back in the second period with a pair of Melissa Bergeron counters to go ahead 2-1, but they couldn’t hold on.

With help from Christyn Veinotte and Paige Morris, Casey McNairn tied the game 2-2 and 46 second later, Vicki Van Hoof, scored unassisted to push the Lions ahead 3-2.

At 8:50 of the second, Veinotte counted to give the Lions a 4-2 advantage heading into the third.

Van Hoof made it 5-2 in the third period with help from Brittaney Dean.

Semi-final action on Sunday, October 14 saw no scoring in the first period.

In the second, the Lions went up 3-0 against the Kitchener Rangers on goals by Veinotte (from Morris), Taylor Cummins (from Klein-Swormink and Van Hoof) and Morris (from Van Moorsel and Jenna Warren.).

The Rangers fought back in the third to make a game of it with a pair of early goals to cut the Lions lead to 3-2.

But that was it.

Veinotte counted her second of the game, unassisted, and Madison McLeod made it 5-2 with help from Veinotte and Geena Rose.

The Dundas County Midget B girls competitive team plays in the Ottawa District Women’s Hockey Association against teams from Kanata, Nepean, Smiths Falls, Ottawa, Carleton Place, Russell and Rockland.

They lost their first regular season game on September 25 to the Ottawa Ice 1-0 in Winchester.

In game two, in Smiths Falls, they were held to a scoreless tie by the Cubs.

They picked up their first win of the season in game three against the Russell Coyotes 3-0 in Morrisburg.

Shannon Van Moorsel scored in the second period and Vicki Van Hoof and Christyn Veinotte counted goals two and three early in the third period.

Megan Van Allen was in net for the shutout.

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After the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League’s Fall Classic played in Arnprior on the weekend, the St. Lawrence Division numbers that saw the biggest increases, were those in the games played and games lost columns.

While the Morrisburg Lions lost both of their matches, 6-2 Friday night to the Renfrew Timberwolves and 6-1 to the Almonte Thunder on Saturday night, they weren’t alone in the St. Lawrence Division.

The only St. Lawrence Division team to claim a win in the annual fall classic was the Winchester Hawks and that came in overtime, 3-2 against Gatineau.

Coming close, but losing in overtime, were the Casselman Vikings to Metcalfe 3-2 and Akwesasne to Shawville 4-3.

In the 12 games played, involving the six St. Lawrence Division teams, the local league gave up nine losses to the Metro and Valley Division teams.

For the Lions, it was another tough weekend as they managed only three goals in the two games and gave up 12. In their last four outings, the Lions have counted just four goals and have given up 22.

Mikael Dion, in net for the Lions, Friday night against the Renfrew Timberwolves, gave up the six goals on 43 Timberwolves shots. At the other end of the ice Matt Gagne faced 36 Lions shots and stopped 34.

The Timberwolves hit early in the game going up 4-0 in the first period, two of the goals coming on their power play.

Curtis Pilon put the Lions on the scoreboard with a power-play goal early in the second period with help from Chris Rutley and Sylvester Bzdyl.

That fueled the Timberwolves for another two goals and a 6-1 advantage. 

Sylvester  Bzdyl got one more for the Lions late in the second period but that was it.

A scoreless third period, gave the Timberwolves the 6-2 win.

Saturday, Ryan Cooper was in net for the Lions who were out shot 37-24 by the Almonte Thunder.

The Thunder went up 1-0 in the first period and stretched it to 5-0 in the second.

They added one more in the third, before the Lions were able to spoil Dominic Plaschy’s shutout with a Brandon Chaffe goal late in the game.

After the weekend action, the Char-Lan Rebels continue to lead the St. Lawrence Division with 14 points. Casselman is in second place with 10 and the Winchester Hawks have closed the gap to now trail the Vikings by just one point. The Akwesasne Wolves are next with seven points and the Morrisburg Lions and Alexandria Glens are sharing the bottom spot, each with six points.

The Lions are at the Brockville Memorial Centre tonight (Wednesday, October 17) against the Brockville Tikis. 

They have two home games this weekend starting Friday night when the Athens Aeros come to town for an 8:30 p.m. match.

Then on Sunday, October 21, they host the Winchester Hawks at 2:30 p.m.

The Brockville Tikis are in fourth place in the Rideau Division with four wins and two overtime losses for 10 points, while the Athens Aeros hold second place, behind Gananoque, with six wins and one tie in 10 starts

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The South Dundas “Howitzer” Atom B Rep Lions grabbed three points out of a possible four last week with a 3-3 tie against the Char-lan Rebels and a 3-1 win over the Alexandria Glens.

Sunday morning the Lions travelled to Alexandria to take on the first place Glens who were sitting atop the East division standings. With the Lions opening the season last week with a loss, they were looking to get into the win column and Jaeden Phifer-Shaver made sure of that.

With Brody Fairbairn out of the line-up and Ben Lapier at centre with Duncan Hutt and Phifer-Shaver they struck only 18 seconds into the game. With the opening face-off scrambled and the puck inside the Lions blue line Emytt Fetterly passed the puck up the boards to Phifer-Shaver who made a move on a Glens forechecker. He then broke into the Glens end, faked a pass and shot a low wrister that hit the defensman’s stick for the 1-0 lead.

The Lions continued to press, and Phifer-Shaver struck again on his next shift when centreman Jack Connors moved the puck ahead to Duncan Hutt who in turn fed Phifer-Shaver for the Lions 2-0 lead. The Glens responded on a scramble in front of  Lions goaltender Brendan Shaver when a Glen’s forward picked up a loose puck that wasn’t cleared.

In the second period, the Lions continued to pressure as Nolan Henry and Jack Connors would go post to post on a play that had the Glens goaltender deked badly out of position. 

Nathan Verhey and Kieran Geurkink had a strong game on defence as they continued to push would be attackers off the puck.

They also moved the puck quickly up to the Lions forwards to start their breakout. 

Dana Domanko made several strong defensive plays on Glens forward Mathieu Laugne as he had several breaks.

 In the second period, the Lions extended their lead to 3-1 as Duncan Hutt dug out a loose puck off the left wing boards and centered to Ben Lapier who tipped the puck to Phifer-Shaver who registered his third goal of the game. 

 With the lead at 3-1, the Lions turned to defence and goaltender Brendan Shaver made several key saves down the stretch to seal the victory and improve the Lions record to 1-1-1 on the season.

 On Thursday night, the Lions hosted the Char-lan Rebels. With both teams looking for their first points of the season, the Lions needed a strong third to try and gain that point. 

With under four minutes left on the clock, Joshua Broad picked up a loose puck in the offensive zone and attempted to centre to Ben Lapier standing in the slot. Broad miscued and the defender shot the puck around the back of the net where he chased it down reversed momentum and backhanded a pass out front to Lapier who buried a backhand shot on the ice, into the net for the game tying goal.

 The Lions and Rebels exchanged chances in the last few minutes but the score remained 3-3.

 The Lions fell behind early in the contest 2-0, but they bounced back on a goal by Nolan Henry. 

The line of Brody Fairbairn, Jaeden Rowe and Duncan Hutt continued their strong offensive push but came away empty handed. 

 In the second, Ben Lapier cut the lead back to one again when he chased down a Rebel defenseman, took the puck away from him and shot for his first goal of the game to make the score 3-2. 

The South Dundas “Howitzer” Atom B Rep Lions will face the Cornwall Colts here, Saturday night, at 7 p.m. immediately following public skating.

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The South Dundas Novice B Lions dropped their home opener 6-4 against the visiting South Grenville Rangers.  

The Rangers proved to be too much for the Lions again as they also lost to them in exhibition play.  

Holden Hildebrant found the back of the net four times for the Rangers, and Justin Van Luit and Keaton Urquhart each added one in the winning effort.  

Sean Nicolaassen had another offensive outburst for the Lions scoring all four goals for the home team. 

 On his first goal, Dryden Buter dug the puck out of the corner and passed to Spencer Barclay who made a nice touch pass across to Nicolaassen who one timed it into the back of the net.  

On his second goal, Nicolaassen took the draw at centre straight ahead, split the defence, made a quick head fake on the goalie and slid it home. 

 He completed his hat trick on a nice play from Owen Paterson who chipped the puck into the corner. That allowed Nicolaassen to pick it up and get a shot off, from a bad angle, that beat the Rangers goalie on the short side.  

Goal number four came on a backhander from the top of the slot that trickled its way through the goalie’s legs.  

Paterson contributed the assist on the play battling for the puck and getting it across to Nicolaassen.  

Defenceman Nathan Paulino took the Big Stick honours for the game with a couple of nice rushes, strong defensive play and some nice passes to move the puck up the ice.  

The Lions are back at it Sunday at 1 p.m. in Morrisburg.

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Three games in just over a week and the Dundas Bantam House girls put up a one win-two loss record.

Dundas opened their week’s action on the road where they gave up a 6-1 loss to Carleton Place on Saturday, October 6.

Then on Saturday, October 13, they were on the road to Smiths Falls where they righted themselves with a big 7-0 victory.

For game three, on Sunday, October 14, Dundas recorded their second loss, when they hosted Clarence Rockland and came out on the wrong side of a 3-0 count.

Kalleigh Young, with help from Cassandra Young and Brynn Gilmour, counted the lone goal against Carleton Place late in the first period.

The Dundas lead held until well into the second frame when Carleton Place turned it up a notch for three unanswered counters. They added another three in the third for the 6-1 victory.

Then in Smith Falls on Saturday, it was a totally different story.

Taylor Casselman pointed the girls towards the 7-0 victory with the loan goal of the first period.

In the second period, Dundas went up 4-0. Brynn Gilmour kicked it off with help from Emma Barkley and Anna Gruich.

Barkley and Gruich then put it together to assist Emily Byers for goal number three. Barkley finished off the period scoring with help from Byers and Gilmour.

Early in the third period, Ally Weegar pushed it to 5-0 with help from Cassandra Young and Kalleigh Young.

The line struck again with 3:53 left on the clock this time with Kalleigh Young scoring and Cassandra Young and Weegar providing the help.

Weegar gave Dundas the 7-0 win with an unassisted counter in the last minute of the game.

Dundas was unable to get much of anything going against Clarence Rockland on Sunday, as the latter counted three unanswered first period goals for the 3-0 win.

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The South Dundas “Pizza Hut” Atom B Rep Lions were defeated in their opener here on Saturday night at the hands of the visiting NGS Braves. The Lions who were 1-2-1 in exhibition play coming off a win last week against South Stormont couldn’t survive the offensive pressure of the Braves, 5-1.

With the score 2-1 Braves half way through the third period, the Lions looked to tie the game up but were set back on their heels by the Braves offense. 

The Lions gave up three goals in just over a minute to put the game away. 

Braves forward Barret Rutters completed his hat trick with goals eight seconds apart, one on a passing play and the other one on a break from centre. 

The Braves forwards drove the net and isolated the Lions defenceman allowing forwards to find themselves wide open and able to get their passes through on consecutive plays.

Lions goaltender Brendan Shaver was strong throughout the game and made lots of keys saves early, but with the score 1-1 in the second period and the Lions on the power play, Braves forward M. Brownlee broke down the Lions wing and wristed a shot off the post and off Shavers left pad into the net to give the Braves the lead. 

The Lions tried to respond later in the period when Jack Connors received a pass from Owen Fetterly and skated freely into the Braves zone before wristing a shot over the net.

In the first period, the Lions came out strong and carried the play grabbing an early lead on a line change. 

Jayden Rowe and Jaeden Phifer-Shaver got caught up on the bench and the puck hit Phifer-Shaver. Ben Lapier picked it up and stick handled across the ice into the Braves end to beat both defenceman before putting a move on the Braves goalie to open him so he could slide home a backhand shot through the five hole. 

Later in the game Lapier broke down the right wing and send a cross ice pass onto the stick of Joshua Broad, but he was robbed as the Braves goaltender Tyson Zollinger stuck out his right pad.

Defenceman pairing of Dana Domanko and Emytt Fetterly and Nathen Verhey and Kieran Geurkink continued to improve their defensive play and were able to get some shots at the Braves netminder to create scoring chances for the Lions forwards. 

Brody Fairbairn and Duncan Hutt teamed up on one play to get Fairbairn open in the slot before he slid a shot pass the right leg and post. 

Nolan Henry was the defensive forward of the game as he continued his strong back checking while creating offensive chances.

The South Dundas “Pizza Hut” Atom B Rep Lions will face the Char-lan Rebels here on Thursday night at 7pm, as they look for their first points of the season. Come out and support your Lions!

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It’s too early for snowmobiling, but it’s not too early to get ready for the upcoming season.

The third annual Riverside Snowmobile Club snowmobile show is set to take place October 20 at the Riverside Clubhouse, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

The event is a great opportunity for snowmobilers, snowmobile enthusiasts, those who are curious about snowmobiling or anyone at all to enjoy a few minutes or a few hours at the clubhouse browsing the snow vehicles that will be on site that day in the beautiful setting of the Riverside Clubhouse, in the midst of the fall foliage.

“You never know what you will see at the show,” says club president Dave Shaver. “But if past events are any indication, this should be a great show. Our club’s executive has worked really hard to get the word out about this year’s event.”

For those who want to bring a snowmobile to the display, the show is open to any sled, any make or model and any year, he explains.

“A lot of people have some really interesting, unique pieces,” said Shaver. “We want to encourage them to bring them to the show.  Maybe your passion is racing. If you have a race sled, bring it to the show, there are show categories for them too. Vintage sleds your thing? We definitely want to see them too.”

The club’s first show had one of the largest and most interesting displays of vintage sleds around, from the most common manufacturers and a few of the lesser known. “We are hoping to at least match that impressive display.”

For those with more current tastes, there will be lots at the show for you too. There are show classes for all sleds from the vintage era to current model years. 

“While there is a lot of interesting old stuff out there, I know there is also a lot of really interesting newer stuff too,” says Shaver. “There are a lot of guys with special order sleds or who have exceptionally well kept sleds or who have added some neat aftermarket stuff, and we want to see them too.”

To register a sled, simply bring it out to the show, since there is no cost to participate. Every participant will receive a dash plaque to commemorate the occasion and they may even be a class winner and take home a trophy.

Area snowmobile dealers will have displays on site and will also compete against each other for the best display plaque.

While the show has attracted a good display of sleds in its first two years, what has been lacking is the crowds to enjoy the show. “We are hoping to change that this year,” says Shaver who encourages the sledding community and the community at large to drop by and enjoy the show. 

Admission is free.

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