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The Seaway Kickers hosted the Nepean City soccer team on a rainy Monday night and came out on top with a 3 – 0 win.  

The first goal of the game was setup by Lesley Anne Tupper. After some nifty moves, Tupper passed the ball to Kaitlyn Geurkink for the finish.  

The second goal was all Tupper who dangled and then went far side on the Nepean City keeper. while the third goal came off a strong left foot kick by Kaitlyn Geurkink.  

The shutout was earned by Kailyn Douglas and the score would have been much higher except for the play of the Nepean City keeper who was very strong in net. 

Nepean City had some very quick forwards but the Kickers’ defence, led by Abby Fawcett, Tracey Blokland, Emily VanVeen, Jennifer Smith and Megan Himes were up to the challenge and pretty much shut them down.  

The mid-fielders, led by Leah Wells, Kaitlyn Merkley, Jessica Hartle, Kelsey Douglas and Michaela Morrow made sure the forwards had the chances to move the ball and get some quality shots on net.  

The Kickers played last Monday, July 2 but details were not available at press time.

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MVPs Named in Seaway’s Intermediate Sports Program

Pictured above are Seaway’s Intermediate athletes who received MVP awards in various sports at the school’s June 14 athletic banquet. Front, l-r, are Volleyball MVP Sophia Currier, Soccer MVP Kendra Buter and Brynn Gilmour who was named Cross-Country MVP and Track and Field MVP. Back l-r, are Cole Fowler who was named Volleyball and Hockey MVP, Basketball MVP Jane VanMoorsel and Soccer MVP Drew Minish. Not in the picture were Cross Country Most Improved winner Isaiah Grant,  Hockey MVP co-winner Chris Goupil and Basketball and Track and Field MVP Alex Satura.

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“Hosting the provincial darts championship at our branch was a very big deal for us,” said Rose Lavallie, president of the Iroquois Legion, Branch #370. “When we submitted our bid to host this major event on behalf of our District G, we were up against some much bigger area auxiliaries: when we learned in June, 2011, that Iroquois had been chosen, well it was great news.”

More than 160 darts players, making up 40 teams, arrived in Iroquois on Friday, June 22, in order to take part in elimination play which started at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 23. 

When all the rounds were over, Uxbridge, Branch #170, took on Highland Creek, Branch #258, for the championship. 

The team from Highland Creek, made up of Yvonne Tracey, Shirley McMurter, Ann Butterfield and Sue Wilson, won the trophy, the medals and, as Iroquois’ sports officer, Sheila Holmes, put it, “bragging rights for the year.”

“The top six teams from each zone go to the district finals,  then the top six teams from each district come to the provincial finals,” Holmes explained.

“There was a lot of preparation and work done by the Women’s Auxiliary to make this weekend a success for our visitors.”

Among other things, the Legion had to provide lists of accommodations and area restaurants for the visitors, as well as see to it that food was plentiful and delicious throughout  the day explained Darleen Riddell.

Among the VIPs attending were Sharron Hanrahan, the provincial sports chair, and Barb McIsaac, the provincial president of the Ladies Auxiliary. Both praised the host legion and the venue.

“This was my first visit to this area,” McIsaac said. “This is a lovely town, and this was a very well run tournament.”

“A beautiful area,” said Hanrahan. “There was excellent work by the Branch #370 ladies in putting this event together. And their hospitality was incredible.”

Unfortunately, only Cornwall made it to the provincial playoffs from district G, eventually coming in 13th. Morrisburg and Iroquois teams did not make the cut, “although we did try hard,” Rose Lavallie laughed. “We just couldn’t swing it.”

Tournament guests were treated to breakfast, hosted by the Oddfellows at their Hall on Saturday morning, before play began. The Iroquois Legion served lunch and dinner to the darts players, then hosted a social evening to wind up the weekend tournament.

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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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This year’s sports program in local elementary schools wrapped up last week on the ball diamonds at Winchester. Originally scheduled to be played Wednesday, June 20 the hot humid weather caused a postponement until Friday and that’s when the boys representing Morrisburg Public School put it together to win this year’s tournament. With just three schools, Morrisburg, Nationview and Winchester fielding teams, Morrisburg finished second in the double round robin format. That meant they advanced to the final to challenge first place Nationview, and they put it together for a 9-6 win for the championship. Pictured above are the champs. Front, l-r are Brody Smith, Connor Dumoulin, Bryce Bradford, Brody Fairbairn, Tyler Palmer, Kody Shields and Max Garlough. Back, l-r are Colin Minish, Oakley Beavers, Sam Black, Devon Dumoulin, Dawson Miller and Brandon Lovely. The team was coached by Kim McCormack.

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 Although the Intermediate sports program came to an end at the annual Athletic Banquet held at the school on June 14 the track and field season was still going strong.

The Intermediate track and field athletes finished off a hugely successful season with participation in the East Regional Meet followed by the Leeds Grenville Elementary School Athletic Association Championship Meet (LGESAA) at TISS in Brockville last Tuesday, June 19. 

It was at the Championship that Alex Satura and Brynn Gilmour capped off a hugely successful season that saw them collect top senior male and female athlete awards at the South East Regional meet held a week earlier.

“It’s been a long track and field season, but it was a good season,” said Intermediate track and field coach Robin Gibbs of Seaway’s Regional results which saw 40 athletes advance to the Championship. “At the championship we had a lot of personal bests. A lot of our grade 7’s did really well which is nice for next year. We have a lot of really good athletes.”

At the Regional, Satura posted firsts in high jump (1.50 m), long jump (4.79 m) and shot put (11.99 m) to win top male athlete.

On the track, Gilmour ran to first place finishes in the 400 m (1:07.47), the 800 m (2:42.84) and the 1500 (5:35.34) on the way to her top athlete award. In doing so she set new meet records in the 800 and 1500 m runs.

Also at the Regional, Emma Barkley was third in junior high jump (1.10m). Kyle Ault had a good day at the junior boys level picking up a first in the 200 m (31.75) and a second in the 400 m (1:11.66).

Emily Hector posted a first in the senior girls 60 m (9.09), Kaitlyn Stewart had a first in Triple Jump (8.96 m) and Maggie Wells was first in shot put (9.63 m).

Hector added thirds in the 100 m (15.23) and the 200 m (31.35).

Sophia Currier posted a second in the 200 m (31.06) and a third in the 400 m (1:11.07).

Other second place finishes went to Serena Armstrong in the 1500 m (6:21.72), Sierra Dodge in high jump (tie) 1.18 m and Teisha Mullin in triple jump (8.14 m). Kaitlyn Stewart was third in long jump (3.90m), and Hanna McLean was third in shot put (7.94m).

At the senior boys level, Dillan Sullivan scored a first in triple jump (10.01m).

Second place finishes were picked up by Isaiah Grant in the 400 m (1:03.19), Keanne vanDodewaard in high jump (1.35 m), and Cole Fowler in long jump (4.50 m).

vanDodewaard added a third in the 800 m, Randy Kellar a third in the 1500 m, Eric Baldwin a third in long jump and Jake Baelde was third in shot put.

At the Championship meet Seaway was represented with several strong performances.

Gilmour ran to a first in the 1500 in a personal best time of 5:22.4. She trimmed 13 seconds over her winning time at the Regional.

“It wasn’t a very good day for me,” said Gilmour who added a fourth place finish in the 800 m to her 1500 m win. Although she finished fourth in the 800 m, she ran it in 2:41.45 which was close to her winning time of 2:42.84 time  at Regional.

Satura said he was reasonably satisfied with his performance at the Championship where he jumped a PB in high jump at 1.66 m for a second place finish and threw 1.66 m for a second in shot put. 

Also producing solid performances a the championship were Maggie Wells with a second place finish in senior girls shot put (8.99 m) with teammate Hannah McLean close behind at 8.71 m for a fourth place finish. Sophia Currier posted a fourth in senior girls 200m (29.56). 

Picking up fifths were Emily Hector in Senior girls 60m (8.82 seconds) and Dillan Sullivan in senior boys triple jump with a 10.15 m jump.

The top region at the LGESAA was the Central Region.

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On Monday June 18th the Seaway Kickers U18 girl’s soccer team hosted the Nepean Hotspurs. 

It was the Hotspurs who had handed the Kickers their only loss of the season in an early match and Seaway was looking for a big win. And it was a big win they got, by a 4-0 count.

Ashley Smith got it rolling when she picked up a rebound off a save by the Nepean keeper. Smith made a good pass to Sarah Gudlaugsson who scored into the open net. 

After a good defensive play, Leah Wells passed the ball through to Kaitlyn Geurkink who scored bottom left corner. 

The third goal was a great individual effort by Kaitlyn Geurkink, who had a nice run up the left side and surprised the Nepean keeper with a strong left foot shot. 

Mid-fielder Kaitlyn Merkley had a nice pass and setup for Jessica Hartle, but she just couldn’t finish. 

The final goal of the game came off a Nepean goal kick which was intercepted by Lesley-Ann Tupper who dangled around the defence and scored through the keeper’s legs. 

The Kickers had very nice passes and controlled the ball well. Emily Vanveen was strong on the free kicks, and Keepers Jade Millward and Kailyn Douglas earned the shutout.

Next game is June 25th, at 6:30 p.m. in Iroquois at Seaway High School.

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There was no stopping White Lightning in Men’s Roller Hockey league action at the Morrisburg arena on Thursday night. Just ask the Morewood Monkeys.

It was the Monkeys who were on the receiving end of what the Lightning was dishing out and what the Lightning was dishing out were a whopping 17 goals against Monkey goaltender Kyle Shane.

The Monkeys replied with just four goals from Mike Thompson, Chris Embury, Jake Byers and Cody Carruthers.

Leading the Lightning scoring with six goals was Dave Summers, while Brandon Buma and Tyler Brown collected four apiece. Steve Mattice chipped in for a pair and Rob Thurler counted a single.

The win allows second place Lightning to keep pace with the first place New Blue, who Thursday night, nabbed the Red Rockets for a 9-2 victory. It was their fifth consecutive win of the season.

New Blue went up 3-0 in the first period and carried a 6-2 advantage into the third.

Chris Phifer and Chris Rice collected the two Rockets’ goals against New Blue goaltender Will McIntire.

Justin Elliott, Aron Sherrer and Garreth Cochrane had two goals each for New Blue and Randy Markell, Connor Hodgson and Nick McGill added singles.

Coming up this week, White Lightning will look to narrow the gap as they play the New Blue at 8 p.m.

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Cedar Glen golfer, Kurtis Barkley shot a one under par 69 here Saturday, to successfully defend his Morrisburg Men’s Open title for the fourth consecutive year.

The 24 year old, Williamsburg golfer, who this year is playing out of both Cedar Glen and Upper Canada, recently qualified in the Chase the Dream event with a three-over-par 75 shot at Upper Canada.

At the qualifier he wasn’t satisfied with his putting, so he has since changed to a belly putter, and the results showed up in the 69 he shot at Morrisburg, on Saturday.

The Morrisburg course is experiencing major issues with several greens which made Saturday’s putting difficult for the 63 golfers.

“I had 31 putts today, which is below my average,” said Barkley who opened his round with a pair of bogies. Although the par five first hole is one of the troubled Morrisburg greens, Barkley said he couldn’t fault the green for the opening six. “It was actually a one-putt bogie,” he said with a laugh. The bogie four on the par three second hole, also not in good condition, was, however, the result of a three putt.

After that the talented young golfer charged back with three consecutive birdies to go to one under and that’s how he finished it on the front, with a one under 34.

On the back, Barkley stayed at one under until a three putt on the par five 15th pushed him to even.

He got the stroke back with a birdie on the par three 17th and finished the round at 69 for his fourth consecutive championship.

Next up in the 19-player A flight was Rob Kimmerly (Prescott) with a 73. Upper Canada golfer, Lance Lepage was third with a 74 and Matt Rochon was next at 75.

Morrisburg’s Kevin Duvall shot a 76 which gave him the A field’s low net with a 67, and Dave Saunders (Brockville) was next with a 77. The final two golfers to break 80, in A flight, were Peter Gilder (Brockville) and Brett Corlyon (Cornwall) with 79s.

Sixty-three golfers competed in three flights in this year’s men’s open.

The top shooter in B flight, for the second consecutive year, was Lee Beaupre (Morrisburg) with a 77. Last year Beaupre shot a 78 to tie for the top B flight position but lost in a playoff.

This year he took the title by a single stroke over Bruce Perrin of Prescott. The two were the only B flight shooters to break 80.

Coming in with an 80 for third place was Scott Hodgson of Morrisburg. Eric Wemerman, Morrisburg and Randy Mullin, Iroquois were next with 81s. Wemerman’s 81 gave him a net score of 63 for the flight’s low net win.

Greg Millard (Morrisburg) and Allan McNairn (Upper Canada) were next up, tied with 83s.

For the second consecutive year, a playoff was required to determine the C flight winner. Jason Broad and Dan McLelland, both of Morrisburg, shot 87s for the tie and the latter took the win in sudden death play.

Doug Warner (Morrisburg) was next up with an 88 and after that, the scores went into the 90s with Sean Boulerice and Steve Boucher (both Morrisburg) tied with 91s.

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