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The South Dundas Midget B House Lions will be looking to stay alive tonight (Wednesday, March 7) when game two of their championship series against the North Dundas Demons comes to town.

The series opened in Winchester, on Sunday, with a 5-1 Demons win.

The Lions posted the lone goal of the first period from the stick of Jason Gallinger with help from  Joel Johnston and Randy Picotte.

That was it, however, as the Demons charged back for three unanswered second period goals and polished it off with another two in the third.

Josh Jaquemet led the Demons charge with three goals, and singles were added by Austin Carruthers and Mike Ladoucer.

Game two of the series is scheduled for 8 p.m., tonight (Wednesday, March 7) in Morrisburg.

The Morrisburg B House Lions finished the regular season in third place with seven wins, 14 losses and three ties.

In quarterfinal playoff action, the Lions eliminated the Akwesasne Wolves in two games straight by 1-0 and 2-1 scores.

Then in semi-final action they met the Smith Falls Bears.

This time out they lost the series opener 2-0, but then battled back to claim the series with 3-1 and 3-2 wins. 

That put them into the final against the North Dundas Demons.

Scoring the lone goal for the Lions in game one against the Wolves was Sawyer Gillard with David Plamondon and Cole Veinotte providing the assists.

In game two, Chase Dedekker and Darrin Stinson provided the Lions goals.

After the opening game 2-0 loss to the Smiths Falls Bears, the Lions were on home ice last Tuesday, February 28 where they got back on track with the 2-1 win.

It was another back and forth game, with both teams getting lots of shots. Lions goaltender Hunter Jones, however, was solid in net.

After a scoreless first period, Sawyer Gillard, with help from Cole Veinotte, put the Lions on the scoreboard.

The Lions couldn’t hold on and before the second period ended the Bears had tied it, 1-1.

The victory goal came from the stick of defenseman, Chase Dedekker in the third period, with Veinotte providing the assist, his second of the game.

Tied at two points apiece, the Lions returned to Smiths Falls on Thursday, March 1st for game three and took the series with a 3-2 win.

Once again it was a close encounter, with Lions goaltender Josh Martineau, coming up with some big saves for the victory.

Brandon Bass opened the scoring for the Lions with 27 seconds left in the second period, with help from Graydon Baylis and Matt Woolley.

Two minutes into the third period, Smith Falls tied the game 1-1 and then went up 2-1.

The Lions charged back with goals from Darrin Stinson and Spencer Sloan for the 3-2 win. Picking up assists were  Baylis, Nick Lalonde and Veinotte.

When coach Claude Plamondon was questioned what his strategy was, he replied “to at least out score the other team by one”.

That plan will be in effect tonight, in Morrisburg, when the Lions battle to stay alive against the North Dundas Demons. Game time is 8 p.m. Game three of the series, if necessary, will be played in Chesterville this Thursday night, March 8.

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Two games into their round-robin playoff setup and the Dundas County Girls Bantam House team is looking very solid.

The girls got it rolling on Saturday, March 3 in Kemptville, with a 3-2 win, an effort that required a major comeback after they trailed the Storm 2-0 in the first period.

Then in game two, back on home ice on Sunday, they posted a 4-0 victory over Clarence/Rockland with Emma Pintal in net for the shutout.

Saturday in Kemptville, the Storm went up 2-0 in the first period on goals by Clea Spencer and Katie Craig.

Marcy Smith answered with one for Dundas in the second period to tighten the count to 2-1. Smith was assisted by Ally Weegar and Janis Hall.

Midway into the third period, Kalleigh Young, assisted by Lauryn Henry, tied the game 2-2.

The winning goal came seconds later from Cassandra Young, assisted by Paige Morris and Young. 

Dundas counted two goals late in the first period against Clarence/Rockland on Sunday and never looked  back as they added singles in the second and third periods for the 4-0 win.

Janis Hall got it rolling with the two first period goals, the first assisted by Smith and Anna Gruich and the second unassisted.

Smith counted in the second period with Hall providing the assist and Paige Morris finished it off with help from Molly Garlough.

Dundas will play two more games (all teams in the league play four playoff games). The top two teams after the four games then move on to the Championship Day set for Kemptville on March 31.

Game three for Dundas is scheduled for Saturday, March 17 in Smiths Falls. Their final home game will be played in Chesterville on Tuesday, March 20 at 8:30 p.m. against Outaouis. 

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Some 37 Morrisburg Figure Skating Club skaters competed at the annual Interclub held in Cornwall on the weekend of February 18-19.

Results for the younger skaters were printed in the Leader last week. The following are the results for the older skaters. The finishes printed below are for each of the skaters/groups of skaters flights. Due to the number of skater at Interclub a number of flights are run in each of the various categories, each producing their own set of finishes.

Starskate

First Place Finishes

Kristyn Van Hoof–Solo Spiral Preliminary (P)

Reagan Belanger, Olivia Hart & Katie Buter–Team Spins Pre-preliminary (PP)

Kendra Buter & Trina Dykstra MacPherson–Shadow Dance PP

Kristyn Van Hoof & Abigail Jordan–Team Spins P

Tayler Pilon & Abby MacMillan–Shadow Dance Jr. Bronze (JB)

Abby MacMillan & Teisha Mullin–Similar Pairs JB, Team Elements JB and Team Spins JB

Alyssa MacMillan & Allison Lee–Similar Pairs Jr. Silver (JS)

2nd Place Finishes

Reagan Belanger–Solo Spiral

Ali VanHoof–Solo Spiral

Alice Cameron & Cameryn Broad–Similar Pairs PP

Reagan Belanger & Olivia Hart–Shadow Dance PP

Cameryn Broad & Erika Jordan–Team Elements PP

Kaitlyn Stewart & Alexis Engwerda–Shadow Dance JB

Abby Jordan, Alexis Engwerda, Kaitlyn Stewart & Tayler Pilon–Team Spirit Beginner

3rd Place Finishes

Olivia Hart–Solo Spiral PP

Reagan Belanger & Erika Jordan–Similar Pairs PP

Olivia Hart & Trina Dykstra MacPherson–Similar Pairs PP

Reagan Belanger, Oliva Hart & Katie Buter–Team Elements PP

Kendra Buter, Kathleen Nicolaassen & Trina Dykstra-MacPherson Team Spins P

Alexis Engwerda, Kaitlyn Stewart, Tayler Pilon Team Elements P

Jessica Bass & Logan Patterson– Team Elements JB and Team Spins JB

Kendra Buter, Trina Dykstra MacPherson, Kathleen Nicolaassen & Kristyn Van Hoof–Team Spiral Beginner

4th Place Finishes

Ashley Bouwman & Alice Cameron–Team Spins PP

Cameryn Broad & Erika Jordan–Team Spins PP

Katie & Kendra Buter–Similar Pairs PP

Kristyn Van Hoof & Abby Jordan–Similar Pairs P, Shadow Dance JB, Team Elements P

Kaitlyn Stewart, Tayler Pilon and Alexis Engwerda–Team Spins P

Jessica Bass & Logan Patterson–Similar Pairs JB

Teisha Mullin–Solo Spiral JB

Reagan Belanger–Intro B Spins Spiral

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Second round, Upper Canada Minor Hockey League playoff action between the South Dundas Bantam B Rep Lions and the Char-Lan Rebels promised to be a ‘close encounter’, and in game one, indeed, that is just what it was.

The Lions and Rebels, who met three times during the regular season and collected 3-3 ties in each encounter, squared off in their first playoff game in Morrisburg on Sunday, and when it was over, the Lions were left clinging to a 1-0 victory.

After scoreless first and second periods, the Lions got on board 4:20 into the third period with a Spencer Heldens goal from a beautiful pass from Cameron Chayer.

Heldens beat Rebels goaltender Jasper Leroux on the glove side for what would turn out to be the winning goal.

The Lions came out roaring early in the first period of the game, to create three great scoring chances,  but each stopped by Leroux in the Rebels net.

However, it wasn’t just a one man show.  At the other end of the ice, Lions goaltender Zach Frawley was just as impressive. When the Lions defence tried to pinch at their own blue line and gave up a breakaway in the first period, it was the Big Z who stopped the Rebels’ attempt.

The second period featured great end to end action with scoring chances for both teams, but again it was Frawley and Leroux responsible for the scoreless results.

In fact, Frawley came up big for the Lions with just over 5:24 left in the third period when he made a huge glove save to keep the Rebels off the scoreboard and allow the Lions to hold onto their 1-0 lead.

The Lions traveled to Williamstown, Monday night for game two of the series where they were handed a 4-0 loss. Detailed results of the game were not available at press time. 

Game three of the series returns to Morrisburg, this Thursday night at 8 p.m.

The South Dundas Bantam B Rep Lions finished the regular season in second place in the East Division, five points behind Cornwall. In their 24 game schedule, the Lions had 15 wins, two losses and seven ties. They scored 117 goals and gave up 41 and were assessed 418 minutes in penalties.

In their first playoff round series, they took on the North Dundas Demons and swept the four point series in two straight games.

The series opened in Morrisburg on February 13, with the Lions dominating play for a 7-0 win. Game two was played in Winchester, and again it was the Lions all the way with a 6-0 victory for a second consecutive shutout for Frawley.

Scoring for the Lions in game one were Evan Mullin and Randy Fawcett with two goals apiece. Singles were added by Andrew Jarvis, Drew Minish and Spencer Heldens. 

After taking a 3-0 first period lead, the Lions were held from the scoreboard by the Demons throughout the second period. They worked their way to four goals in the third period for the 7-0 victory.

In Winchester, on February 20, the Lions again took charge early in the game to go up 3-0 in the first period. They added another three in the second for the 6-0 victory.

Evan Mullin produced another pair, while Andrew Jarvis, Spencer Heldens, Ben Michels and Josh Black added singles.

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CORNWALL–Morrisburg Figure Skate Club skaters did themselves proud bringing home 13 gold, 14 silver and 13 bronze medals from the annual Interclub Event that was held in Cornwall on the weekend of February 18-19.

In fact, the Morrisburg team finished overall in second place one point behind Spencerville, 139-138 and that was without the majority of the senior events run due to a time shortage.

Mikaela Furo led the young Canskaters with a pair of gold medal performance in Elements in Isolation and Programmed Elements, both Stage 4. Shiane Johnson collected a gold medal in Elements in Isolation Stage 2 and Lilly Napier, Abigail Smail and Jaden Casselman won gold in Team Elements Stage 2.

Gracie Fairbairn collected silver medals in Stage 4 Elements in Isolation and Programmed Elements, and added a bronze medal in Spins and Spirals.

Jessica Groves (Elements in Isolation), Hannah Biemond (Programmed Elements stage 4), Olivia Chafe (Elements in Isolation Stage 3) and Xandra Furo (Elements in Isolation Stage 4) all collected second place finishes while Groves, Fairbairn and Biemond put it together for a silver medal in Team Elements Stage 4.

Groves posted a third place finish in Spins and Spirals Stage 4, Xandra Furo a bronze in Programmed Elements Stage 4 and Olivia Chafe and Emma Morrow skated to Bronze in Team Elements Stage 3. 

Madisyn Hart, Hannah Warren and the team of Shianne Johnson and Hayden Napier added fourth place points to the team effort.

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Our men were in Russell recently for the annual Merkley Bonspiel. Our first team, Joe McCooeye, Dave Dolan, Ken Konick and Henry Looyen squeaked out a win against Winchester, 7-6. After a nice lunch, the fellows met 12-time champion Ken Sullivan from Russell. Sullivan won, and made it 13 Merkley wins against Metcalfe in the evening, after the annual meeting and the banquet.

Our second team, Larry Cooper, Robert Houze, Mahlon Locke and Peter McCooeye defeated the second Russell team in a superb match in the afternoon to advance to the ‘B’ final in the evening. In a seesaw battle, the Winchester rink eked out a win to capture the Bruce MacDonald Shield. Well done anyway, boys. Next year the fellows meet in Winchester.

At last week’s women’s bonspiel at CityView, Alice Thompson, Betty Locke, Sharon Van Allen and Joanne Baker lost their first match to a Carleton Heights foursome, but defeated Ottawa R.A. in the afternoon. Our favourite Navan curler, Lynne Stacey, ended the day as the champion, finishing first overall.

In Maxville, Greta McGann, Kathy Hardy, and Paula and Claire Locke lost their first game against an Ottawa R.A. team, and won the afternoon match against another quartet from the same club. They also won $10 each for being the high one-game winners, and had a delicious chicken dinner, so it was a good day for the hardy ladies.

In the senior men’s friendly bonspiel last week against Winchester, our hosts had a good day. Three teams, Bill Magee, Mahlon Locke, Bud Perry and Dave Salsman, Al Harriman, Jack Dikland, Keith Robertson and Ted Herriman, and Peter Zeran, Arnold Barkley, Fred Langlotz and Al Gowanlock won by a total of one point. (Perhaps to make more friends, or to share any blame for errors, our fellows switched sheets after four ends, and then totaled the scores.) With that tally, they declared themselves the winners. After a good lunch, they sent the visitors home, and then went out to curl their regular league games.

Next week the annual McLennan Cup is on in Cornwall. So far there are three teams of senior men competing for the two openings. Teams skipped by Peter Zeran, Dave King and Allan Herriman have declared an interest. 

On Saturday, another charity bonspiel, the Easter Seals, holds sway at the local club. There may even be a few openings. Check the sign-up sheet in the lounge.

This’ll teach me. I left early from the Heart and Stroke Bonspiel and got the wrong info down on paper from over the phone, listing the wrong Lockes as winners. Sorry, Sam. You and Parker, Claire and Paula were the champions, beating out Betty and Jim Locke, Maurice Kolff and Rick McKenzie. Belated congratulations –and apologies!

Congratulations to the three Seaway curling teams, who did so well in Morrisburg last Thursday. We wish you the best of luck in the EOSSAA Curling Championships in Brockville, March 1 and 2.

Good curling to all!

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Morrisburg Legion Branch 48 had eight of its members compete at the district playdowns in Amherstview, and when the final dart had landed, one team had earned the right to advance to provincial play.

The team of  Kris Scott, Phil Jamieson, Wayne Hunter and John Hitsman will represent Branch 48 Morrisburg at the Provincials coming up at Etobicoke, Ontario on March 17.

At the district play, the eight Morrisburg representatives threw in several divisions.

Kevin Fredette did not qualify in the singles event, and the doubles team of Kris Scott and Phil Jamieson were unsuccessful in their category.

A second team of Jim Scott, Dave Wells, Kevin Fredette and Fred Diegel did not qualify in the team event.

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The Seaway District High School junior and senior girls teams left their names on the Eastern Ontario Volleyball maps last week, when both worked their way to the championship finals where they collected silver medals following losses to some very tough opposition.

The Senior Spartans hosted their event last Thursday, February 23, while the EOSSAA junior championships were at North Grenville on Wednesday, February 22.

In their opening round robin game against Renfrew, the Junior Spartans lost the opening set 25-17. They rebounded with back to back, 25-15 and 15-5 set wins.

They had a fairly easy time of it in game two against Almonte (25-9 and 25-15 wins) and in the semi-final against North Grenville (25-10 and 25-11 wins).

That set the stage for the championship final against the very tough Plantagenet entry who claimed victory with two straight wins by 25-12 and 25-18 scores.

“They were a really strong club, but the girls were able to keep it close,” said coach Lindsay Waddell who was pleased with her Spartans’ silver medal finish. The girls played really well. We were simply out-matched in the final.”

“I am extremely happy with our season. I think the right team won in the end, but we played well.”

In senior action on the Iroquois courts Thursday, the Spartans and the Embrun Panthers charged through their round robin action. Neither lost a set as they worked their way to the final.

Seaway, in pool B, defeated Almonte (25-2 and 25-18) and Gananoque (25-2 and 25-9) and eliminated  Opeongo in the semi-final (25-12 and 25-18).

Embrun in pool A defeated Sharbot Lake (25-12 and 25-12), Opeongo (25-11 and 25-15) and Almonte in their semi-final (25-15 and 25-5).

The Senior Spartans knew they were up against some tough competition from the Panthers who were last year’s OFSSA champions and who had seven returning players this year, five of whom were starters. Five of their players are also club players who play pretty much year round. 

“I knew going into the finals that we faced stiff competition,” said coach Lilace McIntyre. “My squad has nine very dedicated players, but only one plays club. This makes a huge difference because club players typically play 10 months a year and have so many more hours of experience on the court.”

“My girls played a good first set (lost 25-17) but seemed to fall apart in the second (lost 25-12).”

While junior volleyball play ends at EOSSAA, the Senior Spartans (and Embrun) advance to OFSSA at Ryerson Univeristy in Toronto from March 4-7.

McIntyre is extremely pleased and proud to be taking her Spartans to the provincial championship

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They came, they played, they conquered and now the Seaway Spartans have their work cut out for them.

Friday, at the Morrisburg Arena, the first leg of the series for the Dundas County Hockey Cup was played between Seaway District High School and North Dundas, and when it was over it was the Devils in control.

The event opened in front of more than 400 cheering Seaway fans with the girls hitting the ice in an exciting game that ended with the Devils in the winner’s circle by a 2-0 count.

After a scoreless first period, the Devils’ Taylor Cummins (from Amanda Carkner) opened the scoring early in the second period. Tori Corkery (from Bailey Mike) made it 2-0 for the Devils midway through the third.

Cashelle Baldwin was in net for the Devils, and Megan Van Allen handled the Spartans’ action.

The boys match remained scoreless until the final seconds of the first period when Andrew Jarvis scored, unassisted, for the Spartans.

The goal didn’t sit well with the Devils who charged back 30 seconds into the second period with a Mark McRae counter. Five minutes later McRae made it 2-0. Garrett Milne scored once more for the Devils for a 3-1 advantage as action headed into the third.

Ryan Byers counted twice for the Devils in the third for the 5-1 victory.

The second set of games  to complete this year’s Dundas Cup will be played in Chesterville this Friday, March 2. In addition to the high school teams, the day will feature Intermediate hockey action which will kick off the event at 10 a.m. The girls varsity game will follow at 11 a.m and the boys will hit the ice at approximately 12:15 p.m.

Seaway High’s hockey coach Carrie Gilmour says the Spartans have had a busy season.

“The girls made the playoffs and will be competing Wednesday (February 29) in Long Sault against CCVS. The boys missed the playoffs due to a three-way tie that went down to goals for and against. Even though we lost several close games, we certainly played better than last year (Seaway’s first year of hockey).”

Although Gilmour and her teams were disappointed with the  Friday game outcomes, she was happy with the event.

“I was thrilled beyond all of my expectations from the students, the staff and our community for the Spartan pride that was demonstrated on Friday. It was an activity that was enjoyed by every age group; from the MPS kindergarten class, the grade 6 classes from Iroquois and Morrisburg Public Schools who attended as a transition activity, to the parents/grandparents and Seaway alumni who came out to cheer the kids on.”

“To look across the ice surface and see over 400 people dressed in black and orange and cheering for the kids that you know have worked very hard for this moment is something very special, and I will carry that with me for a very long time.”

South Dundas deputy mayor Jim Locke got the event rolling with the official puck drop for Spartans’ captain Michaela Morrow and Demons’  captain Tori Corkery. Seaway’s Jennifer Howard sang O’ Canada. 

The event included a Chuck a Puck fund raiser and a shoot-out between Seaway principal Terry Gardiner and North Dundas coach Mike Deighton. 

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For the second consecutive year, the Seaway Spartans junior and senior girls volleyball teams have topped the SD&G ‘A’ school volleyball circuit.

The very powerful Seaway Senior girls kicked it off Friday afternoon when they defeated Char-Lan in three straight sets, 25-0, 25-12 and 25-9 for the SD&G championship.

Then as the senior Spartans, did their celebrating, the junior Spartans went to work for their SD&G championship against Glengarry District High School.

The junior Spartans had a little more difficulty against the Gaels in claiming their win. 

They got it rolling by winning the first set 25-17, but then the Gaels charged back in the second for a 25-20 win.

Seaway eked out a close 25-21 victory in the third set, and put it away in the fourth with a 25-18 win.

Both of the Seaway teams went into their respective finals as the defending 2011 SD&G champs.

This year’s seniors were coached by Lilace MacIntyre, who moved from her position as junior coach last year with four of her graduating junior players.

This year’s Senior Spartans were undefeated in 27 sets (nine games) played during the regular season. They competed in three tournaments, won one and finished third in the other two.

As they head towards EOSSAA, which will be hosted this Thursday by Seaway, the very experienced Spartans are expecting some very tough opposition from last year’s OFSSAA champs from Embrun.

Last year’s senior Spartans competed at EOSSAA but fell short of bringing home silverware. Their experience, along with the experience of the four rookies who last year were EOSSAA A school junior champions should make them very competitive.

“I am expecting some really tough competition for the girls this Thursday,” said McIntyre who was extremely pleased with the team’s regular season results.

As for the junior Spartans, who too finished in first place in this year’s regular season, their coach Lyndsay Waddell said, “I am really proud of them today. They’ve worked really hard.”

Although they won first place in the regular season, it was by a slim, one set ahead of Glengarry.

That made Friday’s game the ‘big showdown’ of the year and it was close all the way through.

The Junior Spartans have seven first year players, five from grade nine and two grade 10s.”

As for what she expects at the Junior EOSSAA championships this Thursday in Brockville, Waddell says “we should be competitive. They work really hard and they are a great bunch of girls. We are a pretty resilient team when we need to be.”

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