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Deseronto’s first trip to the SPC a stormy one Fists fly in Napanee’s 7-1 victory By Adam Prudhomme BEAVER SPORTS To paraphrase comedian Rodney Dangerfield, Tuesday’s Deseronto Storm and Napanee Raiders game resembled a boxing match with a little mix of hockey. On the puck side of things, the Raiders gave the Storm a rude welcome to their barn, lambasting them 7-1 in their first trip to Napanee. Frustration boiled over in the third as three separate fights broke out within a nine minute span. As ugly as the final outcome was, at the close of the first period Napanee held just a slim 2-1 lead. “I don’t know what happens,” said Storm head coach Adam Maracle, who was ejected in the third for an abuse of officials gross misconduct. “We seem to be right there, then all of a
sudden a couple of bad penalties, a couple of bad goals and everybody gets down on themselves. Everybody loses their cool, including me. It gets frustrating.” Deseronto actually got on the board first as Brett Maracle scored the at the 8:07 mark of the opening period. Luck seemed to be against Napanee early on as twice they rung shots off the post as they searched for the equalizer. Zach Knapp-Hermer finally had the answer at the 13:39 mark, popping the cap on the first of seven straight Napanee tallies. Bud Norris scored the eventual game winner just shy of the 16 minute mark, taking a Jayden Adams and Evan Brown feed and going top shelf on Storm goalie Dan Corrigan. Ryan Thistlethwaite, playing in his first game with the Raiders since coming over in a trade from Port Hope, made his presence felt with an early second period goal. Luke Emmons had two, his brother Donny had one and
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The gloves came off (several times) on Tuesday night, as Deseronto’s Riley Muise (left) drops the gloves with Luke Emmons. This was the first of three fights on the night. Brown added one of his own to secure the win. “It was a bit of a slow first period,” said Raiders head coach André Roy. “I
didn’t say a whole lot between the period, but they got my message. I think I said six words, but it seemed to be effective.”
Napanee made good use of eight power-plays, scoring on three of them. Deseronto on the other hand went 0-8 with the
man-advantage, including an empty handed five-onthree. Kyle Copeland took the win, stopping 16 shots, snapping a personal two game losing streak. “I was hoping the game didn’t get carried away like it did,” Roy said of the fights. “They got tired and that’s the way it went. You hope it doesn’t happen that way but that’s part of the game.” The win was the second straight for the Raiders over the Storm, as they earned a 4-1 win on Friday in Deseronto. Once again the Storm struck first, this time Jordan Cannons giving his team the early lead. Chris Doyle answered for Napanee in the final minute of the first, allowing the teams to enter the break deadlocked 1-1. Jayden Adams and Donny Emmons each potted a goal in the final two minutes of the second, providing the difference. Luke Emmons added an insurance marker early in the third.
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Bronze finish for Hawks golfer NDSS v-ball team earns a split Austin James shoots 156 over two days at OFSAA BEAVER SPORTS DSS’ Austin James fired identical rounds of 78 at OFSAA's golf championship last Wednesday and Thursday, giving him a share of third place overall. That forced a playoff between him and Joseph Kremer, which Kremer won to claim bronze. James was awarded an antique bronze for his finish. James’ two day total of 156 was four back of first place finisher Luke Moser of Waterloo’s St. David CSS. Hanish Nagrani of Welland’s Notre Dame was one shot back in second. Conditions were anything but ideal for all golfers in the field, as strong winds and fast greens lead to unpredictable rolls. That presented its share of challengers for all competitors, many of which who had never seen Vineland, Ont.’s Twenty Valley Course. The medal wraps up a strong first half of the season for James, who captured KASSAA and EOSSAA titles. He and the rest of the NDSS Golden
Senior team moves to 3-4 By Adam Prudhomme BEAVER SPORTS
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Austin James battled tough conditions at OFSAA last week to finish tied for third. Hawks golf team will return to action this spring when they head to South Carolina to take part in the Palmetto High School Championship. When not
competing he trains on Bath’s Loyalist Golf at Country Club. The team is coached by Mike Hartwick and Geoff James.
Flashes of brilliance, mixed with mental lapses gave the NDSS Golden Hawks senior boys volleyball team a 1-1 record last week. On Tuesday they were shutout on the road in Bayridge, losing 3-0. In their previous game at home on Thursday, they looked near unbeatable for some stretches, winning 31 over La Salle. “It was a tighter match than necessary,” said Hawks head coach Jill Ardern. “The boys haven’t been playing very consistently lately. I don’t know if it’s a confidence thing. They certainly have the skill.” In the first set Napanee had several chances to run away with the game, but always allowed the Black Knights to claw back and tie. After a back and fourth battle the Hawks would finally break a 23-23 tie and squeeze out a 25-23 win. In the second set they failed to build off that
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NDSS’ Sloan Creighton (right) attempts a block. momentum, falling behind 10-5. Napanee would rally back on the strength of Steve Brazda’s serves, pulling ahead 17-16 and then never looked back in a 25-16 win. Once again they couldn’t capitalize on the momentum in the third, trailing most of the in a 2521 defeat. In the fourth they had to sweat a bit and play a little extra, breaking a 2626 tie with two straight points to hang on for the
28-26 win. Angus McLaughlin lead the team in kills while Sloan Creighton delivered excellent blocking at the net. Those two provide a quiet leadership on the team, and the coach hopes more will follow their lead. “We need a few more of the boys to step up and find some confidence,” said Ardern. “We do have some newbies on the team.” With the split Napanee is 3-4 on the year, sitting tied for seventh in KASSAA league standings.