Ohsweken Bears and Six Nations Snipers face off at home

TWO ROW TIMES

SIX NATIONS — Eastern Arena Lacrosse League games continued this past weekend, starting with a match that saw two hometown teams take each other on.

The Six Nations Snipers and the Ohsweken Bears opened the weekend with a face off at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena on Friday, February 10. This followed the Snipers loss to the Oshawa Outlaws 1219 and the Bears loss to the Steelhawks 14-16 the weekend prior.

The first period saw the first goal go to the Bears from Oakley Thomas, then a goal was cinched from Cheyton King for the Snipers. This was followed by a second for the Snipers by Nolan Fehr, and a response by the Bears from Oakley Thomas. A final goal for the period was earned by Mason Hill, giving a lead to the Snipers 3-2.

Coming into the second

OHSWEKEN — This year marked the fifth Rez Hoops Tournament held at the Da:joh Youth and Elders Centre. Since 2017, the tournament has been used as a development tournament for youth basketball players, previously paused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Rez Hoops started back in 2017 to give our kids and youth an opportunity to learn, create lasting friendships, period, Cheyton King scored his second for the Snipers, while Oakley Thomas earned his second, followed by a single for Kyle Pedwell for the Bears. Oakley Thomas scored his hat trick goal, and James Whiteford offered a supporting goal for the Bears to close the period at a 5-6 lead over the Snipers.

In the third, Justin Porga came through for the Snipers to open the period as Kyle Pedwell re-sponded with a dingle for the Bears second afters. After two goals from Cheyton King and Kedoh Hill, Oakley Thomas earned his fourth goal of the game. But, Chandler Allen, Hao- dais Maracle and Cheyton King came through with single goals each. This left Haneh Brant and Jame Whiteford at a deficit despite scoring, closing the period at a close 11-10 for the Snipers.

In the fourth, the game could have gone either way at the start, but Brent Longboat opened scoring for the Snipers. Dawit Martin responded for the Bears, but Haodais Maracle, Kedoh Hill, Dan-te Romano and Cheyton King came through with single, consecutive goals. Jake Bomberry put one away for the Bears, while Mitch Vanevery, Haodais Maracle and Cheyton King put three more away for the

Snipers. Marvin Curry and Isaac Vanderzalm closed scoring for the Bears at the end, and finalized with a 19-14 score for the Snipers.

Cheyton King was awarded a first place star for six goals, three assists, tallying nine points total for the Snipers. Oakley Thomas was awarded a second place star for five goals, one assist, tal-lying six points total for the Snipers. While Dustin Hill was awarded a third place star after tallying 46 saves for the Snipers.

On Saturday, February 11, the Toronto Monarchs took a victory over the Peterborough Tim-bermen 17-13 at the Millbrook

Rez Hoops Tournament returns to Dajoh

play the game they love. Many youth have now completed high school, college, university, working, trades, returned to school and some have played at NAIG, NABI, Team Ontario, NAYO, and OFSAA. One young man is currently starting point guard playing college ball at St. Lawrence College, while some young ladies at Algonquin, Conestoga, and Monroe Community College are doing a lot of good to share and spread the love they have with this game to oth-ers.

Keep on inspiring and playing everyone; respect and believe in yourself!” Wrote Kevin Sandy, a tournament coordinator to Facebook.

The Da:joh tropics were named Gr. 7 and 8 champions, with Rez Ballers given silver and Kenhte:ke Wolves Boys awarded bronze. The Kenhte:ke Wolves Girls earned gold, and the War-riors Boys earned gold as well., with the Niagara Regional Native Centre (NRNC) earning silver. Two exhibition games for the Ladies Open division took place between Kenhte:ke and Six Nations as well.

Arena. Later in the day, the Whitby Steelhawks won a match over the Oshawa Outlaw 15-10 at the Children’s Arena. On Sunday, the Paris RiverWolves lost to the Brampton Express 5-14 at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena.

The next scheduled game for the the Ohsweken Bears will see them play the Brampton Express on Friday, February 17 at the Brampton Memorial Arena at 8:00 p.m.. As for the Six Nations Snipers, they will face off on home soil on Sunday, February 19, at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena against the Paris RiverWolves at 2:00 p.m..

By TRT Staff with notes from NLL.com

As Week 12 gets underway within the National Lacrosse League, transactions from Week 11 are visible with standings making showing solid effort in both the Eastern and Western Conferences.

The Buffalo Bandits sit on top of the Eastern, followed by the Rochester Nighthawks, Toronto Rock, Halifax Thunderbirds, Philadelphia Wings, Albany FireWolves, New York Riptide, and Georgia Swarm. Out West, the San Diego Seals sit on top, followed by the Calgary Rough-necks, Saskatchewan Rush, Panther City Lacrosse, Colorado Mammoth, Las Vegas Desert Dogs and Vancouver Warriors. As for internal movement:

On February 8: The Colorado Mammoth released Jake Foster from the Practice Player List.

On February 10: The Albany FireWolves signed Zac Tucci to a one year contract and placed Practice Player Brent Mitchell on the Practice Player List from the Active Roster. The Calgary Roughnecks placed Shane Simpson on the Active Roster