SEMI PRO FOOTBALL:

VERMONT ICE STORM 14 MASSENA SILVER & BLACK RAIDERS 12

A HEARTBREAKING LOSS AS THE RAIDERS WENT FOR IT ON 4TH AND 3 WITH UNDER A MINUTE TO GO INSTEAD OF TRYING FOR 44 YARD FIELD GOAL AND THEY WERE STUFFED ON THE 4TH DOWN PLAY.  RAIDERS OPENED THE SCORING WITH A  TD RUN FROM QUARTERBACK RYAN MASON BUT EXTRA POINT KICK BLOCKED.  VERMONT TIED IT UP IMMEDIATELY WITH AN 83 YARD KICKOFF TD RETURN BUT THEY MISSED THEIR EXTRA POINT TOO SO 6-6 AT THE HALF.  RAIDERS TOOK THE LEAD IN THE 3RD QUARTER AS COMPEAU RAN IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN FROM A YARD OUT.  ONCE AGAIN MISSED EXTRA POINT SO HAD THE LEAD 12-6.  VERMONT SCORED IN THE FOURTH AND CONVERTED 2 POINT CONVERSION TO TAKE A 14 -12 LEAD AND THAT WAS YOUR FINAL.  MASON 8-20 FOR 36 YARDS IN THE AIR 2 INTERCEPTIONS AND 12 RUSHES FOR 57 YARDS, COMPEAU HAD 18 CARRIES FOR  86 YARDS, RONTENEZ FLOWERS HAD 5 RUSHES FOR 58 YARDS, 2 INTERCEPTIONS AND A FUMBLE RECOVERY.  THE RAIDERS GO TO 0-3 ON THE YEAR SO FAR IN EMPIRE FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAY.

RUNNING:

THE 2ND PART OF THE SUMMER SUNSET 5K TOOK PLACE.  SLU STUDENT AND KENYAN NATIVE JEREMY MWENDA FINISHED ATOP THE MENS DIVISION WITH A TIME OF 16:58, FOLLOWED BY JONATHON KENT 2ND, AND NN HIGH SCHOOLER JON ENG 3RD.  IN THE WOMEN'S DIVISION LIZ EMBLIDGE AND SARAH STONE FINISHED ONE TWO, AND KRISTEN BETRUS FINISHED 3RD.

GIRLS LACROSSE:

AREA 4TH-6TH GRADERS LACROSSE TEAM TAKES 7TH AT PRESTIGOUS SACKETS HARBOR 1812 SHOOTOUT.  A COMPETITION THAT HAD 80 TEAMS FROM ALL OVER NEW YORK STATE.  THE GIRLS THAT PARTICIPATED WERE FROM MASSENA, CANTON, POTSDAM, AND OGDENSBURG