POTSDAM BEARS MEN'S HOCKEY:

THE START OF THE 2009 SEASON GOT UNDERWAY LAST NIGHT, AN EXHIBITION MATCHUP AGAINST CANTON AT MAXY HALL ARENA.  GAME STAYED TIED 0-0 THRU THE FIRST PERIOD OF PLAY WITH GOOD GOALTENDING FROM BOTH SIDES JIMMY MERROW FROM CANTON TURNING ASIDE 13 SHOTS IN THE FIRST PERIOD WHILE KEVIN O'NEIL TURNED ASIDE 8 SHOTS FOR POTSDAM.  THE ROOS OPENED UP THE SCORING AT THE 3:25 MARK OF THE 2ND PERIOD PP GOAL BY KEVIN O'CONNEL FROM GARRETT ROSENBEAU AND ANDREW ROYCE.  THE BEARS STRUCK BACK QUICKLY LESS THAN THREE MINUTES LATER TO TIE IT UP 1-1 WITH THEIR OWN PP GOAL CONNER TRACY FROM MATT RYMER AND SY NUTKEVITCH.  POTSDAM TOOK A 2-1 LEAD MIDWAY THRU THE 2ND PERIOD COLLIN MACLENAN FROM BRYAN BLACK AND MIKE FOY AND THAT WAS THE SCORE AFTER TWO.  BOTH TEAMS CONTINUED TO BATTLE HARD THRU THE THIRD AND AT THE 11:30 MARK OF THE THIRD POTSDAM GOT THE INSURANCE THEY WANTED AS SPENCER NOYES SCORED FROM COLIN MACLENAN AND MIKE FOY.  THAT'S YOUR FINAL POTSDAM 3 CANTON 1.  POTSDAM OUTSHOT CANTON 48-18.  MERROW FOR CANTON AND O'NEIL FOR POTSDAM PLAYING SOLID BETWEEN THE PIPES

V-BALL ACTION:

OFA BLANKS POTSDAM 3 GAMES TO NONE.  AUBREY BADLAM DISHING OUT A SEASON HIGH 14 ASSISTS ALONG WITH 10 POINTS 6 ACES  AND EMILY MCLELLAN DELIVERED A SEASON HIGH 9 KILLS ALONG WITH 6 POINTS TO LEAD THE LADY DEVILS.  FOR POTSDAM ASHLEY MITCHELL LEADING THE WAY WITH 6 POINTS 3 KILLS AND 3 BLOCK

MW TAKES DOWN E-K 3 GAMES TO NONE.  KRSTEN KING LED THE WAY FOR THE YELLOW JACKETS 13 POINTS, 5 ACES, 11 ASSISTS 7 KILLS ALSO CONTRIBUTING MEGHAN PARMETER 7 POINTS 4 ACES 5 ASSISTS 3 KILLS

CANTON 3 GOUVERNEUR 1

MALONE 3 SALMON RIVER 0

SWIMMING:

POTSDAM STAYS UNBEATEN AT 9-0 WITH A WIN OVER OFA 108-62.  POTSDAM FINISHED IN FIRST PLACE IN ALL 11 EVENTS.  SARAH ROLL, MICHAELA BARTLETT, LIZ DEMPSEY EACH WITH 4 FIRST PLACE FINISHES

CROSS COUNTRY:

THE NN BOYS AND GIRLS TEAM STAYED UNDEFEATED AND OUR THE NAC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS.  IN THE BOYS RACE A SHODOWN BETWEEN 3 UNDEFEATED TEAMS NN, CANTON, AND MALONE.  CANTON'S MATT PIERCE WON THE RACE OVER NN RIVAL JON ENG WITH A TIME OF 16 MINUTES AND 18 SECONDS.  JON ENG FINISHING JUST 8 SECONDS BEHIND BUT AS A TEAM THE FLYERS ABLE TO KNOCK OFF BOTH CANTON AND MALONE. 

IN THE GIRLS RACE CANTON'S AIMEE BEAUDETTE TAKING THE INDIVIDUAL HONORS WITH A TIME OF 19:42, 26 SECONDS AHEAD OF NN'S EMILY COTEY BUT LIKE THE BOYS THE NN GIRLS AS A TEAM ABLE TO WALK AWAY WITH THE TEAM VICTORY

IN A MEET AT POTSDAM, SANDSTONERS BEAT BOTH OFA AND SALMON RIVER.  OFA'S ALEX WOOD WON THE RACE WITH A TIME OF 18:14 FOLLOWED BY THREE POTSDAMRUNNERS GEORGE MORRIS, MAX ROMNEY. SETH HINMAN.  IN THE GIRLS MEET OFA TOOK THE HONORS FINSIHING 1234 LEADING THE WAY FOR DEVILS MITHRA MOHTASHAM WITH A TIME OF 22:41.  POTSDAM'S MADDIE BALL FINISHING FIFTH

IN JUST A BOYS MEET AT GOUVERNEUR TUPPER LAKE TAKES DOWN B-M, MASSENA, AND GOUVERNEUR.  TUPPER LAKE CHARLIE BEAUDETTE WON THE RACE IN 18:42, B-M'S RYAN BUSHY PLACING THIRD WHILE MASSENA'S DAN MATHEWS PLACED 8TH

TONIGHT GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFF ACTION ON 1470 AM 4 PM C-P AT P-H