IN GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL LACROSSE HEUVELTON TAKING THE BUS TRIP TO TAKE ON POTSDAM AND POTSDAM COMING OUT OF THE GATES FURIOUSLY SCORING ABOUT TEN GOALS IN THE OPENING TEN MINUTES TO TAKE A 12-2 LEAD INTO HALFTIME.  HEUVELTON REGROUPS PLAYS A MUCH BETTER SECOND HALF AND IN FACT OUTSCORES POTSDAM 6-2 BUT NOT ENOUGH POTSDAM HOLDS ON FOR THE 14-7 WIN.  POTSDAM LED BY TESS CURRY 4 GOALS, KEELEY RICE, TESS HAZEN, AND MONIQUE CORNETT EACH WITH A COUPLE.  FOR THE BULLDOGS ALYSSA RUPERT, DANIELLE TANI, AND AMY HAMILTON EACH SCORE TWICE.  IN NET ABBIE ADAMS AND JENNIFER TARDELLI COMBINE FOR 11 SAVES WHILE AMANDA BLACKBURN 24 STOPS FOR HEUVELTON IN THE LOSS

IN ANOTHER GIRLS GAME CANTON TAKING ON MASSENA AND THE LADY BEARS GET OUT TO A GOOD START AND TAKE A 10-4 HALFTIME LEAD.  MASSENA MAKING A COMEBACK IN THE SECOND HALF BUT RUN OUT OF TIME AND YOUR FINAL CANTON 12 MASSENA 10.  TRESSA GOOLDEN 4 GOALS, MICHELLE VARNEY 3 GOALS TO LEAD THE BEARS.  PAULINA BEHRENS, DOMINIQUE VALANCIUS EACH A COUPLE FOR THE LADY RAIDERS. MARICEL KITTS 18 SAVES FOR CANTON, AND RENEE DERUCHIA 10 SAVES IN THE LOSS FOR MASSENA

FOUR PLAYERS FROM THE SLU MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM SIGNED PRO CONTRACTS IN DEREK KELLER, JEFF CAISTER, MIKE MCKENZIE, AND ALEX CURRAN.  KELLER AND CAISTER WHO PLAYED ON THE SAME LINE DEFENSIVELY THIS YEAR SIGNED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS OF THE ECHL.  MCKENZIE WITH AHL'S ALBANY RIVER RATS AND CURRAN SIGNING WITH THE AHL'S SYRACUSE CRUNCH

FORMER SUNY POTSDAM PLAYER TIM WELSH HAS BEEN HIRED AS THE NEW HOFSTRA MENS BASKETBALL COACH.  WELSH FORMER COACH AT PROVIDENCE AND IONA HAS SPENT THE LAST COUPLE SEASONS AS A COMMENTATOR FOR ESPN.  A FORMER MASSENA RESIDENT AND SON OF SUNY POTSDAM COACH JERRY WELSH ALSO SPENT SOME TIME WITH THE SYRACUSE BASKETBALL TEAM AS AN ASSISTANT UNDER JIM BOEHEIM.

LAST CHANCE TONIGHT TO SIGN UP FOR BASEBALL/SOFTBALL/TEE-BALL IF UNDER 12 FOR POTSDAM AT THE PINE STREET ARENA IN POTSDAM