Peterborough Century 21 Lakers Fail To Clinch Second Place With 13-10 Loss

/

The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers get one more chance to secure second place and a home Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) playoff game after losing to Brooklin Lacrosse Club 13-10 on the road at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre Wednesday night.

File photo.

Brooklin had an early 2-0 lead but the Lakers got going with a 6-1 run to lead 6-3 after the first.

Brooklin scored six of their own in the second to Peterborough’s two goals, giving the home team a 9-8 lead after two.

Peterborough could not repel Brooklin’s special teams as they netted two power play goals to seal the victory.

Kiel Matisz led the way offensively for Peterborough with three goals and a pair of assists. Connor Kearnan and Dyson Williams had four goals apiece and combined for four assists to lead Brooklin.  

The Lakers are in third place sitting at one point Brooklin but can clinch second place in their home-and-home rematch Thursday night.

The winner between the two clubs gets a home playoff game for their first-round series.

Lakers game leaders: 

  • Kiel Matisz (3-2)

  • Carson Moyer (2-2) 

  • Matt Gilray (1-2) 

  • Shawn Evans (1-2) 

  • Holden Cattoni (1-2) 

  • Taite Cattoni (1-1) 

  • Keaton Zavitz (1-0) 

  • Jordan Stouros (0-2) 

  • Austin Hasen (0-2) 

  • Alex Pace (0-1) 

  • Mitch Ogilvie (0-1) 

  • Mike Poulin: 21 saves 

Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com. Sign up for PTBOBuzz newsletter here.

Hometown PTBO: 15-Year-Old Stella Burke and Her Early Lacrosse Career Including Winning the World Lacrosse Youth Festival

/

We talk with 15-year-old lacrosse player Stella Burke about career highlights including winning the recent World Lacrosse Youth Festival with Team Ontario in Townson, Md. and her outlook for collegiate lacrosse.

Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com. Sign up for PTBOBuzz newsletter here.

Undermanned Electric City Football Club Men's Team Lose 2-1 In Inaugural Trent Severn Cup; First Home Defeat

/

The undermanned Electric City Football Club (ECFC) coughed up two goals in the last ten minutes for a 2-1 loss against the Simcoe County Rovers in the inaugural Trent Severn Cup on Saturday.

The match would be decided by penalty kicks if it was a draw after regulation. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

ECFC head coach Randy Riberio was suspended for two games for accumulative yellow cards. Striker and team-leading scorer Jordan Brown was suspended for three games for a ‘league incident’ according to Riberio.

"Jordan's a leader on the field for us,” said Ribierio. “He's our leading goal-scorer and so we definitely missed his presence today but we have full trust in all the players we have on the squad to the jobs we needed to do and I thought overall today, we were the better team but unfortunately we fell asleep for the last ten minutes."

The cup was created in mid-June to help spark both clubs in their first year with League1 Ontario.

“Both franchises have shown a great desire to compete at the highest standards and strive to participate at the highest level in the Canadian Soccer landscape,” said John Copp, HDSA president. “The Districts want to help kick off these franchises' inaugural season and provide the groundwork for what we expect will be a long (friendly) rivalry between two top League 1 Ontario Clubs.”

The cup winner is determined by the combined score of both men’s and women’s teams. The women drew to a 1-1 on June 15.

Electric City got on the board first with a goal from Mohammad Reza Nafar in the eighth minute off a soft corner kick pass. Reza Nafar juked through two Rovers and had his shot sail by several defenders and the keeper on the left-side bottom corner.

Simcoe keeper Richard Gomes protested the corner-kick call to no avail as he made a save on a ball going wide of the net. The official claimed the ball went out of bounds and was last touched by a Rover for the corner kick.

“I didn't expect the ball to come to me,” said Reza Nafar. “I was kind of in shock when I saw the ball and it was just instinctive what I did and I saw an opportunity to shoot and I did.”

Simcoe had an uncontested shot in the box after forcing an ECFC turnover in the 32nd minute. Electric City keeper Quillan Roberts made a diving save to keep it 1-0 into the half.

Simcoe got a free kick in the 58th minute but had their shot sail wide of the net as the first quality scoring chance of the second half.

ECFC had their own free kick in the 65th minute but Reza Nefar had his shot go high and wide as the team’s first quality chance of the half.

The lone goal-scorer tried to make amends forcing a turnover shortly after the missed free kick. He forced a turnover and made a centring pass to freshly substituted Benjamin Vyfshaft but just went out of reach for a one-timer goal.

Simcoe stormed back late in the 86th minute with a goal from Jacob Grant to tie it 1-1. He zipped it past a diving Roberts from a cross pass in front of the net.

Vyfshaft received a centring pass during extra time but could not beat a diving Gomes and kept the game tied.

Justin Yarde clinched it for Simcoe County as he beat Roberts over the to after a midfield turnover by ECFC.

This was the second consecutive men’s home game where they allowed a goal in extra time in the second half to lose their lead.

“Lack of concentration in the last ten minutes,” said Rob Clarke, ECFC interim head coach. "Two mistakes cost us goals and we can't let that happen against a good Simcoe team. We'll remember this one. Hopefully, we can learn from this moving forward."

The men’s next game is against Darby FC on Friday as their second-last road game of the season.

Sunday’s women’s game against Vaughan Azzurri was postponed due to weather conditions 23 minutes into their match. Their final regular-season game will be concluded at a later date.

Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com. Sign up for PTBOBuzz newsletter here.

Peterborough Lakers Get Revenge On Six Nations Chiefs With Overtime Win

/

The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers got redemption against the Six Nations Chiefs from Tuesday’s road loss with a 13-11 overtime win at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Thursday night.

Photo by David Tuan Bui.

It was the first win the Lakers got over the Chiefs this season though the latter has a 3-1 record over Peterborough this year. The Lakers had a season-record attendance of 2,842 cheering fans.

Taite Cattoni and Shawn Evans scored in the 10-minute overtime period to seal the Lakers’ victory and bump them to 12 points in the standings.

Evans was named the player of the game with a goal and seven assists.

Doug Buchan was named the defensive player of the game, making 49 saves for the Lakers and allowed only two goals in the last 34 minutes of the game.  

“Guys are back and getting some chemistry,“ said Buchan. “It was a good win here. The crowd was rocking and hopefully we can carry some momentum into Brooklin next week.”

Vaughn Harris led Six Nations with four goals and one assist while Austin Staats scored three times and added four assists. Goaltender Warren Hill made 45 saves for Six Nations. 

The Lakers head to Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby on Wednesday to begin a home-and-home series with the Brooklin Lacrosse Club. Brooklin comes to town this Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Memorial Centre to finish the back-to-back games.

Lakers game leaders:

  • Holden Cattoni (3-2) 

  • Cory Vitarelli (2-3) 

  • Austin Hasen (2-0) 

  • Shawn Evans (1-7) 

  • Mark Matthews (1-5) 

  • Keaton Zavitz (1-4) 

  • Kiel Matisz (1-2) 

  • Taite Cattoni (1-1) 

  • Matt Gilray (1-0) 

  • Bryce Sweeting (0-1) 

Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com. Sign up for PTBOBuzz newsletter here.

Hometown PTBO: Humboldt Broncos Head Coach Scott Barney On Being a Peterborough Pete and Coaching After the Infamous Incident

/

This week on Hometown PTBO, Pete Dalliday talks with Scott Barney, head coach and general manager of the Humboldt Broncos Jr 'A' Hockey Club about being a Peterborough Petes draftee, hosting the Memorial Cup and joining the team after the Broncos after the 2018 infamous accident.

Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com. Sign up for PTBOBuzz newsletter here.

The Capital PTBO To Hold Inaugural Charity Home Run Derby For Local Sports Initiatives

/

Sports apparel store The Capital PTBO has announced its inaugural Home Run Derby to be held on Oct. 1 at the Kinsmen Arena ball diamond in support of local sports organizations.

Mark Million (pictured) opened The Capital PTBO in late January this year with his brother Justin. Photo by Luke Best.

The store is accepting registrations through social media private messages or by email at captain@thecapitalptbo.ca. The derby registration fee is $25 and requires participants to bring their own pitcher to throw the ball, slo-pitch style.

The all-ages event is capped at 40 batters each getting 10 pitches where the most home runs hit is declared the winner.

"This is an idea brought to us by Pete Dalliday which was an interaction brought to him by Colin Teskey and Jordan Mercier of Extra 90.5 Radio,” said Mark Million, Capital PTBO co-owner.

Prize structure, food vendors and charity proceed recipients will be announced at a later date. Million has confirmed monetary prizing and custom-made trophies for the winners. They also get their name on the store’s “Wall of Honour,” a banner hung from the store’s roof.

The event could be separated into age divisions however it is not confirmed what they are yet.

@ptbo_canada Need a place to hang out and do all things sports? The Capital PTBO invites you to relax, hang out and maybe shop while you are there! #PTBOCanada ♬ Smokin Out The Window - Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic

Million had remarked that he opened his store as a sports hub for Peterborough and was community-oriented in a prior interview with PTBOCanada. He is seeking volunteers for the event as is confident they will help make it a success.

“We need a lot of help,” he explained. “One thing we have known in the last six months is that when we have put a call to action out, whether to build our lending library or people with their own sports mantles that they want to put on display, we've had people to volunteer to help us out. That's the Peterborough way.”

This event is only the beginning of a series of events Million’s store wants to do for the local community.

“The Home Run Derby is the tip of the iceberg,” he explained. “We'd love to run a street hockey tournament, we'd love to do a three-point contest; all these sorts of things where we can integrate in public spaces and not-for-profit, that's the key. Everything goes back into supporting youth sports and youth initiatives.”

Engage with us on social me"dia on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com. Sign up for PTBOBuzz newsletter here.

Kawartha Downs Continues Revving Its 50th Anniversary With Tractor Pull and Demolition Derby

/

The festivities continue for Kawartha Downs’s 50th anniversary with a tractor pull and demolition during the Aug. 5/6 weekend.

Fair atop his “Executioner” to be one of the many tractors featured at the pulls. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

The tractor pull is held on Aug. 5 that boasts a new asphalt track, new bleachers — with a seating capacity of around 2,500 people — and pullers hailing from all over the province and Quebec.

"We've got the best clay track in Ontario," said Dan Fair, Executioner Sled Team operator, "This track is every bit as anything that they run.”

The garden tractor pull starts at 4 p.m. and the truck and tractor pull at 7 p.m. Several antique tractors will be on display throughout the day.

Other attractions include a lamb and rabbit show, live music from a cover band to be announced, vendors and food trucks from Sammy’s Roadhouse & Grill from Cavan-Monaghan. Spectators can access the pit area and get autographs signed from the drivers.

Drivers John Louws (left) and Barb Cochrane (right) are two featured drivers for the Aug. 5/6 weekend. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Aug. 6 features a demolition derby on an asphalt track instead of a traditional mud track. The former allows for a faster-paced derby according to Jim Grant of Ontario Demolition Derby Limited.

“The cars cannot get stuck,” he said. “The cars can tear out a rear axle and still keep on going. They do not get bogged down in the mud, they slip and slide around, they can have four flat tires and keep going so they're always in the action until the car dies.”

Grant believes that Kawartha Downs is the perfect venue to host the event considering the success of past demolition derbies in Peterborough.

"Peterborough used to do 4,000 people for theirs,” said Grant. "We would fill the grandstands at Lakefield and Port Hope had a crazy amount of people. People love demo derby so to come and see it on pavement is awesome.”

There is a total of $10,000 in prize money for the demolition drivers for each respective derby. Categories include figure-8, mini, midsize, junk run, full-sized cards and full-sized trucks.

Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com. Sign up for PTBOBuzz newsletter here.

Peterborough Lakers Fall to First-Place Clinching Six Nations Chiefs

/

The Peterborough Century 21 Lakers can only finish second best in the Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) regular season standings after a Six Nations Chiefs clinching 11-7 win at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena on Tuesday.

Photo by David Tuan Bui.

The Chiefs’ win puts them at 17 points whereas the Lakers have 10 points with three games left (and can get a maximum of 16 points). The Brooklin Lacrosse Club is third with seven points but have a game in hand. 

The Lakers struggled to score in the latter half of the game. The Lakers only scored one goal after the game was tied 6-6 with 14 minutes left in the second period. 

Goalies Doug Buchan and Doug Jamieson each made 33 saves in goal.  

Brendan Bomberry led the Chiefs with three goals and five assists. 

Captain Robert Hope was absent due to coaching the Jr. A Lakers in their playoff game versus the second-seeded Toronto Beaches. The Jr. A Lakers fell 12-8 and were eliminated from the playoffs.

The Sr. Lakers play again this Thursday at 8 p.m. as the Chiefs return to the Memorial Centre.  

Lakers game leaders:

  • Austin Hasen (1-2) 

  • Seth VanSchepen (1-1) 

  • Holden Cattoni (1-2) 

  • Thomas Hoggarth (1-1) 

  • Carson Moyer (2-0) 

  • Paul Dawson (1-0) 

  • Taite Cattoni (0-2) 

  • Jacob Garcia (0-1) 

  • Matt Gilray (0-1) 

  • Mitch Ogilvie (0-1) 

  • Alex Pace (0-1) 

Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com. Sign up for PTBOBuzz newsletter here.

Electric City Football Club Holds First Meet and Greet at Millennium Park

/

Electric City Football Club (ECFC) hosted their first meet and greet for fans to mingle with the players and kick the soccer ball with them at Silver Bean Café and Millennium Park on Sunday afternoon.

Fans could get autographs signed, purchase ECFC merchandise play a scrimmage game, play biñho (tabletop soccer), take pictures and have a conversation with members of the women’s and men’s teams.

Both teams had commanding victories on Saturday. The women made a statement in their last home game of the regular season with a 4-0 rout against BVB IA Waterloo. Midfielder Marisa Oliviera led the charge with two goals while strikers Kayla McQueen and Brynn Jurus knotted a goal apiece.

The women close their regular season on the road against a top-rated Vaughan Azzurri this Sunday at North Maple Regional Park Turf #2 at 7 p.m. They sit at eighth place in the standings, must win their last game and need North Toronto Nitros and Alliance United FC to lose out in order to make the playoffs as the sixth and final team.

The men won their first road game of the season 4-1 against the North Mississauga SC. Jordan Brown and Jordan Webb netted two goals apiece in their victory. They play the Simcoe Country Rovers FC this Saturday at Fleming College at 3 p.m. The men sit at ninth place in the standings but finish their season in late August. They must remain within top six in order to qualify for the playoffs.

Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com. Sign up for PTBOBuzz newsletter here.

Small Town Boys Putting Havelock On The Map As Softball Team Selected To Represent Ontario At Eastern Canadian Championships In Nova Scotia

/

The Havelock Express U15 Rep Softball team has been selected by the Ontario Amateur Softball Association (OASA) to represent Ontario at the Eastern Canadian Championships being held in Brookfield, Nova Scotia.

Front Row: Braydon Cooper, Dennis Roberts, Austin Levesque, Gage Locke Back Row: Coach Dave Cooper, Coach Bryce Levesque, Jori Ayrhart, Raine Ayrhart, Josh Davis, Kaleb MacDonald, Wes Menard, Nolan Mahoney, Jack Burns, Holden Rutherford, Coach Mike Menard. Photo courtesy of Havelock Express Minor Softball Association.

Cheryl and Bryce Levesque started the Havelock Minor Softball Program eight years ago in hopes to help youth develop their skills while allowing them to play locally.

The U15 Rep team plays in the Kawartha Softball League, though they play exhibition games with stronger teams in the OASA from neighboring communities.

Last weekend the team competed in the OASA Eliminations in Grafton, a tournament that seeds teams into their brackets for provincials.

Havelock Express was ranked number one in the B bracket.

On Sunday, Bryce, who helps coach the team, received an unexpected phone call inviting the team to represent Ontario at the Eastern Canadian Championships in Nova Scotia.

“OASA called my husband and told him the news,” said Cheryl. “We didn’t have a game until Tuesday so that’s when we told the parents and kids. They were shocked.”

Cheryl says the majority of the team has been playing ball together since the program started.

“They’ve grown up playing ball together.”

The team was given until Wednesday at noon to accept the invitation and now have about one month to raise the funds to get the boys to Nova Scotia.

They hope to raise $10,000 - $12,000, which will be split evenly amongst players families to cover some of the cost of travel and accommodations.

Cheryl says as of Friday she already has $600 in donations in her hand, with plenty of local business owners having pledged to sponsor the team as well.

“Our community is absolutely unbelievable,” she said. “Even before this happened local businesses have always been so eager to help. We got new jerseys this year and were hoping to have a couple teams sponsored, they stepped right up and sponsored all six teams. We were able to get some new equipment, some bats, it’s really amazing.”

As a team made up of local boys in a town of just under 5000 people, Cheryl says this opportunity is a huge deal.

“We are a small little town known for our jamboree and a train station. This is so overwhelming we’re still trying to process it,” she said. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for this team and a chance to not only represent Ontario but also our town.”

The four day tournament will run from Aug. 18 - 21. In the past OASA has sent 2-3 teams to represent Ontario against teams from Nova Scotia, PEI, Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Quebec.

“We hope to go down there and be competitive. If we do well that’s a bonus.”

Those wishing to make a donation can E-Transfer Erin King, Havelock Minor Softball Program Fundraiser Coordinator at erin_king@kprdsb.ca. Tax receipts can be issued if mentioned in a note.

Businesses that would like to donate or sponsor the team should reach out to Cheryl Levesque at 705-750-5205 or at m_r_jewel@hotmail.com.

Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com. Sign up for PTBOBuzz newsletter here.

/ /
,

Guest User