Rivermen commence regular season with victory over host North Stars

By Sam Laskaris, Writer Thanks to a third-period outburst of seven goals, the Six Nations Rivermen were able to win their regular season opener on the road this past Saturday. The Rivermen, the local Senior B men’s team, defeated the host Owen Sound North Stars 11-9 in an Ontario Series Lacrosse contest. The Six Nations squad trailed 7-4 heading into the third period of Saturday’s match. But the Rivermen outscored Owen Sound 7-2 during the final 20 minutes of action to register the victory. “During the third period Owen Sound started to get gassed on their defensive end,” said Rivermen head coach Wayne Hill. “They’ve got a lot of veteran players, older players. They were overly aggressive defensively in the first and second. They just started to gas down. And…

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