JAMIESON FEELS THE NEED TO READ By Craig Rybczynski Kids in Six Nations look up to Cody get educated, come back and share Teacher Candy Browatzke. “We just Jamieson as a lacrosse player. The my knowledge with the youth. That’s wanted to connect home, school and 28-year-old has established himself what builds communities,” said Jamie- community, and encourage reading as one of the top professional play- son. “Hopefully, we can go one step outside of school.” further with the next generation. I am a big reader myself and I encourage a Josy, a sixth grader at I.L. Thomas, lot of reading with my kids, my family was thrilled to have Cody visit his and the whole community.” school and cannot wait to go to a Knighthawks game in April. On March 9th, Jamieson visited the I.L. Thomas School in Six Nations to “It was pretty cool,” said the 11-year- hand out certificates of achievement old boy. “I think it will be a lot of fun.” and prizes to students who reached their reading goal as part of the “It’s Browatzke worked with Knighthawks Our Game Program.” Jamieson con- VP of Operations Tracy Johnson to gratulated the kids who completed a create the partnership, which is mod- “hat trick” of their own. eled after a similar program created between the Grand Erie school district ers in the world. From MVP awards to Students in Kindergarten through and the Ontario Hockey Association’s National Lacrosse League and Mann Grade 3 scored a goal by complet- Junior “C” Paris Mounties. Her pro- Cups titles, “Jammer” has won near- ing 10 nights of reading at home with gram has been in the works for sever- ly every trophy imaginable. He clearly their families. The students finished al years and came to fruition with the has a love for the game. the hat trick once they hit three goals help of the Knighthawks and Arrow Ex- (or 30 nights of reading). Students in press Sports. What people might not know, howev- Grades 4-8 scored a goal by complet- er, is that Cody also has a passion for ing 10 nights of 20 minutes of reading school and reading. The former Syra- at home. The primary students also cuse University standout often carves needed to reach three goals to receive out time to pick up a book and read their Knighthawks prizes. “It was good to see kids who finished their hat trick get rewarded in front of the whole school,” said Jamieson. “Hopefully, that encouraged more stu- dents to start reading and complete their hat trick.” That was definitely the case. Having a professional athlete of Cody Jamie- “I have wanted to do this for awhile,” son’s stature attend the assembly mo- said Browatzke, who has been work- tivated more kids to start reading to ing in Six Nations for 16 years. “When reach their goals. I went back to I.L. Thomas, I said I would really love to do this and having about some of his favorites athletes. “It was great because we had kind of a a lacrosse team (onboard) would be He cited books about former NHL slow start. But when he came out and awesome. They told me to ‘go for it’ stars Derek Sanderson and Jordin talked about his reading and the kids and Tracy was extremely supportive.” Tootoo as two of his favorites. could see him, it was like ‘this is real and we really are going to get tickets,’” On April 13th, the 14 winners of the “I always said that I wanted to go and said I.L Thomas Learning Resource “It’s Our Game Program” were treat- The UPS Store on all Save 30% printed material Order online 24/7 Promo code SCOREPHX30 (exp. 5/31/16) upsstoreprint.com/1030 or upsstoreprint.com/5641 Flyers, Business Cards, Posters, Banners, Lawn Signs & More ed to their second reward, which the support they received from was a visit to the Iroquois La- their families. She is already plan- crosse Arena and a chance to ning the kick off of the “It’s Our meet the Knighthawks players. Game Program” for the 2016-17 One of the first people out of the school year. locker room was proud I.L. Thom- as alum Sid Smith. Smith, who “Next year we will start in the fall attended Syracuse University, is and offer the reading program one of the most scholarly players from September to the end of on the team. The team captain November,” she said. “It will give enjoys reading for fun, especially them more of an opportunity to during road trips. The kids were go to a game. We are looking for also introduced to Dan and Paul ways to improve it and get more Dawson, Matt Vinc, Quinn Pow- students to participate.” All Natural Chicken Sausage less and the rest of the team. The players signed game programs, The backing of the Knighthawks hats, T-shirts, schedules and la- and Jamieson will definitely help crosse sticks. boost the numbers of kids who want to read in Six Nations. Ja- Grayce, a sixth grader who is an mieson, who lives in Six Nations avid lacrosse fan, posed for a with his family, said he is proud to photo with Jamieson and loved give back and help the younger watching practice. By finishing generation. the program, she now gets to make her long-awaited trip to “You want to help out your com- Rochester this month. munity anyway you can and you want to make everyone better “It was a lot of fun because I had around you,” he said. “You want to make it better than the way you left it. That’s one of our teachings. We encouraged reading and we’ll do anything to help out a kid who needs help. It was good to see that the school got behind it and got behind the program because reading is only going to help. For them to pick up reading at a young age is great to see.” a lot of people helping me,” she said about her achievement. “I have been trying to go to the last couple of games. It will be really cool (to go) and a lot of fun.” Browatzke was encouraged by the progress of the students and They’re great as an ingredient in a wide variety of recipes or on a roll with your favorite condiment. Try them today! Available at Tops, Walmart and local independent grocers.? ROSTERS Buffalo Bandits Rochester Knighthawks Owner: Terry Pegula Owner/GM: Curt Styres President: Russ Brandon VP of Lacrosse: Paul Gait Governor/VP Legal Affairs: David Zygaj VP of Player Personnel: Jody Gage Director of Lacrosse Ops: Scott Loffler Head Coach: Mike Hasen General Manager: Steve Dietrich Assistant Coaches: Jason Johnson Head Coach: Troy Cordingley Paul Day Assistant Coach: John Tavares Andy Secore Assistant Coach: Rich Kilgour Pat O’Toole Assistant Coach/Scout: Dave Pym Assistant Stephen Lobsinger Coach/Scout: Rob Buchan Assistant Athletic Trainer & Assistant Coach/Scout: Rusty Kruger Equipment Manager: Dave Sowden Eastern Scout: Shawn Williams Head Athletic Trainer: Greg DeLuke Equipment Manager: Ted Cordingley Goalies Goalies # Name GP W-L GAA SV% # Name GP W-L GAA SV% 44 Anthony Cosmo 16 7-2 11.68 .784 48 Matt Vinc 15 5-7 11.35 .778 65 Davide Deruscio 16 4-3 12.55 .766 55 Angus Goodleaf 11 1-2 12.01 .752 PLAYERS PLAYERS # Name Pos. GP G A Pts. LB # Name Pos. 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LB 3 Billy Dee Smith D 13 0 0 0 13 1 Joe Walters F 13 15 28 43 38 5 Adam Will D 2 1 0 1 1 2 Paul Dawson D 10 0 2 2 39 8 Kevin Brownell T 16 8 11 19 86 4 Graeme Hossack D 15 2 3 5 83 9 Mark Steenhuis F 16 26 34 60 60 5 Scott Self D 8 1 2 3 39 12 Mitch de Snoo D 14 1 6 7 91 6 Dan Dawson F 15 34 43 77 50 13 David Brock T 16 7 6 13 66 9 Craig Point F 4 6 12 18 12 15 Matthew Bennett T 13 0 5 5 66 10 Brad Gillies D 3 1 1 2 9 17 Ryan Benesch F 15 34 45 79 83 16 Dyan Evans D 12 0 2 2 50 19 Chad Culp F 12 7 19 26 36 23 Cory Vitarelli F 11 18 11 29 49 20 Nick Weiss T 8 6 3 9 66 25 Brad Self D 12 6 11 17 84 21 Tyler Ferreira F 4 2 4 6 12 28 Stephen Keogh F 15 26 23 49 75 22 Andrew Watt T 5 0 1 1 11 29 Ian Llord D 14 1 1 2 55 23 Steve Priolo D 16 5 12 17 103 32 Jon Sullivan D 14 0 6 6 59 24 Mitch Jones F 15 11 21 32 102 37 Scott Campbell D 14 4 8 12 79 36 Daryl Veltman F 15 14 22 36 38 77 Quinn Powless F 8 3 4 7 25 66 Alex Kedoh Hill T 13 16 20 36 98 79 Sid Smith D 14 1 2 3 86 75 Jay Thorimbert T 15 1 6 7 116 81 Josh Gillam F 4 6 3 9 9 92 Dhane Smith F 16 64 59 123 102 88 Cody Jamieson F 15 31 52 83 84 93 Anthony Malcom F 15 15 19 34 43 WWW.KNIGHTHAWKS.COM THOMPSON WAS DESTINED TO PLAY LACROSSE By Craig Rybczynski Ty Thompson and his grandfather role model in his grandfather.