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 The Onondaga Redhawks are heading to their first President's Cup since 1993 with a 12-7 victory over the Newtown Golden Eagles. The Redhawks were very eager to earn their league championship in over 12 years by hustling after the opening whistle for all of the loose balls. Lead by goal-tender Jeff Powless, the Redhawks had an early lead which they protected with a strong defense.
The Redhawks not wanted to extend the series to a game 5, were lead by: Gewas Schindler 1g- 5a, Pete Behedict 3g -2a, Neal Powless 2g- 2a, Brett Bucktooth 2g- 1a, Dave Stout 1g-1a, Dustin Hill 1g-1a, Scott Ditzell 0g- 2a, Ed Shenandoah 0g- 2a, Dwayne Porter 0g- 2a, Mike Abrams 1g- 0a, A.J. Bucktooth 1g- 0a, Percy Shenandoah 0g- 1a and Murray Stout Jr 0g- 1a.
The Redhawks would like to thank Newtown and its fans for a great series and are very proud to carry the Can-Am banner into the
Senior B President's Cup Championships in Waterloo, Ontario. The Redhawks also say a "Nya wenha!" to all of its great fans (young and old), community, arena staff, and chiefs abd clanmothers for their
support in our championship season!!! 
Onondaga RedHawks Win Can-Am Lacrosse Titles and Presidents Cup Berth. Photos and story by Kent Lyons.
The Onondaga RedHawks’ Senior Men’s team won the Can- Am Lacrosse League Championship Friday Aug. 5th at the Gil Lay Arena in Newtown. After a persistent 12 year run of second place finishes the Onondaga Redhawks succeeded in capturing the Can-Am Championship. The last Onondaga Championship was won in 1993 the inaugural season of the Iroquois Lacrosse Association. The Onondaga team swept the perennial Seneca champion, Newtown Golden Eagles, four straight in a best of seven series. The win also secured both the Can-Am regular season league title and the playoff Championship.
There can be no denying the Onondaga team has proved that persistence pays off and above all,
Game 4 Summary
Three Games to None over Newtown 
The Can-Am finals boiled down to the two teams with the best records this season Onondaga had 2 loses over the 14 game schedule while Newtown had 4 loses. This meant for the first time in 5 consecutive championship finals with Newtown, the Redhawks captured the #1 seed and home floor throughout the playoffs.
Friday night saw a packed house at Tsha’Honnonyendakwha’ for game one of the best of seven series. The Newtown began the game ready to defend their title as defending Can-Am champs by scoring the fist three goals of the game. It wasn’t until the last minute of the first period when Brett Bucktooth tallied the first Redhawk goal to end the first period down 3-1 to Newtown.
The third period saw the continued great play of Jeff Powless and Brett Bucktooth ending the last goal of the game as the Redhawks took Game One 12-8.
Saturday the Redhawks traveled out to Newtown to continue the series for Game Two. There, Jeff Powless continued his stellar play only allowing a single goal with 5 minutes remaining in the first period. Meanwhile, Ron Cogan scored the first goal of the game only 45 seconds into the contest! Scott Ditzel was able to add to the lead 10 minutes later. To be followed by goals by Dustin Hill and Brett Bucktooth to end the first period with the Redhawks leading the home team 4-1.
The third period saw the Newtown goaltender hold the Redhawk attackers scoreless for the final stanza. But the home team was not able to take advantage as the Onondaga defense also held Newtown at bay until there was only 5 minutes to play when the home team was able to add the first of their two goals to close out the scoring with the Redhawks on top 7-3 and holding a 2 games to none lead in the series.
The Redhawks were lead this weekend by: Onondaga Earn Tough Road Win at Niagara 6-5. July 10, 2005
The Onondaga Redhawks traveled out to Niagara to close out the 2005 regular season. There they found the Hawks ready to defend their turf. Former Onondaga Redhawk player and coach, 1999 Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee, 2 time winner of MILL championships, 2 time winner of the Mann Cup, and 2 time winner of the Presidents Cup Barry Powless suited up for the hosting Niagara Hawks! Barry didn’t disappoint the home crowd as he opened up the scoring with an all too familiar blast from the outside. Another Hawk goal gave the hosts a 2-0 lead as their goal-tender stymied the Redhawks attackers.
The second period saw Redhawk goaltender Jeff Powless and his cross checking defense take over holding the home team scoreless of the first 18 minutes of the game. The Redhawks went on a three goal spurt of their own beginning with a goal by Dave Stout, followed by a Brett Bucktooth tally to tie the game, then Neal Powless with 2 minutes left scored to take the first Redhawk lead. But with 70 seconds to play, the home team scored to tie the game at 3. Then with only 30 seconds left in the second period, regained the lead again 4-3.
The first goal of the hard checking third period was a key to the win. A Niagara goal would give them a two goal lead with a hot goaltender. But midway through the third period, Ed Shenandoah was able to tie the score at 4 a piece. Then at the 8 minute mark, the Hawks took the lead again 5-4. In the next minute, JD Jones was able to race through to score an unassisted goal to knot the game at 5 before Neal Powless was able to tally the game winner off of a feed from Mike Abrams. The last 6 minutes of the game saw heavy checks and steady goaltending as the Redhawks were able to secure a road win 6-5.
The Redhawks were lead by Neal Powless (2g, 1a), Brett Bucktooth (1g, 1a), Gewas Schindler (0g, 2a), JD Jones (1g, 0a), Ed Shenandoah (1g, 0a), Dave Stout (1g, 0a), and adding an assist were Brandy Gibson, Mike Abrams, and Dwayne Porter. Up next is playoff action on Friday July 22nd versus the Tonawanda Pinewoods winner. Onondaga Travel to Tonawanda for a Win 22-5. July 3, 2005
As The Redhawks ready themselves for the playoffs, they ensured that they will be the first place team in the East division in the upcoming
Can-Am playoffs. They did so by defeating Tonwanda 22-5.
Lead by Brett Bucktooth's 10 point effort (5g, 5a), Pete Benedict (4g ,3a), Scott Ditzell (2g,3a), Dwayne Porter (4g ,0a), Gewas Schindler (1g,3a),
Ron Cogan (1g, 2a), Murray Stout Jr (1g, 2a), Dustin Hill (0g, 3a), Mike Abrams (0g, 2a), Ryan Lewis (1g, 1a), Clayton Jones (1g, 1a), Ed Shenandoah (0g, 2a),
Wewoka Shenandoah (1g, 0a), Brandy Gibson (1g, 0a) and Chet Thomas (0g, 1a) Onondaga Winning Streak To Seven Games. June 28, 2005
The Redhawks traveled out to Six Nations and defeated the Storm 11-6. The Storm scored first in the
openinf minutes of the game to be followed by a Neal Powless goal to tie the game. The Storm took the lead again with
a goal midway through the period. As the period entered the final minutes, Ron Cogan scored to tie it at 2 and Neal Powless
gave the Redhawks their first lead.
Neal Powless Started the second period by adding his third tally of the game. Then attacker Pete Benedict was able to
find his rythum by scoring four goals in the period. With Mike Abrams also adding a talley of his own the Redhawks wer able to
outscore the Storm six goal to four to take a 9-6 lead going into the third.
The third period saw goaltender Jeff Powless and the Redhawk defense take control. The defense held the Storm
scoreless for the final 20 minutes of play as Mike Abrams and Ron Cogan added third period scores to close out
the Redhawks tenth win of the season.
Last Sunday, there was 90 degree heat and oppresive humidity. Usually that means a great day for an outdoor lacrosse game.
Onondaga traveled to Tonawanda and defeated the braves 13-7. Lead behind Brett Bucktooth's 5 goals and 2 assists the Redhawks lead the
game throughout. Onondaga Wins in OT over Newtown June 13, 2005
What a game! The Onondaga Redhawks defeat the Newtown Golden Eagles 5-7 in overtime! This game started with Dwayne Porter scoring in the opening seconds off of a beautiful feed from Ryan Lewis. Then 90 seconds later, Dwayne added his second of the game to give the Redhawks a quick 2-0 lead. Newtown scored their first goal of the 5 minutes in the first period only to be answered by the first of three Gewas Schindler goals to build the Redhawk lead to 3-1. Then Newtown ended the first period with a long fast-break pass to score as the buzzer sounded to end the first period with the Redhawks leading 3-2.
The second period opened with tough loose ball play and aggressive defense on both ends of the floor as the Redhawks battled the visiting Eagles. Gewas Schindler scored to make it 4-2 Redhawks. Newtown was able to capitalize and tally a power-play goal and add a second score of the period to knot up the game at 4.
Then the goaltending turned from solid to outstanding as Jeff Powless and the Newtown goaltender combined for over 23 minutes of beautiful saves in front of aggressive defense. Scott Ditzel, Mike Abrams, Clayton Jones, JD Jones and Brandy Gibson kept pressure on the Newtown attackers minimizing the Newtown possessions to one shot. On the offensive end of the floor, Brett Bucktooth, AJ Bucktooth, Gewas Schindler and Neal Powless kept constant pressure on the Newtown defense outshooting the visitors 2-1 in the period. The near capacity crowd jumped to their feet as Brett Bucktooth appeared to add the 5th goal for the Redhawks only for it to be disallowed due to a crease violation. So with neither team scoring in the third, the Redhawks and Eagles wet to overtime tied at 4.
In a game where heavy checks and quick slides made it difficult on both ends to find a clear alley to the goal, it was a lob pass that broke the scoreless tension. Two minutes into the overtime period, Dustin Hill was able to find the cutting Dave Stout coming from behind the goal with the lob pass. The pass froze the defenders as Dave was able to catch and score to give the Redhawks the lead at 5-4. Two minutes later, Newtown created a 3-2 fast break opportunity and tied the score at 5.
In the next possession, the Newtown defenders were penalized 5 minutes for fighting, 2 minutes for checking from behind and a 10 minute game misconduct putting the Redhawks on a 5-3 power-play. 10 seconds into the power-play, Gewas scored to make the score 6-5 followed by another power-play goal by Brett Bucktooth a minute later ending the scoring at 7-5. If these two teams should meet in the finals, it will be an exciting series.
Onondaga Sweeps Pinewoods 23-4 and 19-7  June 7, 2005
The Red Hawks came out to show that they are indeed the top team in the East by sweeping The Pinewoods Smoke in weekend action. Saturday's game saw Gewas Schindler score the first
2 Onondaga goals before Pinewoods was able to score their first goal. Brett Bucktooth was able to add the third Redhawk goal before the Smoke was able to score two goals of their own to bring the Smoke to within
one goal. That would be the closest the visitors would get as over the next two periods the Redhawks outscoreed Pinewoods 13-1. During that run, Grant Bucktooth, Neal Powless, and Scott Ditzel were able to score seconds after
winning the faceoff.
Brett Bucktooth started Sunday's matchup with Pinewoods by scoring on the Redhawks first posession ensuring that the Redhawks would not trail the entire weekend. The Redhawks were able to build on their lead as the Onondaga power-play steadily
added talley after tally to build a 6-1 lead after the first period.
The speedy Mike Abrams was able to pressure the Pinewood attackers and create offensive opportunites throughout the game. Mike was able to tally three straight goals in the second. Gewas Schinlder was able to find open space to
The Redhawks were led by Gewas Schindler (4g,3a), Mike Abrams (4g,2a), Brett Bucktooth (2g,3a), Eric Carlsen (2g,2a), AJ Bucktooth (1g,3a), Murray Stout (0g,4a), Dave Stout (1g,2a), Ryan Lewis (3a), Neal Powless (1g,1a), adding single tallies were Brandy Gibson and Scott Ditzel and adding an assist were Clayton Jones, Dwayne Porter and Dustin Hill Onondaga Downs Niagara 8-5  May 23, 2005
The Redhawks returned to their home floor and defeated the visiting Niagara Hawks 8-5. The Redhawks started the scoring with a goal by AJ Bucktooth. The Hawks responded 2 minutes later to tie. Goaltenders Jeff Powless for the Redhawks and Finley Wilson for the Hawks then shut down all scoring attempts to end the first period tied at 1.
The Redhawk faithful were a bit worried as the second period developed. The visitors were able to punch in three straight goals over 18 minutes of action to take a 4-1 lead in the second period. Then the Redhawk finally beat Wilson to tally their second goal with 90 seconds to play. Feeling the momentum, they won the ensuing face-off and Murray Stout scored 8 seconds later to cut the score to 4-3. Niagara tried to close out the second with a goal by pulling their goaltender, but Murray Stout delivered a devastating hit which caused a loose ball which goaltender Jeff Powless scooped up and fired the length of the floor, missing the net by inches as time expired.
The Onondaga Redhawks had momentum on their side entering the third period and the constant barrages of shots (32 to 8) on the visitors were taking their toll. Gewas Schindler scored to tie the game then Neal Powless scored to give the Redhawks a lead at 5-4. Jeff Powless was able to hold their shooters at bay as the Redhawks added three more tallies by Pete Benedict, Ron Cogan, and Ryan Lewis before the Hawks were able to score before time expired to end the game.
Redhawks Suffer First Loss 10-9  May 15, 2005
The Redhawks traveled to Newtown and suffered their first loss of the season 10-9. Newtown opened the scoring only to have Ed Shenandoah tie to score at one. Ed then tallied another goal to give Onondaga its first lead only to have Newtown tie it score at 2 a minute later. Newtown scored again before Ed Shenandoah recorded at hat trick to close up the first period tied at 3.
The Redhawks opened the second period with a goal by Peter Benedict off of a beautiful feed by Ed Shenandoah. Once again the closely contested game saw teams trading goals until the score was knotted at 5. Then the Redhawks were assessed a double minor penalty and the Newtown power play took advantage tallying two straight goals.
The Redhawks used the momentum from the second period to score first to tie the game at 7. Then the defense and goaltending for both sides took over as neither team was able to score.
Redhawks Sweep Weekend Action May 8, 2005
The opening three games of the season has left the Redhawks sitting alone on top of the Eastern division of the Can Am League. By scoring 56 goals and allowing only nine, the Redhawks have their offence and defense in high gear.
This past weekend, The Redhawks defeated Pinewoods by the score of 17 to 4 and followed that up with a win against Tonawanda by the score of 22 to 3. In both contests, the Redhawks scored early and the defense held the opponents scoreless while the offense built comfortable leads.
Red Hawks Open with a Convincing Win April 30, 2005
The Onondaga Red Hawks started out the 2005 season with a bang by defeating Eastern Division rival Pinewoods
Smoke 17-2. The Red Hawks avenged last year’s opening season loss by matching the Smoke defensive intensity
and showing their offensive firepower throughout the contest. Offensively, the Red Hawks were lead by Pete Benedict’s 3 goals and 2 assists,
Murray Stout’s 2 goals and 3 assists, and Ron Cogan and AJ Bucktooth both scoring 3 goals and adding assist white 6 other Red Hawks added single tallies.
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The second period saw a reversal of momentum of the game and the series. Behind the outstanding goalie-play of Jeff Powless stopping numerous Newtown opportunities, Onondaga was able to go on a 4 goal spurt and eventually scoring an additional 5 goals in the period taking control of the period and the game leading 10-6 going into the third period. 
The second period again saw goal-tender Jeff Powless on top of his game holding Newtown scoreless for the entire 20 minutes of the second period. The Redhawk attackers were able to add 3 goals of their own, two by Brett Bucktooth and another by Ron Cogan. The Redhawks took a 7-1 lead going into the third period. 
Sunday saw the action return to Tsha’Honnonyendakwha’ for Game Three. Newtown began the game with a quick goal to take a 1-0 lead. But the defending Can-Am champs had a short bench and were unable to hold off the Redhawks as Ron Cogan scored to tie the game and Neal Powless scored to give the Redhawks a 2-1 lead that they wouldn’t relinquish. The Redhawks then used ball movement and steady goaltending to claim a 14-6 win and needing one more win to advance to the 2005 President’s Cup in Kitchener, Ontario. The series now heads back to Newtown on Friday night as Onondaga will try to close out the series. Game 5 (if necessary) will be at Tsha’Honnonyendakwha’ on Saturday, August 6th at 7pm. 
The Redhawks were led by Neal Powless (5g,3a), Brett Bucktooth (4g,3a), Gewas Schindler (3g,4a), Dwayne Porter (3g,4a), AJ Bucktooth (1g,5a), Scott Ditzel (4g,0a), Dave Stout (0g,4a), Eric Carlsen (2g), Murray Stout (2a), Brandy Gibson (1g,1a), Grant Bucktooth (1g), and adding assists were Jeff Powless, Ryan Lewis, Ron Cogan, and Clayton Jones.
score 2 quick goals to start the opening of the second period to build a comfortable cushion for
goaltender Jeff Powless. 
Onondaga ended the second period scoring when former and recently traded Redhawk, Vern Abrams, scooped up a loose ball by the Newtown goal. Vern’s former teammates converged and checked Vern and the ball back into the crease, past the goal-line, to score again for the Redhawks! 
Then Newtown was able to break through and score 3 quick unanswered goals. Peter Benedict and Gewas Schindler were able to bring the Redhawks to within one. But the Newtown defense was able to withstand the 6-5 offence at the end of the game to hold onto the victory. 
Saturday’s Pinewood’s game was anchored by "Huck" Hill in nets while Jeff Powless kept the Tonawanda attackers at bay throughout the afternoon. The Pinewoods game saw Neal Powless net 3 goals and 3 assists, Ed Shenandoah and Dustin Hill both scored 2 goals and 4 assists, Murray Stout tossed in 3 goals and 2 assists and Pete Benedict and Gewas Schindler tallied 2 goals and 3 assists to lead the scoring. Sunday’s action saw Gewas Schindler tally 10 points with a 3 goal 7 assist effort, followed by Dave Stout’s 3 goals 5 assists, AJ Bucktooth’s 2 goals 5 assists and Pete Benedict’s 4 goals and 2 assists to lead the Redhawk scorers.