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Continued from page 26 do a better job than the announcer
doing the races that night,” Dennis
started a field lacrosse program. “In recalled. “I’m still not sure if Kuy
our first year we won the Ontario High
was trying to encourage me or if he
School Championships,” Dennis was just pushing my buttons, but he
recalled. Dennis led all goaltenders
suggested that I go up there and give
with a 2.3 goals against average in it a try. I knew the owner, so I asked
the tournament. “During the year we him, and he gave me one of the heats
played Salmon River High School
(preliminary,) and I must have done
in Fort Covington, NY, which had a okay there because he asked me to do
strong field lacrosse team with quite a
one of the main events. After that one,
few Akwesasne residents. They came he asked me to work there.” Dennis
over to play us at General Vanier and worked at the speedway up until the
we beat them 10-9. Salmon River had
end of the 1997 season. “I would do
an undefeated season that year during the races but then I would be there
official play, with that exhibition
until midnight doing the write-ups
game being their only loss.”
for the Gator Racing News for DIRT
In addition to being a member of magazine. It was a hobby for me, and
the General Vanier Vikings Lacrosse it was always fun, but it just got to be
team, Dennis was also playing too time consuming.”
Midget with the St. Regis Braves as
In 1997 Dennis went to the
a fifteen-sixteen-year-old. He moved Presidents Cup Lacrosse Tournament
on to Jr B with the Akwesasne Eagles,
in Ladner, BC, to broadcast the games
followed by Sr B Lacrosse with the for CKON 97.3 FM. The Akwesasne
Akwesasne Warriors. He also played Thunder won the Presidents Cup
for the Akwesasne Thunder in 1992,
that year by defeating the Oshweken
playing in the Presidents Cup Sr B Wolves in the championship game.
Championships in Brantford, ON.
In 2017 Dennis was at the Presidents
When CKON 97.3FM began Cup on the Six Nations Territory.
broadcasting in Akwesasne in CKON 97.3 FM and K103.7 FM
September of 1984, Dennis became from Kahnawake were the only
one of the stations’ first on-air Transportation Officer, and Career graduating as an Ontario Scholar. He broadcast crews covering the event.
DJ’s. He later began working for Development Officer. From 1995 to then became a Case Manager for “When I was doing the play-by-
the Mohawk Council as a tourism 2000 Dennis was the first manager Disability and Community Support play for the Akwesasne games, I
trainee. Since then, Dennis has held of the A’nowara’ko:wa Arena. The program. From 2015 to 2019 Dennis would invite Brandon Bordeau of
numerous positions. He has been a Iohahi:io Akwesasne Education and was a Kawehno:ke District Chief, K103.7 FM to join me as the colour
Business Development Officer in the Training Institute has, since 1989, then returning to his Case Managers commentator,” Dennis said. “And
Economic Development Department, offered college and university courses position. when he was calling the Kahnawake
Economic Development Officer, through agreements with various One evening in the late 1980’s games, I would be his colour
and a Transportation Coordinator educational institutions. Dennis Dennis, and his brother, Kuy, were at commentator.” In 2023 Dennis
with the Akwesasne Mohawk began talking courses there remotely the Frogtown International Speedway was in Port Coquitlam, BC, for the
Board of Education. He also held and earned certification as a Social near Hogansburg. “I mentioned
positions of Arena Manager, Medical Worker through St. Lawrence College, to Kuy that I thought that I could Continued on page 30