First, let me say that this is not official from the OLA.  However, I have received this Excel file from Guntis Glinavs, that calculates everything.  All I have to do is key in scores and it does the rest.  So here you go after day 1.  Day 2 and day 3 scores wil lbe added as the days progress.

Peewee

Bantam

Midget

The best Peewee, Bantam, and Midget A teams across the Province, coming togther for week 1 of the 2009 Qualifiers starting Friday July 10/09 at Iroquois Park Arena in Whitby. For an official copy of the schedule with game times and Arena locations, please follow This Link from the OLA (Excel Sheet)

July 8, 2009
Whitby, ON

The combination of two three goal performances, one to a rookie and one to the 2008 MSL Rookie of the Year, the return of a veteran goalie and team buy-in to an “old-school” lacrosse system from Peter Vipond was enough to propel the Redmen to a 9-7 win over the Six Nations Chiefs tonight at IPSC. The win keeps the Redmen playoff hopes alive as Brooklin and Barrie are now tied with six points each for the sixth and final playoff spot.

Recent acquisition Kyle Buchanan fired a hat-trick as did Derek Hopcroft who leads all Redmen players in scoring and is 13th in the league with 21 goals, 20 assists for 41 points in 14 games played. Veteran goalie Mike Miron who has been away due to work commitments made an appearance tonight and his presence seemed to help the players in front of him. In the third period of last week’s loss to the Lakeshores, Vipond employed the two-way system and his charges bought into that approach for the entire game tonight. The lack of a front-door/back-door approach allows for fast breaks and quicker defensive set up and seemed to have the Chiefs on their heels a few times over the course of the game.

The Redmen opened the scoring tonight as Jason Mainer buried one behind Matt Vinc just 1:46 into the contest. The teams traded goals for the balance of the first as Buchanan scored his first of three on the night with 33 seconds left in the opening frame to give the Redmen a 4-3 lead after one.

The teams each found themselves in penalty trouble tonight particularly in the middle frame. However, the Redmen scored two consecutive short-handed markers to maintain the one goal lead and it was 7-6 for the Redmen after two periods.

The home side also found their power play tonight; a pair of extra man goals in the third was enough to enable them to hold on for the 9-7 win. Vinc was pulled a few times in the dying moments but Miron and his defence was up to the test and did not allow the offensive weapons like Cody Jamieson, Sean Greenhalgh, Cory Bomberry or Delby Powless to inflict too much damage.

Bill Fox and Jason Wiswell were busy defending calls, or lack thereof, from coaches and players on each bench. It was too much at the end of the game as the referees called bench minors for unsportsmanlike conduct at the buzzer to the Chiefs bench personnel. Penalties on the night were 10 minutes to the Redmen and 36 minutes to the Chiefs, two shorthanded for the Redmen and a pair of power play goals and three on the power play to the Chiefs.

Next up for the Redmen is a reunion with Shawn Williams as they travel to Brampton on Thursday night and then are off to KW to meet the Kodiaks on Sunday night. A huge game next Wednesday July 15, 2009 versus Barrie could seal post-season for one of the teams.

Future Redmen Lacrosse Camp and Redmen Golf Tournament – details on both events at www.brooklinredmen.ca

Scoring

Brooklin

Taylor (2), Hopcroft (3,2), Buchanan (3,1), Mainer (1), Miron (0,2), O’Brien (0,2), Campbell (0,1), Hutchins (0,2)

Six Nations

Vinc (0,2), Squire (0,1), C Jamieson (2), Vyse (1,2), Culp (2), Powless (1,2), C Point (0,3), Bomberry (0,1), K Jamieson (0,1), Sullivan (0,1), Greenhalgh (1)

Contact: Mark Stehlin 416.525.5624

This weekend the first ever, Whitby Girls tournament is being held. I will be in Hamilton but will be getting updates from home and updating these scores as well.  The schedule has the Midgets and Intermediates playing Saturday (so they are listed first), and the Peewees, Bantams, and Women’s divisions playing Sunday (a little further down on the list).  Good luck to all.

July 2, 2009
Barrie, ON

The last time the Redmen and the Lakeshores played was the home opener for the Redmen at the end of May, that night the home side took the 8-6 win. Fast forward to tonight and the situation for the Redmen has turned a great deal more desperate. The only other win for the Redmen this season was a 6-4 upset over the Peterborough Lakers on June 10, 2009. The Lakeshores now have three wins and a hold of the sixth and final playoff spot. The Redmen will have to dig deep and a third and final meeting between these teams on July 15, 2009 in Whitby could determine which club enjoys post season play.

Tonight the Redmen bus fought rush hour traffic leaving Toronto as well as on Highway 400 north, but thanks to a resourceful bus driver arrived at the Holly Community Centre in good time for a stretch and warm up.

The home side opened the scoring with two goals in the first seven minutes before the Redmen, on a long feed to Derek Hopcroft from his defensive mates, resulted in a goal to close the gap. The first ended 3-1 for Barrie and as the period went on starting keeper Joel Weber seemed to find his groove.

Unfortunately the team struggled defensively in the middle frame and other than an early goal by David Brown (his first as a Redmen), the Lakeshores scored four times that period and after forty minutes it was 7-2 for Barrie. When the scoreboard read 5-2, Peter Vipond gave the hook to Weber and Kurtis Wagar made his way to the net for the balance of the second period.

The third period was a treat for old school lacrosse fans as Vipond settled into two-way lacrosse and put away the front door/back door philosophy for the rest of the night. That strategy almost paid off. As ex-Redmen Brandon Sanderson, now assistant coach in Barrie said after the game, it may have been great to watch from the stands but a little nerve wracking from behind his bench.
The Redmen outscored the Lakeshores by a score of 6-3 in the final frame with a pair of goals to Jon Durno and one to Matt Carroll. The line of Durno, Carroll, Geoff Griffiths, Wes McDonald and Ian Crashley was on the floor for at least one and a half to 2:00 minutes and had some great offensive chances, Crashley’s size allowed him to get in untouched on Lakeshores goalie Mike Atwood a few times.

The Redmen scored four times in the final three minutes using this two-way approach and Vipond said he was happy with that decision following the game. It certainly was tough for the Lakeshores to adjust and if Redmen had more time the result may have been much different.

Frank Lawrence and Matt Robinson assessed eight minutes in penalties to the Lakeshores and six minors to the Redmen.

Redmen will host the first place Six Nations Chiefs on Wednesday July 8, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. The following night, the Redmen will travel to Brampton to meet the Excelsiors and a reunion with ex-teammate Shawn Williams.

Details on Future Redmen Lacrosse Camp and August 15, 2009 Golf Tournament at Wooden Sticks G.C. are available at www.brooklinredmen.ca

Scoring

Brooklin

Mainer (3,2), Carroll (1,1), Durno (2,1), Hopcroft (1,1), Brown (1), Weber (0,2), Suddons (0,1), Griffiths (0,2), Buchanan (0,1), Collins (0,1), Campbell (0,2)

Barrie

Sabon (1), Attwood (0,1), Favero (2,3), Gignac (0,3), Hurley (0,1), Brown (0,1), Gilbert (0,1), Lackey (0,1), Burton (0,2), Ball (1), Sanderson (2,5), Ransom (3,2), Ivey (1)

Contact: Mark Stehlin 416.525.5624

Hey kids, wanna get one of your teams winning photos into the Canadian Lacrosse Magazine? All you have to do is send me a picture of your 2009 team, after a tournament win, and I will include it in one of our upcoming issues. The latest issue of CLM is being released soon, so if you want in that one, don’t delay.

All pictures can be emailed to gmark@lacrosseinsidethegame.com. Don’t forget to tell us which tournament your picture was taken from, your full team name, division, and rank (i.e. Whitby Warriors Bantam A from the West Durham Tournament).

Send them off and get your teams accomplishments noticed out there. We will accept any pictures from any minor team from across Canada. The only stipulation is that it has to be a 2009 win.

Watch for them….

Marksy.

One of the most historic and long standing Minor lacrosse tournaments, I can remember playing in the Super Series as a kid. This weekend I will be in Hamilton and updating this all weekend long. Again this seaosn , the New Westminster Peewee Salmonbellies will be there. Great to see support for this tournament from our Western lacrosse friends. Good luck to all teams in all divisions.

June 8, 2009
Burnaby, B.C.:

Following a meeting with the Board of Directors of the Canadian Lacrosse Association, the national governing body of the sport, the host venue of the 2010 President’s Cup has been awarded to the Burnaby Burrards.

The national championship will be played August 17 – 21, 2010 at Burnaby’s Bill Copeland Arena. “The BCLA is pleased to have been awarded the 2010 Presidents Cup to the Burnaby Burrards of the West Coast Senior Lacrosse League. I wish all of the teams the best of luck,” says BC Lacrosse Association President Sohen Gill.

Burrards General Manager Shawn Joinson says the awarding of the event hosting to a Lower Mainland team is great news for lacrosse fans from across the province. “We’re very excited to have been named as the host venue for the 2010 championships, there is a thriving lacrosse community in British Columbia and we expect to see a great fan turnout.”

The five-day series will feature the top seven teams in the Senior B division from across Canada facing off in a round-robin style tournament. “The caliber of competition will be superb,” says Joinson. “This is a really fantastic opportunity to see the very best players in the world compete at this level.”

Burnaby Burrards

The Burnaby Burrards is one of the Lower Mainland’s best-known lacrosse franchises. The roots of the club go back to 1969 when the Senior B team from Vancouver’s Killarney neighbourhood joined the Inter-City Lacrosse League, the predecessor of the West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association.

“Burnaby Burrards Secure Bid….”

During the 1980s, Vancouver maintained a strong presence in the league, first with the Vancouver Disco Sports Angels and later the East Vancouver Bluebirds. In 1999, the Vancouver Vipers renamed
themselves the Vancouver Burrards – reclaiming the heritage of the Burrards name, which has long been symbolic of lacrosse in Vancouver. Two years ago the Burrards relocated outside Vancouver to the neighbouring suburb of Burnaby, a move that breathed new life into the club, now seen as one of the premier organizations in the league.

Lacrosse in Canada – “Our Country – Our Game”

Lacrosse, which the Native People of North America knew under many different names such as Baggataway or Tewaarathon, played a significant role in the community and religious life of tribes across
the continent for untold years. Its origin lost in the antiquity of myth, Lacrosse remains a notable contribution of the Native culture to modern Canadian society. In the 1840s the first games of Lacrosse were played between the townsfolk and the First Nations People, and the game of Lacrosse quickly won the loyalty and interest of the newest North Americans. Lacrosse was named Canada’s National Game by Parliament in 1859.

The coming of the 1930s brought innovation once again to the sport. Promoters married the two most popular games in the country, lacrosse and hockey, and created Indoor Lacrosse, also known as Box
Lacrosse or Boxla. The game was built upon speed and action and very quickly won massive support within the organization.

Lacrosse was re-confirmed by Parliament as the National (Summer) Sport of Canada in 1994.

For more information about the 2010 President’s Cup visit: www.presidentscup2010.com.

Laura Ballance
2010 President’s Cup
604.871.4451
604.771.5176 (cell)
laura@lbmg.ca

Well it has been a while coming, but after all of the camps and tryouts, and after having the ability to see some of the kids in action at various tournaments, it is now official. The 2009  Team Ontario Rosters have been released. Listed below you can find links to all of the Rosters for this seasons Peewee, Bantam and Midget boys teams, and the new 2009 Bantam Girls team.

Peewee Boys Team “O”

Bantam Boys Team “O”

Bantam Girls Team “O”

Midget Boys Team “O”

As much as it was a little delayed, I think it was a great idea to have the Coaches have the chance to see some of the kids in game play.  I saw Coaches at various tournaments prior to the selections being made, which I am sure gave them the chance to see more than what they could in just a couple of tryouts.  Good call.

As always, I am sure there were many broken hearts, and I am sure the Coaches and selection committees struggled in making the choices for only one team. I want to offer all of the young boys and girls selected for our teams my congratulations. As well, remember all of the hard work you put in to get there, and the chance you have been given. You’ve earned it.

Best of luck!

You can aiso check out the new Team Ontario Web Site located at http://www.teamontariolacrosse.ca/ for more information.

story by Terri Workman

TORONTO – Merrick Thomson led the Nationals with five goals and an assist to maintain his lead in Major League Lacrosse’s goal scoring race. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough as the Denver Outlaws took the game from Toronto 20-16 in front of 3,791 fans at BMO Field on Saturday night.

Midfielder Dan Hardy opened scoring for Denver, quick-sticking a behind-the-net feed from attacker Brendan Mundorf. The Outlaws struck again five minutes later when attacker Matt Brown stationed himself on the Nats’ crease and put it into the top corner of Toronto’s net.

Nationals midfielder Gavin Prout scored a shorthanded goal 8:48 into the first quarter, to put the score at 2-1 before Mundorf replied for Denver staking the Outlaws to a 3-1 lead. The goal fired up Toronto’s offence, starting with attacker Delby Powless who converted a Jordan Hall pass to make it 3-2.  Before the announcer could finish calling the goal, the MLL’s leading goal scorer Thomson put away his 22nd of the season to tie the game 3-3.

Shawn Williams gave Toronto a 4-3 lead, but it was short-lived, as Brown scored his second of the game to knot the game a minute before the end of the frame. Denver midfielder Josh Sims got the second quarter going, notching an unassisted marker within the first minute of play. Nationals’ defender Nick O’Hara sprung the ball out of Toronto’s end and earned a helper by finding Thomson on the crease. The goal tied the game at five all.

Denver’s Brown earned a hat trick three minutes into the second quarter and the Outlaws stretched their lead to two on a Drew Westervelt goal a minute later.  Thomson got a hat trick of his own at the 5:20 mark, scoring a sharp unassisted goal to bring the Nationals within one, 7-6.

Powless scored the Nationals’ second shorthanded goal of the game, capping off a sharp passing play. The sequence started on transition, with Toronto moving the ball from Colin Doyle to Thomson and then finally to Powless who snapped it in to the net.

Mundorf responded to re-establish a Denver lead, 8-7, however Doyle evened it at eight with a blast that found the top right corner of Denver’s net, forcing the Outlaws to call for a time-out to gather themselves.

Midfielder Jeff Sonke scored his only goal for Denver followed by another from Hardy to give the Outlaws a 10-8 lead at the end of the half.  It took nine seconds for Brodie Merrill to score Toronto’s third shorthanded goal of the game. The defenceman’s marker narrowed Denver’s lead to 10-9. The Outlaws scored six consecutive goals after Merrill’s marker, giving Denver a 16-9 advantage.  Mundorf scored back-to-back goals, followed by two from Brown and then markers from Sims and Westervelt.

With ten seconds left in the quarter, Powless broke the silence for Toronto, working in close, faking low and then shooting high to get the Nationals back in the 16-10 game. Brown opened the fourth with his sixth goal of the game, putting Denver up 17-10.  Midfielder Joe Walters sniped his 15th of the season before Westervelt responded two minutes later for Denver, to put the Outlaws ahead by seven.

After coming several strides out of his crease, goalie Brett Queener made a point-blank save, and then sprinted up field, finding Doyle who scored on a diving shot for Toronto’s 12th goal of the game. Thomson scored Toronto’s first back-to-back goals in the half, his fourth of the game, to make it 18-13 for Denver.  Midfielder Nate Watkins scored his first of the goal a minute later to maintain the Outlaws lead.

Mundorf’s stick stayed white hot, scoring his fifth goal of the game with just over two minutes remaining in the game.  Stephen Hoar brought the Nationals closer to their opponents, scoring a two-point rocket with just over a minute left in the game to make it 20-15.

With 27 seconds left, Thomson scored his fifth of the game to bring the final score up to 20-16. Toronto National Merrick Thomson’s five goals put him at 26 on the year, two ahead of Denver’s Brendan Mundorf in the MLL’s goal scoring race. The Outlaws (6-1) were led by MLL BudLight MVP Matt Brown, who scored six goals and added an assist.

The Nationals’ Delby Powless also had a big night, earning a hat trick and two helpers while picking up three ground balls.

Goalies Brett Queener and Doc Schneider once again shared time between the pipes for the Nationals. The Nationals (4-4) hit the road to face the Chicago Machine next Saturday July 4th at Niles High School in Niles, IL at 5:00 p.m. EST.

For more information please contact:

Terri Workman
Public Relations-Toronto Nationals Lacrosse
tworkman@nationalslacrosse.com