The Nanaimo Raiders were able to field championship-winning teams in two different divisions this month.
The U15 Raiders Tier 2 team won the B.C. Lacrosse field championship Feb. 8 in Langley, defeating Coquitlam 7-4 in the gold-medal game.
“The boys came such a long way this year,” noted a team press release.
Will Cookman was selected tournament MVP.
Christien Harris and Fisher Zawasky both had two-goal games in the final and Jayden Tomiyama was game MVP. Aidan Cateaux scored hat tricks or better in three of the team’s five tournament games. Will Hawthornthwaite was the team’s Warrior Fair Play Award winner.
The team was coached by Shane Terris and Jordan Terris.
Nanaimo also had a U13 Tier 2 entry at the tournament. Colby Bowman was the team’s Warrior Fair Play Award winner and Chris Giszas was Fair Play Coach.
Provincials for the U11 division were held this past weekend in Coquitlam, with Nanaimo defeating Burnaby 7-5 in Sunday’s gold-medal final.
Ethan Stannard scored a hat trick and was selected as MVP and Dawson Sharpe was the winning goalie.
The Raiders, coached by Chris Stannard and Billy Schmidt, went undefeated at the tournament.