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President’s Cup Preview: Onondaga Redhawks

August 23, 2013
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With the 2013 Presidents’ Cup set to take place August 26 to September 1 in Kahnawake, the Onondoga Redhawks will look to claim the trophy for the first time since 2010.   The Redhawks recently captured their second consecutive Can-Am Lacrosse League title, and third in the last four years, defeating the Newtown Golden Hawks in the finals.   Standouts on the Redhawks roster include Vancouver Stealth member Brett Bucktooth….

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Minto Cup: Finals Pit New West vs Whitby

August 22, 2013
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What every Junior “A” lacrosse team has been working for all year has finally arrived; The Minto Cup finals. The Ontario Champion Whitby Warriors will take on the host New Westminster Salmonbellies in game one of the Canadian Junior “A” Championships tonight (8/22) at 8 p.m. PST at the Queen’s Park Arena. After going undefeated in the round robin, the Warriors appear to be the heavy favourites to hoist the…

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Matthew’s four goal night sinks Shamrocks in game three

August 22, 2013
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On Wednesday night the Langley Thunder and Victoria Shamrocks played game three of the WLA Final. With the series tied at 1-1 and the series shifting to Victoria the Shamrocks were hoping home advantage would give them the edge they would need to get a win in game three. Langley would once again get off to a quick start as Adam Jones scored just two minutes into the game to…

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Chiefs Stay Undefeated Against Redmen

August 22, 2013
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The Six Nations Chiefs (5-0) drew first blood on Tuesday night after winning the first game of the MSL Final 12-7 over the Brooklin Redmen (4-4).   Brooklin scraped by the Peterborough Lakers (3-4) with a 13-8 game seven victory on Sunday night to advance to the MSL Final.  It was the first time Peterborough has not made it to the MSL Final in over ten years and the first…

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Smith Blog: At Season’s End

August 22, 2013
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The end of the season is here. The OLA minor Provincials wrapped up this weekend in Oakville, ON with the Final Six weekend. This tournament consisted of the top six teams in the Peewee, Bantam and Midget ‘A’ divisions. Each team played each other once, for a total of five games. The top two teams were then placed in the Gold medal game and the third and fourth teams played…

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Minto Cup: Adanacs, Bellies Battle it Out

August 20, 2013
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The domination continues as the Whitby Warriors move to 3-0 and punch their ticket to the Minto Cup finals after a 12-7 victory over the Coquitlam Adanacs. Captain Curtis Knight lead the way offensively for the Warriors as he collected seven points (4G,3A) in the win. Graeme Hossack, Emmerson Clark and Michael MacDonald each added three points to help solidify the bye to the finals.Whitby netminder Alexis Buque picked up…

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Warriors Lead Minto Standings

August 19, 2013
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The Whitby Warriors inch closer to their second Minto Cup in three years as they sit atop of the round robin standings with a 2-0 record. The Warriors have out scored their opponents (New Westminster and Okotok) 29-9 in two games at Queens Park Arena. Heading the charge for Whitby is Cornell Big Red’s Dan Litner who has found the back of the cage 10 times while adding two assists…

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Redmen Take Game Seven

August 19, 2013
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The Brooklin Redmen will advance to the Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) finals after a 13-8 Game 7 victory over the Peterborough Lakers Sunday night.   Brooklin was able to silence the hometown Lakers crowd early off goals from Shawn Williams and Derek Hopcroft. Tracey Kelusky would get the Lakers on the board, however, Williams would add two more goals for a first period hat-trick as the Redmen would head into…

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