Pair of young players excited about being drafted by Timbermen
Paul Brebber battles against the Victoria Shamrocks in BCJALL play. (Photo: Greg Sakaki) Paul Brebber grew up in Nanaimo, played his minor and most of his junior lacrosse in Nanaimo, and now has a...
View ArticleScott Ranger traded to the Victoria Shamrocks for Emms, Dexter and picks
Scott Ranger has led the WLA in goals and points each of the last two summers. (Photo: Dan Brodie) While the National Lacrosse League season heats up, teams in Canada are preparing for the summer loop...
View ArticleNanaimo Timbermen announce Kaleb Toth as new head coach for 2013 WLA season
A few weeks ago, TMen play-by-play broadcaster Dom Abassi tweeted something akin to ‘I can’t wait to see what the new TMen coach brings to the table’, and immediately the wheels of the lacrosse world...
View ArticleLast night: Shamrocks and Timbermen win Western Lacrosse Association openers
Defender Ben McCullough was named third star of Victoria's season-opening WLA win. The Victoria Shamrocks have been loading up for a run at the Mann Cup this year. The early returns are positive—in the...
View ArticleWLA Power Rankings: Langley is the team to beat, again, but Thunder will be...
B.C. lacrosse fans have the luxury in 2013 to be able to watch both the Minto Cup and Mann Cup battled for on the left coast and the competition for both couldn’t be more heated. The Western Lacrosse...
View ArticleLast night: Redmen pull out come from behind win in battle of MSL league leaders
Shawn Williams and the Redmen remained unbeaten with a 9-8 win over Six Nations. (Photo: Tim Prothero) It seemed like a good idea at the time, but Cody Jamieson may have been reconsidering after the...
View ArticleWLA Power Rankings- Clash of the titans highlights week 2 out west
1- Victoria Shamrocks (2) 4-0 Last Week: W 14-8 Burnaby, This Week: W8-7 Langley, @ Maple Ridge An early season clash of the titans Friday on the Island saw the Rocks come out on top of the Thunder...
View ArticleWLA Power Rankings: Shamrocks go .500, Adanacs and Lakers get first wins
The winds of change don’t like to stay long out west. Well actually they just never stop blowing so it seems like they’ve left after three weeks of Western Lacrosse Association action. Victoria stays...
View ArticleWLA Power Rankings: Still no signs of any sort of separation amongst the leaders
Curtis Dickson has the Maple Ridge Burrards flying high in the WLA rankings. (Photo: Dan Brodie) It might be time for everyone to start paying attention to the races in the WLA this year cause it’s an...
View ArticleWLA PR: Vinc set to debut, Richards makes his return and Rose is healthy
Athan Iannucci and the Thunder lurk behind the league-leading Shamrocks. (Photo: Tim Prothero) The boys of summer play lacrosse, the men of summer player lacrosse. So welcome to the man’s summer. The...
View ArticleWLA Power Rankings: Curtis Dickson, could you please come back to planet earth?
Curtis Dickson is doing what he does best, scoring goals for the Maple Ridge Burrards. (Photo: Dan Brodie) If you have a spare $3, take some time to go back and watch the Victoria versus Maple Ridge...
View ArticleDelaney looks for fresh start in Nanaimo
Jim Delaney As a third-round draft pick of the Coquitlam Adanacs, Jim Delaney found himself trying to fit in. As a traded player to the Nanaimo Timbermen, he’s doing it all over again but by now, it’s...
View ArticleWLA Power Rankings: Winds of change upon us as Thunder, Lakers make big jumps
Don't look now, but Justin Salt and the Burnaby Lakers are challenging for the WLA's top spot. (Photo: Dan Brodie) Well that wasn’t exactly what we expected at the trade deadline was it?!! The Langley...
View ArticleLast night: Chiefs down Redmen, Shamrocks regain first place for now
Kedoh Hill, here scoring against Peterborough, had a pair to help Six Nations down Brooklin Saturday. (Photo: Tim Prothero) The Six Nations Chiefs ran their undefeated streak to 10 games (9-0-1) and...
View ArticleWLA Power Rankings: Everyone’s alive as the race for the playoffs heats up
Athan Iannucci and the Langley Thunder are beginning to find their form for the stretch run. (Photo: Dan Brodie) All seven teams in the Western Lacrosse Association are still alive as we round the...
View ArticleLast night: Peterborough Lakers down Six Nations Chiefs 11-9
John Grant scored 6 points to help the Lakers upend the Chiefs Saturday night. (Photo: Tim Prothero) On their third try of the season, the Peterborough Lakers finally found a way to beat the Six...
View ArticleLast night: Lakers come back again to win OLA Jr A quarter final series
The Peterborough Junior Lakers did it again, and now they have a date with the Six Nations Arrows. While it wasn’t as dramatic as the night before, the Lakers pulled off another come-from-behind win...
View ArticleVideo: Maple Ridge, Nanaimo clear benches
Haven’t seen one of these for a while, but the Maple Ridge Burrards and Nanaimo Timbermen threw down in a big way last Sunday with a bench-clearing brawl. It all went down in OT, so you know tensions...
View ArticleLast night: Warriors trounce Excelsiors again to sweep semi final series
Reilly O'Connor and the Whitby Warriors have booked their spot in the OLA Jr A finals by sweeping the Brampton Excelsiors. (Photo: Tim Prothero) The Whitby Warriors are on a roll at the perfect time....
View ArticleLast night: Adanacs deny Lakers second place as WLA regular season wraps up
Travis Cornwall had a 4-goal night including the game winner as the Coquitlam Adanacs downed Burnaby 13-12, denying the Lakers second place in the Western Lacrosse Association. Burnaby led 7-2 after...
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