The west is the best - at least when it comes to midget lacrosse.
Team B.C. trounced the competition during last week's 2014 Lacrosse Nationals, hosted by Coquitlam and New Westminster, finishing the week with an unbeaten 7-0 record and a blistering goal differential. The local squad managed to net 105 goals over the course of the tourney, while only allowing seven.
B.C. bulldozed its way through the tournament, taking down New Brunswick 15-0 in the first game, followed up by a 15-1 win against Team Manitoba.
The only team to put up more than one goal against B.C. was Alberta, who still lost the third game of the tournament 17-2. A 16-0 win over Saskatchewan followed up with a 15-0 win over Quebec set the stage for the final match against Alberta on Saturday.
Jake Campbell and Ryan Martel both received hat tricks for B.C. in the final game of the tournament, while Liam MacDonald, Quinn McKitrick, Clark Walter, Robert Kidd, Jake Kendall, Mackenzie Rope and Matthew McIlwrick also factored into the scoring.
But the midget squad was not the only B.C. team to have a strong showing at the national contest.
The Team B.C. bantam squad finished the tournament with a second place banner after going 5-2 during the round-robin play. Team Ontario bested the B.C. club 5-3 on Thursday before winning the last game of the tournament 5-4 on Saturday.
The final match was a nail biter for fans at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex. Team B.C. jumped out to a strong lead in the first period, with goals from Jake Cantlon, Connor Wilson and Finn Stark.
However, Team Ontario continued to chip away at the lead, potting two goals in the second before scoring two unanswered tallies in the final frame.
The peewee Team B.C. squad also took home a silver medal. The team defeated Nova Scotia 18-1 in the first game of the week, before trouncing New Brunswick 16-0 in Game 2.
However, the team could not sustain its dominance during matches against Ontario, the club that dealt B.C. both of its losses.
