Coquitlam Adanacs clipped their Tri-City rivals, the Port Coquitlam Saints, 5-1 to claim the gold medal in the A1 division at the B.C. Lacrosse Association's provincial Bantam championships that wrapped up Sunday in Victoria.
Thirty teams from around B.C. competed for box supremacy at the event, where Kamloops No. 1 doubled Nanaimo 6-3 in the A2 final; Westshore No. 1 outpaced Port Coquitlam 5-3 in the Bantam B final; and Mackenzie edged Langley 3-2 for Bantam C gold.
Bronze-medal game results were New Westminster over Westshore 7-4 in A1; Saanich over Chilliwack 9-4 in A2; Westshore No. 2 over New Westminster 5-2 in Bantam B; and Cowichan No. 2 over Mission 8-7 in Bantam C.
Warrior Sports Canada Most Valuable Player award selections were Christian Del Bianco (Coquitlam) in Bantam A1; Maxwell James (Kamloops) in Bantam A2; Lee Wiseman (New Westminster) in Bantam B; and Liam Kennedy (Cowichan No. 2) in Bantam C.
The SUBWAY Team Sportsmanship award went to the Bantam B New Westminster Salmonbellies. Warrior Fair Play awards went to Coquitlam's Reid Bowering and PoCo's Carter LaFontaine in Bantam A1; Joel Edgar of PoCo in Bantam B; and Poco's Marcus Keller in Bantam C.
The final SUBWAY BCLA Midget provincias take place starting today (Wednesday) through Sunday at Coquitlam's Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex.For complete tournament information and scores, please visit www.bclacrosse.com.
