The Coquitlam Adanacs aren’t just the top Junior A lacrosse team in the province; the Junior B Adanacs also won their provincial title last weekend in Vernon.
The Adanacs won all three of their preliminary round games against the Kamloops Venom, Vernon Tigers and Westshore Bears to earn a spot in the finals on Monday, where they beat Kamloops 9-5.
Chris Turenne was the game’s most valuable player while Josh Kemp was named the tournament’s MVP.
The Adanacs earned a berth in the provincials by marching through the West Coast Junior Lacrosse League playoffs. They dispatched Langley in the best-of-three quarter-final, winning 21-3 and 17-6. Port Moody met the same fate in the semi-finals, as Coquitlam beat them 17-5 in the first game and 13-5 in Game Two.
After losing the first game of the league final to New West, 10-9, the Adanacs rebounded with two straight wins, by scores of 14-9 and 12-5.
It was the fifth league championship for the Junior B Adanacs since they were founded in 1990.
The team will now travel to Saskatoon, SK to play for the Founders’ Cup that is awarded to the top Junior B lacrosse team in Canada. That tournament begins Aug. 15 and brings together the top teams from Junior B leagues in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and the First Nations Junior B Lacrosse League, which will be represented this year by the Seneca WarChiefs from Irving, New York.
Coquitlam plays its first game of the Founders’ Cup on Aug. 15 against the Saskatchewan SWAT.
• The Intermediate B Adanacs won their provincial tournament with a 14-5 victory over the Ridge Meadows Burrards, 14-5, Monday in Langley.
But the luck of the Adanacs’ organization ran out for the Intermediate A team, which lost their bronze medal game, 16-8, to the host Langley Thunder. The Maple Ridge Burrards won the gold medal.
