B.C.'s minor lacrosse teams settled for a silver-medal sweep at the Canadian minor lacrosse national championships in Whitby, Ont. last weekend.
The provincial midget, bantam and peewee boys' team all fell to powerhouse Ontario in the gold-medal finals last Saturday.
The midget squad, including New Westminster's Sean Fitzsimmons, Jordan McKenzie, Connor Robinson and Mitchell Stokes, lost 9-5 to Ontario in the final.
B.C., runner-up finisher in the earlier round-robin competition, knocked off third-place Alberta 13-5 in the semifinal on Aug. 10.
Both B.C. and Ontario finished the preliminary round with similar 6-1 records.
Ontario earned a bye into the final owing to its 10-2 win over the West Coast reps on Aug. 7.
B.C. defeated Alberta 5-3 on the opening day of competition. They also edged fourth-place Iroquois 8-6.
The B.C. bantam team also placed sec-ond, following a 6-4 loss to unbeaten Team Ontario in the Commissioners national championships, held in conjunction with the midgets in Whitby.
The bantam boys finished third with a record of 4-2 in the seven-team competition following losses to both Ontario and Iroquois 4-3 on Aug. 8.
B.C. came back to upset Iroquois 5-4 in the semifinal to move into the national final.
Burnaby's Tavin Grant finished second in provincial team scoring with four goals and seven assists. Lucas Greene of Burnaby also garnered a goal and four helpers for B.C.
B.C., including New Westminster's Cole Catton, John Edin, Harjot Mahal and Finn Stark, recorded a 6-2 record in pool play at the E.G. Dopp peewee natonals.
The B.C. reps lost 6-3 to Alberta on the opening day, but came back to upset its provincial neighbour 7-3 in the semifinals to move into the gold-medal matchup with Ontario.
In the gold-medal final, B.C. was bounced 5-1 by Ontario. B.C. also lost to Ontario 5-2 earlier in the competition.
