Burnaby's Sidney Roy gave the Coquitlam junior girls' lacrosse team a reason to cheer.
The provincial team righthander scored 10 of her team's 14 total goals at the B.C. provincial girls' box championships in Coquitlam, where she was also named the tournament MVP.
What made it extra special was Coquitlam went without winning a single game in the four-team junior girls' division.
"I was pretty shocked, I'm not going to lie," Roy said.
After her team's 6-3 loss to Ridge Meadows in the bronze-medal match, Roy ran off to catch the goldmedal game, where many of her friends and B.C. teammates were playing in an all-New Westminster final.
But following the match, won by New West 2 by a 6-0 score, Roy was in disbelief when they called her name as the MVP.
"(The New Westminster players)
were pretty happy for me," Roy said. "I try my best every game for my team. It just happened. You have to shoot the ball to score, and I shoot the ball.
"But I'm really excited that I'll finally be able to play with (the New West girls) and not against them."
Earlier, Roy was selected along with eight New Westminster players and six of her clubmates to Team B.C. for the upcoming Female Junior Lacrosse National Championships in Halifax, beginning July 23.
"I'm excited for that next tournament, which is the most important," said Roy.
Local girls will also be taking part at the national bantam and midget championships held in conjunction with the junior championships in Halifax.
Burnaby's Xenia DuMont, Amie Morrison, Angela Preissl and Carley Spagnuolo will represent B.C. in the midget competition. Tea Cecic was the lone Burnaby player named to the provincial bantam team.
