It was a field day – literally – for the Burnaby Devils field lacrosse program.
The club witnessed a silver medal and a pair of fourth-place finishes at the B.C. provincial championships, held two weeks ago in Burnaby.
Leading the way was the boys under-18 Devils, who doggedly scratched out a berth into the tier 2 finals, before falling 17-8 to Mission.
After finishing the round-robin portion of the tourney with a 3-1 record, rolling up victories of 9-5 over the Adanacs, 13-7 over PoCo and 9-8 over Victoria, the team ran out of gas against Mission, which had earlier slipped past Burnaby 9-8 in the opening game of the tourney.
The Devils’ route into the provincials was a well-travelled one, as they finished the regular season in sixth place with a 7-8-1 record. They needed a clutch wild-card win over Kamloops to secure the B.C. berth.
Finishing fourth in girls under-15 play, the Devils gave Ridge Meadows a good run for their money before succumbing 11-9.
Burnaby dropped the tourney’s first game, 12-5 to Ridge, tied Surrey 7-7 and fell 6-5 to the other Surrey squad. Their lone win was 10-9 over New Westminster.
The club also recorded a fourth-place result in under-12 girls tier 2 play, nearly upsetting the Adanacs in a 3-2 loss to wrap it up. Their lone win of the tourney came against Mid Island, who they doubled 8-4.
The Burnaby u13 tier 1 Devils went winless over three games.
A week prior, the Burnaby u11 boys placed fourth in the White division, dropping a 7-4 decision to the Adanacs.
