Trey Schober of the Novice 2 North Okanagan Warriors burns past Griffen Semple-Glasser of Penticton at the Rock the House Minor Lacrosse tournament Sunday.

Trey Schober of the Novice 2 North Okanagan Warriors burns past Griffen Semple-Glasser of Penticton at the Rock the House Minor Lacrosse tournament Sunday.

Warriors rock Novice house

The North Okanagan 2 R-Xtra Storage Warriors ruled the Rock the House Novice Lacrosse Association tournament.

The North Okanagan 2 R-Xtra Storage Warriors ruled the Rock the House Novice Lacrosse Association tournament last weekend at Hassen Memorial Arena.

The Warriors left no doubt about who the top dog was after dusting off Kamloops 15-5 in the final Sunday afternoon.

Carston Disher burried four goals, Zack Casagrande sniped a hatty, while Gunner Nyberg and Nate Williamson scored a pair.

The Warriors were backed all weekend by the tenacious play of their goalie Tyler (The Diesel) Martin.

The Warriors outhustled Penticton 3-1 in the semis Sunday morning. Grady Krause, Heatley Jeffers and Jacob McConnachie found the back of the net for the Warriors.

The Warriors smoked the field in the round robin, outscoring the oppostion 41-8.

They opened the tourney with a 14-2 waxing of Shuswap Friday night. Austin Dunhill and Disher pulled hat tricks and Casagrande had two.

The Warriors blanked West Kootenay 17-0 in Game 2 Saturday morning.

They closed out the round robin by downing Kamloops 10-6 with Krause supplying five goals.

“We had a complete team effort from start to finish with great passing, punishing checks and a great desire to win,” said Warrior head coach Ryan Williamson.

The North Okanagan Tim Hortons Source for Sports Legends played the Kamloops Rattlers in a Tyke lacrosse friendly Sunday at Nor-Val Sports Centre in Armstrong.

Paxton Birbilis and Isaac Pol were outstanding in net with some crisp passing by Wade Lightfoot.Oakland Webber and Liam Marchand had some great runs and both teams played hard.

 

 

Vernon Morning Star