Tyler lowey
Morning Star Staff
Kayden Beauregard can’t wait to compete against the best field lacrosse talent in the province.
Beauregard, wrapping up ninth grade at VSS, has been named to the Best of B.C. Showcase event.
Considered Western Canada’s premiere invitational event, the top 150 high school students and the top-25 Grade 9 kids are invited.
“This is gonna be really cool,” said Beauregard. “I’m honoured and really looking forward to this opportunity.”
The camp goes Wednesday in Victoria and is run by Darren Reisig, who played in the National Lacrosse League from 2002-07 with the Vancouver Ravens, San Jose Stealth and the Portland LumberJax.
Roughly standing 5-foot-7, Beauregard will be sized up against competition much older than him, but he isn’t backing down.
“It’s going to be challenging; these guys will be bigger, faster and hit harder. I’m just going to go out and play my game and have fun.”
The lefty has been playing box lacrosse for six years and field lacrosse for the past four. This provincial event will be for field lacrosse and will have scouts from 25 elite colleges in the U.S. in attendance.
“I’m hoping they notice me and I can be put on their radar for when I get older,” said Beauregard.
Still years away from post-secondary, Beauregard dreams of suiting up for the Duke Blue Devils or the John Hopkins University Blue Jays one day.
Beauregard, who turns 15 in August, is aiming for the Rolls Royce of colleges. John Hopkins has won the National title nine times and Duke has captured three titles in the past six years.
But for now, Beauregard can be found on attack playing for the North Okanagan Legends and the Burnaby Selects. The Burnaby squad will head down to Pennsylvania for a showcase tournament in June and Rochester, N.Y. in July for a scouting camp.
“The furthest I’ve been for lacrosse was Idaho, so this should be pretty sweet,” said Beauregard.
Beauregard is the only Legend to crack the Best of B.C. roster, but he says he isn’t worried about playing with an unfamiliar group.
Away from the field he is an honour roll student. He finds social studies interesting and loves to paint in art class.
Outside the classroom, Beauregard likes to get in touch with nature. In the winter, he skis and in the summer he hikes and camps.
