Lacrosse

Ridge Meadows Burrards will be hosting a female lacrosse tournament called Reign Storm from June 8 to 11. (Ridge Meadows Burrards/Special to The News)

700 female lacrosse players travel to Lower Mainland for province-wide tournament

Reign Storm tournament takes place in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows from June 8 to 11

 

Shooting Eagles beat Sea Spray Wednesday by the score of 16-10. (Langley Events Centre/Special to Langley Advance Times)

7th straight win earns Shooting Eagles top spot

The latest in Arena Lacrosse League play at the Lower Mainland’s Langley Events Centre

  • Mar 24, 2023

 

Drew Kask scored 40 points in 13 regular season games with the Langley Junior Thunder before being drafted first overall by the Black Fish in the ALL West Division 2022 draft. (Langley Events Centre/Special to The News)

First round of 2022 lacrosse draft dominated by Lower Mainland players

The Arena Lacrosse League West Division draft took place on Oct. 25

 

Lakers stormed back to win a 13-9 victory over Langley Thunder and their fourth consecutive Mann Cup championship Saturday night (Sept 17) at the Peterborough Memorial Centre. (Gary Ahuja/Langley Thunder photo)

VIDEO: Peterborough Lakers down Langley Thunder to take Mann Cup

It came down to the last 20 minutes

  • Sep 18, 2022
Lakers stormed back to win a 13-9 victory over Langley Thunder and their fourth consecutive Mann Cup championship Saturday night (Sept 17) at the Peterborough Memorial Centre. (Gary Ahuja/Langley Thunder photo)
Frank Scigliano made 49 saves on 53 shots as the Langley Thunder forced a seventh and deciding game in the Mann Cup championships with a 9-4 game six victory over the Peterborough Lakers on Friday night at the Peterborough Memorial Centre. (Gary Ahuja/Langley Thunder photo)

VIDEO: Langley Thunder force game 7 in Mann Cup

Coach calls it ‘an almost perfect elimination game’

  • Sep 17, 2022
Frank Scigliano made 49 saves on 53 shots as the Langley Thunder forced a seventh and deciding game in the Mann Cup championships with a 9-4 game six victory over the Peterborough Lakers on Friday night at the Peterborough Memorial Centre. (Gary Ahuja/Langley Thunder photo)
The Thunder scored a combined 31 goals in games one and two (which featured an additional 15:41 of overtime) but since then, the team has found the back of the net 23 in three consecutive losses. (Photo courtesy of Gary Ahuja/Langley Thunder)

Langley Thunder on the brink of elimination

Peterborough wins game 5; takes 3-2 series lead over langley in Mann Cup

  • Sep 16, 2022
The Thunder scored a combined 31 goals in games one and two (which featured an additional 15:41 of overtime) but since then, the team has found the back of the net 23 in three consecutive losses. (Photo courtesy of Gary Ahuja/Langley Thunder)
Lakers outscored Langley Thunder 5-1 in the middle stanza and never looked back, picking up the 12-6 win in game three on Monday night at the Peterborough Memorial Centre. Thunder lead the Mann Cup series 2-0. (Gary Ahuja/Langley Thunder)

Ontario’s Lakers cut B.C. Thunder lead in Mann Cup

‘We just didn’t have the footwork, the attacking the net’

  • Sep 13, 2022
Lakers outscored Langley Thunder 5-1 in the middle stanza and never looked back, picking up the 12-6 win in game three on Monday night at the Peterborough Memorial Centre. Thunder lead the Mann Cup series 2-0. (Gary Ahuja/Langley Thunder)
Langley Thunder’s Duane Dobbie had four goals and seven points as the team defeated the Peterborough Lakers for their second win of the Mann Cup. (Gary Ahuja/Langley Events Centre)

VIDEO: Langley Thunder lead Mann Cup 2-0 after narrow overtime win

Six seconds made all the difference

  • Sep 11, 2022
Langley Thunder’s Duane Dobbie had four goals and seven points as the team defeated the Peterborough Lakers for their second win of the Mann Cup. (Gary Ahuja/Langley Events Centre)
Langley Thunder scored six times on their first dozen shots on the way to a 16-11 win in the best-of-seven Mann Cup opener over the Peterborough Lakers at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Friday night, Sept. 9. (Gary Ahuja/Langley Thunder)

B.C. champions Langley Thunder take game 1 of Mann Cup over Lakers

Curtis Dickson and Dane Dobbie had eight points each

  • Sep 10, 2022
Langley Thunder scored six times on their first dozen shots on the way to a 16-11 win in the best-of-seven Mann Cup opener over the Peterborough Lakers at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Friday night, Sept. 9. (Gary Ahuja/Langley Thunder)
Teagan Dunnett made her BC Junior Tier 1 Lacrosse League debut for the Langley Thunder this season, becoming what is believed to be the first female lacrosse player to suit up in the league’s history. (Ryan Molag, Langley Events Centre/Special to Langley Advance Times)

How Teagan Dunnett made history and became the first female to play for the Langley Lacrosse Thunder

Believed to be a first for BC Junior Tier 1 league

Teagan Dunnett made her BC Junior Tier 1 Lacrosse League debut for the Langley Thunder this season, becoming what is believed to be the first female lacrosse player to suit up in the league’s history. (Ryan Molag, Langley Events Centre/Special to Langley Advance Times)
Grizzlies goaltender Brandon Humphrey was among a few players and coaches recognized at the year-end league awards, despite his team falling to Sea Spray in the finals. (Garrett James, Langley Events Centre/Special to Langley Advance Times)

Arena lacrosse awards stars of the season

At the end of the inaugural year of play for ALL west division, players and coaches given accolades

  • Mar 30, 2022
Grizzlies goaltender Brandon Humphrey was among a few players and coaches recognized at the year-end league awards, despite his team falling to Sea Spray in the finals. (Garrett James, Langley Events Centre/Special to Langley Advance Times)
Grizzlies fell two games to one against the Sea Spray this weekend in lacrosse action at Langley Events Centre, giving Sea Spray the inaugural Arena Lacrosse League west division championship title. (Garrett James, Langley Events Centre/Special to Langley Advance Times)

LEC ACTION: Sea Spray capture ALL West title

Team wins inaugural Arena Lacrosse League western division championship on Sunday in Langley

  • Mar 29, 2022
Grizzlies fell two games to one against the Sea Spray this weekend in lacrosse action at Langley Events Centre, giving Sea Spray the inaugural Arena Lacrosse League west division championship title. (Garrett James, Langley Events Centre/Special to Langley Advance Times)