Redmen are waiting on Wagar

June 11th, 2008 by Bob Chavez

The Redmen in Brooklin are playing the waiting game on a couple of fronts and for at least one of those, they’re starting to smile.

When you have a goalie like Bob Watson on your Major Series Lacrosse roster, there’s all kinds of confidence. Thing is, there’s a difference between having Watson on your roster and having him on your floor. Watson has yet to play this summer for Brooklin, partly because he’s living in Guelph and partly because he’s got a young boy playing lacrosse himself this summer. Can’t blame a guy for wanting to be around for that development. That’s left the Redmen to turn to their own development in goal, however, and there’s a young man named Kurtis Wagar who’s beginning to show signs of becoming a legit stopper. “This is only his second year and really, he is a rookie,” Brooklin general manager Wayne Colley tells NewsDurhamRegion.com. “… he is starting to see a little bit of results. Hopefully he can continue on.”

Considering Wagar, who has seen very limited time with the National Lacrosse League’s Edmonton Rush, was pulled in his first two starts of this season, there were some doubts. But he went the distance in Sunday’s win over Six Nations, a big step forward as the Redmen upped their record to 2-3. Wagar’s got two tough tests coming up, though, with Kitchener-Waterloo tonight and Brampton next Wednesday, so the Redmen are gonna find out just how big that step was for Wagar.

NLL: Edmonton Rush, season in review: NLL.com

Chavez is an avid lacrosse player in Rochester and a journalist for the Democrat and Chronicle as well as a longtime Inside Lacrosse contributor. Email him at bob.chavez@nllinsider.com or go to RochesterSports.com.

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