Brampton is still setting the pace

June 16th, 2008 by Bob Chavez

The Brampton Excelsiors didn’t have a lot of offense earlier this week in a 7-6 win over Peterborough, but they got the weekend help they needed to maintain their spot at the top of the Major Series Lacrosse standings.

The help came down from St. Regis, where the Indians split yet another weekend of games, this time to Barrie. Saturday night, John Tavares had two goals and five assists to lead the Indians to a 10-8 win over the Lakeshores, but on Sunday, the Lakeshores rebounded. Matt Lyons scored four goals, including the eventual winner in a 10-8 decision for Barrie. The Indians had a bit of a scare over the weekend when Athan Iannucci left Saturday’s game with a strained knee. The sniper didn’t finish Saturday’s game and sat for Sunday’s game, but coach Darris Kilgour said that was mostly precautionary. But Barrie’s win kept the Indians (5-3) from gaining any ground on Brampton (6-1), whose only loss this season is to Kitchener-Waterloo.

In the other game this weekend, the addition of Lindsay Plunkett to Peterborough’s lineup produced just one goal by the new acquisition, but it was Matt Giles who scored the OT winner for a 13-12 decision over Six Nations on Sunday night.

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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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