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It’s really been a no-doubter since the season started for the Brampton Excelsiors. They’ve been the class of Major Series Lacrosse and just in case there were any doubts about that, a 3-0 weekend put that to rest.

Impressive wins they were, too. It started with an 11-6 win over Kitchener-Waterloo, but the 13-10 win over St. Regis on Saturday was the big one. Josh Sanderson’s seven points led the way for the Excelsiors and Aaron Wilson and Dan Teat each added three goals for the winners. Brampton wrapped up its weekend with an 11-3 pasting of Barrie on Sunday, which sets up a very nice matchup on Thursday against Peterborough. And lest the first-place Excelsiors (11-3, 22 points) think they’re gonna roll easily, they’d be wise to remember they’ll be dealing with a Lakers (9-5, 18 points) squad that’s coming off a pair of weekend wins led by a red-hot John Grant Jr., who has 9 goals and 8 assists in his last two games.

Grant scored 6 goals and had 6 assists in Peterborough’s 14-12 win over Barrie on Saturday, then registered 3-2 in Sunday’s 11-7 win over K-W. They missed a great opportunity to make up even more ground with a loss to Brooklin before the weekend, but the Lakers appear to have put themselves back on track as they head head into Thursday’s showdown with Brampton. Besides, they’ve got some revenge to hand out. There’s no doubt the losses earlier this season to Brampton, 13-9 and 7-6, will be on their minds. If you live anywhere within driving distance of Peterborough, it’ll be well worth your while to make the trip. Given the rosters for each squad, it’ll be a veritable National Lacrosse League All-Star Game. With Pat O’Toole in goal for the Lakers and Anthony Cosmo in goal for Brampton, they’ll be facing familiar shots from the likes of Grant, Scott and Shawn Evans and Mat Giles for Peterborough, along with Colin Doyle, Wilson and Teat for Brampton. (Photo courtesy of stickshots.com)

Elsewhere over the weekend, the St. Regis took its lumps with a pair of losses. After losing to Brampton on Saturday, the Indians were edged 11-10 on Sunday by Brooklin. That dropped St. Regis into third place, just two points ahead of K-W, which also took it on the chin with a 1-2 record in its three weekend games. The struggles for Barrie continued, too. Losses to Peterborough and Brampton extended the Lakeshores’ winless streak to seven games.  

For a detailed look at all the weekend MSL games and box scores, head on over to MajorSeriesLacrosse.net.

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