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There was one team on the tip of everyone’s tongue as the 2009 Founders Cup tournament began. Hint: it wasn’t these guys.
And why would it have been? READ MORE »
There has been many a complaint about the organization and pool system of this year’s Founders Cup, and how it all came to be is something we’ll want to look at a little more closely in the next few days, but for now why don’t we save it for when it isn’t overshadowing the four teams that are all set to slug it out in today’s semi-finals? Put your vitriol in your back pocket for safekeeping and take a look at the young men who are just one game away from potential Founders glory.
Eight games in, and your front-runners? Yeah, we’ve found ‘em. A look at what went down yesterday and what’s waiting in the wings for today.
Credit where credit’s due: the Port Moody Thunder kept it pretty close for a while. After two periods the Green Gaels had amassed just an 8-4 lead. Yes, they may have had double the goals the Thunder did at that point, but come talk to a few Ontario teams and find out what they would’ve given this season to stay that close with Clarington through two. The floodgates creaked open in the third a little bit as Clarington scored eight to Port Moody’s two but hey, glass two-thirds of the way full. READ MORE »
After one day and four games here’s a quick look at how the Founders Cup has shaken out so far:
ONONDOGA REDHAWKS, ILA, 1-0
Yesterday’s Action: The Redhawks put up the biggest win of the day in Founders Cup day one with a 16-4 dismantling of the Winnipeg Gryphons. Wade Bucktooth led with four goals and five assists while James Cathers put up three and five, and James Holm and Connor Lyons scored two apiece. READ MORE »
Looking at the Alberta Jr. B lacrosse championship match-up from over here in Ontario is just a little bit of head-scratching and stat-crunching and then a whole lot of posturing, so for your last-minute look at the impending Calgary Mountaineers and Edmonton Warriors clash, we threw the preview reins to one of the best lacrosse minds in the province. The series starts tomorrow night, but the analysis starts right now, so without further ado, here’s your anonymous scouting report. READ MORE »
Though he’s likely a little too busy with the Elora Mohawks at the moment to truly care, Six Nations Rebel Jason Johns (pictured at left) has been named the 2009 Western Conference Defensive Player of the Year.
Not a whole lot of surprises in the 2009 award winners, but plenty of deserving players and coaches. For a look at who joins Johns as a 2009 Ontario Jr. B lacrosse award winner, READ MORE »
In lacrosse, much like in life, there is always room for an underdog. A team that steals hearts like it steals wins en route to clambering atop a pedestal no one would have dared put them on back when they were just a low-ranked team with laughable, lofty goals and an inexplicable, inextinguishable belly fire. However, in lacrosse, much like in life, the underdog most often gives way to a much bigger, meaner mother. Which brings us to the Eastern semi-final and the clash of the titans that’s been looming since the first face-off of the 2009 Jr. B season. READ MORE »
This summer we’ve been steadily tracking the happenings of Ontario Jr. B lacrosse, and while there’s never any shortage of action in the Ontario loop, there’s a whole wide world of B ball out there with plenty of teams gearing up for the Founders Cup that we would be remiss to go without mentioning. Without further placeholder introduction, we’ll take a look at the Alberta Jr. B lacrosse South Division. READ MORE »
It’s often said that you don’t hear about coaches unless it’s something bad. Naturally, this is something we at NLLinsider just could not stand for. If we’re going to hear about bad coaches, we would like to hear the details.
In all seriousness, in the first summer ball player poll we’ve taken a look at what makes the good coaches good, what could make the not-so-good coaches better, and whether or not coaches actually do deserve more credit than they get. READ MORE »
This summer we’ve been steadily tracking the happenings of Ontario Jr. B lacrosse, and while there’s never any shortage of action in the Ontario loop, there’s a whole wide world of B ball out there with plenty of teams gearing up for the Founders Cup that we would be remiss to go without mentioning. To start with, we’ll take a look at the Alberta Jr. B lacrosse North Division.
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