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| Adanacs captain Matt Beers raises Minto Cup after Saturday's sweep. Photo: Coquitlam Adanacs Lacrosse Club |
This victory is a whiff of that long-absent lacrosse supremacy that the lower mainland enjoyed from 1986-91, during which the New Westminster Salmonbellies won three Mann Cup titles, and again in 2001, when the Senior A Adanacs won its first and only championship at the Pacific Coliseum.
Writing as a longtime fan of the Victoria Shamrocks - who, by the way, just lost their chance at this year's Mann Cup to those pesky Salmonbellies last Wednesday - I've been spoiled by four Mann victories in '97 (which I actually got to see in person), '99, '03 and '06. As such, it is nice to see the lacrosse faithful around these parts get a chance to taste victory once again, even if it is not that solid gold Mann Cup.
It is, however, the first Minto championship victory for this area since the Burnaby Lakers last won the cup in 2005 - capping off a five-cup championship dynasty for the Junior A Lakers which began in 1998. Perhaps the junior Adanacs are the Lower Mainland's new lacrosse ascendancy, since one championship win usually means at least a few more before too long.
And who knows, perhaps this isn't the last lacrosse championship victory for a Lower Mainland team this year. As I said before, the Salmonbellies will meet the winner of the Brampton-Peterborough series in the Mann Cup starting September 8.
Yay junior Adanacs! And go crosscheck some Ontario butt, Salmonbellies!
P.S. - Doesn't all this B.C. lacrosse championship talk make you wonder why Vancouver has not had a pro (NLL) team since 2005!? Meanwhile, Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton's NLL teams all keep rolling along - Toronto Rock with 5 Champions Cup wins and Calgary Roughnecks with one. What an injustice.
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