Warriors cap season with provincial lacrosse title
The Peninsula Warriors Midget A box lacrosse team has done what it set out to do five years ago — win a provincial A title.
The Warriors, made up of 15- and -16-year-old players who have been together since 2012, captured the gold medal at last weekend’s B.C. Midget A2 Lacrosse Championship at the Langley Events Centre.
The Warriors, coached by former Victoria Shamrock Darren Sanderson, won games over Coquitlam, North Okanagan, Semiahmoo and Langley, before beating Semiahmoo again in the gold-medal game.
The Warriors had been to the provincials three times previous, but could only manage bronze. This year Peninsula capped off a perfect season, winning the Island regular season and playoff titles and then capturing provincial gold.
Eagles host best junior premier teams
The Victoria Junior Eagles hope to soar to a provincial title this weekend, and they’ll have home park advantage to do it.
The Eagles will host the B.C. Junior Premier Baseball League’s Final Five championship starting today at Lambrick Park and running through Sunday.
Battling to be the best in B.C. will be the North Shore Twins, the regular-season champions who eliminated the Victoria Jr. Mariners in two games in last weekend’s best-of-three quarterfinal round. The Eagles and Twins will be joined by the White Rock Tritons, UBC Jr. Thunder and North Delta Blue Jays.
Action gets underway today at 1 p.m. with White Rock taking on North Delta. The Jr. Eagles open against North Shore at 4 p.m. The Eagles will also play Friday at 10 a.m. against White Rock and Saturday at 10 a.m. against UBC and 1 p.m. against North Delta.
The round-robin winner earns a bye to Sunday’s gold-medal game (2 p.m.), while the secondand third-place finishers will square off in the semifinal Sunday at 11 a.m.
Island teams chase B.C. U-15 ball title
Four Island teams will be among the 12 that will battle for the Baseball B.C. U-15 AA provincial championship this weekend at Carnarvon Park.
The host team, along with Gordon Head, Vancouver Island Royals and Cowichan Mustangs, will be joined by the Burnaby Braves, Vancouver Expos, Ridge Meadows Royals, Prince George Knights, Mission Twins, Ladner Red Sox, Tri-City Indians and Delta Tigers.
Action begins today at 9 a.m. with Prince George playing Delta, and at 9:15 a.m. Carnarvon will take on Burnaby.
The semifinal games are set for Sunday at 9:30 a.m., with the championship game slated for Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
Grizzlies’ captain to play for Gee-Gees
Three-year Victoria Grizzlies defenceman Cody Van Lierop is taking his talent to U Sports this fall.
Van Lierop, the captain of the Grizzlies last season, has accepted a scholarship to play for the University of Ottawa GeeGees. The 20-year-old Ontario native, who came to the Grizzlies from Lake Forest Academy near Chicago, played 176 B.C. Hockey League games for the Grizzlies and totalled 11 goals and 65 points.
Sharp shines at World Cup triathlon
Matt Sharp is finally beginning to see the effects of the hard work he has put in to coming back from a broken collarbone.
Sharp, from Victoria, continues to climb the world triathlon ladder as he placed fourth at the recent World Cup stop in Tiszaujvaros, Hungary, narrowly missing the bronze medal.
Sharp won his semifinal heat (the unique race breaks racers into two semifinal heats with the top nine from each semi advancing to the final) on Saturday and was impressive in all three disciplines — run, swim and bike — to finish with a time of 55 minutes, 19 seconds. Hungary’s Bence Bicsak won the gold in a time of 54:58. Russians took the silver and bronze, with Dmitry Polyanskiy finishing in 55:13 and Ilya Prasolov coming in at 55:18.
Sooke to host camp for women boxers
If you’re a woman who loves to box, then Boxing B.C. has just the event for you.
The provincial governing body is hosting its first female-only training camp and it’ll run from July 30 to Aug. 3 at the Sooke Community Hall.
The camp, open to Boxing B.C. registered female boxers in Novice, Open, Junior A and Masters, includes three training sessions a day, accommodations, meals, guest coaches and a Thursday night Fight Night. There will also be a special appearance by Canadian and nine-time World Super Featherweight champion Jelena Mrdjenovich.
Cost is $225 per boxer. For registration information, call 250-564-7750 or email information@boxing.bc.ca.