Semis begin

Six Nations 7, Peterborough 5

Junior A Lakers drop opener

The Peterborough Merit Precision Jr. A Lakers fell 7-5 to the Six Nations Arrows on Monday night in Game 1 of their best-of-seven Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League semifinal series at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Hagersville, despite Peterborough outshooting Six Nations.

Josh Currier scored twice for the Jr. A Lakers, while single goals went to Zac Currier, Zach Herreweyers and Riley Quinlan.

Turner Evans had four assists, Donovan Fleischer had two assists, while single assists went to Jeff Swift, Dan Michel, Cam Milligan and Kyle Killen.

Game 2 is Wednesday at the Memorial Centre at 8 p.m., Game 3 at Six Nations on Thursday at 8 p.m., Game 4 at the Memorial Centre on Saturday at 7 p.m., Game 5 (if necessary) on Sunday at Six Nations at 7 p.m., Game 6 (if necessary) at the Memorial Centre at 8 p.m. July 30 and Game 7 (if necessary) at Six Nations at 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Six Nations Arrows coach Marshall Abrams told QMI Agency he and his players are expecting a knockdown, drag 'em out series.

"It's a good matchup," Abrams said. "They're a real good team. Offensively, they're just as potent as we are. We can throw eight guys out there that can put the ball in and so can they. Defensively they're really aggressive. They like to pressure like we do. It's almost like a mirror image of us in terms of our team.

"They're all over the floor and maybe pressure even more than we do," he said.

"They're always right in your face. We're just going to have to focus on not making bad decisions."

DARRYL G. SMART QMI Agency Six Nations Arrows’ Joe Haodais Maracle and Johnny Powless celebrate after a first period goal against Peterborough Jr. A Lakers goalie Donovan Fleischer on Monday night at the Iroqouis Lacrosse Arena in Hagersville. Six Nations won the first game of...