Junior lacrosse is underway in Delta while the Junior A’s have yet to have a regular season home game but that all changes this Sunday when the Islanders host the Nanaimo Timbermen at 2 pm at the Ladner Leisure Centre.
The excitement continues to grow for the Junior A community considering both the B1 and B2 teams have played games looking to grab more wins as they advance their skills on the winning ways for a championship season.
In conversation with Matt Hoegg President of Delta Lacrosse he mentioned that “They were happy with the draft and at present they are able to bring some of the up and coming young guys into the line-up right away which helps the program.”
Running a Junior program isn’t an easy task and as we saw last year the B1 team was 40 seconds away from defeating the Adanacs and what’s changed is that the B1 team has gotten younger and younger each year.
Having the luxury to fit this into the program means that they are able to get the younger players to play at that level of the game preparing them to go to play A lacrosse.
Overall the JV1 team has been competitive each year allowing players to move up to the A level of the game which is no different from having the B2 players move up to play at the B1 level of the game
While changes take place each year the Islanders had very few changes entering this year and Matt feels this is due to having the outdoor box now covered so the players can play year round.
The off season saw the Islanders had their systems in place for the draft as well holding their AGM that saw the board return as well as holding their Christmas event so from top to bottom they feel very aligned as an organization.
Overall they were happy with the outcome of the draft with several top picks which he credits to Logan Schuss helping organize the picks that he wanted to focus as well as giving some of the top graduating players a chance to advance to the next level.
In addition they held Lacrosse Fest that was held in the outdoor box with a dunk tank which saw Logan take part in a game the following day with an impressive raffle with some quality items in the draw.
This year they have a “parent pass” which allows the parents to take in three games for the price or two which helps draw fans through the turnstiles.
They can’t say enough about the Vancouver Warriors who are only a call away and they are so very thankful for all the Warriors do to help the program while he mentioned that the Warriors do “tons’s” for minor lacrosse in the area.
If you are looking for excitement this summer plan on taking in an Islanders game either Friday, Saturday or Sunday at the Leisure Centre.
Stay tuned they are only getting started with lots of exciting things happening!!!!
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