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New West racks up wins over Adanacs, Thunder

Logan Schuss jumped to the front of the Western Lacrosse Association’s scoring race with back-to-back nine point efforts, as New West racked up a couple of big wins the past week.
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New Westminster's Mike Donaldson, at right, patrols the offensive zone during a recent game against Burnaby. The Salmonbellies secured a spot in the playoffs and moved closer to clinching first place with a pair of wins last week.

Logan Schuss jumped to the front of the Western Lacrosse Association’s scoring race with back-to-back nine point efforts, as New West racked up a couple of big wins the past week.

The first-place ’Bellies defeated the Coquitlam Adanacs 13-9 on Saturday, behind a four-goal effort from Schuss. It came on the heels of a nine-point game for Schuss last Thursday in a 15-8 win over Langley.

Although they never trailed, the ‘Bellies felt a little pressure to start the third when Coquitlam counted four straight markers, including a pair of powerplay tallies off the stick of Matt Delmonico, to pull within two. But Schuss helped silence that comeback effort with two goals, along with a single from Sean Tyrell, as New West restored a healthy lead in the third.

Jason Jones netted three goals in the win.

Against Langley last week, the hosts fell behind 5-3 midway through the first but answered back in a big way with seven straight goals. Jordan McBride and Mitch Jones collected hat tricks in the win.

Over the two games Mitch Jones finished with five goals and eight assists.

New West hosts Burnaby tonight (Thursday, 7:30 p.m.) at Queen’s Park Arena.