As many as six New Westminster Hyacks high school lacrosse players got a good look at the recent 3D Lacrosse Denver Shootout in Denver, Colorado earlier this month.
The Hyacks played five games in the Rising Red division, losing to the eventual winner East Coast in the quarter-finals on June 16 of the three-day competition.
A half-dozen Hyacks got serious looks from college scouts, including Grade 11s attack/midfield Mitchell Stokes, long pole Tommy Robertson and 2014 all-star middie Shawn Fitzsimmons and junior attack Dalton Lupul and midfield Nathan Macedo.
"The competition level is very high," New Westminster coach Ken Bowman said of the mostly all-star American teams. "Considering we were 2-3, it was very good."
New West lost its final game of the tournament to a team from Boise, Idaho by a slim 7-6 margin.
"I think it was great for them to experience this. It makes them realize how hard they have to work if they want to play past high school," Bowman added.
NLL TO LEC
Inside Lacrosse reported Thursday the Langley Events Centre will be the new home of professional lacrosse in British Columbia.
The National Lacrosse League board of governors unanimously approved the relocation of the Stealth franchise from its previous home in Everett, Washington to the Metro Vancouver area effective immediately.
The team will be known as the Vancouver Stealth and will begin play at the events centre in the 2014 NLL season.
The Stealth have been one of the most successful franchises in the nine-team league, having reached the final three of the last four seasons, including this most recent year - which was hosted at the LEC - and winning the championship in 2010.
A news conference has been called for Tuesday, July 2 at 11 a.m. at the Langley Events Centre.
