New Westminster couldn’t stop a Vancouver Island sweep at the B.C. intermediate lacrosse championships held in Langley.
The Salmonbellie teens fell 14-7 in the intermediate A gold-medal final to the Shamrocks, who finished the regular season tied with New West and Port Coquitlam with identical 14-4-0 records.
New West also lost 9-4 to the host ’Rocks earlier in the four-team provincials.
The Salmonbellie teens opened with a 13-4 win over Langley.
The Queen’s Park bunch knocked off regular season champion Coquitlam 12-6 in their final round-robin matchup to finish in a three-way tie with a record of 2-1.
Victoria and New Westminster advanced to the championship final ahead of Coquitlam on goal differential.
New West needed to beat the A’s by four goals and goalie Laiton Manuel delivered, holding the regular season champs to just six goals in the Sunday matchup.
Coquitlam went on to claim the bronze medal 12-8 over Langley.
Charlie Kurtenbach was named a first team all-star for New West, registering a total of 12 points, including eight goals in the round robin.
Kurtenbach, Manuel, Emmett Donahoe and Dalton Lupul all received game MVPs at the provincials.
