New Westminster will be well represented at the upcoming minor lacrosse national championships.
Seven boys and six girls from the Royal City will bolster B.C.’s bantam box teams at the nationals this week.
Noah Armitage, Andrew Bishop, Nikhal Dhandwar, Kip Guthrie, Keegan Melenychuk, Evan Pattison and Ben Stewart will make up the roster of the 20-player provincial bantam boys’ squad.
The bantam boys’ championship will run from July 21 to 26.
Hannah-Lise Bernoe, Meagan Black, Jen Hannay, Erica Malcom, Sophie Morris and Jenna Phillips will all suit up with the girls’ bantam team.
The bantam girls’ championship finishes up on July 25.
Tyler Schweitzer was the lone New Westminster runner to make the B.C. peewee boys’ provincial team roster.
The peewee national championships will be held in Whitby, Ont. from Aug. 2 to 8.
At the female national championships in Calgary, Amber Haley, Gabrielle Jones, Mary McQueen of New Westminster and Christel Blesch were all named to B.C.’s junior representative squad.
Graceyn Dean and Keeley O’Neill of New West, and Tea Cecic of Burnaby will make up a portion of the midget girls’ provincial team.
Bellies blanked
New Westminster’s bantam A1 boys missed a bronze medal at the B.C. Lacrosse provincial championships in Kelowna, following a 6-2 loss to Coquitlam on Sunday. The A1s finished with a 2-5 record.
The Salmonbellies bantam A2 team failed to advance to the medal round.
