FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jeff Gombar Monday July 15, 2019 Phone: 604-421-9755 Ext. 3

Subway® BCLA 2019 Box Provincial Champions Crowned Female Divisions

The Subway® Lacrosse Association (BCLA) Provincial Championships for the Female divisions were held July 11-14, 2019 in and Parksville, BC. Twenty-eight teams from around BC competed for Box Lacrosse supremacy in the Female divisions.

FEMALE BOX LACROSSE PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS- The Ridge Meadows Burrards outpaced the Adanacs 8-3 in the Junior gold medal match; the Salmonbellies beat the Ridge Meadows Burrards #2 team 5-2 in the Midget final; the Ridge Meadows Burrards edged the Adanacs 4-3 in a close Bantam A gold game; Victoria-Esquimalt beat Ridge Meadows 5-2 in the Bantam B gold game; Ridge Meadows beat New Westminster 7-3 for the Pee Wee A gold; and outlasted the 5-3 for the Pee Wee B gold medal.

Bronze medal game scores were: Junior – Nanaimo 13-1 over Juan de Fuca; Midget – Coquitlam #1 5-4 over Ridge Meadows #1; Bantam A – New Westminster 6-3 over Burnaby, Bantam B – Nanaimo 6-1 over Coquitlam; Pee Wee A – Surrey defeated Coquitlam 12-8; and Langley edged Burnaby 5-3.

The Warrior Sports Canada Most Valuable Player award selections were: Junior – Paige Bell (Ridge Meadows); Midget – Katrina Robinson (Coquitlam); Bantam A – Kiera Scott (Coquitlam); Bantam B – Grace Tidman (Victoria-Esquimalt); Pee Wee A – Mya Jakovljevich (Ridge Meadows) and Pee Wee B – Jayda Price (Nanaimo). The SUBWAY® Team Sportsmanship award went to the Female Midget New Westminster Salmonbellies team. The BCLA Volunteer Award recipient was Christine MacDonald.

All Female All-Stars and Warrior Sports Fair Play Awards are listed on page 2 of this media release.

For complete tournament information and scores, please visit our website at www.bclacrosse.com or contact Jeff Gombar at the BC Lacrosse Association office at 604-421- 9755 (Ext. 3).

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Warrior Sports Fair Play Awards – Female Provincials

Female Junior Warrior Fair Play Awards Alivia Ungaro Coquitlam Maya Landers Juan de Fuca Kaelyn Dorman Nanaimo Garrett Atkins Ridge Meadows

Female Midget Warrior Fair Play Awards Sierra Haaksma Coquitlam (1) Hailey Walde Nanaimo Layla Gould New Westminster Tiana Bikic Ridge Meadows (1) Elizabeth Sinow Ridge Meadows (2) Devon Hall Saanich

Female Bantam A Warrior Fair Play Awards Nina Peloso Burnaby Michela Paterson Coquitlam Beth Anderson New Westminster Fiona Sirovyak Ridge Meadows

Female Bantam B Warrior Fair Play Awards Skylar Yee Coquitlam Avery Henderson Nanaimo Hannah Brine New Westminster Presleigh Bailuk Ridge Meadows Abby McDonald Victoria-Esquimalt

Female Pee Wee A Warrior Fair Play Awards Alexa Cardarelli Coquitlam Brooklyn Sverdrup New Westminster Leia Lammy Ridge Meadows Sydney St. Onge Surrey

Female Pee Wee B Warrior Fair Play Awards Hayden Kok Burnaby Sonja Reed Coquitlam Hailey McCaig Langley Jayda Price Nanaimo Ellie Braidwood Peninsula

Overall Fair Play Official: Sarah Dmytruk (Nanaimo)

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Female Provincials All-Star Awards

Female Junior All-Star Awards Courtney Hanson Coquitlam Chloe Michalski Juan de Fuca Lydia Zart Nanaimo Paige Bell Ridge Meadows

Female Midget All-Star Awards Katrina Robinson Coquitlam (1) Keira Martin Nanaimo Teagan Ng New Westminster Alexa Ford Ridge Meadows (1) Hannah Gjaltema Ridge Meadows (2) Devon Hall Saanich

Female Bantam A All-Star Awards Katherine Khaodhiar Burnaby Kiera Scott Coquitlam Kate Bordian New Westminster Jaylyn Morris Ridge Meadows

Female Bantam B All-Star Awards Chiara Schenato Coquitlam Sebryn Wear Nanaimo Aimee Lever New Westminster Hannah Bigiolli Ridge Meadows Grace Tidman Victoria-Esquimalt

Female Pee Wee A All-Star Awards Kadence Richardson Coquitlam Kaylee Schumacher New Westminster Mya Jakovljevich Ridge Meadows Anna McKee Surrey

Female Pee Wee B All-Star Awards Hayden Kok Burnaby Cayden Hicks Coquitlam Savannah Lantos Langley Irelyn Wear Nanaimo MacKenzie Rant Peninsula

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