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FALL 2009 | $4.95 LIFE ON CAMPUS University men’s field lacrosse starting to get noticed 2009 ONTARIO BUILDING LACROSSE FESTIVAL A HYBRID A RESOUNDING SUCCESS Girls playing both box and field no longer an oddity CPM Agreement #40752539 www.ontariolacrossemagazine.com Regular OLA Greens $ 79.99 $ 67.99 Reds $ 142.50 $ 121.25 • Golds $ 199.95 $ 169.99 • • Platinums $ 249.95 $ 215.50 • !" ##$ • % & # • ' &( • % ' • ) & Fall 2009 • Volume 1 • Issue 4 // CONTENTS Photo: Paul Grossinger FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 10 Photo: Graig Abel Photography A FESTIVAL TO REMEMBER NEWS & NOTES 10 For 10 days this past summer, the Ontario 4 CUFLA Final • 2009 OLA ‘A’ Final Six • Western Lacrosse Festival was once again the site Captures OUA Championship • Team Ontario for players, coaches and fans to come Dominates Nationals • Hall of Fame Inductees together to celebrate the sport they love BAGGATAWAY 8 Celebrating 100 years of the Mann Cup 18 LIFE ON CAMPUS With men’s field lacrosse quickly Q&A becoming a popular sport on campuses 26 Jamie Dawick, new owner, Toronto Rock across Canada, the governing bodies that oversee university athletics in this EQUIPMENT BAG country are starting to jump on the 28 Holiday Gift Guide bandwagon 20 IN ACTION BUILDING THE HYBRID 30 Seth Oakes, Team Iroquois 20 LACROSSE PLAYER Today, more girls are playing both box and field lacrosse, which in turn is creating a better, stronger, smarter and better-rounded athlete BACK TO BACK 24 The Orangeville Northmen repeat as ON THE COVER Junior ‘A’ champions to cap off an amazing Minto Cup in Brampton Photo: Pixels Photography www.ontariolacrossemagazine.com Fall 2009 | Ontario LACROSSE 3 NEWS & NOTES Ontario Lacrosse magazine is the primary BROCK WINS 18TH CUFLA CHAMPIONSHIP source of information for Ontario lacrosse players, parents, coaches and officials. The Brock Badgers capped its perfect season (13-0) with a dramatic 12-11 victory Published quarterly (Winter, Spring, over the McMaster Marauders in the Bank of America Baggataway Cup, the Cana- Summer, Fall), Ontario Lacrosse is mailed dian University Field Lacrosse Association’s (CUFLA) men’s field lacrosse champi- directly to more than 10,000 members of the onship, held on November 8 at Carleton University’s Keith Harris Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario Lacrosse Association. Our readers Mike MacLeod (Owen Sound) was named final’s MVP, while his freshman teammate and goalie, turn to the magazine for the latest lacrosse Brett Kikot (Toronto) was named MVP of the tournament, registering 32 saves (in two games) and news, products, trends, insights and expert opinion. All editorial submissions and article a .681 save percentage. queries should be sent to Paul Grossinger, “We were prepared as a editor: [email protected]. team going into the championship weekend and the guys came to The views expressed by the authors play,” says Justin Kennedy, the are not necessarily those of the Ontario Badgers’, rookie head coach. “The Lacrosse Association (OLA) or entire team knows what it KAP Publishing Ltd. All editorial submissions are subject to editing. All means to be part of the rich win- rights reserved. Contents may not be ning tradition at Brock and were reprinted without written permission focused on bringing the cup back of the OLA and KAP Publishing. to St. Catharines.” The victory represents the 18th PUBLISHER Baggataway Cup championship Ontario Lacrosse Association for Brock in the 25-year history of 3 Concorde Gate, Suite 306 the event. Toronto, ON M3C 3N7 T: 416-426-7066; F: 416-426-7382 Leading the Badgers offense were MacLeod and Chris Nash (Toronto) with five points each. Dustin Dunn (Peterborough) and Published in partnership with: Matt Evans (Peterborough) both chipped in with two goals. KAP Publishing Ltd. The seventh-ranked Marauders earned its place in the championship final after a wild 10-9, 1054 Centre Street, Suite 199 triple-overtime upset of third-ranked Trent University in the semi-finals. Chasing the label “car- Thornhill, ON L4J 8E5 diac kids” the entire tournament, McMaster scored with five seconds remaining in regulation T: 905-370-0736; F: 905-747-0409 time to force OT, twice in 21 seconds to end the second overtime period, and once in the third [email protected] OT to end the game. All of this effort coming after trailing 5-1 at halftime in regulation. www.kappublishing.com For McMaster, tournament leading-scorer Kevin Macrory (Etobicoke) had six points (5g, 1a) EDITOR in the final, while Gavin Barrie (Peterborough) scored three times and Cam Murphy (Fergus) Paul Grossinger twice found the back of the net. [email protected] TORONTO STARS SUPPORT A GOOD CAUSE ART DIRECTOR Mark Tzerelshtein The Toronto Stars [email protected] Novice ‘D’ team had the opportunity to sup- ADVERTISING SALES port Breast Cancer REPRESENTATIVE Dave Douglas Awareness Week with the CBM Breast Can- CONTRIBUTORS cer Awareness Mixer. Gary Mark The Stars advanced to Ryan McLean Roger Lajoie the semi-finals of the Paul Whiteside 2009 Warrior/OLA Melissa Yollick Novice Provincial Championships at this Canadian Publications Mail #40752539 past summer’s On- Return Undeliverable Canadian tario Lacrosse Festi- Addresses to: KAP Publishing Ltd. val. Team members: Circulation Department Connor Lint, Tyler 1054 Centre Street, Suite 199 Newman, James Whytock, Matthew Duncan, Liam Foudy, Matthew Judge, Brandon Weeks, Sean Thornhill, ON L4J 8E5 Josling, Jayden Vaughan, Davis Park, Karsten Malthaner, Matthew Weiss, Sean Auger, Aidan Printed in Canada Jeffrey, Owen Down, Peter Stratis, Dalton McGinnis, Tomas Paunic, Joshua Jackson, Michael Borden-Trahan, Quinten Chrokrev-Evans, Hayden Chrokrev-Evans are joined by coaches Rick and Scott Fitchett. Absent: coaches Jason Doble and Eric Duncan. 4 Ontario LACROSSE | Fall 2009 Scooping before any high school in Canada. Upper Canada College was the first high school in Canada to have a lacrosse team. Discover UCC – and its long history of placing top- performing players in the CUFLA and NCAA men’s lacrosse. TOMORROW THINKING www.ucc.on.ca NEWS & NOTES 2009 OLA ‘A’ FINAL SIX WESTERN KNOCKS LAURIER OFF OUA PERCH On November 1, at Alumni Field on the campus of McMaster University in Hamil- ton, Ont., the Western Mustangs defeated the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 9-5 to capture the 2009 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) women’s field lacrosse cham- pionship. Western’s victory ended Laurier’s string of six consecutive championship seasons. However, the Golden Hawks did provide some serious drama in the tournament as it ended the University of Toronto Varsity Blues undefeated season (12-0) with a thrilling 8-7 semi-final upset. Western advanced to the final by defeating the Queen’s Golden Gaels 8-7. Emmi Morris (Brampton) and Lauren Crape (Calgary, Alta.) led the way for West- 2009 OLA Midget ‘A’ All-Star Team (left to right): ern in the finals by netting two goals apiece, while singles came from Adrianna Clapp Seth Oakes (Akwesasne), Kanathoso Horn-David (Brooklin), Lindsay Doxtator (Southwold), Nicole Pullen (Orangeville), Beth Turowec (Akwesasne), Johnny Powless (Six Nations), Brett (Oshawa) and Carrie White (Mississauga). Western was backstopped by Summer Wind- Ritchie (Orangeville), Reilly O’Connor (Whitby). Absent: Turner Evans (Peterborough) ley (Kitchener) who made 25 saves in the championship game. As for Laurier, its goal scorers included Allison Brogan (Port Hope), Amanda Groothuis (Kitchener), Lauren Maltby (Guelph), Braedyn O’Rahilly (Whitby) and Sarah Stanley (Whitby). For Lynn Orth, the Golden Hawks’ head coach, the tournament semi-final was an emotional championship in itself. “With such a young team facing an unbeaten, seasoned UofT squad, our task was to convince our players they could win. That goal was achieved and we are very proud of our players for that,” she says. “A different champion is good for the sport and for us it provides an opportunity for a new era of players to reach new heights and strive for gold. Hopefully, the end of the Laurier lacrosse dynasty is temporary.” In the bronze medal game, UofT defeated Queen’s 16-10, with the Varsity Blues’ Guelph Regals, the 2009 OLA Bantam ‘A’ Champions dynamic all-star trio of Taryn Greider, Jen Held and Yoko Murphy each playing a vital role in the victory. Held (Brampton) led the team with six points, three goals and three assists, while Murphy (Toronto), the 2009 OUA Most Valuable Player, and Greider (Cobourg) each scored four goals in against the Gaels. For Queen’s, Lisa McLaughlin (Whitby) had four goals, Martha Ross (Newton, Mass.), two, and Gwyneth Ross (Newton, Mass.), Laura Chambers (Toronto), Mar- sha Cryderman (Bowmanville) and Murielle Landry (Kingston) each had one. TEAM ONTARIO DOMINATES What a year for players and coaches of Team Ontario! The provincial all-star teams Orangeville Northmen, the 2009 OLA Midget ‘A’ Champions captured five of six national titles in 2009. The fun started at the Ontario Lacrosse Festival in August in a dramatic way when the Bantam Girls box team, down by a goal and playing short-handed, tied the game with less than 30 seconds remaining. Jordan Mcdonell’s second goal of the game forced overtime, where Kennedy Milburn notched the winner to lead Ontario to a 4-3 victory over British Columbia. Next up was the Pee Wee team, who after rolling through round-robin play un- defeated, captured the national championship with a 6-3 victory over British Co- lumbia in front of approximately 2,200 fans. Leading the way for Team Ontario was Connor McClelland (2g), Luke Burghardt (1g,1a), Taylor Raddysh (1g), Jeff Teat (1g) 2009 OLA Bantam ‘A’ All-Star Team (left to right): Joel Tinney Dawson Theede (1g) and Ryan Lanchbury (2a). (Guelph), Drew Coleman (Halton Hills), Brandon Robinson For Tony Carvalho, Team Ontario’s pee wee head coach, “our biggest concern (West Durham) & Michael Panowyk (Whitby).