Ridge Meadows players win silver in California lacrosse tourney

Hunter Vanderwal (Dennis Windsor/Special to The News)Hunter Vanderwal (Dennis Windsor/Special to The News)
Tristan Windsor (Dennis Windsor/Special to The News)Tristan Windsor (Dennis Windsor/Special to The News)
Liam Lockwood (Dennis Windsor/Special to The News)Liam Lockwood (Dennis Windsor/Special to The News)
Ridge Meadows players who took part in the Sand Storm Lacrosse Festival with the West Coast Wolves. (Dennis Windsor/Special to The News)Ridge Meadows players who took part in the Sand Storm Lacrosse Festival with the West Coast Wolves. (Dennis Windsor/Special to The News)
Burrard Silas Gagnon with Team BC U14. (Dennis Windsor/Special to The News)Burrard Silas Gagnon with Team BC U14. (Dennis Windsor/Special to The News)

The Ridge Meadows Burrards minor lacrosse association had a good representation of players at a huge tournament in California recently.

In the Sand Storm Lacrosse Festival, there were more than 460 teams of various age groups, playing on 72 lacrosse fields at the Empire Polo Club – a 32-hectare sports hub in Indio, near Palm Springs.

The West Coast Wolves U-13 team finished second in their tournament. The invitational team, with a goal to develop top players, has been practising together for months, and in their first game on Saturday suffered a loss.

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But they got it together, and went on a roll of four wins, to get themselves into the gold medal game. They lost the final 4-3 to take silver.

Playing six games in two days, they scored 64 goals while allowing only 15 against.

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