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Lacrosse is advertised as the fastest game on two feet with the perfect combination of intensity, physicality, and agility. For those players who decide to pursue the game into a potential career, the Junior 'A' league is the stepping stone to bigger and better opportunities.
For the first time in league history the BCJALL will be holding a PROSPECTS GAME to show off the talent the eight teams have been brewing. "We really want to put the focus on the third year players who have aspirations of playing in the WLA and NLL," says New Westminster Salmonbellie Governor Walt Weaver, "in the past the all star game was fine, but this way the graduating players will be put on a silver platter for the professional and college teams who want to check them out."
Finding the perfect time in the season to hold the Prospects Game was a bit of a challenge for the BCJALL. "We have been talking about doing this game for a couple of years now," says Weaver, "but quite a few guys play college ball which means they aren't back until the end of May, then at the end of the season teams don't want to hand over their star players because of playoffs and the threat of injury. The league has compromised on July 1st to hopefully eliminate any problems."
Since this will be the first game of its kind for the league, it's anyone's guess on what the outcome will be. "This will be a work in progress type of event," Weaver says with an optimistic tone, "the goal is to have it be an annual event, see what the interest is, and gage the response from there. Profiling these kids will benefit all associations from minor lacrosse all the way up to professional, it will help build the sport in BC and you never know, the Rocky Mountain and Ontario leagues might just pick it up too."
Particulars for the Prospects Game are as follows: each of the eight teams in the BCJALL will nominate a maximum of five players to send to the game. If a team can't fill those spots there will be a run over of players from other squads. There will be a total of eighteen runners and two goalies and when all the players are nominated they will be shuffled in order of playoff positioning. The league will announce the coaches and players by mid June; keep an eye on www.bcjunioralacrosse.com for the latest news regarding the match.
The game is to be held at the historic Queens Park Arena on JULY 1st 2009 at 5:00pm.
For any information relating to the 2009 BC Junior 'A' Prospects Game, please contact:
BCJALL Media Communications
Jen Mutas
778 228 9075
jenmutas@hotmail.com
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