The Burnaby Lakers peewee girls’ were all smiles following a silver-medal finish at the B.C. minor lacrosse provincial championships.
The girls were a perfect five-for-five in preliminary round play, before dropping the gold-medal final 5-3 to Ridge Meadows at Port Coquitlam rec centre on Sunday.
Burnaby, which placed fifth following the regular season, defeated the eventual provincial champs 2-1 in an earlier meeting between the two teams on Saturday.
The five-game run at the provincials, included a 3-0 win over the regular season champion New Westminster 2 and a 4-3 victory over fourth-place Coquitlam 2 on a pivotal Day 2 of group play.
“During the regular season, they were all close games,” said Burnaby coach Clayton MacGregor. “I think (the two wins) made them realize they had a really good shot at winning a medal.”
Goalie Trinity Chow, who earned two player-of-the-game honours in the provincials, was also Burnaby’s Fair Play winner.
Emily Kuhn won Burnaby’s peewee all-star award.
Maddie Burkett, Sienna Basi and Kuhn were named individual players of the game in earlier matches.
Elizabeth Chau was a standout on defence for the peewee girls, while three novice call-ups Serena Negrich, Natalie Burkett and Nina Peluso, all played a big part in the team’s overall win, said MacGregor.
Burnaby’s bantam girls’ team was blanked at the provincials , including a tough 5-4 overtime loss to Nanaimo on opening day.
Brigita Cecic was Burnaby’s all-star award winner.
Sarah Svetic was named Fair Play winner for the bantam girls.
Port Coquitlam 1 shutout New Westminster 6-0 in the bantam girls’ gold-medal final.
The PoCo 2 squad edged Langley 5-4 for the bronze.
