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The Royals faced off against the Richmond Chuckers in Monday’s semi-final, but fell 9-6. Nick Baust had a double and a triple to lead the way offensively. “Overall, it was a great weekend for the bantam Royals,” said Nor Ljunggren, general manager of the bantam AA Royals. “They played inspired baseball and showed more determination and consistency than they have all season. The boys will look to
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“But our players will have to realize last year is done. Making the playoffs and going to the final was a big step forward, but we can’t be settled in. We’re going to have to work even harder this year.” Dickson was limited to just five games with the Burrards last season, when he put up 10 goals and 15 points. But in the 2013 campaign, he led the league with 58 goals and 103 points in 17 games, and was the league MVP. For his career with the Burrards, he has 140 goals and 243 points in 53 games. He has had a great year with the Calgary Roughnecks, and is among the NLL leaders with 94 points (eighth), and 48 goals (fifth) in 18 games. Dickson will suit up for the Peterborough Lakers, a perennial powerhouse in Canadian lacrosse with 14 Mann Cup titles. Gill said the team has added depth to the roster, something it lacked last season. The coach said Connor Goodwin, a PoCo Junior A alumni picked fifth overall in the WLA draft, has been impressive in camp. The offensive left-handed standout shows great quickness, has some tremendous inside moves and battles hard around the crease. In addition, Gill said Dan Taylor, an Alberta player just finishing up his NCAA career, and free agent walk-on Cody Adamson of Brooklin, Ont. should add to the teams depth. The team will also rely on returning players like Ben McIntosh. He emerged during the playoffs last year with 27 goals and 38 points in 11 games and carried that on in his rookie NLL campaign, scoring 37 goals and 86 points in
continue their strong play as they return to league play with three games this week as the spring season nears an end.” The Royals started off the tournament on Thursday with their only loss of the round robin, falling to the Vancouver Canadians 11-4. Walker Mackay hit a home run to centre field to lead the offence, and also started a 5-4-3 double play while playing third base. On Saturday, the team’s bats
18 games with the Edmonton Rush. McIntosh lead all rookies in scoring and just three points off the all-time rookie record. “With our defensive and offensive system, it doesn’t really matter who is in our line-up“ stressed Gill. “We feel that if we commit to our
came out on fire, as they won their first game of the day over Aldergrove 11-1. Darian Guemos and Nick Stroud combined to allow only one hit in the game. The hot bats continued later in the day, as the Royals dwoned Layritz 15-3. Josh Soresen hit a frozen-rope home run to help lead the way. On Sunday, the Royals downed the Chilliwack Cougars 12-5 to advance to the semi-finals. Nick
systems, good things are going to happen.” After the home opener against the Lakers, the Burrards have a homeand-home date with the Shamrocks. Gill said while it may look like a tough schedule to open the season, every game in the WLA is a battle. “Honestly, it could be
anyone on that schedule. All the teams are good. There are no cake walks in this league.”
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