Everything fell into place at just the right time for the St. Catharines Athletics at the Ontario Lacrosse Association U15 box lacrosse provincial A championships.
The Athletics topped Halton Hills 7-4 to capture the championship, which coach Mark Steenhuis admitted earlier in the year looked like a long shot.
“It was an incredible year when you look back at where we were and where we are now,” Steenhuis said. “We were very up and down.
“It was incredible. The boys came so far and they all bought it. It was pretty cool.”
The Athletics advanced to the final six weekend in Whitby where they lost their first game to Halton Hills 6-1.
“I thought to myself we have some work to do here,” Steenhuis said.
The A’s then won their next two and before tying Peterborough 3-3. The A’s final game of the round-robin — the top two teams advanced to the gold medal game — was versus Burlington and the A’s needed at least a tie to advance.
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