Our sympathies go out to the Edmonton Warriors junior program who unexpectedly lost one of their family on Sunday when Cody Matkea tragically passed away in an early-morning canoe incident on Lac St. Anne.
Congratulations to the
@RMLLWarriors
for winning the 2023 Founder's Cup as Canadian JrB Tier 1 champions! They beat
@AkwesasneThundr
9-7 in the gold medal game.
Now that the 2021 season is officially over, we need to thank all the coaches, managers, officials, and administrators who worked hard in difficult circumstances to produce a return to play that let the players to do what they love most - play lacrosse!
RMLL has some new awards. The Wayne Sutherland Award for coach of the year. Inaugural winner is Wayne Sutherland the longtime coach of
@JrBMountaineers
Premier Kenney announces that Alberta will move to Stage 3 on Canada Day. Elimination of almost all covid restrictions. This means that fans in the stands for the RMLL exhibition season! 💉🥍
So great to see the rallying around the
@MinersLacrosse
They are not Edmonton's team, or even Alberta's team, but the entire RMLL. Fitting that one of the co-founders of JrA lacrosse in the RMLL back in 2003 is the team with a great chance of hoisting the Minto Cup in 2022.
Sad news to report. Ryan McBeath (17 years old) who played for Olds Stingers (
#14
) has tragically passed away early Tuesday morning in a car accident. Our condolences to the McBeath family/friends and the entire Olds lacrosse community.
.
@NLL
draft is over. Congratulations to the 9 RMLL players drafted: 2 in 1st round and 2 in 2nd round. Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba players all chosen. Hruska, Matsuoka, McIntyre, Sceviour, Bot, Borisenko, Arseneault, Henning, Haux.
Congratulations to
@MinersLacrosse
who went 10-0 to finish first and undefeated in JrA "regular exhibition" season. Crossover playoff next week in Cochrane.
Congratulations to Kaleb Toth for his induction into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He is the first Albertan and RMLL player to receive this honour. Played for
@AxemenLacrosse
@JrBMountaineers
@srbmounties
Donna Haggstrom has announced her retirement from the GELC as executive director. This will be transitioned during the year. Thank you Donna for your 18 years of service!
Your RMLL JrB Tier I (Larry Bishop Cup) and Alberta provincial champion
@RMLLWarriors
Good luck representing the province at the Founder's Cup in Brampton in two weeks.
Third time that an Alberta team has advanced to a Minto Cup semi-final when held in ON/BC.
@jramountieslax
in 2016
@raidersjralax
in 2019 and
@MinersLacrosse
in 2022. Miners have a chance to be the first to advance to the finals.
Condolences to the Red Deer Rage as they lost one of their players, Jennifer Page Haddow, at the young age of 37 on Monday. The entire lacrosse community grieves with you.
We would like to announce two new RMLL Executive members:
@glintz1
as the interim VP and
@JCrook21
as the interim JrB Tier 1 Commissioner. Thanks for stepping up Greg and Jason!
Congratulations to
@JrBShamrocks
for winning the ALA JrB Tier 1 provincial title. They defeated
@FortJrRebelsLax
2-0 in the best of three final.
Good luck representing Alberta at the Founder's Cup.
JrA 1st round: 1st overall pick is Jack Royer (Parkland) by
@MinersLacrosse
2nd overall pick is Nathan Wagstaff (Estevan) by
@SaskSWAT
3rd overall pick is Matt Mantei (Sabrecats) by
@raidersjralax
4th overall pick is Hayden Moffat (Rockyview) by
@jramountieslax
1st RMLL player chosen is Goalie Laine Hruska from
@SaskSWAT
goes in 1st Round 13th overall to
@GeorgiaSwarmLAX
First Sask player to go in the first round. Huge moment for
@SaskLacrosse
Dear players: Want to play lacrosse in front of fans (stage 3)? Then please get your first covid jab! The sooner we hit 70% of first doses for those over the age of 12, the sooner that stage three kicks in. 🥍💉
Here are the results from the North draft
@jraminers
select: 1) Mathieu Gautier, Rams 2) Callin Harris, Posse 3) Carter Albrecht, Rams 4) Eric George, Posse 5) Owen Fournier, Posse
Been informed that the location of the 2018 Founders Cup has shifted. Instead of Seneca NY, it will be in Akwesasne and hosted by the Mohawk Medicine Men of the
@FNJBLL
Good luck to everybody competing in Saturday’s graduating midget combine at the Saddledome. Show off your stuff to the JrA and JrB coaches in attendance.
Three RMLL players went in the first round of the NLL draft: Toron Eccleston 6th, Bennett Smith 11th, and Levi Anderson 12th overall. The most first round picks ever!
Congratulations to Toron Eccleston
@jramountieslax
for winning the AJ Jomha Award as the top scorer in JrA. Toron had 36 goals and 34 assists for 70 points in 15 games.
Alberta Series Lacrosse also announced a set of new awards named after significant figures in the lacrosse community. These were awarded this past weekend at the RMLL planning meeting/AGM. Congratulations!