Orangeville Northmen Lacrosse

BOY'S FIELD
Novice 1 - "A" Silver
Peewee 1 - "A" Silver
Bantam 1 - "A" Bronze
Bantam 2 - "C" Silver
Midget 2 - "C" Gold
Midget 1 - "A" Bronze

WOMEN'S FIELD BR
U-15 #2 - "B" Silver
U-15 #1 - "A" Silver
U-19 #2 - "C" Silver
U-19 #1 - "A" Silver

BOX
Novice 3 - "D" Silver
Minor Novice - "C" Silver
Major Novice - "A" Silver
Peewee 1 - "A" Silver
Bantam 2 - "C" Silver
Bantam 1 - "A" Bronze
Midget 1 - "A" Gold
Intermediate - "A" Silver 

On the weekend of November 11th, 12th & 13th, several executive members of the Orangeville & District Minor Lacrosse Association attended The Ontario Lacrosse Association 2005 Annual General Meeting and Festivities in Niagara Falls. We collected some photos of what we feel are noteworthy accomplishments of some of our teams and players.

During the OLA Awrds luncheon, Championship banners were presented to all gold medal box and field teams, male or female, in all age groups. Orangeville Minor Lacrosse earned two gold medals this year and representative players from each team were on hand to accept their championship banners.

Adrian Lum accepted the banner on behalf of his fellow Midget #2 Northmen Field Lacrosse team for winning the gold in the Midget C Division.

Andrew Suitor accepted the banner on behalf of his fellow Midget #1 Northmen Box Lacrosse team for winning the gold in the Midget A Division. Also pictured is Adrian Lum, Jayson Card, and Chris Driscoll (O.L.A.)

In addition , at the luncheon, all Ontario Minor Field Lacrosse individual awards were distributed.Orangeville Minor Lacrosse is pleased to announce that Jayson Card was named the 2005 recipient of the Stan Cockerton Award, which is awarded to the Graduating Midget Offensive Player demonstrating high proficiency in field lacrosse as well as sportsmanship. Jayson was a member of our Midget # 1 Field Lacrosse team . ( any midget team in Ontario could submit candidates for the honour).

During the OLA Awards dinner, various individual box lacrosse award winners were honoured. Again, Orangeville Minor Lacrosse is proud to announce that Glen Bryan, captain of the Midget #1 Gold medal winning Box Lacrosse team of 2005 was awarded the Chuck Rowan Award. This award is presented to the Midget or Intermediate player demonstrating high proficiency in lacrosse combined with outstanding achievement in citizenship, together with high standards in academics or his chosen profession. Components of this award include a trophy and a $500.00 scholarship bursary. Pictured below is outgoing Ontario Lacrosse Association president Chuck Miller, Glen Bryan, Peter Flook-OLA Administration, and Phyllis Briscoe-ODMLA President.

Also , at the awards dinner, the Laurie Montgomery Memorial Award was presented to Tracy Johnson ( parent volunteer) of Six Nations Minor Lacrosse. Presenting the award ( to beawarded to the individual player , coach, parent, volunteer , referee , involved with Ontario Minor Field Lacrosse whose unselfish motivations are demonstrated by the dedication of their efforts by teaching, promoting sportsmanship through his/her hard work and dedication) was Laurie's husband, Greg Horan and their two sons Colton and Braden. 

JUNIOR B NORTHMEN AWARD
Minor Tyke-Andrew Gourlie
Tyke-Grayson Houghton

TONY ROSE MEMORIAL AWARD
Minor Novice-Malcolm Young
Major Novice-Nicholas Ritchie
Novice 3-Coulter Limebeer

HUGH BROWN MEMORIAL AWARD
Peewee #1-Shaun Laughton & Zack Ursu
Peewee #2-Brandon Slade
Peewee Select-Chris Sehl

CRAIG TROLL MEMORIAL AWARD
Bantam 1-Jordan Critch
Bantam 2-Juston Gibson
Bantam 3-Ian Fergus
Bantam 4-Derek Sararas

MINOR NORTHMEN AWARD
Midget 1-Blake Jeffrey
Midget 2-Mike Vatanen
Midget 3-Brennan Roberts

CHRIS GRAHAM MEMORIAL AWARD
Intermediate-Nelson Swan, Dan Cannon & Derek Halls 

COMMUNITY SUPPORTER AWARD
Novice 1-Joel Coyle
Novice 2-Shane Hillis

LAURIE MONTGOMERY MEMORIAL AWARD
Peewee 1-Brett Ritchie
Peewee 2-Jonathan Pritchard

BRISCOE AWARD
Bantam 1-Jason Noble
Bantam 2-Dustin Caravello

FALKINER AWARD
Midget 1-Blake Jeffrey
Midget 2-Luke Coyle & Scot Robinson 

KAREN PIRIE MEMORIAL AWARD
U15 #1-Cailea Davis & Lindsay Cartwright
U15 #2-Brooke Bailey

ROBB MASON AWARD
U19 #1-Kaillie Briscoe
U19 #2-Cassie Verardi
U19 #3-Linnea Jasiuk 

SANDERSON COMMEMORATIVE VOLUNTEER AWARD
Greg Thompson 

CUP OF NATIONS TEAM MEMBERS
Natasha Blackburn
Kaillie Briscoe
Desiree Dabrowski
Paige Mason
Carly Quinn

TEAM ONTARIO
Natasha Blackburn **
Kaillie Briscoe **
Desiree Dabrowski
Shannon Kerr
Victoria Marshall
Paige Mason **
Beth Pink **
Emma Pink
Carly Quinn
( ** Denotes OWL Tournament Champion ) 

OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE PLAYER - "A" Division
Kaillie Briscoe

OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER - "A" Division
Tori Merrill

OUTSTANDING GOALTENDER - "C" Division
Jackie Philpott

OWFL Scholorship
Kaillie Briscoe 

TEAM ONTARIO (PeeWee Box) NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Ben Thomson
Brett Ritchie
Bob McMahon
Bob Clevely

TEAM ONTARIO (Bantam Box) NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Jeremy Noble
Dylan Ward 

PeeWee All-Star Team
Ben Thomson

Bantam All-Star Team
Cody McMahon

Midget All-Star Team & Overall MVP
Jayson Card

Bantam Nationals All-Star Team
Jeremy Noble 

BOX OLA PROVINCIAL MIDGET 'A' CHAMPIONS
Glen Bryan
Jayson Card
Clark DeGeer
Deron Dempster
Ryan Garbutt
Gregory Hernett
Colton Horan
Brandon Ivey
Blake Jeffrey
Kyle Kallay
Matthew McMurray
Aaron McNutt
Steven Rodgers
Duncan Shaw
Parmvir Sohal
Andrew Suitor
Michael Teeter
Jonathon Thomson

Head Coach-Ryan Dowdall
Assistant Coach-Jamie Dowdall
Assistant Coach-Mike Jeffrey
Trainers-Greg Suitor & George Thomson
Manager-Judy Bryan

CHUCK ROWAN AWARD
Glen Bryan 

The Orangeville Northmen Novice Field Lacrosse team recently competed in the first annual Laurie Montgomery Memorial Fall Harvest Field Lacrosse tournament held at the Orangeville Agricultural Centre. Laurie had helped start this tournament two years ago and passed away just over a year ago. But we are sure that the bright sunshine over the fields on that day was Laurie smiling down as she watched all the kids she loved so much play in the tournament she started.

Not wanting to disappoint Laurie or the hometown fans, the young Northmen were easily the class of their division as they went unbeaten throughout round-robin play with convincing wins over Halton (16-2), Burlington (16-0) and Innisfil (13-0). The experience of already competing in a 7on7 field format in Ithaca New York last fall showed in their ability to control all aspects of the games.

Orangeville faced Halton in the Championship and came out on top by a score of 10-3. A huge thank you goes out to Judy Bryan and her crew for organizing and running the tournament and congratulations to the other Northmen teams for making Laurie and Orangeville proud. The Novice team consists of Patrick Sullivan, Thomas Mansbridge, Ryan Myles, Nick MacDonald, Nathan Janes, Dallas Bridle, Nick Fournier, Jamie McMahon, Ryan Johnston, Trevor Smyth, Joel Coyle and Riley Thompson. The coaches are Greg Thompson, John Kartalev, Barry Coyle and Luke Coyle.

The young boys will continue to hone their field skills until November, when they return to Ithaca to defend their Championship at the Turkeyshoot Lacrosse Tournament.