This is in todays Morning Star Newspaper:Tigers on playoff prowl
By Nicole Berg - Vernon Morning Star
By Nicole Berg - Vernon Morning Star
Published: June 16, 2009
The Vernon Re/Max Tigers are in familiar territory once again.
With three games left in the Thompson-Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League regular season, the Cats (6-3-2) are second in the seven-team league, just two points behind the first-place South Okanagan Flames (7-2-2).
The Tigers pounced to second place after clipping the Rutland Raiders 7-5 Saturday night at the Wesbild Centre.
Vernon’s next game is against the Flames Saturday night at Wesbild. The teams tied 5-5 earlier in the season. The Flames grounded the Armstrong Shamrocks 9-6 Saturday night.
“I’m impressed with how the boys have rolled together a two-game win streak after our two big losses against the Kamloops teams,” said Tigers’ coach Rich Zecchel. “We’re in a good position in the standings now to make lots of noise come playoff time. In tonight’s game, our defence was very solid. Josh Phillips played a good game in making 37 saves. There also were only 12 minutes in penalties dished out to both teams, so that was really good to not be sitting in the penalty box for half the game, as we sometimes tend to do.”
The Tigers held a 3-0 lead after the first 20 minutes on singles by Miles Jespersen (2G), Ryan Landels (2+1), and Jordan Jarvis.
Rutland and Vernon played an even second period, with both teams cashing in two goals apiece. Sheldon McDonald and Kris Needham notched the Raiders’ goals, while Landels and Matt Kolb tallied for the Cats.
Rutland got their game together in the final period, stringing together three goals by Trevor Odegard shorthanded, Jared MacLennan, and Dillan MacLennan. Brennan Plante (1+2) and Jespersen responded for Vernon.
Veteran forward Patrick Quigley, who supplied an assist, and has three goals and eight assists on the year, played a great defensive game for the Tigers.
“Patrick played on defence today to fill in for a couple of injured players in Steven Clark and James Dobrowolski, who might be back for the next game,” said Zecchel. “He’s played a great year so far this season and is definitely one of our best leaders.”
“Coming off those three losses, we knew what to work on for the upcoming games,” said Quigley, who wears the ‘A’ on his chest. “The boys all realized we need to have a little more faith in ourselves and not be so hard on ourselves after we lose a game. We learned that we need to bounce back even harder after a loss to get the momentum going again and give us the confidence to win future games. Ultimately, we need to stop playing as individuals and more as a team, and that’s what will win you the games all the time, and that’s something we’ve definitely incorporated into our game plans.”
The Kamloops Rattlers and Kamloops Venom battled to a 4-4 tie Sunday night. The Rattlers are one point back of Vernon, while the Venom are three behind, with a game in hand.
The Vernon Re/Max Tigers are in familiar territory once again.
With three games left in the Thompson-Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League regular season, the Cats (6-3-2) are second in the seven-team league, just two points behind the first-place South Okanagan Flames (7-2-2).
The Tigers pounced to second place after clipping the Rutland Raiders 7-5 Saturday night at the Wesbild Centre.
Vernon’s next game is against the Flames Saturday night at Wesbild. The teams tied 5-5 earlier in the season. The Flames grounded the Armstrong Shamrocks 9-6 Saturday night.
“I’m impressed with how the boys have rolled together a two-game win streak after our two big losses against the Kamloops teams,” said Tigers’ coach Rich Zecchel. “We’re in a good position in the standings now to make lots of noise come playoff time. In tonight’s game, our defence was very solid. Josh Phillips played a good game in making 37 saves. There also were only 12 minutes in penalties dished out to both teams, so that was really good to not be sitting in the penalty box for half the game, as we sometimes tend to do.”
The Tigers held a 3-0 lead after the first 20 minutes on singles by Miles Jespersen (2G), Ryan Landels (2+1), and Jordan Jarvis.
Rutland and Vernon played an even second period, with both teams cashing in two goals apiece. Sheldon McDonald and Kris Needham notched the Raiders’ goals, while Landels and Matt Kolb tallied for the Cats.
Rutland got their game together in the final period, stringing together three goals by Trevor Odegard shorthanded, Jared MacLennan, and Dillan MacLennan. Brennan Plante (1+2) and Jespersen responded for Vernon.
Veteran forward Patrick Quigley, who supplied an assist, and has three goals and eight assists on the year, played a great defensive game for the Tigers.
“Patrick played on defence today to fill in for a couple of injured players in Steven Clark and James Dobrowolski, who might be back for the next game,” said Zecchel. “He’s played a great year so far this season and is definitely one of our best leaders.”
“Coming off those three losses, we knew what to work on for the upcoming games,” said Quigley, who wears the ‘A’ on his chest. “The boys all realized we need to have a little more faith in ourselves and not be so hard on ourselves after we lose a game. We learned that we need to bounce back even harder after a loss to get the momentum going again and give us the confidence to win future games. Ultimately, we need to stop playing as individuals and more as a team, and that’s what will win you the games all the time, and that’s something we’ve definitely incorporated into our game plans.”
The Kamloops Rattlers and Kamloops Venom battled to a 4-4 tie Sunday night. The Rattlers are one point back of Vernon, while the Venom are three behind, with a game in hand.
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