Venom takes home the gold

Posted on: Staff Writer

Shannon LeClair
Times Reporter
 
The Strathmore Venom bantam B lacrosse team has had a fantastic season, taking everyone by surprise. 
“The kids are playing fantastic. The chemistry between all of them is great and they are really playing to their potential,” said coach Stephan Lecavalier.
“It’s very exciting to watch. There’s so much skill on that team it’s great to be there and see them getting better.”
June 24 to 26 the team took part in the first round of playoffs. On the 24 it was to determine whether they would be in the A pool or B pool for the finals. 
The Venom won their first game of the weekend, and lost the second. Sunday it was do or die for the Venom. The team came out of the first period down 4-1, but had a good talk and Lecavalier said the kids weren’t giving up and they ended up finishing off the game with an 11-5 win, sending them into the gold medal game. 
“They came back really strong, (I’m) really proud of their accomplishments it was really nice to see, they were playing really strong. It was really great to see them play at their best like that,” said Lecavalier. 
On June 28 the team headed into the gold medal game. 
“It was an up and down game. We were down by one after the first period, up by two in the second period, then they came back and they ended up tying it and it went into overtime,” said Lecavalier.
With a 1:28 left on the clock the Knights scored, tying the game. The game went into five minute over-time where the Venom were able to score the game winning goal with two minutes left on the clock.
“It was a hard fought the battle against the Knights and I’m proud of each and every one of my players,” said Lecavalier.
The team ended the season 11-1-0 and had two shut outs, which is something Lecavalier said he has never seen in lacrosse. He said even when the team lost the one game, they never gave up, they played hard and put their best into the game. He said they have really grown a lot this year and they have been fantastic kids to coach. They’ve grown skill wise, and making sure they play well defensively.