Venom struggle at provincials

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

Hoping to ride the high of winning cities, the Strathmore Venom bantam B lacrosse team unfortunately struggled to carry that momentum in Grande Prairie at provincials from July 10-12.
The Venom ended up with a 0-4 record and faced some much faster opponents.
Head coach Stacy Gallant saw lots of positives out of his team in the tournament despite the unfamiliar opponents.
“That’s a great tournament, lots of good teams,” said Gallant. “We had two great games, we got beat by one goal in two games. We learned what kind of competition that Alberta has and what it’s going to take to return there.”
The Venom showed that they would not go away and battled hard to the very end.
“We’re a good-hearted team,” said Gallant. “We have a good core group of five or six players who have been together for six years. This team just meshes, they’re all friends, they’re all happy.”
Gallant added that playing in the city league really helped the Venom progress and that teams were only a point or two a part.
“My boys, they tried hard,” he said. “It was a hard-fought season, a lot of close games, but we just out-worked the other teams – just sheer hard work.”
He added that the team would have to stay committed to teamwork if they were to be successful again next season.