The Yorkton Fighting Pikes have ended their lacrosse season. While the season did not end on the note the team would have liked, after an unsuccessful provincial tournament, Coach Adam Stewart is proud of the way players have developed over the year.
“We didn’t come up with championships which is our goal at the start of every season but there certainly was a lot of player development to be proud of and that is also a prime goal of the coaching and administration side.”
Evidence of the team’s improvement comes in the number of players that made Team Saskatchewan in field and box lacrosse this year. Those players are; Marshall McClenaghan, Bennett Upshall, Ashton Schuster, Colby Johnson, Colby Lees, Mason Lammers, Cameron Zamonsky, Jarvis Zawatsky, and Gabriel Courville.
“This is a huge step in the development of our association as these are the first players to make it from Yorkton. I believe you will see more and more players making these teams moving forward,” Stewart said.
The team was also the host of their festival on June 9 and 10, which hosted 30 teams from Yorkton, Sturgis, Kelvington, Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert.
“This was the biggest field lacrosse festival I have seen in Saskatchewan since I have been involved and it was a great success,” said Stewart.
Next step for the team is building for next season, which begins in March. Right now, the team needs to recruit new players, especially in their oldest category, players 19 and under. Stewart noted that many players in their oldest category will be graduating this year, while there are relatively few players maturing into that category in the 2019 season, so they hope they can find more players before the next season starts.
