North Okanagan lacrosse squad bags bronze at B.C.’s

NOK Legends finish third at U15B minor provincials in Prince George

North Okanagan lacrosse squad bags bronze at B.C.’s Published 3:47 pm Wednesday, July 15, 2026 A first-time trip to B.C.’s northern capital will forever hold special memories for Travis Mann. The North Okanagan Legends minor lacrosse coach helped guid his team to third place in the B.C. U15B Division Championships, hosted in Prince George, July 9-12.

“I’d never been north of 100 Mile (House) before,” said Mann. “Prince George is nice, and it was also to see the kids come together to bring home a medal.” The Legends went 2-1 in the round-robin, dropping their opener, 5-4, to the host Prince George Posse.

North OK then scored 10 goals in each of their next two games, beating the Mission Sasquatch 10-2, and the Coquitlam Adanacs 10-1. In an all-Okanagan semifinal, the Legends fell 6-1 to the Penticton Heat, but shook off the defeat to win the bronze medal, 9-2, over the Vancouver Burrards. Prince George won the gold medal, downing Penticton 8-3 in the final.

The week before, Enderby and Salmon Arm played host to Provincial Championships in the U13 and U15 divisions, with two teams from the North Okanagan association taking part, while three North OK girls were members of the Interior Wild squad competing in the U13 FB championship for girls. The hard-luck Legends team was the U13B squad, also coached by Mann. The team went 2-1 and finished in a three-way tie for first place in their preliminary pool.

Mathematics kept them out of the final four. “Only the top two teams advanced out of the round-robin and we lost out by two goals against,” said Mann. “That was the only negative of a great weekend.

We were short players so we called up some kids from the U11 program and everybody played great. The parents and coaches loved the effort of the entire team.” North Okanagan defeated the Richmond Roadrunners 9-5, and thumped the Nanaimo Timbermen 13-1.

The Ridge Meadows Burrards downed North Okanagan 9-6. * The Interior Wild finished fourth in the U13 FB girls event, dropping the bronze medal match, 4-1, to the Mission Sasquatch. Brooklyn Hodkinson, Mina Versteeg, and affiliated player Kinsley Gregory, are members of the Wild.

The Interior squad opened the provincials with a 7-1 loss to the New Westminster Minor Bellies, then fell 9-1 to the Port Coquitlam Saints, and 9-0 to the Sasquatch. In their final round-robin game, where a win would move them to the semifinals, the Wild bounced the Richmond Roadrunners 7-5, setting up a semifinal showdown with New West. The Minor Bellies clawed out a 5-4 win over the Wild.

* The North Okanagan U15C squad went 0-3 at their championships in Enderby and Salmon Arm. The Legends fell 7-2 to league rivals and tournament hosts Shuswap Outlaws; dropped a 13-6 decision to the Sunshine Coast Rapids of Sechelt; and finished the event with a 9-4 loss to the Chilliwack Mustangs.

JUNIOR LACROSSE The Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League will crown its playoff champion in Kelowna this weekend. The regular-season champion Iron Ghost Construction North Okanagan Reapers will be joined in Kelowna by the defending champions and hosts, Kelowna Kodiaks (who beat the Reapers in overtime in the 2025 playoff final in Kamloops), the Cranbrook Blackwolves, and the Kamloops Venom. The four teams face each other once on Friday and Saturday, July 17 and 18, with the top two teams meeting in the final Sunday, July 19.

All tournament games will be played at the Kelowna Memorial Arena, with last year’s finalists, the Reapers and Kodiaks, kicking things off Friday at 10 a.m. The Reapers will face the Blackwolves Saturday at 9 a.m., and close out the round-robin Saturday evening at 7:30 against the Venom. The championship game is slated for 2 p.m. Sunday.