Iroquois West Win Gold At WJLC

After seven games in four days Iroquois West won the gold medal at the 2016 World Junior Lacrosse Championship at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. West defeated the Jr. CLax All-Stars 9-8 in the Gold Medal game.

West were one of four Iroquois teams participating in the 11-team tournament. All four teams won on the final day with three teams earning medals.

One more medal to go for @IroquoisJrs!
Iroquois U17 4-0 (1st Place)
East 2-3-1 (5th Place)
Grand River 5-1 (Bronze)
West 5-1 (???)#WJLC2016

— FNLA (@FirstNationsLax) August 27, 2016

August 27 results:

GOLD- Iroquois West 9, Jr. CLax All-Stars 8

BRONZE- Iroquois Grand River 10, Canada West 5

5th PLACE- Iroquoois East 11, Team Ireland 1

7th PLACE- Team Czech Republic 7, Team USA 6 (OT)

August 26 result:

U17 CHAMPIONSHIP- Iroquois 11, Canada 10

Hamilton Bengals (0-2) played both Iroquois U17 and Canada U17.