Shamrocks sweep rattlers to advance to Rowcliffe Cup final

The Armstrong Shamrocks have advanced to the final of the Thompson Okanagan Senior Lacrosse League after a 13-5 victory over the Kamloops Rattlers in game two of the league semi final Wednesday night in Kamloops.

The Shamrocks will take on the Kelowna Raiders in the final for the Rowcliffe Cup, with the start date to be determined.

Jarret Medhurst led Armstrong with two goals and one assist. Jake Pelletier also netted two goals and one helper for the Shamrocks who scored five unanswered goals to start the third and break the game wide open.

“The Armstrong Shamrocks were simply too much for the Kamloops Rattlers. Too much relentless offense, too much punishing defense, too much loose ball pursuit, too much over-all depth and ultimately too much skill for the Rattlers to compete with,” wrote Ryan Nitchie of the Shamrocks in his game synopsis posted on social media.

Nitchie says there were a few fights late in the game.

“The referees ordered the timekeeper to run out the clock and the benches settled as the Shamrocks raised their hands in victory and ultimately advance to the Rowcliffe Cup finals to take on the Kelowna Raiders,” Nitchie said.

Boxla Bits

Shots on goal were not recorded by the Kamloops off-floor officials

Attendance 175

Game Stars (As selected by the Ryan Nitchie)

3^rd Star Conner Senn

2^nd Star Cam Nelson/Jake Pelletier

1^st Star Jarret Medhurst

Scoring:

Armstrong Shamrocks

Conner Webb 1g

Jake Pelletier 2g 1a

Jarret Medhurst 2g 1a

Cam Nelson 1g

Logan Strohm 2g 1a

Josh Dumont 2a (1g)

Brett Olsen 1g 1a

Cole MacFarlane 1g

Joel Castle 1g

Kamloops Rattlers

Wyatt Williams 1a

Morgan Bloom 1g

Mike Henry 2g 3a

Ben Saklofsky 1g 1a

Riley Petersen 1g 3a