OLA Junior B Lacrosse League

Infobox sports league
logo=Ontario Junior B Lacrosse.jpg
pixels=100px
caption=Junior B
sport=Box lacrosse
founded= 1966
teams= 26
country=CAN
champion=Six Nations Rebels

The OLA Junior B Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association in Ontario, Canada.

History

The Junior "B" level of the Ontario Lacrosse Association has been around since at least 1964. At the national level, the OLA-B has been extremely dominant at the Founders Cup tournament only losing out to other leagues a handful of times in the last 40+ years.

The league has changed formats few times in the last few decades. The league has played with no divisions (1990) and with as many as seven (2005). The league presently has 26 teams, but is ever expanding. In the past few years, the league has expanded to Oakville, Windsor, London, Cornwall, Hamilton, Niagara, Markham, Orangeville, and Welland. Also, for the 2007 season, the City of Caledon applied to resurrect its old Caledon Bandits franchise, but was offered a spot in the new OLA Junior C Lacrosse League in 2008.

In recent years, the most dominant team has been the Clarington Green Gaels. Between 1998 and 2004, the Gaels won 4 Founders Cups as Canadian Junior "B" champions and 2 OLA-B Championships. Of the recent expansion of the league, the Oakville Buzz have been the most remarkable franchise to be built. With only 4 losses in 40 games during the 2005 and 2006 seasons, the Buzz were favourites to win the 2005 league title and Founders Cup. Sadly, the Buzz fell short to the eventual Founders Cup champions, the Elora Mohawks, 3 games to 1 in the league final. In 2006, the team went 19-1 and strolled through the playoffs with little opposition. The Buzz went undefeated at the Founders Cup and crushed the hopes of the host Windsor AKO Fratmen, beating them by a score of 10-4 in the final. After 6 seasons in the OLA-B, the Oakville Buzz may be strong enough to be better suited for the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League.

Players from the OLA-B and the OLA-A are often drafted straight into the professional level of lacrosse, the National Lacrosse League.

The Teams

Champions

:2008 Six Nations Rebels:2007 Six Nations Rebels:2006 Oakville Buzz:2005 Elora Mohawks:2004 Clarington Green Gaels:2003 Barrie Tornado:2002 St. Catharines Spartans:2001 Wallaceburg Red Devils:2000 Clarington Green Gaels :1999 Elora Mohawks:1998 Six Nations Red Rebels:1997 Orillia Kings:1996 Spartan Warriors (St. Catharines):1995 Orillia Kings:1994 Orillia Kings:1993 Owen Sound Flying Dutchmen:1992 Scarborough Saints:1991 Huntsville Hawks:1990 Orangeville Northmen:1989 Orangeville Northmen:1988 Kitchener-Waterloo Braves:1987 Mississauga Tomahawks:1986 Mississauga Tomahawks:1985 Scarborough Saints:1984 Point Edward Pacers:1983 Point Edward Pacers:1982 Owen Sound Signmen:1981 Niagara Warriors:1980 Owen Sound Signmen:1979 Point Edward Pacers:1978 Point Edward Pacers:1977 Scarborough Saints:1976 Elora Mohawks:1975 Windsor Warlocks:1974 Whitby Transporters:1973 Niagara Warriors:1972 Whitby Transporters:1971 Rexdale Warriors:1970 Whitby Transporters:1969 Mississauga PCO's:1968 Elora Mohawks:1967 Elora Mohawks:1966 Toronto Township Combines

Tier II Champions

:2000 Halton Hills Bulldogs

:1998 Guelph Regals:1997 Elora Mohawks

:1987 Six Nations Arrows:1986 Wallaceburg Griffins:1985 Spartan Warriors:1984 Orangeville Northmen

Former Member Teams

:Kahnawake Jr. Mohawks:Kitchener-Waterloo Braves:Mississauga Tomahawks:Onondaga Redhawks:Orangeville Northmen:Orillia Rama Kings:Six Nations Arrows:Toronto Beaches:Windsor Warlocks:Brantford Posse

External links

* [http://www.ontariolacrosse.com/ OLA Official Website]
* [http://bible-of-lacrosse.com/ The Bible of Lacrosse]
* [http://www3.sympatico.ca/glendundas/unofficialola.html Unofficial OLA Website]