Week 9 Update

Week 9 of the 2026 West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association season features three matches, starting Thursday July 9th when the Pioneers hosted the Coquitlam Bandits at the Ladner Leisure Centre and squeaked out a 6-5 victory to improve to 12-0-0 on the season. The Bandits led 2-0 after 20 minutes, but the Pioneers responded with 5 unanswered goals in the second period. Coquitlam made things interesting with 3 straight markers to tie the game at 5 with 6 minutes left before Haiden Dickson, with his 25 goal of the season, gave Ladner the lead a minute later which proved to be the game winner. The Bandits' Randy Jones (1G, 3A) led scoring while Connor Nichols, in a losing effort, stopped 64 of 70 shots. The Pioneers' Keegan Okino won his second game of the season stopping 35 of 40 shots.

Friday July 10th, the second place North Shore Indians travelled to the island to face the fourth place Nanaimo Timbermen at Frank Crane Arena and returned with a thrid straight win, 11-3. Jacob Dunbar had a huge night with six goals and 2 assists while Adam Charalambides pitched in one goal and six assists including the game winner midway through the contest. Lee Jackman returned to the net and was solid, turnign aside 40 of 43 shots.

The week wraps up Sunday July 12th when the Timbermen face the Bandits at Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex - 5:30pm face-off.

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