Semiahmoo Rock Minor Lacrosse was once again well-represented at the BC Junior ‘A’ Lacrosse League draft, which was held earlier this month in Langley.
A half-dozen Semiahmoo Rock midget players were chosen by local junior clubs, led by Calvin Hafner, who was a first-round selection – seventh overall – of the Port Coquitlam Saints.
Hafner’s Semiahmoo teammate, Dawson Bancroft, was the next player off the board, going in the second round to the New Westminster Salmonbellies. Two players were picked in the third round – Mitchell Podgornik went to the Burnaby Lakers and Max Duchnycz to Port Coquitlam, while Lucas Bradley and Shay Lalor were drafted in the fifth round, by Port Coquitlam and New Westminster, respectively.
A handful of players from the Surrey Lacrosse Association also had their names called on draft day. Jeremy Liew was picked in the fifth round – fifth overall by the Langley Thunder; Chase Wright went in the third round to Port Coquitlam; Brendan Szabo went to the Delta Islanders in the fourth round, while Tyler Briggs was a fifth-round selection of Port Coquitlam.
The six-round draft was held Jan. 9 at the Langley Events Centre.
It’s the third year in a row that Semiahmoo Rock midget players have featured prominently in the BCJALL draft.
Last year, six players were picked, including first overall selection Tre LeClaire, and 2014’s draft class also featured six Semiahmoo members, led by third-overall selection Carter Dickson.