It’s been a golden summer in the lacrosse box for Cameron Overby.
The standout goaltender from Richmond backstopped Team B.C. to a dominating performance at last week’s National Box Lacrosse Championships, co-hosted by New Westminster and Coquitlam. The result comes on the heels of Overby being in net for Zone 4’s gold medal finish at the B.C. Summer Games two weeks earlier in Mission.
B.C. capped an outstanding run from start to finish with a 14-2 win over Alberta in the gold medal game, played last Saturday at historic Queen’s Park Arena. The hosts rolled to seven straight wins and outscored their opponents by a whopping 105-7 margin.
Overby was in net for three of the wins, including a 15-0 thrashing of Quebec. He finished the tournament with a 1.00 goals against average and a .906 save percentage. It marks the third straight year he has played for Team B.C. at nationals, competing at the Bantam level in 2013.
Meanwhile, another local product was helping B.C. win silver in the Bantam Division.
Ryan Jensen finished third in team scoring with nine points, including three goals, as B.C. finished with a 5-2 record, including a heartbreaking 5-4 loss to Ontario in the championship game.
Jensen had a pair of goals in a 9-1 win over Saskatchewan and added another in a 13-2 romp of Nova Scotia. He chipped in with a couple of key assists in a tough 6-5 semi-final victory over Alberta.
B.C. also recorded wins over Manitoba (10-3), Alberta (6-3), while dropping a 5-3 decision to Ontario in round-robin play.
Jensen comes from excellent bloodlines. His father Rod Jensen was a standout player in the Western Lacrosse Association who has coached at the elite level in recent years, including the past three seasons as head coach of the WLA Langley Thunder. He was a member of the Team B.C. coaching staff.
Last summer, Ryan played for Team B.C. at the Pee Wee Nationals.
