The Mid Island Lightning field lacrosse teams played their last regular-season games last weekend in the run-up to the playoffs. The U14 Tier 1 Lightning played a pair of games against North Island in Nanaimo on Saturday, winning 13-2 and 15-0. Scoring for Mid Island in the opener were Caleb Nordstrom with three, Trey Cleemoff, Jaeden Ashbee and Colton Lidstone with two each, and Devyn Zunti, Jack Chicquen, Brayden Zunti and Thomas Vaesen with one apiece. In the second game, Cleemoff and Parker Teufel had three goals apiece, Ashbee, Lidstone and Brayden Zunti had two each, and Nordstron and Vaesen added singles.
The U14 Tier 2 Lightning played host to Oceanside at the Cowichan Sportsplex on Sunday, losing 17-5 and 14-4. Seth Negaard scored four times in the first game, with
Keenan Menzel adding one. Sam Baxter, Jordan Frost, Ryan John and Devyn Zunti had goals in the second game.
The U16 Tier 1 Lightning closed out their regular season with a 16-7 defeat at the hands of Pacific Rim, getting a hat trick from Brian Robb, two goals from Chris Branting, and one each from Taylor Martin and Mathieu Jung. The U16 Tier 2 Lightning hosted Oceanside for a double-header at Evans Field on Saturday, losing 20-1 and 18-0. Chris Cassorla scored the lone goal.