Coquitlam wins league title, semifinals set

The defending Minto Cup champion Coquitlam Adanacs have clinched the league title in the 2025 BC Junior A Lacrosse League for another year and will be the top seed for the playoffs which begin this week.

The Adanacs (14-3) earn the No. 1 seed and will face the Delta Islanders (9-8) which earned the No. 4 seed. The best-of-seven series begins on Wednesday night in Delta at the Ladner Leisure Centre at 7:30 p.m. Coquitlam will host the second and third games of the series on July 18 (7 p.m.) and July 20 (time TBD) at the Coquitlam Sports Centre and Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex; Game 4 goes July 21 in Delta at 7:30 p.m.

Coquitlam won the regular season-series 2-1; the Adanacs defeated the Islanders 9-7 on July 2, 17-4 on June 20, and lost 14-4 on June 11.

The Victoria Shamrocks (12-5) will face off against the Nanaimo Timbermen (11-6) again in this year's semi finals in an extended Island Derby. The series begins on July 15 in Victoria with a 7 p.m. game at the Q Centre, with Game 2 taking place Friday July 18 at 7 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena in Nanaimo.

Nanaimo won the season series 2-0 winning 12-8 on June 12,  and 13-8 on July 8.