West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association


The West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association is a Senior B Canadian box lacrosse league. The teams are located in southwest British Columbia. Champions of the league move on to compete for the Presidents Cup, the Canadian National Senior B championship. Teams from the WSCLA have won the Presidents Cup 9 times, most recently the Ladner Pioneer's three peat in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
The league consists of 6 teams, 4 of which are located in the Lower Mainland, and two on Vancouver Island. In recent years, it has been dominated by two teams, the Ladner Pioneers and the Coquitlam Bandits, who between them have won 17 out of the 23 titles since 2000.
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History

Founded in 1968 as the Inter-City Senior A Lacrosse League. 1970 saw the league change to Senior B. In 1972 Harry George Woolley took over as commissioner, helping the Senior B league take giant strides toward respectability after years of having a reputation for being a men's recreational league. Woolley took drastic measures in changing the structure of the organization by implementing a league agreement, producing league perpetual trophies and crafting a new overall image. Attendance grew from only a half dozen people to several hundred fans during the playoffs. Out of the changes came the newly formed West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association in 1973.
Over its history, the league has been very volatile, with a plethora of defunct teams. Only three of the current teams have remained in the same location their entire existence. The North Shore Indians were founded in 1968, and have gone through a few name changes, as well as multiple seasons where they had to suspend the teams operations. The Indians have won 3 Presidents Cups, in 1985, 1993 and 2001. The Ladner Pioneers and Nanaimo Timbermen have existed in their original locations since the 1980s. Ladner is the most successful team in the league, having won the tied most league titles, and 5 Presidents Cups, in 1998, 2004 and three from 2022-2024. Nanaimo has won 0 national championships.
Coquitlam originated as the Burnaby Lakers in 1987, playing there until 1999, when they moved to Abbotsford and changed their mascot to the Bandits. Their stay in the Fraser Valley was short, moving back to Burnaby in 2002 for one year before heading to Port Coquitlam and being renamed the Tri-City Bandits. As Tri-City, they experienced a golden age, winning 9 league titles in 10 years. The team moved once again in 2015, to Coquitlam, and changed their name again to the Adanacs, to match the cities Senior A team. The Senior B Adanacs played for 4 years, until Covid-19 forced the league to cancel the 2020 and 2021 seasons. When the league restarted, the team played as the Port Coquitlam Saints, adopting the name of that cities Junior A team. The Saints only lasted one year, before the franchise had to suspend operations. After a hiatus, they rejoined in 2025 as the Coquitlam Bandits. The Bandits won 1 Presidents Cup, in 1999 in their last year in Burnaby.
Victoria entered the league in 2016 as the Wolves. After the covid break, they were renamed to the Shamrocks, the same as the Senior A team. Unlike the Senior A Salmonbellies, New Westminster's Senior B team has had a history of moving and renaming. Beginning their history as the Langley Knights in 1989, they won the league title in their first year. The Knights would remain in Langley until 2006, winning a second league title in 2000. 2007 saw them move to New West, keeping the Knights moniker for one year before becoming the Royal City Capitals. Like most other teams, Covid-19 saw the Capitals undergo a change in name, to the recognizable Salmonbellies. Unfortunately the name change has not heralded a era of success, with the Bellies having only won 4 games total since the 2022 season.

Teams

Past teams

  • Abbotsford Extra Old Stockers, formerly Abbotsford Braves
  • Abbotsford Totems, formerly Abbotsford MSA
  • Burnaby Burrards, formerly Vancouver Burrards, Vancouver Vipers, Vancouver-Killarney Vipers, Vancouver Sr. B
  • Burnaby Kirby's Klippers, formerly Burnaby Firefighters, Burnaby Columbians, Burnaby Kokanees, Burnaby Lougheeds, Burnaby Villa Motor Inn
  • Chilliwack Mustangs
  • East Vancouver Bluebirds, formerly Vancouver Disco Sports Blue Angels
  • Langley Warriors
  • Nanaimo Labatts
  • New Westminster Whalers, formerly New Westminster Mr. Sport Hotel, New Westminster Rebels, New Westminster Blues, New Westminster Labatt Blues, Coquitlam Molsons
  • Port Coquitlam A's
  • Port Coquitlam Saints, formerly Port Coquitlam Eagles, Port Coquitlam Kirby's Klippers, Port Coquitlam Whalers
  • Port Coquitlam Saints, formerly Coquitlam Adanacs, Tri-City Bandits, Burnaby Bandits, Abbotsford Bandits, Burnaby Bandits, Burnaby Lakers, Burnaby Cablevision, Burnaby Lakers
  • Port Moody Thunder
  • Surrey Turf Hotel Ryders, formerly Surrey Dells
  • Valley Rebels, formerly Surrey Rebels
  • Vancouver Totems, formerly Vancouver Killarney Sr. B
  • White Rock Hawks, formerly White Rock Titans