"Team First Nations celebrate a silver medal finish"

They might not have struck gold, but that didn't stop Team First Nations from celebrating that incredible feat of bringing home silver at the Senior Women's Canadian National Box Lacrosse competition.

"This year's medal was totally different from winning gold with team Ontario," Team First Nations goalie Chels Doolittle who won with Team Ontario last year said. "To me if felt a bit more rewarding. Last year all nations finished in 3rd and to help them get to 2nd place this year is a step in the right direction for us."

Competing from July 19­-23rd in Calgary Team First Nations quest for gold came to an end when Team Alberta who finished tournament play with a 7-0 record defeated Team First Nations by a 9­-2 score.

"What I liked about my team is the fight in us, regardless of how many runners we had, no matter what we still finished strong," Doolittle said.

Team First Nations quest for gold got off to a bumpy start as they dropped that first game by a 7-3 score against Team Alberta before rebounding a few hours later to pull off an impressive 7-3 win against Team Ontario.

On Day two First Nations had a chance for some revenge against Team Alberta but came up short by a 9-2 score before ending the day on a positive note resulting from another win against Team Ontario with this one coming on a 6-3 decision. First Nations couldn't solve team Alberta as they were blanked by a 5-0 score before once again defeating Team Ontario by a 3-0 score which punched their ticket into the championships where they fell just a tad short of bringing home the gold medal.