The Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League (OJBLL) is a

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league sanctioned by the

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. The league features twenty-five teams in

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, one in

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, and one in the

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(which straddles the two aforementioned provinces and New York) that annually play a 20-game schedule and four rounds of playoffs for the J. A. MacDonald Trophy. After the conclusion of the playoffs, a league champion represents the OJBLL at the

Founders Cup The Founders' Cup is the championship trophy of Canada's Junior "B" lacrosse leagues. The custodial duties of this trophy fall upon the Canadian Lacrosse Association. The national champions are determined through a round robin format with a play ...

National Junior B Championship.

History

The Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League of the Ontario Lacrosse Association has been around since at least 1965. The OJBLL compete for the J. A. MacDonald Trophy annually at the provincial level. At the national level, the OJBLL has been extremely dominant at the

tournament only losing out to other leagues a handful of times in the last 40+ years. Players from the OJBLL and the

Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League The Ontario Junior Lacrosse League (OJLL) is considered the most competitive Junior A men's box lacrosse Box lacrosse, also known as boxla, box, or indoor lacrosse, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game ori ...

are often drafted straight into the professional levels of lacrosse, the

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and

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The league has changed formats few times in the last few decades. The league has played with no divisions (1990) and with as many as seven (2005). In the past few years, the league has expanded to Oakville,

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, Niagara,

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, Orangeville, and

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. Also, for the 2007 season, the City of Caledon applied to resurrect its old Caledon Bandits franchise, but was offered a spot in the new OLA Junior C Lacrosse League in 2008. Kahnawake Hunters joined the OLA Junior B League in 2009 after not fielding a team in the OLA or Iroquois League for five years. In 2012, the Brampton Excelsiors joined the OJBLL. Clarington Green Gaels had a run between 1998 and 2004 when the Gaels won four

s Canadian Junior B titles and two J. A. MacDonald Trophy championships. Of the more recent expansion of the league, the Oakville Buzz have been the most remarkable franchise to be built. In 2006, the Buzz team went 19-1 and strolled through the playoffs with little opposition. The Buzz went undefeated at the Founders Cup and crushed the hopes of the host

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, beating them by a score of 10-4 in the final. Oakville made the jump to Junior A for the 2019 season.

Six Nations Rebels The Six Nations Rebels are a Canadian Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Hagersville, Ontario on the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve. The Rebels play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League. The Rebels hold the record for most Junior B nationa ...

dominated the league from 2007 through 2014, winning five league championships (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013) and six

s (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014). Orangeville continued the league success at Founders Cup winning back-to-back titles in 2016 and 2017. Elora Mohawks kept the OJBLL streak alive when they captured gold at the 2018 national championship. It would mark the sixth gold medal in the history of the Mohawks.

Teams

Champions

Overall champions are bolded. In three-division years, the ''italics'' denote finals runner-up. Champion moves on to the

national championship. ''(*) denotes that OLA championship was awarded through a superior record at

/Castrol Cup tournament.''

Former teams

Barrie Tornado The Barrie Lakeshores are Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The Lakeshores play in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. History Founded in 2000 as an Ontario Jr. B lacrosse team, the Barrie Tornado were named after the dead ...

(Relocated to Orillia in 2009 in return getting Orillia Junior A franchise in Barrie) *Brantford Posse (Folded after 2002 season) * Huntsville Hawks (Moved to Junior C in 2011) *

Kitchener-Waterloo Braves The Regional Municipality of Waterloo (Waterloo Region or Region of Waterloo) is a metropolitan area of Southern Ontario, Canada. It contains the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo (KWC or Tri-Cities), and the townships of North Dumf ...

(Moved to Junior A in 1991) * Mimico Mountaineers (Mississauga Junior A moved to Mimico in 2015 folding Mimico Junior B) *

Mississauga Tomahawks The Mississauga Tomahawks were a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The Tomahawks played in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. Some former Tomahawks players who have gone on to professional lacrosse are John Tavares ...

(Moved to Junior A in 1988) * Oakville Buzz (Moved to Junior A in 2019) * Onondaga Redhawks (Folded after 2003 season) *

Orangeville Northmen Orangeville Northmen may refer to one of two teams that compete in Ontario Lacrosse Association Junior leagues: *Orangeville Northmen Jr. A who compete in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League *Orangeville Northmen Jr. B who compete in the OLA Junior B L ...

(Moved to Junior A in 1991) * Six Nations Arrows (Moved to Junior A in 1990) *Toronto Beaches (Folded after 1983 season) *Windsor Warlocks (Folded after 1985 season)

References

External links

OJBLL website

The Bible of Lacrosse
{{Lacrosse topics Ontario Lacrosse Association Lacrosse leagues in Canada Sports leagues established in 1965 1965 establishments in Ontario