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The LAXNAI lacrosse tournament once again lived up to its reputation as the largest box lacrosse tournament in the world, drawing 69 teams across men’s, women’s, youth, and master’s divisions.

Lacrosse is a game of community, and that is exactly what the Kahnawa’kehró:non who played in this year’s edition of the LAXNAI tournament in Utica, New York, felt over the weekend.

This year’s winner of the Indian Summer Championship at Napierville Dragway is Kahnawake’s Darren Decaire, with his 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass - equipped with a more modern General Motors 6.2L LS3 engine - posting a time of 10.98 seconds on the quarter mile in the finals against one of his oldest friends, Charlie “Chops” Rice.

Sports stars of all different stripes have come out of Kahnawake - from lacrosse to paddling, water polo to hockey - there’s plenty of activities to choose from for young athletes.

It’s been 24 years already, a generation, two decades: a lifetime.

From new channels to connect with parents to a visit from a sports superstar, the first few days back at school in Kanesatake have been off to an excellent start.

Fresh off their celebratory parade and party in town on Saturday to celebrate their Founders Cup win, Kahnawake Junior B Hunters players Kaymen Diabo and Hawi Francis learned that their summer of lacrosse success was not quite over.

The Kahnawake Junior A Warhawks find themselves faced with a do-or-die game this Sunday, down 1-0 in their best-of-three series against the St-Leonard Bucs 1.

Everyone is back home, the streams and watch parties are over, the trophy is in town being photographed, drunk out of, and even used as a putter.

The first edition of the Lax In The Pines tournament in Kanesatake was a very successful one, with more than 650 going to the Kanehsatake Lacrosse Box for a full day of Masters-style outdoors box lacrosse on Saturday.