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As the best-of-five series goes to Kahnawake for game three tonight (Friday), the Kahnawake Hunters and the Barrie Bombers have been showing just how close the East division of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League (OJBLL) has been this season.

After going into their first-ever playoff series last year as deep underdogs against the North Shore Kodiaks, the Kahnawake Junior C Hunters (7-9) have found themselves on the opposite end of the spectrum this time around as heavy favourites against the Akwesasne Lightning (3-13).

Saturday is the day Kahnawa’kehró:non lax fans have been waiting for all year: the start of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League playoffs - and with it, the start of the Hunters’ quest for a second straight league championship.

Going into the last weekend of the regular season, the Kahnawake Junior B Hunters can finish no lower than seventh in the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League (OJBLL) East division standings, meaning they will get a chance to defend their league title and qualify for the Founders Cup.

It doesn’t happen often that you drop in the standings after a win, but that is where the Kahnawake Junior B Hunters find themselves after returning from their week off with a 13-3 win over the Gloucester Griffins on Wednesday.

Although the Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) Akweks field lacrosse team did not successfully repeat as Greater Montreal Athletics Association (GMAA) champions after a 9-5 loss to Stanstead College, coach Al Jones thinks it was still an overall good season for the young squad.

The Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) Akweks’ field lacrosse team is 3-3 at the end of the regular season, finding themselves in a different position than in years past when they have consistently been at the top of the Greater Montreal Athletics Association (GMAA) standings - including last season, when they won the championship banner.

As the Montreal Victoire head into game four of the first round of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) playoffs tonight (Friday) they’ll have the support of many young hockey fans behind them - especially from the young Kahnawa’kehró:non here in town, who one day want to follow in the footsteps of the pro players.

The boys’ hockey portion of the Chevrolet Cup in Chateauguay ended without any Kahnawa’kehró:non players making it to the medal rounds, but it was still a good experience for those who took part in the provincial tournament.

Tonight (Friday, April 24), the Kahnawake Junior B Hunters will find out if all their work in the offseason and their three preseason tournament games will have paid off as they take on the Gloucester Griffins at 8 p.m. at the Navan Memorial Centre & Arena.