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It has been a great year for the Kahnawake Hunters’ Junior B team, and things are continuing to look up for some of the players after their historic Founder’s Cup win this summer.

With the National Lacrosse League (NLL)’s new collective bargaining agreement finally signed on October 20, players have begun to sign free agent deals this week, including two names familiar to Kahnawake lacrosse fans.

Owen Rice was a fundamental part of the Kahnawake Junior B Hunters winning the Founders Cup this year, an accomplishment which recognized on Wednesday by fellow Kanesatake community members.

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.

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 Hunters’ Founder’s Cup win is the biggest cherry on top that any Kahnawake sports fan could ask for.

It would have been hard to ask for a better start for the Kahnawake Junior B Hunters at their first-ever Founder’s Cup tournament, going 2-0 after wins against the Mountainview Mavericks and the Nova Scotia Privateers.

The Kahnawake Junior B Hunters have accomplished what seemed impossible a few short years ago - and unlikely as recently as this time last week - by winning the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League (OJBLL) championship for the first time ever, reverse sweeping the Elora Hawks after Kahnawake lost the series’ first two games.

The Kahnawake Junior B Hunters find themselves in the exact same position as they were in last year’s Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League (OJBLL) playoffs: down 2-0 in the finals against Elora, hoping to avoid a sweep in front of their fans at the Kahnawake Sports Complex.

For the Kahnawake Hunters, this moment is what this season has always been about: avenging last year’s loss in the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League (OJBLL) finals to get another chance at the Founder’s Cup.