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It’s getting closer and closer to everyone’s favourite time of year, when the Kahnawake Hunters pick up their sticks and the community rallies behind some of town’s best sporting talent.

Waking up after an intense day of lacrosse is always accompanied by some aches and pains, but this weekend’s Founders Cup tournament in Pennsylvania left Team Kahnawake exhausted for days, after putting up a valiant effort that led them all the way to the championship game.

It came as a complete surprise for 16-year-old laxer Darris Jones to hear that he had been drafted in the first round, 10th overall, by the Ontario Junior Lacrosse League (OJLL)’s Whitby Warriors.

Sports are an integral part of life here in Kahnawake. Whether it’s an important home game at the Sports Complex or hospital field, winning medals in a tournament, or even proudly representing the community at the international level, Kahnawa’kehró:non of all disciplines and walks of life had a busy 2024.

The town rink drew a huge crowd on Saturday for an all-day lacrosse celebration, where younger laxers had the opportunity to learn from Kahnawake Hunters players past and present.

Earlier this season, when the Kahnawake Hunters were on an eight-game losing streak, the team brainstormed words to describe themselves.

It’s do-or-die for the Kahnawake Hunters tonight, as they take on the Elora Mohawks at the Kahnawake Sports Complex, after a difficult first two games of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League (OJBLL)

Never before have the Kahnawake Hunters made it to the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League finals. But this is a history-making squad, and tomorrow, they’re going to make history again, as they head to Elora for the opener of the playoff finals after sweeping the Eastern Conference championship.

Lacrosse has always been a medicine game, and that was shown to be especially true at the Kahnawake Sports Complex last weekend, when community members took part in a smoke dance before the Eastern Conference Finals series of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League.

When the buzzer rang at the Howard Darwin arena in Nepean last Sunday, it was hard to tell who was more excited – the players on the floor, or the fans in the stands who had travelled from Kahnawake, releasing confetti cannons and blasting air horns as they cheered.