Junior

An overview of "Junior" lacrosse:

Following completion of the “Midget” level of minor lacrosse (ages 15 & 16), players graduate to the “Junior” division for young men and women between the ages of 17 & 21. The Junior Division in the Province of Alberta is administered by the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (“RMLL”), the lacrosse organization in Alberta that oversees major lacrosse.

Major lacrosse differs from minor lacrosse in many ways. For example, there are different rules with respect to body contact, different insurance considerations, and, increased travel to other cities in the Province. For Junior “A” and Junior “B” Tier I teams in Southern Alberta, there is also a player “draft” annually in late February or early March whereby the teams in these divisions are allowed to “draft” players to their team from the pool of graduating Midgets, Junior “B” (Tier 1), Junior “B” Tier II and Junior “B” Tier III players, and “walk-in players” who perhaps haven’t played for a season or two. This differs from Junior “B” Tier II and III where players are assigned to teams via the “Evaluation Process” within their home quadrant.

The “drafting” process is in place to ensure highly skilled players are provided the opportunity to play at the highest level of their ability and to promote parity amongst the Junior “A” and “B” teams in the Province.

The Junior “B” Tier II and Tier III divisions of the RMLL allow players to (a) continue in lacrosse and (b) develop their skills if they wish to evolve to the highly competitive Junior “A” and Junior “B” – Tier I divisions.