St. Catharines Athletics Jr. A St. Catharines Athletics Jr. A The St. Catharines Athletics are a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The Athletics play in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. The St. Catharines Athletics Jr.A squad has played in various arenas and under many different names in their history. They also had many years in which the team was defunct. However, the organization has been running successfully without danger of defunction since 1982. During their history, the team has won six Minto Cup championships (1947, 1950, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2003.) Many St. Catharines lacrosse players who played for the
Box lacrosse Games, the league folded after two seasons due to financial uncertainty. The rebirth of professional box lacrosse in the United States came on March 13, 1986, with the formation of the "Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League", which was incorporated by Russ Cline and Chris Fritz. The league originated with four teams: the Philadelphia Wings, New Jersey Saints, Washington Wave, and Baltimore Thunder, and unlike box lacrosse generally, was played during the winter. The league rebranded itself as the "Major Indoor Lacrosse League" (MILL) immediately after its inaugural season, and in 1998 renamed itself again, this time to the NLL. In