The Whitby Warriors are a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Whitby, Ontario, Canada. The Warriors play in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League.
History The Whitby Jr Lacrosse Franchise began in 1969 as the Whitby B & R Transporters. The Transporters won the Castrol Cup in 1970 as Canadian Jr B Champions. The Castrol Cup gave way to the Founders Cup in 1972. Whitby B & R Transporters won their 2nd Canadian Jr B Championship Founders Cup in 1974.Ontario Jr. A Lacrosse In 1975, Whitby Warriors came into the OLA Jr A League. The franchise has won the Minto Cup 7-times starting in 1980 known as Whitby C. B. C. Builders. The franchise was known as Whitby First City for 1982 & 1983. Named Whitby Warriors at start of 1984 season. Since then the Warriors have won Minto Cups in 1984, 1985, 1997, 1999, 2011 and 2013.
*2012 Season: The Ontario Lacrosse League implements a goals for/goals against ruling when two teams are tied with the same number of points at the end of the season, AND the two teams have split the outcomes of their own games equally. Whitby was outscored by Six Nations 2 goals between their two games, hence giving Six Nations the 1st place seed in the tie-break and overall OLA-A standings.
*2015 Season: The Whitby Warriors update their team logo. The primary reason for the logo change is that the general manager of the Warriors felt the "logo was very similar to an NBA logo (Golden State Warriors) ..."
Season-by-season results Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Season GP W L T PTS GF GA Placing Playoffs1969 20 9 10 1 19 235 235 4th OLA-B Central Lost OLA Jr B Playoffs1970 20 18 1 1 37 424 188 1st OLA-B Central Lost semi-finals, won Castrol Cup1971 26 21 4 1 43 429 244 2nd OLA-B Central Lost quarter-finals1972 28 25 3 0 50 479 261 1st OLA-B Central Won League J. A. MacDonald Trophy1973 24 18 6 0 36 381 219 1st OLA-B Central OLA Jr B Finalist1974 25 22 3 0 44 383 226 1st OLA-B Central Won League, won Founders Cup 1975 28 15 13 0 30 356 367 4th OLA-A Lost semi-finals1976 26 18 8 0 36 406 300 2nd OLA-A East Lost semi-finals1977 22 19 3 0 38 376 225 1st OLA-A East Won League, Minto Cup Finalist1978 30 23 7 0 46 478 346 1st OLA-A East Won League, Minto Cup Finalist1979 28 23 5 0 46 495 327 2nd OLA-A East Lost 1st round1980 20 17 3 0 34 381 202 1st OLA-A Won League, won Minto Cup1981 20 15 5 0 30 400 251 2nd OLA-A Lost 1st round1982 20 16 4 0 32 358 211 2nd OLA-A Lost semi-finals1983 22 14 7 1 29 287 208 3rd OLA-A Lost 1st round1984 24 22 2 0 44 421 199 1st OLA-A Won League, won Minto Cup1985 24 19 5 0 38 402 203 1st OLA-A Won League, won Minto Cup1986 20 11 9 0 22 207 222 3rd OLA-A Lost 1st round1987 25 14 11 0 28 294 258 3rd OLA-A Lost 1st round1988 24 14 8 2 30 252 226 3rd OLA-A OLA Jr A Finalist1989 24 15 8 1 31 308 242 3rd OLA-A Lost 1st round1990 20 10 10 0 20 233 189 3rd OLA-A Lost semi-finals1991 20 1 19 0 2 156 325 11th OLA-A Did Not Qualify1992 20 6 13 1 13 178 265 10th OLA-A Did Not Qualify1993 22 11 11 0 22 220 254 8th OLA-A Lost 1st round1994 26 18 8 0 36 360 264 2nd OLA-A East Lost 1st round1995 20 17 3 0 34 285 186 2nd OLA-A Lost semi-finals1996 20 19 1 0 38 333 142 1st OLA-A OLA Jr A Finalist1997 18 16 2 0 32 315 137 1st OLA-A Won League, won Minto Cup1998 22 18 4 0 36 309 148 2nd OLA-A Lost semi-finals1999 20 19 1 0 38 338 139 1st OLA-A Won League, won Minto Cup2000 20 15 5 0 30 188 158 3rd OLA-A Lost semi-finals2001 20 12 8 0 24 202 155 5th OLA-A Lost semi-finals2002 20 11 8 1 23 173 161 5th OLA-A Lost 1st round2003 20 10 9 1 21 171 160 5th OLA-A Lost semi-finals2004 20 14 6 0 28 209 144 2nd OLA-A OLA Jr A Finalist2005 22 14 7 1 29 192 150 5th OLA-A Lost 1st round2006 22 19 3 0 38 231 186 2nd OLA-A Lost semi-finals2007 18 10 6 2 22 166 138 4th OLA-A Lost semi-finals2008 22 7 14 1 15 159 209 9th OLA-A Did Not Qualify2009 22 8 14 0 16 228 232 8th OLA-A Lost quarterfinals vs Orangeville Northmen2010 22 17 5 0 34 249 155 3rd OLA-A Lost semifinals vs Six Nations Arrows2011 22 16 6 0 32 285 162 3rd OLA-A Won League, won Minto Cup*2012 20 17 3 0 34 262 147 2nd OLA-A Lost semifinals vs Orangeville Northmen2013 20 15 5 0 30 223 147 2nd OLA-A Won League, won Minto Cup2014 20 12 8 0 24 223 177 3rd OLA-A OLA Jr A Finalist vs Six Nations Arrows2015 20 9 8 2 20 175 149 4th OLA-A Lost semifinals vs Six Nations Arrows2016 20 10 10 0 20 173 162 6th OLA-A Lost quarterfinals vs Brampton Excelsiors2017 20 10 9 1 21 202 206 4th OLA-A Lost semifinals vs Six Nations Arrows2018 20 12 8 0 24 168 156 5th OLA-A Lost quarterfinals vs Orangeville Northmen2019 20 12 7 1 25 180 151 5th OLA-A Lost quarterfinals vs Brampton Excelsiors2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2021 8 7 1 0 14 51 37 1st of 5 in East1st of 11 in OJLL Lost semi-final, 7-8 (Excelsiors)2022201460282491633rd OJLLWon quarterfinals, 3-0 (Athletics) Won semifinals, 3-2 (Northmen)
Won finals, 3-0 (Beaches)
Won Minto Cup, 2-1 (Miners)2023209110181831756th OJLLLost quarterfinals, 3-0 (Mountaineers)202420911018174789th OJLLDid Not Qualify2025201460282161973rd OJLLWon quarterfinals, 3-2 (Athletics) Won semifinals, 4-3 (Beaches)
Lost finals, 4-2 (Northmen)2026181260241811481st of 6 in East 4th of 12 in OJLLWon quarterfinals, 4-2 (Excelsiors) Won semifinals, 4-0 (Buzz)
Lost finals, 4-2 (Athletics)Total1,224818387181,65415,59211,3128 Minto Cup Championships
Whitby natives and Warrior alumni in the NLL Zack Greer Duke University (National Freshman of the year), Edmonton Rush John LaFontaine, Edmonton Rush Brooklin Redmen Gavin Prout, Colorado Mammoth (team captain '06) Brooklin Redmen Chris Corbeil, Edmonton Rush (team captain '12) Brooklin Redmen Cameron Holding, Colorado Mammoth Mark Matthews, Edmonton Rush Curtis Knight team captain 2012 and 13 [Guelph] [Edmonton Rush] Brooklin Redmen Mike Lum-Walker, Toronto Rock Emerson Clark, Buffalo Bandits Adrian Sorichetti, Edmonton Rush Brooklin Redmen Jason Crosbie, Toronto Rock Brooklin Redmen Alexis Buque, Colorado Mammoth Joel Watson, Las Vegas Desert Dogs
References
External links Warriors Webpage OLA Junior 'A' Lacrosse Site