By Lisa Parent

Sting Lacrosse team hits the international stage at US Box Nationals in California

Jul 31, 2023 | 6:44 PM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – America’s largest box lacrosse tournament is set to commence on Friday. An A level lacrosse team from Southern Alberta is headed there to face the American teams.

US Box Nationals will be held in San Jose, with 130 teams and 1,500 players at the event. Sting Nation has entered with players from Medicine Hat, Taber, Lethbridge and Brooks. Up until this year, Sting Nation had never travelled outside of the country for an event.

However, the U17 team proved they’re worth a trip down to the States, after winning gold at a Saskatoon tournament, and silver at one of the largest western lacrosse events in Calgary. The only two Medicine Hat players are Hunter Skrove and Jaxon Buscholl, who also played for the U17 Sundevils. The two say Sting Nation has grown exponentially in the past year, and want to take that growth and turn it into a gold medal.

Jaxon Buscholl said, “I think our biggest strength and biggest component is how close we are. Even though we’re from Lethbridge and Medicine Hat and Brooks and Tabor. We just mesh super well and we feel like a family almost. I know that sounds corny to say but we’re so close, I feel like we hold each other accountable, and we make each other better.

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Skrove added, “I think it’s a mixture of the coaching staff and the players being able to play for a few years with each other gets to know each other get to know each other’s play style. It’s all coming together right now.”

The tournament runs from August 4th – 6th.