It shouldn害羞草研究所檛 be hard for eight members of the Okanagan Wild to be jacked up for their next game June 24.

That day marks the first and only game the Penticton products will play at Memorial Arena, when they take on the New Westminster Salmonbellies (seven wins, six losses) in B.C. Intermediate Lacrosse League play at 4 p.m.

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Penticton minor lacrosse products playing for the Wild are Brendan Craig, Beau Chetner, Connor Ramage, Freddy Harbinson, Kale Lawrence, Liam McLaren, Ben Olsen and Nash Moog.

Also looking forward to the matchup is Penticton害羞草研究所檚 Cairo Rogers, who will play against his friends. He took advantage of an offer to join New Westminster, who has players he knows from when he played for Team B.C. Rogers said he is feeling nervous.

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Rogers said there has been chatter about the Wild among he and his friends.

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Rogers has enjoyed playing in the B.C. ILL, which he said is a fast paced league.

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Heading into the weekend the Wild are two points out of a playoff spot with four wins and 11 losses. Last weekend the Wild settled for a split against Burnaby. The Wild thumped the Lakers 18-8 in the first game. Olsen led with five goals and nine points, while Chetner, Craig, McLaren and Moog each netted two goals and Lawrence had one. In the second game, the Lakers returned the favour in a 19-3 win. Chetner described it as night and day.

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