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Monday January 22 2007

TORONTO, Ontario - The Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA) today announced the results of the 2007 OLA Major Draft.

Ian Llord of the St. Catharines Athletics was selected first overall by the Brampton Excelsiors. Llord played with St. Catharines of the OLA Junior "A" League during the 2006 season. Playing in all twenty-two regular season games, Llord had 13 points (5g, 8a) and lead his team with 91 penalty minutes.

Other first round selections were Geoff Griffiths from Toronto Beaches picked second by Brampton; Mac Allen from Toronto Beaches picked third by Peterborough; David Lomas from Six Nations Arrows picked fourth; Kevin Ross from Toronto Beaches picked fifth by Six Nations; Frank Resetarits from St. Catharines Athletics picked sixth by St. Regis and Eric Martin from Kitchener-Waterloo Braves was Brampton’s third pick of the round at seventh overall.

Kitchener-Waterloo Braves had the most players selected from their OLA Junior “A” team with six. The OLA Junior “B” franchise with the most players selected was the Founders Trophy winner the Oakville Buzz.

Rounding out the draft, Brampton selected seven players followed by Kitchener-Waterloo with six. Peterborough, Six Nations and St. Regis each picked five. Brooklin made 4 selections followed by Barrie with only 3 picks.

In all 35 players were selected, 23 OLA Junior “A” and 12 OLA Junior “B” players. A complete Draft list appears below.

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2007 OLA Major Draft

Round 1

1. Brampton – Ian Llord (St. Catharines Athletics)
2. Brampton – Geoff Griffiths (Toronto Beaches)
3. Peterborough – Mac Allen (Toronto Beaches)
4. Brooklin – David Lomas (Six Nations Arrows)
5. Six Nations – Kevin Ross (Toronto Beaches)
6. St. Regis – Frank Resetarits (St. Catharines Athletics)
7. Brampton – Eric Martin (Kitchener-Waterloo Braves)

Round 2

8. Kitchener-Waterloo – Mike Fleming (Kitchener-Waterloo Braves)
9. Brampton – Kyle Hagel (Oakville Buzz)
10. St. Regis – Josh Smyth (Oakville Buzz)
11. Six Nations – Kyle Goertz (Spartan Warriors)
12. Peterborough – Sean Thompson (Oakville Buzz)
13. Brooklin – Wesley McDonald (Toronto Beaches)
14. Brampton – Robert Debrone (Oakville Buzz)

Round 3

15. Six Nations – Dave Ellis (Six Nations Arrows)
16. Kitchener-Waterloo – Alan Downey (Kitchener-Waterloo Braves)
17. St. Regis – Kyle Schmelzle (Six Nations Arrows)
18. Kitchener-Waterloo – Jamie Kirk (Orangeville Northmen)
19. Barrie – Daniel Ransom (Markham Ironheads)
20. Peterborough – Aaron Bold (Peterborough Lakers)
21. Kitchener-Waterloo – Nathan Clayton (Kitchener-Waterloo Braves)

Round 4

22. Six Nations – Kevin Croswell (Peterborough Lakers)
23. Kitchener-Waterloo – Joel Wilson (Kitchener-Waterloo Braves)
24. St. Regis – Hughie Johnson (Six Nations Arrows)
25. Brooklin – Troy Heaselgrave (Barrie Tornado)
26. Barrie – Neil Mayerhofer (Barrie Tornado)
27. Peterborough – Chad Evans (Peterborough Lakers)
28. Brampton – Drew Petkoff (Oakville Buzz)

Round 5

29. Six Nations – Brent Millar (Niagara Thunderhawks)
30. Kitchener-Waterloo – Steven Cormack (Kitchener-Waterloo Braves)
31. St. Regis – Mike Dominelli (Toronto Beaches)
32. Brooklin – Kyle Harris (Scarborough Saints)
33. Barrie – Ron Reed (Markham Ironheads)
34. Peterborough – Nick Mastine (Orangeville Northmen)
35. Brampton – Mark Biamonte (St. Catharines Athletics)