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Victoria Shamrocks select 7 local players in 2023 junior player draft

The Victoria Shamrocks drafted Arthur Miller with the second-overall pick
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The Victoria ShamrocksBԪַ eight 2023 draft picks were all from Vancouver Island teams. (Black Press Media file photo)

The Victoria Shamrocks went local in the 2023 WLA graduating junior player draft.

All of the ShamrocksBԪַ eight draft picks were from Vancouver Island teams playing in junior A, and seven of the players are from Victoria and graduated from Claremont Lacrosse Academy.

The draft took place Tuesday (Jan. 31), and Victoria had two picks in the first round after a trade which saw the Shamrocks swap the first and second-overall picks with the Burnaby Lakers.

Victoria selected Arthur Miller from the Nanaimo Junior Timbermen with the second pick.

Miller is a 6BԪַ1BԪַ, offensive player living in Nanoose Bay and was drafted first overall in the 2018 U17 draft.

The Shamrocks drafted Denton MacDonald from the Victoria Junior Shamrocks fourth overall.

MacDonald is a 5BԪַ10BԪַ, defensive and transition player who has been a key contributor to the recent success of the Junior Shamrocks

Victoria had one pick in each of the remaining rounds and selected Owen Russell, Trent DiCicco, Isaac Swan and Travis Pullan from the Junior Shamrocks.

BԪַI thought for us, that was almost a perfect night in terms of the draft,BԪַ said head coach Mike Simpson. BԪַTons of island guys that are really just going to be able to step into the lineup.BԪַ

The Shamrocks started the process a week earlier with the protection of Patrick Dodds and Casey Wilson.

BԪַIt was a great opportunity to add some young Victoria guys to our mix and thatBԪַs exactly what happened,BԪַ general manager Chris Welch said.

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