# St. Catharines Spartans

The St. Catharines Spartans were a Junior "B" box lacrosse team from St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The Spartans played in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.

## History

The Spartans franchise won the Founders Cup as Canada's Junior B box lacrosse champions in 1981 and 1996. In 2002, the Spartans were league champions again, but lost the national final to the Clarington Green Gaels.
Founded in 1979, as the Niagara-on-the-Lake Warriors, the Warriors won their league and the national championship in only their third season. In 1984, the team changed its name to the Niagara Spartan Warriors.
In 1994, the team shortened its name to just the "Spartan Warriors" and in 1996 won the league and national championships again. In the 1996 national final, the Spartan Warriors defeated the Orillia Rama Kings to win it all after not being able to beat the Kings for nearly 3 years running. After the 2001 season, the team changed its name to the St. Catharines Spartans.
In 2021 the Spartans franchise was acquired by the Junior "A" St. Catharines Athletics Lacrosse Club, which saw the franchise being integrated into the Athletics organization. This resulted in Spartans being renamed to the Athletics and repurposed to serve as a direct affiliate the Junior "A" Athletics, thus ending over 50 years of Spartans Lacrosse History.

## 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 | GF | GA | PTS | Placing | Playoffs |
| 1979 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 248 | 200 | 10 | 5th OJBLL West | |
| 1980 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 214 | 200 | 16 | 3rd OJBLL Central | Lost 1st round |
| 1981 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 363 | 201 | 36 | 1st OJBLL West | Won League, won Founders Cup |
| 1982 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 273 | 371 | 10 | 6th OJBLL West | DNQ |
| 1983 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 322 | 279 | 28 | 3rd OJBLL West | Lost quarter-final |
| 1984 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 272 | 265 | 19 | 2nd OJBLL Div IV | Lost quarter-final |
| 1985 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 315 | 305 | 26 | 5th OJBLL West | Won Tier II Title |
| 1986 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 259 | 357 | 12 | 4th OJBLL West | Lost quarter-final |
| 1987 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 304 | 371 | 28 | 3rd OJBLL West | Lost quarter-final |
| 1988 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 216 | 223 | 23 | 4th OJBLL West | Lost quarter-final |
| 1989 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 189 | 196 | 20 | 6th OJBLL | Lost quarter-final |
| 1990 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 189 | 229 | 15 | 8th OJBLL | Lost quarter-final |
| 1991 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 111 | 353 | 0 | 10th OJBLL | DNQ |
| 1992 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 172 | 336 | 8 | 10th OJBLL | DNQ |
| 1993 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 202 | 265 | 14 | 9th OJBLL | DNQ |
| 1994 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 291 | 210 | 31 | 2nd OJBLL | Lost final |
| 1995 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 345 | 191 | 36 | 1st OJBLL West | Lost final |
| 1996 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 334 | 201 | 38 | 1st OJBLL West | Won League, won Founders Cup |
| 1997 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 304 | 221 | 32 | 2nd OJBLL West | Lost semi-final |
| 1998 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 200 | 307 | 11 | 8th OJBLL West | DNQ |
| 1999 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 259 | 187 | 30 | 2nd OJBLL West | Lost semi-final |
| 2000 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 238 | 189 | 28 | 3rd OJBLL West | Lost quarter-final |
| 2001 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 229 | 136 | 30 | 3rd OJBLL West | Lost 1st round |
| 2002 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 233 | 123 | 39 | 1st OJBLL West | Won League |
| 2003 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 245 | 123 | 35 | 1st OJBLL West | Lost semi-final |
| 2004 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 267 | 119 | 34 | 2nd OJBLL West | Lost semi-final |
| 2005 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 270 | 129 | 36 | 1st OJBLL West | Lost quarter-final |
| 2006 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 167 | 134 | 26 | 4th OJBLL West | Lost quarter-final |
| 2007 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 151 | 153 | 19 | 9th OJBLL West | DNQ |
| 2008 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 168 | 166 | 22 | 6th OJBLL West | Lost Conference QF |
| 2009 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 126 | 111 | 24 | 7th OJBLL West | Lost Conference QF |
| 2010 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 155 | 142 | 20 | 8th OJBLL West | Lost Conference QF |
| 2011 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 183 | 161 | 25 | 5th OJBLL West | Lost Conference QF |
| 2012 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 202 | 200 | 26 | 4th OJBLL West | Lost Conference QF |
| 2013 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 170 | 175 | 21 | 7th OJBLL West | Lost Conference QF |
| 2014 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 205 | 161 | 22 | 7th OJBLL West | Lost Conference QF |
| 2015 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 157 | 173 | 20 | 7th OJBLL West | Lost Conference QF |
| 2016 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 201 | 175 | 22 | 5th OJBLL West | Lost Conference QF |