The Cranbrook Elite's junior B lacrosse season came to a close in Calgary over the long weekend.

Some reinforcements from another team didn't arrive, and they lost one of their runners to other commitments after the first game - but they had a blast anyway.

"It was frustrating at first because they had to get through the hurdle of being tired, but once they settled down, their offensive ability was better on the weekend so they were happy about that," said head coach Ron Miles.

The Elite finished the weekend with just 10 runners and a very inexperienced netminder as one of more than 90 teams in Calgary for the Canada Day Box Lacrosse tournament.

The Calgary Rockies beat Cranbrook 15-7 on Friday. The Innisfail Yettis tromped off with a 20-13 win on Saturday.

That gave the Elite a 1-12-1 record in Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League play this season.

Josh Prasad played both games in net for the Elite, putting aside the fact he'd only once played the position, and that was many years ago.

"It was great that we had him, and he put in a valiant effort. A lot went by him that probably a more experienced goalie wouldn't have any difficulty with," said Miles.

There were a couple of stretches - in the middle period of both games - where the opponents got on a roll and pumped the Cranbrook net. Innisfail scored 10 times in the second period of Saturday's match.

"I think it was the frustration of them going in that caused some problems because when he settled down we were competitive in both games," said Miles. "We were competitive in the first period of both games too. Josh played way better than I thought he would. It's a credit to him, and pure determination."

Miles said Prasad faced more breakaways than he might have had the Elite lineup not been so gassed. He had seen enough by the time he was tossed from Saturday's game: with five minutes left, he came out to hit a Yetti that had set out on a breakaway. The referee said the play was made with intent to injure.

"We didn't think that was a proper call, but there wasn't much we could do about it," said Miles. "The other team threw their backup goalie in for the last five minutes, which was just good sportsmanship on their part."

Casey Hanemayer accounted for seven points against Innisfail, including two goals.

Nik Dean scored four times, and Mackenzie Miles netted a pair.

Eric Termuende, a 19-year-old rookie, had a goal in each period and his last came with five seconds left in the game.

"At the end of the game, we were just trying to get him his hat trick He probably had 10 breakaways before he got the final goal," said Miles, with a chuckle.

It turns out the Yetti defence wasn't exactly formidable; the Elite got their chances when they got passes up the floor.

"Eric does a good job of getting open. For a first-year player, I thought he had an excellent season," said Miles.

Dakota Hollister had to leave between the first and second games, so he could fly to New York for a field lacrosse college showcase.

Mike Miles returned from an ankle sprain to score a hat trick against Calgary on Friday; Mike Nelson scored twice.

Coach Miles said having his son back led to a big improvement in the team's ball control.