Huntsville Hawks

The Huntsville Hawks are Junior "C" box lacrosse team from Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. The Hawks play in the Ontario Junior C Lacrosse League. They were known as the Huntsville Legionaires in 1965, Huntsville Tornadoes in 1966, and as the Huntsville Hawks from 1967 to the present.

For the 1968 Continental Football League team playing professional American football in Huntsville, Alabama, see Alabama Hawks.
Huntsville Hawks
SportBox lacrosse
Founded1965
LeagueOntario Junior C Lacrosse League
Based inHuntsville, Ontario
ArenaJack Bionda Arena
ColoursGreen, Black, and Yellow
PresidentShelly Nobile

History

The Hawks were one of the oldest running Junior "B" teams in lacrosse prior to 2010. The Hawks won the second ever National title, then known as the Castrol Cup in their inaugural season. They also pulled off a second National title in 1991, winning the Founders Cup.

Since their last Founders Cup, the Hawks have found it hard to draw top talent to the Huntsville area and their season results have suffered. The team also had to fold in 2000 to rebuild some of its interior structure. The fold happened after a winless 1999 season. Since another winless season in 2004, the past two season have gone a little smoother for the Hawks with two straight 6-14-0 seasons. In 2007 the club almost went .500, only to suffer through yet another winless season in 2008. Although there were marginal gains in 2009 & 2010, it is clear the Hawks were going to have a tough time competing going forward.

At the 2010 OLA AGM, the Hawks asked for admission into the OLA Jr. C Lacrosse League, dropping from Jr. B.

1991 Founders Cup

At the end of the 1991 season, the Hawks were in 4th place overall with a 13-5-0 record. With home advantage in the first round of the playoffs, they drew the fifth seed Gloucester Griffins. The Griffins did not provide much of a challenge as the Hawks swept them 3 games to none. In the league semi-final, the Hawks drew the first place Scarborough Saints in a best-of-seven series. After dropping the first two games, the Hawks walked through them in four straight. The finals saw them take on the second seed Elora Mohawks. In another upset, the Hawks again lost the first two games, only to take the next four to clinch the Provincial title. The 1991 Founders Cup was played in the host city of Gloucester, Ontario. In their opening game, Huntsville once again met their first round playoff opponents, the host team Gloucester Griffins and beat them by a 12–5 score. The Hawks next met the West Coast champion Delta Islanders, and dropped a close decision 10–9. Next came the Manitoba team, whom the Hawks defeated easily. Thanks to a defeat for the Islanders at the hands of the Griffins, Huntsville qualified for the finals, wherein they defeated Gloucester 18–6 to claim the 1991 Founders Cup.

Season-by-season results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

SeasonGPWLTGFGAPTSPlacingPlayoffs
1966249150265365186th OLA-ALost Quarter-final
19672414100343304283rd OLA-ALost Semi-final
19682412120282339243rd OLA-ALost Semi-final
19692413110303323265th OLA-ALost Quarter-final
197028127024359328th OLA-ADNQ
1974268180285377167th OLA-C CentralEliminated in Round Robin
19752412111356364254th OLA-C CentralLost Semi-final
19762211110313311224th OLA-CLost Quarter-final
19772411130346333226th OLA-CLost Quarter-final
1978OLA-B
1979221741385253351st OLA-B East
1980161420314153281st OLA-B EastLost Quarter-final
1981188100258206164th OLA-B EastLost Quarter-final
1982207130232272146th OLA-B EastDNQ
1983221570333259302nd OLA-B EastLost Semi-final
1984201361301216271st OLA-B Div IIILost Semi-final
1985241671278246332nd OLA-B EastLost Semi-final
1986181080252209203rd OLA-B EastLost Semi-final
1987201640303185321st OLA-B EastLost Final
1988207130197203145th OLA-B EastDNQ
1989201280231172245th OLA-BLost Semi-final
1990201451258176293rd OLA-BLost Quarter-final
1991181350261202264th OLA-BWon League, Won Founders Cup
1992201091255224215th OLA-BLost Semi-final
1993224180194289811th OLA-BDNQ
19942271412022351510th OLA-BDNQ
199522418017026085th OLA-B CentralDNQ
1996228140207298165th OLA-B EastDNQ
199722418019230486th OLA-B EastDNQ
1998205150169243106th OLA-B EastDNQ
199920020012632509th OLA-B EastDNQ
20000------Folded
2001201190141294211th OLA-B EastDNQ
2002223190173259611th OLA-B EastDNQ
20032051501222031012th OLA-B EastDNQ
2004200200102256012th OLA-B EastDNQ
2005206140160236128th OLA-B EastLost 1st Round
20062061401451881210th OLA-B EastDNQ
2007209101188188196th OLA-B EastLost Round 1
2008200200131256013th OLA-B EastDNQ
2009206140120217129th OLA-B EastDNQ
2010203161100253713th OLA-B EastDNQ
20111601606822506th OLA-C CentralDNQ
20121531116116975th OLA-C CentralDNQ
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