It was a full blown Warrior invasion in Portland, Oregon this past weekend. 9 Westcoast Warrior teams made the trek down the I-5 to Indoor Goals Arena in Beaverton for the NARCh Regional Tournament held March 11-13.

Throughout the weekend there were many familiar faces in the crowd and on the rink making Indoor Goals feel like a home away from home for everyone.

Warrior teams competing included:

After 61 games over 2.5 days of roller hockey action, the dust settled and 4 Warrior teams claimed the Gold Medals and 2 Warrior teams came home with the Silver Medal.

In the first final of the day, the Squirt Red team matched up against the Mt.Hood Thunder for the 2nd time that day. Mt. Hood jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead. This seemed to wake up the Red team as they answered back quickly and often enroute to a 9-1 victory.

The 2nd final was a rematch between both Warrior Atom teams. Although battling hard throughout the contest, the White team came up short against a very talented and determined 96 team. The 96's showed their practice and hardwork continues to payoff as they skated to victory. A great first tournament appearance for the boys & girls on the White team.

Next up was the Bantam Final, featuring Derek Brewerton's dedicated group against another Langley team, the Nitro. This game was also a rematch of a Saturday game between these two teams. The Warriors proved too much for the Nitro as they continued their dominant play from the weekend and came away with a 6-3 victory.

The Mite Division saw all 3 Warrior teams advance to the Playoffs. First up was the White team versus the Red team in the Semifinal game. The Whites came out hard and gave the Red team all they could handle. The Red team played a solid game and skated to a hard-fought 3-0 win. The Reds moved on to face the 96's in the Final game. A rematch of a great game a week ago, this game featured two teams battling hard for 2 periods with neither team giving an inch to the other. The Reds 2-1 victory was a testament to how even these two teams were.

Some other great performances were put forth by Warriors teams:

In Squirt the White team was minutes away from securing a berth in the Finals when a shot rang off the crossbar that would have given the team a 2-goal lead. However, as we've seen in roller hockey so often, that missed opportunity resulted in a chance at the other end for Mt.Hood Thunder and they scored the tying goal and got the eventual winner moments later.

In Peewee, both the Red and White teams had some success but ran into a couple of hot teams from Central Oregon and Indoor Goals that knocked both Warrior teams out of Playoff contention.

This was a great tournament experience for the Warriors as we saw many players get their first opportunity to play in a Rep tournament and experience their first road trip.

GREAT JOB BY ALL WESTCOAST WARRIOR TEAMS IN PORTLAND!