The St. Catharines Athletics are a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The Athletics play in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. Since 2022 the organization has also operated a Junior "B" franchise of the same name that plays in the OJBLL.

History

The St. Catharines Athletics Jr.A squad has played in various arenas and under many different names in their history. They also had many years in which the team was defunct. However, the organization has been running successfully without danger of defunction since 1982. In 2021 the Athletics organization acquired the St. Catharines Spartans franchise of the OJBLL. They were renamed to the Athletics as well and now serve as a direct affiliate to the Junior "A" squad.

Minto Cup championships

During their history, the team has won six Minto Cup championships (1947, 1950, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2003.)

NLL players

Many St. Catharines lacrosse players who played for the Athletics have gone on to successfully play in the National Lacrosse League, such as: There is also a notable number of players outside of St. Catharines who have gone on to successful careers after playing for the Athletics. Players included are: Recently drafted players (2020) include:

Season-by-season results

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