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- ↑ "Barrie hosts Southwest Cyclops on Thursday in CLax semifinal; Demons await winner". Barrie Examiner. By Stephen Sweet, April 1, 2015
- ↑ "Barrie lacrosse team selects several local players, adds two veterans via trade". Barrie Examiner, By Raymond Bowe, December 5, 2014
- ↑ Barrie Blizzard win Creator's Cup" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine . Brantford Expositor, Sunday, April 5, 2015
- ↑ "Barrie Blizzard captures cup ". Simcoe.com.
- ↑ "Barrie set to face Southwest Cyclops on April 2 at BMC ". Barrie Examiner.
- ↑ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/2013CLAX.txt [ bare URL plain text file ]
- ↑ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/2014CLAX.txt [ bare URL plain text file ]
- ↑ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/2015CLAX.txt [ bare URL plain text file ]