Bell & Smith Shine In Chiefs Victory

Gary Groob

Gary Groob has been involved with Lacrosse for the majority of his life, whether playing, coaching, or covering the sport for the media. An avid fan, with a real drive about helping to "grow the game", Gary became part of podcasts about the game in 2010. Through the podcasts, Mr. Groob was given an opportunity to write about lacrosse, and the rest as they say, is history. Through many miles (flying and driving) Gary has made inroads with the National Lacrosse League, Major Series Lacrosse, Ontario Series Lacrosse, the Ontario Lacrosse Association, CUFLA, as well as the Arena Lacrosse League, covering the leagues, their teams, and players, working for, and in concert with all of them. In the year 2019, Mr. Groob was made the media person for the Arena Lacrosse League, voted onto the board of directors of the Brampton Excelsiors Lacrosse Club, as well as being made administrator of the Lacrosse page "Global Lacrosse" with a membership of 14,000+ members in over 90 Countries. Gary was also made an administrator of Lacrosse History Past Present and Future in 2022 with a membership of 19,000+. Gary also has been the media person for Ontario Series Lacrosse (Senior B) since 2023. Mr. Groob also covers the Green Gaels for their excursions to Prague at the Ales Hrebesky tournament since 2022. In 2024, when Major Series Lacrosse was in need of a media person, Gary stepped in as their interim media person. His tasks were running their social media, as well as their website until a full time person was found to fill the role. In 2025 Gary was voted onto the Board of Directors for Ontario Series Lacrosse. Mr. Groob hosts a weekly lacrosse interview show formerly on Spanglish Sports World, and ZingoTV channel 250, now on StreamPunkEnt.com, Youtube, as well as Spotify. Groob also hosts a lacrosse talk show and podcast for All Lacrosse All The Time seen live Sunday nights at 8pm (ET), and archived on the All Lacrosse All The Time YouTube page, as well as Spotify. Gary also wrote a weekly lacrosse editorial column for La Portada Canada News both in print and online for three years from 2021-2024. In 2025, Mr. Groob joined the ownership ranks, becoming a minority owner of StreamPunk Entertainment, ensuring Lacrosse will always have voice in media. Gary was voted onto the board of directors as the social media director for Ontario Series Lacrosse (OSL) in November of 2025. In 2026 Mr. Groob was nominated for the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame, made a voting member of the NLL media, was put as a voting member in the Ales Hrebesky Tournament awards, and was nominated for the Tom Borelli Award as media person of the year for the NLL. Mr. Groob's other sports interests include Hockey, Football, Boxing, Wrestling, and Baseball, competing competitively in Boxing and Wrestling for many years.

(Photos courtesy of the Six Nations Chiefs Instagram page)

The Six Nations Chiefs (4-1) visited the Owen Sound North Stars (2-3) at the Meaford-St. Vincent Community Centre in Meaford, Ontario, Saturday evening in Major Series Lacrosse action.

The goaltending match-up had Warren Hill in net for the Chiefs facing Kaleb Martin in net for the North Stars.

A game that both showcased the sheer power of the Chiefs lineup, but even more impressive, the dominant transition game they have. Led by Tyson Bell (3g,1a), Latrell Harris (1g,0a) and Josh Ricci (1g,1a), the Six Nations transition game accounted for five of their twelve goals. Not to be outdone, Ryan Smith (3g,0a), Josh Byrne (1g,4a), and Cody Jamieson (1g,3a) had strong offensive showings as well.

Owen Sound fought valiantly in the first period, down only 3-2 at the intermission. However, as the game wore on, the Chiefs were able to control the flow of the game more and more, outscoring the Stars 9-3 in the final two periods. Six Nations defeats the Owen Sound North Stars 12-5.

To The Game:

Six Nations used all the weapons in their arsenal from the word go with Tyson Bell marching down the floor on a loose ball pickup, scoring unassisted at just 0:25 seconds.

Owen Sound fought back with a pair of goals. Dylan Watson converted a Xander Derkatz pass at 2:20, follkwed by Isiah Moran-Weekes with an unassisted marker at 4:15.

Cody Jamieson tied the game with a howitzer from the outside off a Larson Sundown pass at 9:53, followed by another unassisted highlight reel goal from Tyson Bell at 13:11.

After one period, Six Nations 3 Owen Sound 2.

Second Period:

The Chiefs started to pull away with Ryan Smith scoring off a Josh Ricci pass at 3:17, followed by another transition beauty from Latrell Harris off a Brendan Bomberry feed 0:38 seconds later. Smith added his second of the game shorthanded, finishing a Josh Byrne pass at 10:33.

Jake McNabb got Owen Sound rolling once more with a bounced shot that beat Warren Hill to the stick side off a Liam McGrath pass at 12:43, but another great individual effort from Tyson Bell, unassisted, put the Chiefs in front by four at the break.

After two periods, Six Nations 7 Owen Sound 3.

Third Period:

Josh Byrne opened the third period scoring with a power-play goal off a Cody Jamieson pass at 1:14 to increase the lead to five.

Mitch Wilde and Josh Sanchez added goals for the North Stars, but that would be all for the North Stars scoring in this game.

Six Nations flexed their muscles with a four goal run to end the game. Larson Sundown found the back of the net off a Dawson Theede pass at 7:59, followed by Brendan Bomberry converting a Josh Byrne feed from the side of the net at 11:35.

Ryan Smith’s third of the night was a laser to the corner off a Byrne pass as well at 17:27, followed by a transition goal from Josh Ricci off a pass from Tyson Bell at 19:47.

Final score, Six Nations 12 Owen Sound 5.