1 Win, 1 Loss

All of a sudden, Brett Hawrys and Connor Leies are right back in the B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League scoring race.

When the two combined for 16 points in a crucial 17-12 home win for the Nanaimo Junior A Timbermen over the Langley Thunder Saturday, that will happen. As will a six-point day for the duo on Sunday.

But for the Timbermen, sixpoints from two of their top players wasn\'t good enough for a road win on Sunday as they fell 14-8 to the Burnaby Lakers.

The split weekend puts Nanaimo in sixth-place in the eight-team BCJALL, still seven points behind the New Westminster Salmonbellies for the league\'s fourth and final playoff spot - both teams have six games to go in the 2015 season.

On Saturday in Nanaimo, though, Hawrys and Leies looked ready to will their team into the post-season.

Hawrys, in his final year of junior lacrosse and looking to boost his Senior A draft stock, had four goals and four assists on nine shots, including scoring the game-winner. Leies, a rookie with the Timbermen, had an identical day.

Not far behind was 21-year-old Dane Sorensen with two goals and four assists for Nanaimo, and rookie Alec Molander, who had a goal and three assists.

Nanaimo\'s Cody Short also had a four-point game, all on assists, while goalie Jerryd Jensen made 55 saves in the win.

But the Timbermen couldn\'t keep rolling when they hit the road for Burnaby on Sunday, failing to shut down Aidan Milburn, the league\'s fourth-leading scorer.

Milburn picked up six points for the Lakers, double what any one Timbermen player was able to pick up.

Leies finished the game with two goals and an assist, while Hawrys had a goal and two

assists. With 51 points each, the two Nanaimo stars are tied with Cole Pickup of the Victoria Shamrocks for ninth in league scoring.

Molander scored twice with an assist in the Timbermen loss, as did Short, and Sorensen finished with tow points off a goal and an assist. Jensen and Matt Zeller split goaltending duties.

The Timbermen, now at 5-9-1 on the season, have their work cut out for them if they want to make the playoffs for the first time since 2011.

To make things even more difficult, their next four

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