{"id":91809,"date":"2025-04-30T11:40:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=91809"},"modified":"2025-07-23T11:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:46:07","slug":"tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Tavares-coached Bandits advance to National Lacrosse League semi-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Sam Laskaris Writer Six Nations Chiefs\u2019 head coach John Tavares will soon turn his thoughts to what he can do to help the local lacrosse squad in its quest to win a third consecutive Mann Cup championship. The Chiefs will commence their 2025 Major Series Lacrosse regular season on May 19 with a home contest at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena versus the Brampton Excelsiors. But before he can focus on the Chiefs\u2019 campaign, however, Tavares has a more immediate matter to concentrate on \u2013 helping the Buffalo Bandits in their attempt to capture a third straight National Lacrosse League (NLL) title. Tavares also serves as the head coach of the Bandits, who received a bit of a scare this past Friday in their quarter-final match against the visiting San&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription &#8211; Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F04%2F30%2Ftavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sam Laskaris Writer Six Nations Chiefs\u2019 head coach John Tavares will soon turn his thoughts to what he can do to help the local lacrosse squad in its quest to win a third consecutive Mann Cup championship. The Chiefs will commence their 2025 Major Series Lacrosse regular season on May 19 with a home contest at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena versus the Brampton Excelsiors. But before he can focus on the Chiefs\u2019 campaign, however, Tavares has a more immediate matter to concentrate on \u2013 helping the Buffalo Bandits in their attempt to capture a third straight National Lacrosse League (NLL) title. Tavares also serves as the head coach of the Bandits, who received a bit of a scare this past Friday in their quarter-final match against the visiting San... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription - Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F04%2F30%2Ftavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":91796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-ticker","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-3","pmpro-level-2","pmpro-level-5","pmpro-level-6","pmpro-level-7","pmpro-no-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tavares-coached Bandits advance to National Lacrosse League semi-finals - The Turtle Island News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tavares-coached Bandits advance to National Lacrosse League semi-finals - The Turtle Island News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Sam Laskaris Writer Six Nations Chiefs\u2019 head coach John Tavares will soon turn his thoughts to what he can do to help the local lacrosse squad in its quest to win a third consecutive Mann Cup championship. The Chiefs will commence their 2025 Major Series Lacrosse regular season on May 19 with a home contest at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena versus the Brampton Excelsiors. But before he can focus on the Chiefs\u2019 campaign, however, Tavares has a more immediate matter to concentrate on \u2013 helping the Buffalo Bandits in their attempt to capture a third straight National Lacrosse League (NLL) title. Tavares also serves as the head coach of the Bandits, who received a bit of a scare this past Friday in their quarter-final match against the visiting San\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Turtle Island News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TurtleIslandNews\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-30T15:40:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-23T15:46:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Six-Nations-Chiefs-head-coach-John-Tavares-is-also-the-head-coach-of-the-National-Lacrosse-Leagues-Buffalo-Bandits-e1746027629676.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sandy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@newsattheturtle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@newsattheturtle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sandy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/30\\\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/30\\\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sandy\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/12f8efd2d424c9cd820883abe58a7d4b\"},\"headline\":\"Tavares-coached Bandits advance to National Lacrosse League semi-finals\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-30T15:40:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-23T15:46:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/30\\\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":522,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/30\\\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Six-Nations-Chiefs-head-coach-John-Tavares-is-also-the-head-coach-of-the-National-Lacrosse-Leagues-Buffalo-Bandits-e1746027629676.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\",\"ticker\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/30\\\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/30\\\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/30\\\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tavares-coached Bandits advance to National Lacrosse League semi-finals - The Turtle Island News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/30\\\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/30\\\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Six-Nations-Chiefs-head-coach-John-Tavares-is-also-the-head-coach-of-the-National-Lacrosse-Leagues-Buffalo-Bandits-e1746027629676.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-30T15:40:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-23T15:46:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/30\\\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/30\\\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/30\\\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Six-Nations-Chiefs-head-coach-John-Tavares-is-also-the-head-coach-of-the-National-Lacrosse-Leagues-Buffalo-Bandits-e1746027629676.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Six-Nations-Chiefs-head-coach-John-Tavares-is-also-the-head-coach-of-the-National-Lacrosse-Leagues-Buffalo-Bandits-e1746027629676.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Six Nations Chiefs\u2019 head coach John Tavares is also the head coach of the National Lacrosse League\u2019s Buffalo Bandits. (Submitted photo)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/30\\\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tavares-coached Bandits advance to National Lacrosse League semi-finals\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Turtle Island News\",\"description\":\"Your Source for Local News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Turtle Island News\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/turtle150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/turtle150.jpg\",\"width\":140,\"height\":150,\"caption\":\"Turtle Island News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/TurtleIslandNews\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/newsattheturtle\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCOqB-hG3L6hRLsmqY0e5k0g\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/12f8efd2d424c9cd820883abe58a7d4b\",\"name\":\"Sandy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6e4c0a8df37fbe0583e334d8b74c87c99f14ab1104d94e53dc20264e5cac775e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6e4c0a8df37fbe0583e334d8b74c87c99f14ab1104d94e53dc20264e5cac775e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6e4c0a8df37fbe0583e334d8b74c87c99f14ab1104d94e53dc20264e5cac775e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sandy\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/sandy\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tavares-coached Bandits advance to National Lacrosse League semi-finals - The Turtle Island News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tavares-coached Bandits advance to National Lacrosse League semi-finals - The Turtle Island News","og_description":"By Sam Laskaris Writer Six Nations Chiefs\u2019 head coach John Tavares will soon turn his thoughts to what he can do to help the local lacrosse squad in its quest to win a third consecutive Mann Cup championship. The Chiefs will commence their 2025 Major Series Lacrosse regular season on May 19 with a home contest at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena versus the Brampton Excelsiors. But before he can focus on the Chiefs\u2019 campaign, however, Tavares has a more immediate matter to concentrate on \u2013 helping the Buffalo Bandits in their attempt to capture a third straight National Lacrosse League (NLL) title. Tavares also serves as the head coach of the Bandits, who received a bit of a scare this past Friday in their quarter-final match against the visiting San","og_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/","og_site_name":"The Turtle Island News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TurtleIslandNews\/","article_published_time":"2025-04-30T15:40:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-23T15:46:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Six-Nations-Chiefs-head-coach-John-Tavares-is-also-the-head-coach-of-the-National-Lacrosse-Leagues-Buffalo-Bandits-e1746027629676.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Sandy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@newsattheturtle","twitter_site":"@newsattheturtle","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sandy","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/"},"author":{"name":"Sandy","@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/12f8efd2d424c9cd820883abe58a7d4b"},"headline":"Tavares-coached Bandits advance to National Lacrosse League semi-finals","datePublished":"2025-04-30T15:40:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-23T15:46:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/"},"wordCount":522,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Six-Nations-Chiefs-head-coach-John-Tavares-is-also-the-head-coach-of-the-National-Lacrosse-Leagues-Buffalo-Bandits-e1746027629676.png","articleSection":["Sports","ticker"],"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/","url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/","name":"Tavares-coached Bandits advance to National Lacrosse League semi-finals - The Turtle Island News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Six-Nations-Chiefs-head-coach-John-Tavares-is-also-the-head-coach-of-the-National-Lacrosse-Leagues-Buffalo-Bandits-e1746027629676.png","datePublished":"2025-04-30T15:40:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-23T15:46:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Six-Nations-Chiefs-head-coach-John-Tavares-is-also-the-head-coach-of-the-National-Lacrosse-Leagues-Buffalo-Bandits-e1746027629676.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Six-Nations-Chiefs-head-coach-John-Tavares-is-also-the-head-coach-of-the-National-Lacrosse-Leagues-Buffalo-Bandits-e1746027629676.png","width":1024,"height":600,"caption":"Six Nations Chiefs\u2019 head coach John Tavares is also the head coach of the National Lacrosse League\u2019s Buffalo Bandits. (Submitted photo)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/tavares-coached-bandits-advance-to-national-lacrosse-league-semi-finals\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tavares-coached Bandits advance to National Lacrosse League semi-finals"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/","name":"The Turtle Island News","description":"Your Source for Local News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/#organization","name":"Turtle Island News","url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/turtle150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/turtle150.jpg","width":140,"height":150,"caption":"Turtle Island News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TurtleIslandNews\/","https:\/\/x.com\/newsattheturtle","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCOqB-hG3L6hRLsmqY0e5k0g"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/12f8efd2d424c9cd820883abe58a7d4b","name":"Sandy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6e4c0a8df37fbe0583e334d8b74c87c99f14ab1104d94e53dc20264e5cac775e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6e4c0a8df37fbe0583e334d8b74c87c99f14ab1104d94e53dc20264e5cac775e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6e4c0a8df37fbe0583e334d8b74c87c99f14ab1104d94e53dc20264e5cac775e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sandy"},"url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/author\/sandy\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91810,"href":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91809\/revisions\/91810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}