DATE SET FOR 2ND ANNUAL BOB WINTERS MEMORIAL August 17, 2010
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Plans are being finalized for the 2nd annual Bob Winters Memorial 100 Hole Invitiational Golf tournament. The event is a major fundraiser for three of the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack club teams—men’s golf, men’s hockey and men’s baseball.
“We are hoping for a bigger and better event this year,” says event committee member Jeff Vanjoff. The event sees teams of two playing 100 holes beginning September 16 th at the Dunes in Kamloops.
Teams are made up of people representing a local business or interest. Everyone is to dress the part to promote their sponsor. All players will get breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Each squad will fundraise with prizes being awarded to the top teams. The format of the event is alternate shot. Score doesn’t count.
“Bob Winters was an outstanding contributor to sport in Kamloops,” stated event committee member Ron Maguire. “ Its an honor to be associated with an event of this magnitude in his honor.”
Winters passed away July 27, 2009. His passion was baseball which was evident by his contributions to Kamloops Minor Baseball and the Sun Devils Junior Program. He was also a founding member of the TRU WolfPack baseball program. He was named Kamloops Sports Person of the Year in 1991 and was named to the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fam in 2005.
If you are interested in sponsoring one of the teams, you can long onto www.tru.ca/forms/golf100/pledge.html.
CCBC LOSES FRANCHISE AND GAINS ONE August 4, 2010
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Kwantlen (in Red) wont be playing in the CCBC this Fall (A. Snucins photo)
When the curtain goes up on the Canadian College Baseball Conference exhibition season in the fall, there will one new face and the absence of another. The Kwanten Polytechnic Eagles have ceased operations. While the CCBC is pleased to announce that they will have a franchise in Victoria.
“ I think that adding another team to Vancouver Island is a great addition for the League”, says CCBC President Ted Hotzak.” The Greater Victoria area has a large number of baseball players that come out of the Mariners (and Eagles) teams, and the new Victoria Mavericks college team will allow these players a local college opportunity. In addition, while it will have a recruiting impact on the Vancouver Island Baseball team, it will reduce some of their travel costs as they will be able to play another college team on Vancouver Island. Also, there are a number of PBL players who have attended the University of Victoria over the years. These are students who wanted to go to U of Vic and played baseball with the Mavericks Mens team, as there was no college team available. In general, the positives outweigh any negatives with this addition. All of the existing CCBC teams were in favour of this addition.”
The addition of the Victoria team also sits well with WolfPack head coach Ray Chadwick. “Victoria has always been a strong market for our recruiting. It’ll be great for our athletes to play in front of friends and family rather than have them go all the way to Naniamo to see us play.”
Hotzak is sad to see Kwantlen go. “This team has struggled for the last few years with several problems related to recruiting enough students for the program. This now leaves the lower mainland with no CCBC teams, Douglas College plays in the NNAAWC and UBC in the NAIA. “
As for the future expansion of the Canadian Baseball Conference? “ There have been several expressions of interest to from college teams and join the CCBC,” he says. “ While we would like to see some expansion, the CCBC teams have made it clear that any programs that wish to join the CCBC, must have a significant organizational structure in place to ensure that the team is successful for more that a few years. It takes a group of very dedicated people to perform all of the functions like fund raising, recruiting, administration and coaching to make a college team successful. All of these must be addressed in considering any new franchises. ““
He continued. “ Having said that, it would be nice to have one or two teams in the lower mainland. With eight PBL teams in the area each graduating about 5 players per year on average, there should be a sufficient player base for one or two programs. However, until the right group comes along, with the appropriate resources to run a team, the lower mainland will not be represented.”
The WolfPack and the rest of the CCBC including Victoria will be playing exhibition games in the fall with the league to start playing ‘for real’ in the Spring.
Other franchises in the Canadian College Baseball Conference are: Okanagan College, Vancouver Island Baseball Institute, Prairie Baseball Academy and the University of Calgary
The 2011 CCBC Championship will be held in Kamloops, BC at Norbrock Stadium.
BASEBALL FALLS SHORT IN WINNING 2ND STRAIGHT CCBC TITLE May 17, 2010
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Jarrod Ivan coming home (A. Snucins)
The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack will have to settle for second place in the Canadian College Baseball Conference in 2010. Playing before their home fans, the WolfPack fell short in their bid for a second straight title. They lost 7-4 to the Vancouver Island Baseball Institute Mariners at Norbrock Stadium on Sunday (May 16). The score was 7-4.
The Mariners went through the four team CCBC Tournament unbeaten. TRU had to down the Okanagan College Coyotes 12-8 in the semi final to qualify for the gold medal match.
In the final, the Mariners scored two runs in the second and third innings and added four more in the fourth to take a commanding 7-0 lead. TRU battled back with single runs in the fifth, two in the sixth and one more in the ninth inning.
Jordan Broatch (A. Snucins photo)
Two time CCBC First Team All-Star Jordan Broatch (4th year, RHP, White Rock, BC) ended his college career with his only loss of the season. He tossed a complete game six hitter, walking four and striking out three.
Myles Ethier (3rd year, RHP, Carval, AB) was the winner. He tossed six innings of four hit ball, surrendering three runs, walking two and striking out four. Adam Paulescu earned the save, going an inning, striking out two, walking two, giving up a run and a hit.
Left fielder Blake Robson (1st year, Nanaimo, BC) was 1 for 3 for the winners with 2 RBI.
Dillon Morgan at first base (A. Snucins)
For TRU: Dillon Morgan (3rd year, first base, Camp Verde, AZ) was 2 for 4 with a run batted in. Graduating catcher Bryan Burston (West Kelowna, BC) was 1 for 3.
Bryan Burston (A. Snucins)
Burston had a fine final day of college baseball. He was 3 for 5 with three runs batted in as TRU beat OCC 12-8 in the semi final. TRU had four runs in the second, added six more in the third and two in the eighth for the victory. They pounded out 17 hits.
The Coyotes had three runs in the fourth inning, one in the sixth, three more in the seventh and added one in the ninth. Matt Leschuk (1st year, RHP, Kamloops, BC) was the winner. He went five and two third innings, giving up two hits, striking out three and walking four.
Keifer Redway (1st year, RHP, Qualicum Beach, BC) was the first of four OCC pitchers and took the loss. He went two innings, giving up seven hits, with two walks and two strikeouts.
(A. Snucins photo)
The WolfPack will get another chance to win their first ever CCBC title at home in 2011. They will host the ‘final four’ tournament for two more years.
WOLFPACK TO MEET COYOTES IN CCBC SEMI FINAL May 17, 2010
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(A. Snucins)
If the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack are to win a second straight Canadian College Baseball Conference title, they will have to do it the hard way.
The WolfPack finished the round robin portion of the 2010 CCBC Playoff Tournament at Norbrock Stadium in third place. TRU wound up with a win and two losses. That was behind the unbeaten Vancouver Island Baseball Institute Mariners (3 and 0) and the Okanagan College Coyotes (2-1).
The Mariners have guaranteed themselves a spot in Sunday’s (May 16) championship final based on their unbeaten record. VIBI downed Okanagan College 3-1 and the WolfPack 3-1 on Saturday.
Against TRU, CCBC First Team All-Star Adam Paulescu was the winning pitcher tossing a complete game three hitter. He struck out five and walked four. Paulescu threw 99 pitches in the ball game, 59 were strikes.
Matt Walker (4th year, RHP, Bowen Island, BC) was the loser giving up six hits and striking out nine. CCBC First Team All-Star Designated Hitter David Hole (2nd year, Vancouver, BC) was 2 for 2 with an RBI for TRU.
The Coyotes beat the Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs of Lethbridge, Alberta 4-3 before the WolfPack downed PBA 3-1 to eliminate the Dawgs from play on Sunday. In that game, TRU scored all three runs in the third inning. The CCBC’s winningest pitcher, Danny Moore (2nd year, RHP, Victoria, BC) was the winner on a four hitter. Fellow CCBC All-Star Alex Tufts (2nd year, RHP, Kentville, NS) took the loss strikingout two and surrendering three hits. Both pitchers tossed complete games.
TRU was led by CCBC Second Team All-Star Scott Nevison (4th year, North Vancouver, BC) who was 1 for 1 with a run batted in. Second baseman Adam Halland (2nd year, Kamloops,BC) was 1 for 3 with an RBI.
First baseman Greg Friesen (1st year, Regina, Sask) was one for three with a run batted in.
The OCC/TRU semi final goes at 10 am with the winner meeting VIBI at 1 pm. All action is at Norbrock Stadium.
CCBC ANNOUNCES PLAYER HONORS/ALLSTAR TEAMS May 14, 2010
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- Danny Moore was named CCBC’s Top Pitcher
The Canadian College Baseball Conference has kicked off its Championship Weekend in Kamloops by announcing its player and team awards and conference all-stars.
The host and defending champion Thompson Rivers University WolfPack had two of their pitchers honored. Danny Moore (2nd year, RHP, Victoria, BC) had the most wins of any pitcher in the CCBC this spring. He was 6 and 0. Jordan Broatch (4th year, RHP, White Rock, BC) was the top pitcher with an earned run average of 1.21, he pitched 59.1 innings, giving up 16 walks, striking out 45 and surrendering eight earned runs.
Jordan Broatch was named the CCBC Top Pitcher (ERA) and a First Team All-star
Brant Stickel (4th year, LHP, Veteran, AB) of the University of Calgary was the strike out leader. In 44 innings pitched, Stickel fanned 61 batters. He was also the CCBC runs batted in leader with 25 in 87 at bats. He had 29 hits and scored 13 runs himself.
Brad Regehr (2nd year, IF, Linden, AB) of the Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs had the top batting average in the CCBC in 2010. He hit .426 with 34 hits, seven doubles and five triples. He had 12 extra base hits in 78 at bats.
Outfielder Adam Parliament of the Okanagan College Coyotes was the home run leader. The native of Penticton, BC had four homers in 51 at bats and a slugging percentage of .686 with 17 runs batted in.
TRU captured the best pitching award with a combined earned run average of .314. The staff surrendered 81 earned runs, walked 82 batters and struck out 170. The Prairie Baseball Academy won the top team hitting award. They had a combined batting average of .284. They had 192 hits, 36 doubles, seven triples and eight home runs.
PBA dominated the Canadian College Baseball Conference First All-Star team. The Dawgs had catcher Jamie Mitchell, outfielders Jordan Williams(1st year, Montreal, QE) and Josh Lowden (2nd year, Cranbrook, BC), pitcher Alex Tufts (2nd year, Kentville, NS) and Regehr named to the squad. TRU had four players chosen. They were infielders Jarrod Ivan (2nd year, shortstop, Toronto, Ont), Dillon Morgan (3rd year, first base-third base, Camp Verde, AZ), David Hole (2nd year, DH, Vancouver, BC) and Broatch.
David Hole was the CCBC's First All Star Team DH
Vancouver Island Baseball Academy Mariners had three players named to the first team: Pitcher Myles Ethier (3rd year, RHP, Caraval, AB), outfielder Cody Phipps(2nd year, Round Hill, AB) and infielder Cody Pendergast (1st year, Calgary, AB). The other player on the first team is Stickel of the University of Calgary who was chosen as the all-star utility man.
The CCBC Second team as dominated by VIBI and Okanagan College Coyotes. Each team had three players chosen as all-stars. VIBI players chosen were infielder Cole English (1st year, Swift Current, Sask), DH Scott Belinski(3rd year, Kelowna, BC) and pitcher Adam Paulencu( 2nd year, Sherwood Park, AB). Coyote selections were infielder Bryce Wilkie (3rd year, Kelowna, BC), outfielder Reed Quall (1st year, Penticton, BC) and utility man Spencer Kilpatrick (1st year, Kelowna, BC).
TRU, the University of Calgary and the Prairie Baseball Academy all had two players chosen. The WolfPack’s second team all-stars were Scott Nevison (4th year, outfielder, North Vancouver, BC) and Moore. PBA was represented by infielder Greg Friesen (1st year, first base, Regina, Sask) and pitcher Brandon MacKinnon (1st year, LHP, Dartmouth, NS). Calgary players selected were catcher Austin Fruson(2nd year, Medicine Hat, AB) and his brother, infielder Lee Fruson (3rd year, Medicine Hat, AB).
The other player named to the CCBC Second Team All-Star squad was outfielder Dustin Deeming of Kwantlen.
Shortstop Jarrod Ivan was a 1st team CCBC All-Star
The procedure for selecting the All-Conference Teams consisted of all the CCBC clubs identifying their own players who they thought deserved consideration. A list is compiled of all the players and sent back to the teams to place in the various positions. Only players who were initially considered qualify for selection. Then, each player is given points (3 for first team, 2 points for second and 1 point for nomination). The points are added up and the team’s are selected. The team and individual awards are selected through the Pointstreak.com system.
The CCBC Championship Tournament begins this afternoon (Fri May 14) with VIBI taking on PBA at 3 pm (PDT) at Norbrock Stadium. That’ll be followed by a skills competition. The host TRU WolfPack take on Okanagan College at 7:30 pm.