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2008 REGISTRATIONS

REGISTRATIONS FOR 2008 BELOW BANTAM AGE HAVE CONCLUDED. ANY FURTHER REGISTRATIONS WILL BE PUT ON A WAITING LIST. BANTAM AND ABOVE CAN STILL REGISTER AT HAPPY'S SPORTING GOODS ONLY.....

T-BALL/MOSQUITO/PEE WEE SCHEDULES NOW POSTED

24 April 2008: THE NEW REVISED 2008 T-BALL/MOSQUITO/PEE WEE SCHEDULES ARE NOW POSTED ON THE WEBSITE..

BLIZZ SPLIT WITH LADNER 05 May 2008: It never fails that when you show up at the park expecting to walk all over someone, it will inevitably come back to bite you and on Sunday it did. The Blizz got caught reading the Standings and forgot that the game is won or lost on the diamond, not on the website. That's not to take anything away from Ladner's Nick Crema who fanned 12 Blizzard while only giving up 2 hits in the game one 7-2 loss. He completly owned the young Blizz as they were constantly caught looking on the offspeed pitches. Seven of those strikeouts were of the caught looking variety. The lone brightspots in the game were a double from Marcus Drewry and a triple from Josh Croft. Ryan Fairgray picked up his 1st RBI of the season to bring home Drewry while Bryan Pawlina took the loss on the mound. "We got down by two or three runs right away and you could just see the whole team deflate. They need to learn that it's a seven inning game" said Pitching Coach Terry Woods. After some motivational sprints during the intermission, the Blizz came out with a new attitude in the second game. A five spot on 6 hits in the top of the 3rd inning put the Blizz ahead 6-5 and they never looked back. Marcus Drewry got the win with some excellent middle relief from TR Doty and Cody Egan. Clayton Isherwood picked up the save. Offensively Nolan Laderoute went 2/3 BB 2 RBI's,Adam Riley 2/2, and Cody Egan went 2/3 2B HP and a RBI. Ashton Martin also chipped in with a double and Bryan Pawlina, Josh Croft, Garrett Brandsma, and Ryan Fairgray added singles. Final score was 8-5 for the Blizzard to run their league record to 3-5 and 5-6-1 overall. "Egan sure made the difference in this one. Up to that point we were bleeding runs and he came in and shut the door on the Red Sox batters. It was nice to see all those hits in the 3rd inning. We always tend to play better when everyone is contributing and in this one we got hits from eight different players" remarked Coach Chris Kenny. The Blizzard now head on their 1st Vancouver road trip of the season with two games on Saturday vs the Rutland Rockies and two on Sunday against the Port Coquitlam Cardinals. All games are at Bird Field in Port Coquitlam. The Blizz then return home to host the 7th Annual Wooden Bat Tournament at Bill Moore Park beginning on the 17th of May. For more information on the Wood Bat Tournament or the Blizzard, log on to their website at www.ballcharts.com/blizzard

CVBA PLAYERS MAKE 2008 ROYALS

01 Apr 2008: Congrats to the following former CVBA players who survived the cuts and will be playing this season with the 2008 Parksville Royals. On the senior squad is returning Junior National Team Shortstop Carter Bell. At 2nd base, you'll find BCPBL 2007 hits leader Jared Hendry. Backing up Carter will be CVBA rookie Ryan Riley and Ryan Fowler will again be behind the plate. On the Junior Royals you'll find CVBA players Dallas Monk and Jesse Horton....

2008 MIDGET AA CLUB

Comox and Campbell River will be fielding a combined Midget "AA" traveling team for the 2008 spring season. In the past we have formed our Rep teams at the end of May in preparation for the Summer Ball season. We hope to have our team formed in the 1st week of April and playing exhibition games soon after. All Players will also play house ball for the spring season. We will play a spring schedule against other Midget "AA", Jr. Premier and Midget "AAA" teams. Some games will be off the Island but the plan is to play Saturdays and / or Sundays with as many day trips as possible. The Langley Jr. Blaze have already expressed interest in a home and home series using wood bats so it is a great opportunity to face teams we have never played before. Please get in touch with Reg Sawatzky at 250-923-1733 or regjan@telus.net if you are interested or have any questions. This is a great opportunity to play high caliber base ball for the entire season as well as get ready for the Zone and Provincial tournaments in the summer.

GREEN PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF

23 APRIL 2008: FORMER CVBA PLAYER TAYLOR GREEN IS PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF IN 2007. PLAYING THIS SEASON WITH THE BREVARD COUNTY MANATEES OF THE FLORIDA ADVANCED CLASS A LEAGUE, TAYLOR IS BATTING .338 AFTER 19 GAMES WITH 6 DOUBLES AND 13 RBI'S. THE MANATEES ARE CURRENTLY SITTING IN 3RD IN THE FSL EAST DIVISION, THREE GAMES BEHIND 1ST PLACE PALM BEACH CARDINALS...

CVBA ALUMNUS NAMED TOP SHORTSTOP AT AMERICAS JNR WORLD QUALIFIER

OCT 22ND 2007 CVBA ALUMNUS CARTER BELL HAS BEEN NAMED TOP SHORTSTOP AT THE AMERICAS JUNIOR WORLD QUALIFIER. “IT WASN'T REALLY EXPECTED. I JUST GO OUT THERE AND PLAY MY GAME EVERYDAY AND HELP THE TEAM WIN, BUT IT'S A BIG PLUS,” SAYS BELL OF HIS TOP SHORTSOP AWARD. CARTER WAS A MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM AT THE WORLD JUNIOR BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIER WHICH WAS PLAYED DURING THE LAST 2 WEEKS OF AUGUST AT IXTAPA MEXICO. CANADA LOST 6-2 IN THE BRONZE MEDAL GAME AGAINST THE US NATIONAL TEAM. CUBA BEAT MEXICO 7-0 IN THE GOLD AS ALL 4 TEAMS QUALIFIED FOR THE 2008 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS NEXT YEAR TO BE HELD IN EDMONTON ALBERTA. EACH YEAR, QUEBECOR MEDIA PUBLISHES THE ELIGIBLE LIST OF CANADIANS FOR THE MLB DRAFT LIST. THIS LIST IS COMPILED BY TORONTO SUN BASEBALL WRITER, BOB ELLIOT. RECENTLY THE 2008 LIST WAS PUBLISHED BY SLAM CANADIAN BASEBALL FOR THE 2008 DRAFT. COMING IN AT #8 WAS CVBA ALUMNUS CARTER BELL. CARTER WHO PLAYS FOR THE PARKSVILLE ROYALS OF THE BCPBL, AND RECENTLY WITH THE CANADIAN JUNIOR NATIONALS IN FLORIDA, IS A 6'2" 180 LB SLICK FIELDING SHORTSTOP. BOB ELLIOT STATES THAT ALTHOUGH HE HOLDS THE NAME OF TWO FORMER BLUE JAYS SLUGGERS, (JOE CARTER AND GEORGE BELL) HE PLAYS MORE LIKE FORMER JAYS SHORTSTOP TONY FERNANDEZ....

TAYLOR GREEN NAMED TO CANADA'S SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER

Monday, February 25, 2008: What do you do for an encore when you're coming off a season in which you were named the top player in the entire Milwaukee Brewers' minor league baseball system? How about representing your country in the Olympic Games. That's what Taylor Green plans to do, and today the Courtenay native takes a big step toward accomplishing that goal. Green, fellow B.C. Premier Baseball League alumnus Mike Saunders of Victoria and the rest of the Canadian men's baseball team begin a one-week training camp in Brisbane, Australia, today. Following five exhibition games this week against the Australian national team, Team Canada will head to Taichung, Taiwan, to take part in the last-chance Olympic Qualifying tournament. The top three teams from the qualifying tournament will earn the final three berths to this summer's Beijing Olympics. "I'm excited, I'm pumped for this," Green said Saturday, over the phone from the Brewers' spring training facility just outside Phoenix. Green, a 2005 draft choice of the Brewers out of the Parksville Royals, was only in Phoenix for a day -- to drop off his car so he would have a set of wheels when he got back -- as he was due to fly out of San Francisco yesterday to meet the rest of Team Canada in Australia. "This will be my second go-around with Team Canada (he wore the Maple Leaf at last fall's World Cup of Baseball) and I had a great time the first time so I'm expecting the same this time around and hopefully we can grab one of those Olympic spots." The Olympic qualifier is just the start of what'll be a busy season for Green, who turned 21 in November. Following the Olympic qualifier, the hard-hitting infielder returns to Arizona March 16 to catch the last two weeks of the Brewers' spring training. From there he heads south and east to suit up for the Brevard County Manatees of the high single-A Florida State League. And coming off a season where he batted .327 with 14 home runs and 86 RBIs to lead the single-A West Virginia Power to the South Atlantic League final, it may not take him long to jump to the Brewers' double-A team in Huntsville, Ala. "High A ball is where they want me now and I'm fine with that," said Green, who played third base for West Virginia but could play third, short or second for Team Canada. "I'm focused on climbing the ladder one year at a time and developing my game as I go along. The rest will take of itself." As for the Olympic qualifier, Green likes Canada's chances. They'll be up against Mexico, Korea, Australia, Spain, South Africa, Germany and the host team. Canada opens against Mexico on March 7. "It's not going to be easy because there's no weak team in this thing, but we can compete with all these teams so it's a matter of putting it all together -- hitting, pitching and defence -- on game day." If Canada does qualify for Beijing, it would mean asking the Brewers for yet another few weeks off. But Green doesn't foresee any problems there. "The Brewers have been great about releasing me for national team duties and when you're talking the Olympic Games, I'm sure they won't have a problem with that," he added. And if he does wear the Maple Leaf in Beijing, Green says, yes, he may be a little nervous. After all, the Olympic Games is a long way from fielding ground balls in Courtenay and Parksville. "It would be a dream come true to play in the Olympics. I mean, when you're playing ball in high school you may dream of playing in Olympics, but you never really think it's going to come true."

TAYLOR GREEN NAMED MILWAUKEE BREWER'S MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF 2007

29 SEPT 2007 - The Milwaukee Brewers have named Courtenay’s Taylor Green their Minor League Player of the Year. Green will receive his 2007 Robin Yount Performance Award this Saturday, Sept. 29 at a place he may one day call home – Miller Park in Milwaukee – before the Brew Crew’s game against the San Diego Padres. The 20-year-old third baseman beat out players from the Brewers’ entire minor league system (A, AA and AAA) for the honour. Selected by the Brewers in the 25th round of the 2005 MLB draft, Green had an amazing rookie season with the Single-A West Virginia Power, including being named to both the South Atlantic League mid-season and post-season all-star teams. He batted .327, fourth in the league, along with 14 home runs and 86 RBI in 111 games. Green played a key role in helping lead the Power to a first half SAL division title following the team’s North Division-best 48-20 first half record (82-54 overall). Green played his minor ball in the Comox Valley and for the Parksville Royals of the B.C. Premier League. He is in Arizona for the next three weeks honing his skills in the fall Instructional League.

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