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Summer Games baseball team sets tryouts |
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Written by Citizen Staff
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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NORTHERN SPORT CENTREWILLIAMS LAKEMILE HOUSEFORT NELSONLITTLE LEAGUE
Sunshine, sandy beaches, and the thrill of playing in the B.C. Summer Games July 24-27 -- what more could a 14- or 15-year-old baseball player want?
That opportunity to represent the North at the Games on the Polar Refrigeration Polar Bears zone baseball team is wide open to all ballplayers from Fort Nelson to 100 Mile House who fit the age criteria.
Head coach Myrin Toews and assistants Mark Todd and Chris Lyle, the latter from Vanderhoof, will oversee team tryouts May 31 and June 1 in Quesnel, from noon to 3 p.m. each day.
Toews said most of the team will be made up of players who have experience on travelling all-star teams. He’s also on the lookout for players in cities like Williams Lake and Quesnel, who might not have had the chance to play in provincial tournaments.
“Basically, it’s more about the attitude, we want to have kids that want to play ball with the dedication and commitment to follow through,” said Toews. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for these players, they can only go to the Summer Games once.”
Once the team is selected, players will be committed to twice-a-week practices, either in Prince George or Quesnel.
“The added bonus of going to Quesnel is I’ll have access to the field any time, the fields are pretty busy here as it is,” Toews said.
Although unseasonably cool weather has delayed the opening of playing fields in Prince George, Toews said players utilized the Northern Sport Centre throughout the winter as a practice venue.
The Polar Bears will play an eight-game home-and-home exhibition series against the Kamloops Wolfpack in the days leading up to the Games. Toews said the team will also travel after the Games to tournaments in Alberta and southern B.C.
“In the past it’s pretty much been a Prince George team only, but this year the Little League provincials are at the same time, so it gives us an opportunity to pull players from Quesnel and Williams Lake. That way, Prince George can still have a strong team in provincials as well. I know there are some really talented ballplayers that play in Quesnel and Williams Lake who have never been to provincials because Prince George always beats them out.”
For more information, call Myrin at 961-8235.
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