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Fraser Valley Chiefs
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Tuesday, 03 August 2010 20:17 |
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The Chiefs will run a fall program at Whalley Ball Park starting Tuesday August 31st at 6PM and run through the middle of October. Players between 13 and 18 are welcome to tryout. During the fall, practice will be Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursdays from 6-9pm and also over the weekends for home and away games.The schedule should include app. 15 games and 2 Tournaments. The Jim Wray Fall Classic is hosted at Whalley and also a Fall Tournament to the Yakima ,Wa. area is planned in early October. The Chiefs will have several coaches available over the fall, then our strenght and conditioning training staff head indoors at the Sport Starz Training facility in Surrey. They are a sponsor of the Junior Chiefs.
Next season there will be a Junior Chiefs PBL team headed by John Parker and coached by Mike Addy, Randy Elrick and Keith Faure.They plan on heading to Alaska in July for a Tournament. Talk to Coach Parker at cubsfan101@msn.com. The Senior Chiefs will be going back to Las Vegas over spring break and have 2 other tournaments planned. Fall ball costs are $200 which includes quality instruction, game/practice jersey, a hat and shared accomodation in Yakima or Victoria depending on which team your on. For more information email Dennis Springenatic at springo@dccnet.com. Whalley Ball Park Stadium is the best facility in the PBL and the playing surface is only matched by Nat Bailey. |
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 21:22 |
 The University of British Columbia Thunderbirds is pleased to announce that Adam Quan from the Fraser Valley Chiefs is the recipient of the annual scholarship awarded to the top graduating player from the BC Premier Baseball League. Adam is completing his fourth year with the Fraser Valley Chiefs baseball program and has maintained an academic average of 89% at Fraser Heights Secondary School. He will be entering the Human Kinetics program at UBC in the fall. Adam was also named “athlete of the year” at his high school in 2009.
When making this announcement, Terry McKaig, head coach of the Thunderbirds noted, “We are excited to have Adam join the UBC Thunderbirds for this upcoming season. He is exactly what we look for in a player; an exceptional baseball player, and above average student in the classroom, and a role model off the field. His hard work, dedication, and desire to be the best will fit in well with our team. Adam is another player benefitting from the BCPBL award. A special thanks to Clyde Inouye, Ted Hotzak, and the entire league for their support of our program at UBC”.
Congratulations to Adam and his family; mom, dad, two sisters and one brother who have supported him throughout his baseball. The Fraser Valley Chiefs coaching staff is also to be commended for the support, encouragement, and valuable instruction they have provided Adam over the past four years. |
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Tuesday, 01 June 2010 15:16 |
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Ryan Saunders (Fraser Valley Chiefs) and Jon Winick (North Delta Blue Jays) will leave this weekend to join their respective teams in the Alberta-based Western Major Baseball League (WMBL) before both move on to join the Bellhaven Blazers university team in Jackson, Mississippi in the fall. [Read the article in the Surrey Leader]
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Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:40 |
 Congratulations to Chiefs Adam Quan, who signed a baseball scholarship offer at UBC this weekend. Adam will head to the Pt.Grey campus next September and study human kinetics. Adam joins a list of Chief alumni Corey Stuart, Mark Johnson, Jonathan Yiu, Ryan Pilgrim, Danny Mullen and Nic Lendvoy who all played baseball for the T Birds. |
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Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:35 |
 Congratulations to Brandon Bufton who signed his baseball offer sheet to attend Lewis Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho next September. Brandon will play for the Warriors and follow in the foot steps of Chiefs head coach Dennis Springenatic '88 and Chief alumus Willy Thorp. LCSC play in the NAIA and have a long term agreement to host the NAIA World Series. Nice going Buf! |
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Friday, 07 May 2010 20:42 |
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Fraser Valley got through their pool with a record of 3-1 which put them in 2nd place. An opening night 5-0 loss to the Langley Blaze was followed by wins of 4-1 versus Victoria Eagles Friday and a pair of 5-4 wins Saturday against Nanaimo and the Okanagan A's. That set up a semi final Sunday against the host Abbotsford Cardinals who won their pool. The Chiefs got going early and often and dumped the home team 9-0 in the wet and cold. Edmonton Prospects beat Langley 3-2 to advance to the final.With the game tied 3-3 in the 7th with 1 out and runners on 2nd & 3rd, Mitch Dornblut cleared the bases with a double off the left field fence giving the Chiefs a 5-3 lead. Brody Hawkins came in to pitch in relief closing the door in Edmonton's bottom half of the inning.
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Sunday, 28 March 2010 18:58 |
After a great runner up finish in the BCPBL Final 4 in 2009, the Chiefs this season should continue to be strong ,especially defensively up the middle of the diamond.There will be plenty big bats and speed in this line up.This should be an aggressive line up.
Senior returning players include OF Adam Quan Team BC '09, OF Brandon Bufton Team BC '09 ,RHP Chris Fischer Team BC '09 ,IF Mitch Dornblut who will be called upon to drive in some runs and RHP Troy Lindsay. A new addition to the Chiefs is OF Dustin Hayes who will add some pop and speed to this line up.
Junior returners are C Brody Hawkins who will get the majority of starts behind the dish, IF Justin Atkinson Team BC '09 and member of Canada's Junior National Program ,IF Ryan Pidhaichuk will start at third base ,RHP Alex Dunbar moves into a starting role from the Junior Chiefs, RHP Justin Pilgrim will be a go to guy , C Dale Mar graduates from the Junior Chiefs as does LHP Caleb Lefebvre who will start from the left side.
New Chiefs are LHP Robert Kitasaka, a junior , sophomore IF Jordan McComb who should get lots of time at second base and freshman OF Braeden Allemann a Whalley product that hits from the left side.
The coaching staff is one of the best in the PBL.Head coach Dennis Springenatic in his 23rd year of coaching , pitching coach John Parker ,catching coach Ernie 'Hawk' Hawkins, bench coach Mike Addy and strength and conditioning will be handled by Gordie Kerr.
Whalley ball park continues to be one of the best surfaces in the PBL and will host the MLB Scout Day Wed.April 28.
Hope to see at the park.
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2009 BCPBL Standings
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