July 12, 2024

By Kevin Glew

Canadian Baseball Network

Four Canadians have been selected to the West Coast League All-Star Game which will be held on Wednesday at Joe Martin Stadium in Bellingham. Wash.

The Canadians playing in the game are bolded in the list of All-Stars below.

This will be the first time the WCL All-Star Game has taken place since 2019.

Bellingham Bells head coach Bob Ralston will manage the North Division squad, while the South will be piloted by Corvallis Knights skipper Brooke Knight.

The WCL is a summer collegiate baseball league with teams in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alberta. Its North Division is comprised of the Bellingham Bells, Edmonton Riverhawks, Kamloops NorthPaws, Kelowna Falcons, Nanaimo NightOwls, Port Angeles Lefties, Wenatchee AppleSox, and Victoria HarbourCats. The South division includes the Bend Elks, Corvallis Knights, Cowlitz Black Bears, Portland Pickles, Ridgefield Raptors, Springfield Drifters, Walla Walla Sweets and Yakima Valley Pippins.

Each team has at least one representative in the All-Star Game.

All-Star Rosters

NORTH

C – Conner Smith of Santa Clara (Bellingham Bells)

C – Jonathan Fitz of San Diego (Wenatchee AppleSox)

1B – Jacob Mejia of Cal State San Bernadino (Bellingham Bells)

1B – Jeremy Giesegh of Cal State San Bernadino (Port Angeles Lefties)

2B – Michael Soper of Westmont College (Edmonton Riverhawks)

SS – Roman Martin of UCLA (Bellingham Bells)

SS – Nevin Noonan of San Diego State (Nanaimo NightOwls)

3B – Nate Kirkpatrick of Yavapai College (Bellingham Bells)

3B – Jakob Poturnak (Vancouver, B.C.) of Sacramento State (Edmonton Riverhawks)

OF – Bryce McFeely of Westmont College (Edmonton Riverhawks)

OF/P – Joey Rico of Westmont (Kamloops NorthPaws)

OF – Trey Duffield of Rice (Kelowna Falcons)

OF – Riley Paulino of Pikeville (Nanaimo NightOwls)

OF – Wylie Waters (Vancouver, BC) of USC Upstate (Nanaimo NightOwls)

OF/2B – Tate Shimao of Hawaii (Victoria HarbourCats)

OF – Max Hartman (St. Albert, Alta.) of Washington State (Wenatchee AppleSox)

P – Josh Flaugher of Texas A&M Corpus Christi (Bellingham Bells)

P – Tyler Van Dyke of Stetson (Bellingham Bells)

P – Tate Dearing (Surrey, B.C.) of Reinhardt (Edmonton Riverhawks)

P – Vicarte Domingo (Vancouver, B.C.) of British Columbia (Edmonton Riverhawks)

P/OF – Gavyn Jones of McLennan CC (Kelowna Falcons)

P – Adison Mattix of Everett CC (Nanaimo NightOwls)

P – Carson Cormier of TCU (Victoria HarbourCats)

P – Evan Canfield of Lewis-Clark State (Wenatchee AppleSox)

P – Quincy Vassar of Vanguard (Wenatchee AppleSox)

SOUTH

C – Luke Iverson of Utah Valley (Ridgefield Raptors)

C – Dane Woodcook of New Mexico State (Springfield Drifters)

1B – Easton Amundson of Liberty (Bend Elks)

1B/3B – Patrick Keighran of San Francisco (Portland Pickles)

2B – Spencer Shipman of Whitworth (Yakima Valley Pippins)

SS/2B – Ty Yukumoto of Pacific (Corvallis Knights)

SS/OF – Blake Wilson of Washington (Corvallis Knights)

3B – Kedren Kinzie of Hawaii (Springfield Drifters)

3B/OF – Preston Allen – uncommitted (Yakima Valley Pippins)

OF – Brandon Cabrera of Lewis-Clark State (Corvallis Knights)

OF – Dylan Schlaegel of Dallas Baptist (Cowlitz Black Bears)

OF – Tanner Griffith of Saint Mary’s (Portland Pickles)

OF – Kolby Felix of Colorado Mesa (Walla Walla Sweets)

OF – Davis Mauzy of Wichita State (Walla Walla Sweets)

UTL – Kevin Takeuchi of USC (Corvallis Knights)

P – Mason Edwards of USC (Bend Elks)

P – Jackson Elder of Utah (Bend Elks)

P – Tyler Wood of UC Davis (Bend Elks)

P – James DeCremer of Oregon State (Corvallis Knights)

P – Tyner Horn of Nebraska (Corvallis Knights)

P – Kaden Segel of Portland (Corvallis Knights)

P – Freddie Rodriguez of Hawaii (Portland Pickles)

P – Shay Timmer of Salt Lake CC (Portland Pickles)

P – Dylan Stewart of Pepperdine (Ridgefield Raptors)

P – Liam Hohenstein of Colorado Mesa (Walla Walla Sweets)

*Universities and colleges noted are where players will be enrolled this upcoming school year.