Great Lake Canadians RHP Jackson Long (Guelph, Ont.) has committed to Canisius University Griffins.

March 8, 2025

By Bob Elliott

Canadian Baseball Network

Tis that time of the year again.

As Paul Molitor said when asked why opening day was Opening Day, “It’s why we took all those swings indoors and why we worked so hard all winter -- who knows maybe they’ll never get me out this season.”

The Canadian Premier League all-stars are headed to Arizona under coaches Marc Antoine Berube (Laval, Que.), T.J. Burton (Ottawa, Ont.), Jamie Romak (London, Ont.) and Adam Stern (London, Ont.).

The Academie Baseball Canada and Ontario Blue Jays led the way with the most players on the club with seven apiece… the roster:

ABC’s SS-RHP William Beaudoin (L'Épiphanie, Que.)

ABC - Justin Rompre, Alexandre Giguere, William Beaudoin, Zach Landreville, Jerome Lucas, Maxime Boies and Mathias McKenna.

Ontario Blue Jays- Benji Kautto, Mason Ault, Will Hynes, Ben Goodacre, Ryan McDonagh, Jordan Jacob and Julian Sabourin.

FieldHouse Pirates- Quinn Carson, Kenyon Sikkema, Robert Omidi, Aiden Taggart and Ryan Stalony.

Great Lake Canadians - Jackson Moran, Tyson Long, Dylan Miles and Luke Foulds.

Toronto Mets - Nick Halcovitch, Noah Powell nd Christian Iriotakis

Ontario Astros - Chris Troyer

Windsor Selects - Trent Rudge

Ontario Royals - Zach Duke.

Keegan Russell, Logan Forgie, Phillip Cheong, Jack Potts and Nathan Wall were also invited but were unable to attend..

CPBL schedule

March 17 San Francisco Giants: Pdc At Papago Park, Phoenix, Az Game: 1 P.M.

Pitchers: Will Hynes, Trent Rudge, Jackson Long, Chris Troyer

March 18 Arizona Diamondbacks: Salt River Fields, Scottsdale, Az Game: 10 A.M.

Pitchers: Ryan Mcdonagh, Aiden Taggart, Zach Duke, Jerome Lucas

March 19 Los Angeles Dodgers: Camelback Ranch, Glendale, Az Game: 1 PM.

Pitchers: Ben Goodacre, Dylan Miles, Noah Powell, Luke Foulds

Cincinnati Reds: Reds St Complex, Goodyear, Az Game: 1 P.M.

Pitchers: Mathis Mckenna, Julian Sabourin, Nick Halcovitch, Zach Landreville

March 20 March 21 Cleveland Guardians: Guardians St Complex, Goodyear, Az Game: 1 PM.

Pitchers: Will Hynes, Trent Rudge, Jackson Long, Chris Troyer

March 22 Langley Blaze @ Milwaukee Brewers: American Family Fields Of Phoenix, Maryvale, Az Game: Noon.

Pitchers: Ryan Mcdonagh, AidEn Taggart, Zach Duke, Jerome Lucas

March 23 Kansas City Royals: Kc Royals St Complex, Surprise, Az Game: 11 A.M. |

Pitchers: Ben Goodacre, Dylan Miles, Noah Powell, Luke Foulds

March 24 Los Angeles Angels: Tempe Diablo Stadium Complex, Tempe, Az Game: 1 P.M.

Pitchers: Mathis Mckenna, Julian Sabourin, Nick Halcovitch, Zach Landreville

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Three three Oshawa Legionaires Elite teams will spend March break in Florida.

The 18U and 15U Legionaires teams are headed to Vero Beach, former home of Dodgertown for games, workouts and college tours and beach time!! Teams left March 6 and will return on March 15.

Tim Harkness Jr., coach of the 15U team is the son of former big leaguer Tim Harkness, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1961 and 1962 and spent his springs at Vero. Harkness then moved on to play two seasons with the New York Mets.

The 16u team is heading to Baseball City in St. Petersburg.

Okotoks Dawgs’ OF Eric Hartman (St. Albert, Alta.) is in the Atlanta Braves system. Photo: Okotoks Dawgs

The Okotoks Dawgs are heading to Arizona. The Dawgs have produced the likes of INF Jack Lines (Calgary, Alta.) who went in the 12th round to the Tampa Bay Rays and was given a $397,500 bonus as well as OF Eric Hartman ( St. Albert, Alta.) a 20th rounder who went to the Atlanta Braves, signing for $337,500 and OF Micah McDowell (Coldbrook, NS) a 17th round, who was drafted by the Miami Marlins signing for $100,000 in 2024.

Also, LHP Matt Wilkinson (Surrey, BC) a 10th round pick of the Cleveland Guardians in 2023, earned Canadian Baseball Network pitcher of the year in affiliated ball in 2024.

Okotoks Dawgs

March 15 Noon _ vs Arizona Christian University at Gilbert, AZ

3PM _ vs Arizona Christian University, Gilbert, AZ

March 17 1PM _ vs Pima Community College at Tucson, AZ

3:30 PM _ vs Pima Community College at Tucson, AZ

March 18 _ 1 PM vs Central Arizona Community College at Coolidge, AZ

March 19 _ 1 PM vs Cochise College at Douglas, AZ

3:30PM _ vs Cochise College at Douglas, AZ

March 20 6:30 PM _ vs Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Chandler, AZ

Okotoks Dawgs 13U

At Arizona Athletic Fields.

Black is coached by son-and-father team of Tyler and John Milton, The Red team is coached by Kareem (The Dream) Johnson and Kobe Fredland.

Okotoks Dawgs Black

Thursday March 20 — Noon vs Seattle Select Black

2 PM vs Utah Thunder

Friday March 21 — 8 AM vs Ellensburg Blues

10 AM vs Dragons Elite

Saturday March 22 — 4 PM vs Mid Valley Heat

At t Red Mountain Complex

Sunday March 23 — 9 AM vs TBA

Red

Thursday March 20 — 8 AM vs Gametime Gold

10 AM vs Ellensburg Blues

Friday March 21 — 8 AM vs New Level Jaxx

10 AM vs NWDS Blue

Saturday March 22 — 2 PM vs Utah Thunder

At t Red Mountain Complex

Sunday March 23 — 9 AM vs TBA

Former Langley Blaze grad OF Tyler O’Neill (Langley, BC)

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The Langley Blaze will play eight games at major-league facilities against first and second-year pros, including the annual Wayne Norton Memorial game against Seattle Mariners farmhands. Norton (Port Moody, BC) scouted for the Mariners and was elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys in 2016.

In all, they will play 28 games over 11 days.

Major leaguers to wear the Langley uni include: Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.), Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC), Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.), Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, Ont.), Brett Lawrie (Langley, BC), Nick Pivetta (Victoria, BC), Edouard Julien (Quebec, Que.), Phillipe Amount (Gatineau, Que.), Dalton Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.), Zach Pop (Brampton, Ont.), Charles Leblanc (Laval, Que.), Jared Young (Prince George, BC), Jordon Balazovic (Mississauga, Ont.), Jacob Robson (Windsor, Ont.), Taylor Green (Comox, BC) and Scott Mathieson (Aldergrove, BC).

Drafted and signed players include: Nathan Flewelling (Innisfail, Alta.), Kyle Bloor (Lethbridge, Alta.), Jeremy Pilon (Salaberry-De-Valleyfield, Que.), Eli Saul (Vancouver, BC), Adam Maier (North Vancouver, BC), Jacob Zibin (Langley, BC), Nate Ochoa (Burlington, Ont.), David McCabe (Oshawa, Ont.), Calvin Ziegler (Heidelberg, Ont.) and Eric Cerantola (Oakville, Ont.).

Mitch Bratt (Newmarket, Ont.), Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.), Jordan Marks (Bright’s Grove, Ont.), Adam Shoemaker (Cambridge, Ont.), Damiano Palmegiani (Surrey, BC), Conor Angel (Pointe-Claire, Que.), Micah Buckham (Abbotsford, BC), Dominic Hambley (Victoria, BC), Adam McKillican (Comox, BC) and Owen Cassie (Burlington, Ont.).

Noah Skirrow (Stoney Creek, Ont.), Nick Trogrlic-Iverson (Oakville, Ont.), Josh Burgmann (Nanaimo, BC), Adam Macko (Stony Plain, Alta.), Matt Lloyd (Calgary, Alta.), Antoine Jean (Montreal, Que.), Indigo Diaz (North Vancouver, BC), Owen Diodati (Niagara Falls, Ont.), Ryan Leitch (Whitby, Ont.), Jaden Brown (Mississauga, Ont.) and Tristan Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.).

Mitch Robinson (Surrey, BC), Ben Onyshko (Winnipeg, Ont.), Will McAffer (Surrey, BC), Connor Sparks (Saskatoon, Sask.), David Rhodes (White Rock, BC), Ben Abram (Georgetown, Ont.), Landon Leach (Pickering, Ont.), Adam Hall (London, Ont.), Clayton Keyes (Okotoks, Alta.) JD Osborne (Oshawa, Ont.) and Jason Willow (Victoria, BC).

Dondrae Bremmer (Toronto, Ont.), Rhys Cratty (Surrey, BC), Andrew Yerzy (North York, Ont.), Daniel Pinero (Toronto, Ont.), Alex Webb (Surrey, BC), Jacob Polancic (Langley, BC), Louis Phillipe Pelletier (Montreal, Que.), Matt Jones (Whitby, Ont.), Will Sierra (Montreal, Que.) and Tyler Duncan (Sooke, BC).

Tristan Clarke (Brampton, Ont.), Brayden Bouchey (Vancouver, BC), Carter Loewen (Abbotsford, BC), J.D. Williams (Brampton, Ont.), Darren Shred (Brampton, Ont.), Marc-Andre Berube (Trois-Pistoles, Que.), Owen Spiwak (Mississauga, Ont.), Devon Stewart (Maple Ridge, BC), Ryan Kellogg (Whitby, Ont.) and Demi Orimoloye (Orleans, Ont.).

Miles Gordon (Oakville, Ont.), Jeff Degano (Surrey, BC), Robert Byckowski (Georgetown, Ont.), Kurtis Horne (Sooke, BC), Austen Swift (Etobicoke, Ont.), Julian Service (Whitby, Ont.), Cody Chartrand (Nanaimo, BC), Brock Dykxhoorn (Goderich, Ont.), Gareth Morgan (North York, Ont.) and Malik Collymore (Mississauga, Ont.).

Travis Seabrooke (Peterborough, Ont.), Lachlan Fontaine (North Vancouver, BC), Morgan Lofstrom (Nelson, BC), Kurtis Kostuk (Abbotsford, BC), Dylan Brooks (Dorchester, Ont.), David Otterman (Coquitlam, BC), Jeff Gibbs (Toronto, Ont.), Shane Dawson (Drayton Valley, Alta.), Dayton Dawe (London, Ont.) and Johnny Caputo (Etobicoke, Ont.).

Eric Wood (Pickering, Ont.), Keaton Briscoe (North Vancouver, BC), Fernando Fernandez (Chateauguay, Que.), Logan Seifrit (Edmonton, Alta.), Damion Smith (Windsor, Ont.), Tom Robson (Richmond, BC), Dustin Houle (Penticton, BC), Kellin Deglan (Langley, BC), Vaughn Covington (Burnaby, BC) and Chase Larsson (Vancouver, BC).

Nic Cuckovic (Victoria, BC), Jesen Dygestile-Therrien (Montreal, Que.), Ethan Elias (Saskatoon, Sask.), Justin Atkinson (Surrey, BC), Carter Bell (Courtney, BC), Dustin Hayes (Langley, BC), Ben Dartnell (East St. Paul, Man.), Skylar Janisse (Windsor, Ont.), Cory Scammell (Edmonton, Alta.) and Leslie Williams (Toronto, Ont.).

Jalen Harris (Toronto, Ont.), Eric Brown (Thunder Bay, Ont.), Jake Eliopoulos (Newmarket, Ont.), Marcus Knecht (North York, Ont.), Joel Pierce (Windsor, Ont.), Steve McKinnon (Duncan, BC), Brandon Dailey (Brantford, Ont.), Mark Hardy (Campbell River, BC), Mike Ellis (Surrey, BC) and Ethan Stewart (Campbell River, BC).

Bryan Arthur (Abbotsford, BC), Kelly Norris-Jones (Victoria, BC), Wes Darvill (Richmond, BC), Chad Stang (Surrey, BC), David Narodowski (Calgary, Alta.), Jon Hesketh (Surrey, BC), Terrence Dayleg (Burnaby, BC), Mike Monster (Kelowna, BC), Colin Kleven (Kamloops, BC) and David Kington (Coquitlam, BC).

Bobby Wagner (Port Coquitlam, BC), Paul Barton (Qualicum Beach, BC), Rory Young (Chase, BC), Brooklyn Foster (Langley, BC), Andrew Ruck (Whitby, Ont.), Stosh Wawrzasek (Burnaby, BC), Michael Crouse (New Westminster, BC), Mitchell Delaney (LaSalle, Ont.), Michael Gosse (Pitt Meadows, BC) and Justin Betts-Robinson (Langley, BC).

Kyle Lotzkar (Delta, BC), Mitch Hodge (Vancouver, BC), Evan Hildenbrandt (Surrey, BC), Colin Buckborough (Niagara Falls, Ont.), Henry Mabee (Surrey, BC), Travis Nevakshonoff (Langley, BC), Ryan Jensen (North Vancouver, BC), Cody Phipps (Round Hill, Alta.), Kyle Haas (Prince George, BC) and Kyle Orr (New Westminster, BC).

Jon Waltenbury (Bowmanville, Ont.), Shayne Willson (Surrey, BC), Tyson Gillies (Langley, BC), Jordan Lennerton (Langley, BC), Denver Wynn (Kamloops, BC), Paul Wourms (Kamloops, BC), Phillipe-Alexan Valiquette (Montreal, Que.), Adam Parliament (Penticton, BC), Morgan Brinson (Victoria, BC) and Chris Lemay (Winnipeg, Man.).

Louis Metzner (Langley, BC), Jared Johnson (Kelowna, BC), Lyall Foran (Delta, BC), Tyler Williams (Delta, BC), Evan Bailey (Kamloops, BC), Ryan Lennerton (Langley, BC), Cooper Davis (Mississauga, Ont.), Jonah Tong (Toronto, Ont.) and Dylan O’Rae (Sarnia, Ont.).

Schedule

March 15 _ 11 AM, Kansas City Royals Surprise

March 16 _ Noon, Williston State (DH), Kino Sports Complex, Tuscon

March 17 _ 9 AM, Park University, Arizona Athletic Grounds

_ 2 PM. Central Arizona Community College, Coolidge, Az.

Mark 18 _ 9 AM, Park University, Arizona Athletic Grounds

_ 3 PM. Yavapai Comminuty College

March 19 _ Noon, Milwaukee Brewers, American Family Fields

_ 8 PM, ACU at Arizona Athletic Grounds

March 20 _ Noon, Athletics, Lew Wolff Complex

_ Noon, Eastern Arizona Community College (DH), Thatcher, Az

_ 1 PM, San Diego Padres, Peoria Sports Complex

March 21 _ 10 AM, Webber Academy Wildcats, Kino Sports Complex, Tuscon

_ 1 PM, HR Sports, Kino Sports Complex, Tuscon

_ 1 PM, Arizona Christain, Glendale HS

_ 8 PM, PGS, Golden Eagle Park

March 22 _ Noon, Canadian Premier League, American Family Fields

_ 6 PM, PGS, Golden Eagle Park

March 23 _ Noon, Milwaukee Brewers, American Family Fields

_ 1 PM, Seattle Mariners, annual Wayne Norton game, American Family Fields

March 24 _ 1 PM, Chicago Cubs, Sloan Park

_ 3 PM, Gateway College, Gene Autry Complex

_ 6 PM, Phoenix College, Phoenix College

March 25 _ 11 AM, Cincinnati Reds, Goodyear Sports Complex

_ Noon, Cochise College, Douglas, Az.

_ 3 PM, Cochise College, Douglas, Az.