Elliott: Perfect Game's national 18U tournament kicks off Wednesday
Royal Field in Dorchester will play host to the 12-team 18U and the eight-team 16U nationals championships.
June 3, 2025
By Bob Elliott
Canadian Baseball Network
The first Perfect Game International Canadian National Championship tournament begins Wednesday at Royal Field in Dorchester.
As they used to say before Game 7 in Ontario Hockey League playoffs … “all roads lead to the rink tonight …”
Well, all Canadian scouts, their cross checkers and recruiters and their cars will be travelling the roadways to the Greater London Area.
A total of 12 teams from four provinces will compete in the 18U age group and eight teams from two different provinces, will play in the 16U grouping. Games will also be played at London’s Labatt Park, Dorchester’s Field of Dreams and Woodstock’s Tip O'Neill Park.
It’s far from a national championship when you consider the provincial champions and host city are usually at the Canada Cup or other Baseball Canada nationals. Yet, what this event gives evaluators and recruiters -- something which has never been done before -- is a chance to see the best play the best. The best have been together with the Junior National Team or the Canadian Premier League All-Stars, but these are the best teams.
When the event begins, all 12 organizations can say that theirs is the best in “all the land.” At the end only one team will be able to stick out its collective chest and make that claim.
Eight teams from the CPBL include the Montreal-based Academy Baseball Canada, Fieldhouse Pirates, Ontario Blue Jays, Ontario Nationals, Ottawa-Nepean Canadians, Team Ontario, Toronto Mets, Windsor Selects and the host Great Lake Canadians.
From the West Coast are the well-travelled Brewers Langley Blaze of the British Columbia Premier League -- oldest elite league in the country. They are regulars on fall and spring trips to Arizona, as well as the PG World Wood Bat championships in Jupiter, Fla.
Also coming east are the Webber Wildcats of the Baseball Alberta Elite League.
Usually in sandlot ball to paraphrase east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet ... in Ontario the phrase is elite is elite and the OBA is the OBA and never the twain shall meet.
Former Baseball Canada nationals and Canada Cup champs, the Mississauga Tigers, play at the 18U OBA level round out the field. Good for organizers in that they opened the doors to anyone and everyone.
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At the 16U level, CPBL teams include ABC, Fieldhouse, Ontario Blue Jays, Ottawa-Nepean Canadians, Toronto Mets and Great Lake Canadians, plus the Victus Prospects Ontario, formerly the Barrie Baysox of the Elite League of Ontario and the Mississauga Tigers of the OBA’s Central Ontario Association.
Ontario Blue Jays right-hander Will Hynes (Mississauga, Ont.), shown here with the Junior National Team, is the No. 5 ranked prospect on the 2025 Canadian Baseball Network Draft List. Photo: Baseball Canada
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18U Teams Location League Head coach and players to watch …
Academy Baseball Canada, Montreal, Que. Canadian Premier Karl Gélinas
3B Justin Rompre (Ste-Anne De La Perade, Que.), C Alexandre Giguere (Levis, Que.), LHP Jerome Lucas (Pointes-Aux-Trembles, Que.), RHP Lucas St Laurent (Ascot Corner, Que.), OF Max Blain (Repentigny, Que.).
Brewers Langley Blaze, Vancouver, BC BC Premier Jamie Bodaly.
LHP Reid Clague (Victoria, BC), SS Nolan Weinmeyer (Sidney, BC), RHP Cole Dorland (Langley, BC), SS Luke Laird (Langley, BC).
Fieldhouse Pirates, Burlington, Ont. CPBL Jordan Stamp.
3B Robert Omidi (Mississauga, Ont.), OF Quinn Carson (Oakville, Ont.), OF Kenyon Sikkema (Hamilton, Ont.).
Great Lake Canadians, London, Ont. CPBL Jamie Romak.
2B Tyson Moran (Wingham, Ont.), RHP Luke Foulds (Thunder Bay), RHP Dylan Miles (London, Ont.), RHP Jack Potts (London, Ont.) 16U.
Mississauga Tigers, Mississauga, Ont. OBA Greg Byron.
OF Quinn Lightfoot (Caledon, Ont.), SS Tommy Hanger (Toronto, Ont.), OF Nathan Belle (Milton, Ont.), 3B-RHP Adyn Schell (Toronto, Ont.)
Ontario Blue Jays, Mississauga, Ont. CPBL Darren Shred
RHP Will Hynes (Mississauga, Ont.), RHP Ben Goodacre (Ancaster, Ont.), OF Phillip Cheong (Richmond Hill, Ont.), 3B Jordan Jacob (Maple, Ont.), C Mason Ault (Ancaster, Ont.), 3B Zach Barker (Bolton, Ont.)
Ontario Nationals, Waterloo, Ont. CPBL Chris Iltshishin
Ottawa-Nepean Canadians, Ottawa, Ont. CPBL Chris Chenier
LHP Logan Forgie (Ottawa, Ont.)
Team Ontario, Vaughan, Ont. CPBL Ryan Sattz
Toronto Mets, Toronto, Ont. CPBL Ryan McBride.
INF Elliot Lascelles (Leaside, Ont.), OF Christian Iriotakis (Toronto, Ont.), RHP Noah Powell (Toronto, Ont.), RHP Nick Halcovitch (Waterdown, Ont.).
Webber Wildcats, Calgary, Alta. Baseball Alberta Elite Cole Armstrong.
SS Cohen Miller (Calgary, Alta.), RHP Tyson Dyck (Calgary, Alta.), LHP Beck Button (Calgary, Alta.)
Windsor Selects, Windsor, Ont. CPBL Chad Matton
RHP Trent Rudge (Cottam, Ont.), RHP Gavin Campbell (Windsor, Ont.), RHP Matt Neufeld (Kingsville, Ont.), RHP Cooper Otterman (Lasalle, Ont.)
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16U Teams Location League Head coach
Academy Baseball Canada, Montreal, Que. CPBL Mathieu Dion
Fieldhouse Pirates, Burlington, Ont. CPBL Josh Hare
Great Lake Canadians, London, Ont. CPBL Jeff Helps
Mississauga Tigers, Mississauga, Ont. OBA Sean Travers
Ontario Blue Jays, Mississauga, Ont. CPBL Conner Morro
Ottawa Nepean Canadians, Ottawa, Ont. CPBL Brad Fairholm
Toronto Mets, Toronto, Ont. CPBL Ryan McBride
Victus Prospects Ontario, Barrie, Ont. Ontario Elite Jake Hines
18U Schedule
Wednesday
10:30 AM @ Field of Dreams Academy of Baseball Canada (Mathis McKenna Rutgers) vs. Brewers Langley Blaze (Reid Clague).
10:30 AM @ Royal Field Ontario Nationals 18U vs. Toronto Mets
11 AM @ Labatt Park Ontario Blue Jays 18U vs. Fieldhouse Pirates
1 PM @ Field of Dreams Team Ontario 18u vs. Tigers HPP
1 PM @ Royal Field Webber Wildcats vs. Great Lake Canadians 18U (Richard Shaw)
1:30 PM @ Labatt Park Ottawa-Nepean Canadians (Logan Forgie) vs. Windsor Selects (Nate Tramontozzi)
3:30 PM @ Field of Dreams Ontario Blue Jays 18U (Will Hynes Wake Forest) vs. Tigers HPP
3:30 PM @ Royal Field Toronto Mets vs. Academy of Baseball Canada (Zachary Landreville)
6 PM @ Field of Dreams Windsor Selects (Gavin Cambpell) vs. Fieldhouse Pirates
6 PM @ Royal Field Brewers Langley Blaze vs. Great Lake Canadians 18U (Mark Rogers Canisius)
8:20 PM @ Field of Dreams Ottawa-Nepean Canadians Ryan Allard Highland CC-Kansas vs. Team Ontario 18u
8:20 PM @ Royal Field Webber Wildcats vs. Ontario Nationals 18U
Thursday
11:30 AM @ Royal Field Ottawa-Nepean Canadians vs. Ontario Blue Jays 18U
11:30 AM @ Field of Dreams Ontario Nationals 18U vs. Brewers Langley Blaze
11:30 AM @ Tip O’Neil Park Tigers HPP vs. Fieldhouse Pirates
11:30 AM @ Labatt Park Great Lake Canadians 18U (Michael Ham) vs. Academy of Baseball Canada (Jérôme Lucas).
2 PM @ Royal Field Team Ontario 18u vs. Windsor Selects (Trent Rudge Canisius).
2 PM @ Field of Dreams Webber Wildcats vs. Toronto Mets
Friday
9 AM @ Field of Dreams Tigers HPP vs. Ottawa-Nepean Canadians
9 AM @ Royal Field Toronto Mets vs. Great Lake Canadians 18U (Luke Foulds)
11:30 AM @ Field of Dreams Windsor Selects (Matthew Neufeld) vs. Ontario Blue Jays 18U
11:30 AM @ Royal Field Ontario Nationals 18U vs. Academy of Baseball Canada
2 PM @ Field of Dreams Fieldhouse Pirates vs. Team Ontario 18u
2 PM @ Royal Field Brewers Langley Blaze vs. Webber Wildcats
Saturday
2 PM @ Royal Field Ontario Blue Jays 18U vs. Team Ontario 18u
2 PM @ Field of Dreams Academy of Baseball Canada vs. Webber Wildcats
4:30 PM @ Royal Field Fieldhouse Pirates vs. Ottawa-Nepean Canadians
4:30 PM @ Field of Dreams Toronto Mets vs. Brewers Langley Blaze
7 PM @ Royal Field Windsor Selects (Sam Wirag) vs. Tigers HPP
7 PM @ Field of Dreams Great Lake Canadians 18U vs. Ontario Nationals 18U
Sunday
Semi-finals
11:30 AM @ Field of Dreams Seed 2 Pool A vs. Seed 1 Pool B
11:30 AM @ Royal Field Seed 2 Pool B vs. Seed 1 Pool A
Championship
4:30 PM @ Royal Field Winners of two semi-final game winners.
16 Under Division
Thursday
9 AM @ Royal Field Great Lake Canadians vs. Toronto Mets 16U
9 AM @ Tip O’Neil Park Ontario Blue Jays 16U vs. Ottawa Nepean Canadians
9 AM @ Field of Dreams Victus Prospects Ontario vs. FIeldhouse Pirates 16U
9 AM @ Labatt Park Academy of Baseball Canada (Julien Simard) vs. Tigers HPP
4:30 PM @ Field of Dreams Fieldhouse Pirates 16U vs. Great Lake Canadians
4:30 PM @ Royal Field Ontario Blue Jays 16U vs. Academy of Baseball Canada (Mathieu Levesque)
7 PM @ Field of Dreams Toronto Mets 16U vs. Victus Prospects Ontario
7 PM @ Royal Field Ottawa Nepean Canadians Tigers HPP
Friday
4:30 PM @ Royal Field Great Lake Canadians vs. Victus Prospects Ontario
4:30 PM @ Field of Dreams Tigers HPP vs. Ontario Blue Jays 16U
7 PM @ Royal Field Toronto Mets 16U vs. FIeldhouse Pirates 16U
7 PM @ Field of Dreams Ottawa Nepean Canadians vs. Academy of Baseball Canada (Josh Theriault)
Saturday
Playoff Round 1
9 AM @ Field of Dreams Pool A Seed 3 vs. Pool B Seed 2
9 AM @ Royal Field Pool B Seed 3 vs. Pool A Seed 2
11:30 AM @ Field of Dreams Pool B Seed 4 vs. Pool A Seed 1
11:30 AM @ Royal Field Pool A Seed 4 vs. Pool B Seed 1
Sunday
Semi-final
9 AM @ Field of Dreams
9 AM @ Royal Field
Championship
2 PM @ Royal Field
Consolation
2 PM @ Field of Dreams
4:30 PM @ Field of Dreams