The mayors of BC cities that host West Coast League (WCL) teams are taking this season personally — for their communities as the new season opens next week. The BC Cup has been launched, a trophy that will go to the mayor’s office of the BC-based team...
With just under three weeks remaining before the Nanaimo NightOwls play their inaugural game in West Coast League action in Portland, the NightOwls announce they have signed seven players to complete their roster. Caleb Bennett is a Redshirt Freshman Pitcher with Biola University. The 2020 Centennial High School Student-Athlete...
The roster for the inaugural season of the Nanaimo NightOwls promises to be two things -- deep, and versatile. The latest group of players to agree to a summer in the West Coast League bring diverse talents and abilities to give Head Coach Greg Frady options for different looks,...
The work to fill the roster for the inaugural season of the Nanaimo Nightowls continues with the weather starting to warm up on the Island. The NightOwls, who will play their first West Coast League games this summer under Head Coach Greg Frady and Pitching Coach Gorm Heimueller, are...
If only things were where we are now six months ago. Even two months ago. The Province today announced that after July 1, outdoor gatherings in British Columbia can have up to 5,000 people in attendance, or up to 50% capacity, whichever is greater. While that is great...
SNUNEYMUXW FIRST NATION -- The West Coast League's newest coastal team is not just in Canada, and in British Columbia, and on Vancouver Island. This -- is Snuneymuxw territory. The Nanaimo NightOwls are also the Snuneymuxw NightOwls, and will honour the territory's rich and proud First Nations history with...
From the tumbleweeds of the Canadian prairies, to striking out Cal Ripken Jr. in the first inning of his first start, there isn't much Gorman Heimueller hasn't experienced in the game of baseball. Now, the baseball veteran, including 34 years as pitching coach or pitching coordinator combined with the...
Angela Waldick believed to be the first legally-blind team photographer in sports history. The Nanaimo-based and Island-raised photographer has been named the official photographer of the Nanaimo NightOwls (and Bars!), the West Coast League expansion team is proud to announce today. The mother of two lost sight in her...
Team up with B+C Foods, HUB International Insurance and Arbutus RV to offer delivered food packages to fans “BEFORE AND AFTER CHRISTMAS” Presented by Arbutus RV and HUB International Insurance VICTORIA, BC – Vancouver Island’s two baseball teams will be rivals on the field starting in June 2021 –...
AC Chavez can get guys out, and Josh Marchese can hit them out. Chavez, an all-star left-handed pitcher in the West Coast League in 2019 with the Port Angeles Lefties, and Marchese, a Burnaby product who hit four home runs for the Cowlitz Black Bears that same season,...
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