PBSA Baseball Players Showered in Gold

PBSA placed players on every Greater Victoria Baseball Association summer all-star team formed this season. That is a terrific accomplishment as PBSA represents 14% of the GVBA membership but placed 21% of the summer all-star players in 2015. It was even more evident in U11 – Mosquito where PBSA made up 12.5% of the city U11 - Mosquito group but placed a whopping 24% of the players across the three U11/U10 – Mosquito summer teams. This is string testimony that the PBSA development program at the early ages is working extremely well. All of the GVBA summer teams had their share of successes this summer and a lifetime of memories have been made. These Peninsula players played key roles on the teams they were on and represented PBSA well in helping their teams try to reach their goal. For eight of these PBSA players the ultimate goal was achieved by winning BC Baseball Provincial Gold Medals this past long weekend.

The Bantam AA Victoria Eagles team made up of 2000/2001 born players qualified for the semi-finals in Richmond by going 3-1 in their round robin pool with their only blemish being a 5-4 loss to Abbotsford. This past Monday the boys came through with a 9-8 semi-final win over Cloverdale before finishing up in the afternoon with a 6-4 gold medal winning victory over Burnaby in the final. PBSA players Liam Haug, Chad Hegland and Rhys Hill all played key roles in the team’s success.

While the older boys were competing in Richmond the 2004 U11 - Mosquito AAA T1 and the 2005 U10 - Mosquito A Victoria Eagles teams were playing in their ten team provincials at Cloverdale. The AAA Tier 1 team (whose coaching staff included Dave Swinton and Dan Carrier from PBSA) managed to go 4-0 in their round robin. The team was able to follow that up with a semi-final win against Ridge Meadows 8-1 followed by a terrific 11-6 decision over Ladner in the final. PBSA members Ashton Carrier, Declan Pender and Jack Swinton were integral contributors in making this happen and all three pitched in crucial situations at Cloverdale. While the U11 - AAA T1 team was celebrating on field with their new gold medals around their neck, the huge roar from the U10 - Mosquito A Victoria parent group just 150 meters away let it be known that the team had just made the final out capturing what would be a third gold medal of the weekend for Victoria.

The Mosquito A Victoria Eagles team also had a heavy Peninsula influence with Head Coach Burke Stancill being a PBSA member and players Quinn Stancill and Jacob Thompson having terrific summer seasons helping this team accomplish their goal. The team went 3-1 in their round robin pool losing only to highly ranked Abbotsford. Once they got into the cross over semi-final they won a really hard fought 14-13 game against the host Cloverdale squad. A couple of hours later they were able to exact some revenge by beating Abbotsford for gold by a 7-3 score in a game that they trailed 2-1 going into the last inning.

It was a good weekend for Greater Victoria Baseball and a very special one for these eight Peninsula boys. We are very proud of all the PBSA ball players that earned spots onto GVBA summer teams this year. They are:

U15 - Bantam AA Liam Haug, Chad Hegland, Rhys Hill

U15 – Bantam A Kieren Berg, Sebastian Marquez

U13 - Peewee AAA Ardan Berg, Joel Gagnon

U13 – Peewee AA Zach Fletcher, Spencer Harman, Timothy Szo, Zachary Young

U13 – Peewee A Jake Rees, Reid Simpson, Nicholas Van Rooyen

U11 – Mosquito AAA Tier 1 Ashton Carrier, Declan Pender, Jack Swinton

U11 – Mosquito AAA Tier 2 Corrin Chapeskie, Malcolm Fletcher, Max Gardiner, Griffin Gladych

U10 – Mosquito A Quinn Stancill, Jacob Thompson

For complete listings of PBSA All-Stars including alumni still playing locally, see next page.

2015 PBSA Summer All-Stars
Bantam AA / Peewee A
Liam Haug / Jake Rees
Chad Hegland / Reid Simpson
Rhys Hill / Nicholas Van Rooyen
Bantam A / Mosquito AAA Tier 1
Kieren Berg / Ashton Carrier
Sebastian Marquez / Declan Pender
Jack Swinton
Peewee AAA
Ardan Berg / Mosquito AAA Tier 2
Joel Gagnon / Corrin Chapeskie
Malcom Flecther
Peewee AA / Max Gardiner
Zach Fletcher / Griffin Gladych
Spencer Harman
Timothy Szo / Mosquito A
Zachary Young / Quinn Stancill
Jacob Thompson
2015 PBSA Alumni on Victoria Full Season Teams
Victoria Eagles Junior Premier / Victoria Mariners Premier
Will Podmoroff / Chris Blaskovich
Parker Swinton / Brett Irvine
Ethan Tremblay / Cole Russell
Victoria Eagles Midget AAA / Victoria Red Eagles Bantam AAA
Ty Birrell / Russell Kelley
Devon Hill / Nigel Watson
Tyler Peat
Victoria Black Eagles Bantam AAA
Trey Sjerven