Vauxhall, AB –
Due to a poor weather forecast on the weekend the series between PBA and VAB has been changed. The schedule change is as follows:
Saturday and Sunday (DH) – cancelled
New Schedule
Friday – March 12th – 1 pm (DH) @ Lloyd Nolan Yard.
Tuesday – March 16th – 3 pm @ Lloyd Nolan Yard – 9 inning game.
GO JETS!!!!!
Vauxhall, AB –
Due to some poor weather there may be changes to the opening weekend scheduling.
Option 1
Friday 1 pm (DH) @ Lloyd Nolan Yard vs PBA
Saturday 1 pm @ Lloyd Nolan Yard vs PBA
Option 2
Saturday 12 noon (DH) @ Lloyd Nolan Yard vs PBA
Sunday 12 noon @ Lloyd Nolan Yard vs PBA
A final decision will be Thursday evening.
Another Jet has committed to play college baseball in the US. RHP – Derek Grubel – Lethbridge, AB – signed a National Letter of Intent with the NJCAA Division 1 Muscatine Community College Cardinals in Muscatine, Iowa. The Cardinals play in the very challenging ICACC conference. For more details on Muscatine College: http://www.eicc.edu/athletics/mcc_baseball/index.html.
Grubel is the 2nd Jet to sign a National Letter of Intent. See below for the other signing.
The 2009-2010 college committment campaign starts off with a bang as 2nd year standout Shane Zimmer has committed to Canisius College Griffins in Buffalo, NY. Zimmer is just coming back from ACL surgery last May.
OF – Shane Zimmer – St. Albert, AB – signed a National Letter of Intent with the NCAA Division 1 Canisius College Griffs in Buffalo, NY. The Griffs play in the MAAC conference. For more details on Canisius College: http://www.gogriffs.com
Vauxhall, AB –
The 4th Annual Awards/Scholarship Dinner was a great success again! MC – Marty Baceda from Global Sports in Lethbridge and Featured Speaker “Denis Boucher” put on a great show with stories and a strong message to the Jets student-athletes. With the Honorable Premier Ed Stelmach in attendance and a packed hall of 320 plus people with the evening raising close to $20,000.00. The evening was highlighted with a cheque presentation from Premier Stelmach and MLA – Little Bow – Barry McFarland to assist in the building of the new Community Facility (consisting of the a dormitory, state of the weight room, state of video room, lockerroom, manager’s suite, athletic therapy room, players lounge and much more). Thank you for all who attending the banquet, donated auction items and supported the program by buying raffle tickets and auction items.
The banquet also consisted of many annual awards/scholarships being handed out:
Reno Lizzi Scholarship – $2000.00 plus a gold ring – Shane Zimmer
Reno Lizzi “Inch by Inch Award” – $1000.00 – Taylor Simmonds
Reno Lizzi Underclassman Awards – $1000.00 – Brendan Hendriks & Chad Hodges
Jet of the Year Scholarship – sponsored by Don Groves – $1000.00 – Luke Barry
Wanda Stober Scholarship – $1000.00 – Ben Dartnell
Fitting into VHS – Kym Barthel
Leadership and Dedication Scholarship – sponsor by Scotiabank – Matt Clark – $500.00
Sport Connection Scholarship – Greg Adams & Ben Douglas – $500.00/each
Coaches Award – sponsor by Doug Jones & Creative Awards – Brody McDonald – $500.00
Congrats to all the Award Winners on a great evening. Go Jets and see you around Jets Stadium
For photos and videos from the night please go to Youtube.com and search Vauxhall Academy of Baseball.
Vauxhall, AB –
A busy week began with the 4th annual MLB Scouts Day in the indoor. There was representation from 6 Major League clubs (Phillies, Brewers, Padres, Mariners, Reds, Blue Jays) and the MLB Scouting Bureau. In total there was 10 professional scouts in attendance. The Jets pitchers threw bullpens and the hitters took batting practice – overall the event was again a success. The day ended with Walt Burrows – Canadian Supervisor with the MLB Scouting Bureau addressing the group.
With the Scout Day behind us we now focus our attention to the 4th Annual Awards/Scholarship Dinner – March 6th.
