Lethbridge, AB –
Game 1 was a low scoring affair until the 6th inning with the Jets holding onto a 1-0 lead PBA score 2 runs before the Jets responded with 8 runs in the top of the 7th to win by a score of 9-5. Game 2 was a back and forth affair before the Jets fell to PBA 7-6. Overall, a solid weekend especially with so many bodies away with the JNT in Florida. Continue reading “Jets split on a beautiful fall day in Lethbridge!”
Lethbridge, AB –
A short handed Jets club played solid baseball for 12 out of 14 inning falling to PBA 5-3 and 10-3 on an overcast Saturday in Lethbridge. Continue reading “Jets lose 2 to PBA on a misty day in Lethbridge!”
Vauxhall, AB –
The VAB Jets are proud to announce that 5 current Jets will be making the trip to Lake Buena Vista, Florida Oct 1-13 for the U-18 Instructional League Camp.
The JNT will play several professional clubs from the Astros, Nationals, Blue Jays, Tigers and Braves. They will also face off against former Jet Ben Onyshko (2012-2013) at Stetson University.
Good luck to all 5 in their quest to represent Canada at the WBSC U-18 World Cup in Thunder Bay, Ontario September 1-10, 2017.
Kelowna, BC –
The VAB Jets finished off the fall season with a great final game vs the Prospects Academy winning by a score of 1-0. It was a pitchers duel the entire way with Ben Erwin earning the victory going 5 innings allowing 2 hits, 2 BB’s and 2 K’s. Jaden Griffin threw a solid 6th inning with 2 K’s and 1 BB. Zach Newman earned the save throwing 1 inning allowing 1 hit with 1 K. Offensively, the Jets were led by Damiano Palmegiani who was 2 for 3. Palmegiani had a controversial hit called foul in the top of the 4th and followed it up with a solo shot to left center for the only run. Liam Vulcano finished the game 1 for 3 with a double. Brett Mercier was 1 for 3 with a double and Dayton Peters rounded out the offense going 1 for 2.
The Jets will now get back to studies for the week before travelling to Lethbridge to take on the PBA both Saturday and Sunday this week.
Kelowna, BC –
The Jets opened the day with a 1-0 record and ended up splitting with a 7-1 victory over the Prospects Academy 2 and losing 4-2 to Okanagan College. Game 1 saw Garrett Nicholson start on the mound going 4 innings allowing 3 hits, 1 run with 1 BB and 9 K’s. Owen Harms finished things off going 3 innings allowing 1 hit with 3 K’s. Offensively, the Jets were led by Owen Harms who was 2 for 2 with an RBI. Damiano Palmegiani was 1 for 1 with a double, 3 BB’s and 2 RBI’s. Cooper Jones rounded out the offense going 2 for 3.
Game 2 saw the Jets lose by a score of 4-2 after 2 long balls dictated the final score. Wesley Moore started on the mound going 4 innings allowing 3 hits, 3 runs, 1 earned run with 1 BB and 4 K’s. Kaiden Cardoso finished things off going 2 innings allowing 3 hits, 1 run with 1 BB and 4 K’s. Offensively, the Jets were led by Damiano Palmegiani who was 1 for 3. Victor Cerny was 1 for 3. Jared Binsfeld was 1 for 3 and Matt Rath was 1 for 2.
The split now has the Jets playing the Edmonton Prospects at 1:30 pm before the long bus ride back to Vauxhall.
Kelowna, BC –
The offense did all of its scoring in 1 inning scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the 3rd cruising to a 6-1 victory. Garrett Hawkins started on the mound going 4 innings allowing 2 hits, 1 unearned run with 2 BB’s and 4 K’s. Chase Florendine threw 2 good innings allowing 2 hits with 2 K’s. Zach Newman finished things off throwing a clean 7th inning.
Offensively, the Jets were led by Matt Rath who was 1 for 3 with 2 SB’s. Victor Cerny was 1 for 3 with an RBI. Owen Harms was 2 for 3 with an RBI. Brett Mercier was 1 for 3 with a 3 run shot to left and Ty Penner rounded out the offense going 1 for 3 with a double.
The Jets now play tomorrow at 11:15am vs Edmonton and 4:15 pm vs Okanagon College.
Lethbridge, AB-
With several players away in Toronto (10 total) at the 4th Annual Tournament 12 the Jets played a great game vs PBA split squard in Lethbridge. Offensively, the Jets were led by a big day from Matt Rath who was 4 for 5 with 2 triples and 2 RBI’s. Liam Vulcano, Kaiden Cardoso, Matt Gough and Ty Penner chipped in with 1 hit each with the entire club playing sound defense. On the mound 4 pitchers combined for the 9-5 victory with Connor Green, Garret Hawkins, Chase Florendine and Zach Newman combining to allow 5 hits, 1 BB with 4 K’s.
The Jets now will travel as a group to Kelowna for a fall tournament September 23-35. The Jets open up vs Edmonton Prospects 11:30 am Friday.
The 10 players that traveled to Toronto also had a great showing overall.
Vauxhall, AB –
The VAB Jets split with PBA losing game 1 by a score of 9-5 and won game 2 8-5. Game 1 saw Ben Erwin start on the mound throwing 3 2/3 innings allowing 3 hits, 3 unearned runs with 3 K’s. Conner Green threw 2 innings allowing 5 hits, with 4 runs and 4 BB’s. Garrett Nicholson threw 1 1/3 innings allowing 1 hit, 2 runs with 2 K’s and 3 BB’s. Kaiden Cardoso threw the final inning with a clean box score. Offensively, the Jets were led by Liam Vulcano who was 3 for 5 with 2 doubles and solo HR. Damiano Palmegiani was 1 for 3. Victor Cerny was 2 for 3 with an RBI. Owen Harms was 2 for 4 with an RBI. Jared Binsfeld was 1 for 4 and Kaiden Cardoso was 1 for 4.
Game 2 saw the Jets get in the win column with an 8-5 victory. Wesley Moore started on the mound going 3 1/3 innings allowing 1 hit, 3 runs with 4 K’s and 2 BB’s. Garrett Hawkins earned the victory going 2 2/3 innings allowing 3 hits, 1 unearned run with 2 K’s. Zach Newman earned the save going 1 inning allowing 1 hit with 1 unearned run. Offensively, the Jets were led by Liam Vulcano who was 1 for 3. Owen Harms was 2 for 4 with an RBI. Victor Cerny was 1 for 3 with 3 RBI’s and a solo HR. Brett Mercier was 2 for 3 with an RBI. Jared Binsfeld was 1 for 3 and Ben Erwin rounded out the offense going 1 for 2 with a double.
The games tomorrow have been cancelled due to poor weather forecast. Several players will be travelling to Toronto for the T12 tournament with the others playing PBA next weekend.
Vauxhall, AB –
The Jets opened the 2016/2017 fall season with a 6-2 loss to PBA on the annual spirit week game.
Ben Erwin started on the mound going 1 inning allowing 1 hit, 2 unearned runs with 1 BB. Connor Green threw 1 inning allowing 2 hits, 2 unearned runs with 1 BB and 1 K. Adam Macko went 2 innings allowing 3 hits, 2 runs with 2 BB’s and 3 Ks. Garrett Hawkins threw 2 innings allowing 0 hits, 0 runs with 1 BB and 1 K. Garrett Nicholson threw 1 inning allowing 2 hits, 1 BB with 3 K’s.
Offensively, the Jets were led by Liam Vulcano who was 1 for 4. Owen Harms was 2 for 4. Damiano Palmegiani was 1 for 4 with a 2 run HR. Brett Mercier was 2 for 3. Matt Gough was 1 for 2 to round out the offense.
The Jets and PBA will meet up again at Jets Stadium vs PBA at 12 noon Saturday.
4 Jets will be joining Team Alberta at the top 40 camp in Calgary over the weekend. Adam Macko, Matt Gough, Chase Florendine and Cooper Jones will be attending from Vauxhall. Good luck to all 4 boys.
The 11th season of the Vauxhall Academy of Baseball is fully underway. The players reported Sunday August 28th with classes beginning today.
The 22 man roster consists of 9 returners and 13 newcomers. A breakdown of the roster consists of 5 student-athletes from BC, 7 student-athletes from Alberta, 2 student-athletes from SK, 3 student-athletes from Manitoba, 3 student-athletes from New Brunswick and 2 student-athletes from Nova Scotia.
10th Grade or Sophomores
Chase Florendine, Adam Macko & Dayton Peters
11th Grade or Juniors
Liam Vulcano, Ty Penner, Damiano Palmegiani, Kaiden Cardoso, Cooper Jones, Owen Harms, Jaden Griffin, Josh Tardif, Garrett Hawkins & Matt Gough
12th Grade or Seniors
Connor Green, Matt Rath, Wesley Moore, Garrick Nicholson, Zach Newman, Jared Binsfeld, Victor Cerny, Brett Mercier, Ben Erwin
A detailed roster will be posted under the Team heading soon.
Below is a copy of the fall schedule. The Kelowna Tournament schedule will be posted when available.
Date Opponent/Level Location Time
Aug. 28 Report Date Vauxhall, AB 12 noon
Sept. 3 Intrasquad Jets Stadium 11:00 am
Sept. 4 Intrasquad Jets Stadium 11:00 am
Sept. 7 Spirit Week vs. PBA Jets Stadium 12 noon
Sept. 10 Prairie Baseball Academy Jets Stadium 12 noon DH
Sept. 11 Prairie Baseball Academy Jets Stadium 12 noon DH
Sept. 14 – 19 Tournament 12 Toronto, Ontario TBA
Sept. 17 Practice scheduled for players not attending T12 TBA
Sept. 18 Prairie Baseball Academy TBA
Sept. 23 Kelowna Tournament Kelowna, BC TBA
Sept. 24 Kelowna Tournament Kelowna, BC TBA
Sept. 25 Kelowna Tournament Kelowna, BC TBA
Oct. 1 Prairie Baseball Academy Lethbridge, AB 12 noon (DH)
Oct. 2 Prairie Baseball Academy Lethbridge, AB 11 am (DH)
Oct. 8 Absolute Baseball Academy/U of C Jets Stadium 12 noon (DH)
Oct. 9 Absolute Baseball Academy/U of C Calgary, AB 12 noon (DH)
Oct. 10 Thanksgiving
Oct. 15 Okotoks Dawgs Okotoks, AB 12 noon (DH)
Oct. 16 Okotoks Dawgs Jets Stadium 12 noon (DH)
Oct. 22 100 inning Marathon Game Jets Stadium 10:00 am
