Please e-mail Mark Deshane at whalleyfallball@shaw.ca if you are interested in playing fall ball. For planning purposes include the player’s Name and age in your email.

9-12 year olds (2011 league age)- 2 weekday clinics so players can make one of them with other sports ongoing.

1 weekend game on Sunday for 9/10 and one for 11/12. Early and late game times will alternate week to week. Will run until the weather and light shuts us down (thanksgiving).

Junior/senior

Weekday clinic with interlock games on weekends.

Please respond ASAP. Coaches Please let me know of your offer to help.

The Junior Allstars took on Coquitlam in the Provincial finals Wednesday night to see who advanced to the Canadian Championship. The team was ready to go after an exciting win the previous night. Unfortunately the bats were sluggish and Whalley fell behind 5-0. Excellent pitching by Cole Hunt held Coquitlam and Whalley made it 5-2. But that was as close as Whalley would get and Coquitlam prevailed 8-3.

A great Allstar season for all of the players. This group played the best competition around in Bantam AAA teams, US high school teams and select teams in Oliver - and they more than held their own. They did themselves and Whalley pround all the while having a lot of fun!

The Whalley 9 year old selects played Hastings in the Semi-Finals on Sunday, and lost to a very good ball team. The final score was 14 - 9.

In the consolation final, our second game of the day, the team was facing South Vancouver and the team fell behind 5 - 1 early in the game. The Whalley bats came to life in the 3rd, 4th and 5th inning and took a commanding lead. The final score was 15 - 9.

In the other Championship Game, White Rock # 1 beat Hastings by a score of 14 - 13 to take the honors for a third straight year.

The coaching staff and parents are very proud of the boys, they showed character and dedication throughout this last month. The Whalley boys came in a very respectable 3rd place, out of 10 teams, wnning 7 out of their last 9 games of the season! What a great way to end the season boys! Congrats to all!

The Whalley parents, coaches and players would like to say a big THANK YOU to the Langley Little League for there hospitality and hard work put in by their many volunteers. A great tournament it was!

Have a good summer everyone!

Whalley 9 year old selects played another exciting game on Saturday afternoon! In the Quarter Final game, we were facing Coquitlam and fell behind 7-4 after two innings. Brandon Green pitched a solid 2 innings, but un-earned runs made it difficult for the Whalley boys. Bailey Chiasson came in strong on the mound in the 3rd and 4th inning, striking out 4 batters, and allowing no runs. The Whalley boys bats got to work in the fifth and the boys rallied for 5 runs to make it 13 - 9. With Roman Guthrie on the mound pitching HEAT to close up the game, the Coquitlam squad started hitting the ball hard to the outfield. With 2 men out, Whalley ahead 14-12, and with the bases loaded, the Coquitlam batter came to bat, hit a line drive to right center field. Whalley CF, Andy Kliewer picked up the ball from center field, at the fence.and threw a BULLET, " a TSN BULLET HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT" "let me tell ya" to home plate catcher, Evan Alexander, who made the perfect CATCH & TAG for the final out of the game. The crowd, parents, players and coaches were left breathless watching the last play to end the game. OH and so were the coaches. LOL

The Whalley boys do have a lot of CHARACTER! They certainly know how to win as a TEAM! The coaching staff is extremely PROUD of them boys, and so are the parents! The boys are working and encouraging each other as teammates, it's very nice to see and experience!

The Whalley Team is playing in the Semi-Finals, tomorrow, Sunday, at noon, against Hasting. In the other Semi-Finals, South Vancouver vs White Rock # 1. The two winners will face off at 4:00 for the Championship game, and the losers will compete for 3rd and 4th place, at the same time on the other field.

We hope you can come and cheer on them boys!!!!!!

The Whalley 9 Year Old Selects will be facing Coquitlam Saturday afternoon at 3:00 in Langley's District 3 Tournament.

The team started off the tournament going 3 and 0 before facing a determined South Vancouver Team. Whalley suffered it's first defeat of the tourney 13 - 7. SV's starting pitcher held us in check for the first 3 innings striking 6 of the 10 batters he faced. Ryan McCash started things with a double. Adam Vilio with a "good eye" at bat, was able to reach the bases twice, and also managed to score twice in the game. Roman Guthrie also had a tripple with the bases loaded at the top of the six, but it was too little too late for the boys.

The team is ready to face Coquitlam tomorrow in what should be another great game!

Come cheer on the boys!

On Sunday, the Whalley 9 year old selects, won both their games, in what was two great games to be a part of. Both games went till the end before a winner could be decided.

In the first game, White Rock came out strong with their bats to take an early 5-2 lead. But with perseverance, the boys came back slowly, to make it 9-7 in favor of WR. In the fifth inning, the bats came to life for 5 scores, to make it 12-9. The team took the field one last time. Roman Guthrie was on the mound throwing HEAT, striking out 2 of the last 3 batters, before ending the game on a routine grounder, the boys held on for the win. Andy Kliewer started the game and pitched a solid 3 innings. Brandon Green came in relief, and also pitched a great game. What a great game this one was. Very exciting, to say the least!

The second game was against the home town, Langley. Whalley came out strong in this game taking early leads of 8-4 and 13-8 midway through the game, the bats were working big time. In the fourth inning, Langley put in their # 1 pitcher and what an exhibition this kid put on. He pitched 3 innings and shut us down, by only facing 13 batters and striking out 5. In the mean time, Langley kept closing the gap to make it 13-11 game going into the 6 and final inning. With the bases loaded and ZERO out, the Whalley boys, "infield in", went to work. 3rd Basemen, Ashton Kellogg, and Catcher, Evan Alexander made two great, solid plays to secure the 13-12 victory for Whalley. Ashton fielded a couple grounders and made 2 perfect throws to Evan waiting at home plate before tagging the player to end this nail-bitter of a game. Parents, Fans, and tournaments organizers were thrilled to watch this game. What a battle it was! The Coaching Staff and Parents are pretty proud of all these boys! They are a great bunch of kids!

Whalley is now 3 and 0, and will play their last game of the Round Robin on Tuesday night (6:00) against South Vancouver. Playoffs are schedule for next weekend.

Come cheer on the boys. It's exciting baseball!

The Whalley 9 year old selects travelled to Langley on a hot and warm Saturday afternoon to take part in the Opening Ceremonies and Skills Competition events.

Evan Alexander placed a solid 4th in "Timed Throwing Accuracy" with a great time of 14:59 seconds. The drill was to throw 4 baseball at 1st base from different location around the diamond as fast and accurately as possible! Hope you enjoy your Prostocks Gift Certificate Evan! Congrats!

Shorthly after all the festivities, the Whalley team was scheduled to play Dunbar. The boys came up to play right from the start. Aggressive Base Running and discipline at bat led to an early lead in the game. Brandon Green, Roman Guthrie and Jacob Mahon, all pitching 2 great innings each, were solid on the mound to secure our first victory. A spectacular diving play by left fielder Randy Kilroy to save a few runs on what could have been a turning point in the game, could have definately made the TSN highlight play of the game! LOL The boys were up 12-2 after three innings and went on to win the game by a score of 14 - 6.

Sunday's schedule is the following: Noon Whalley vs White Rock #2

6 o'clock Whalley vs Langley

Come CHEER on the boys!

The 9 year old selects will be playing in Langley this weekend (District 3 Tournament). Ten teams from the lower mainland will be participating. Our schedule is:

Saturday, July 10th 14:30 vs Dunbar

Sunday, July 11th 12:00 vs White Rock #2

Sunday, July 11th 18:00 vs Langley

Tuesday, July 13th 18:00 vs South Vancouver

Come cheer on the boys!

The Whalley 9 Year Old Selects played in the Cloverdale Boulanger Tournament this last weekend, and got off to a slow start in their first 2 games of the weekend, they battled back and made those 2 games interesting, to say the least. The team finished the tourney with a 1-2-1 record.

The team started the tourney by playing Abbotsford. The team was behind 11-2 after 3 innings. They battled back, only to come up short at the end of it by losing 17-12. Andy Kliewer was named the player of the game with some amazing catches in the outfield and a solid performance at the plate as well. In our second game, the team got off to a slow start against Richmond, but the boys rallied back and came back to tie the game at 14 all, after being behind 14-7. Jacob Mahon was named the player of the game with a solid 2 1\3 innings of pitching. Our 3rd game was against the hosting team, Cloverdale. Our boys started the game off strong by making solid defensive plays, but the more experienced home town team took control of the game soon after never looking back. Our game MVP with a solid performance at 3rd base was Braden Scott. Game four, was the Consolation game against Rutland (Kelowna), and our team came ready to play from the start. The team took the lead, never looking back, and won their first game of the season by a score of 13-12. The player of the game was Brandon Green, coming back from an injury, he played in his first game of the tourney and pitched the last 3 innings as well as contributing at the plate.

The Whalley parents, coaches and players would like to say a big THANK YOU to the Cloverdale Baseball Association for there hospitality and hard work put in by their many volunteers. A great tournament it was! Whalley 9 Year-Old Selects will be playing their annual District Tournament starting next Saturday in Langley. Our Schedule is the following:

Saturday, July 10th 14:30 vs Dunbar

Sunday, July 11th 12:00 vs White Rock #2

Sunday, July 11th 18:00 vs Langley

Tuesday, July 13th 18:00 vs South Vancouver

The Junior Allstars travelled to Oliver for the Can Am FUTURES 14U Classic this past long weekend. The team was looking for strong competition and they certainly got it. The team ended up going 2-2 and lost in the tournament semifinals.

The team opened with a win over Coquitlam behind the strong pitching of Brandon Bohn who relieved starter Will Gladwell and in the 3rd inning and went 5 strong for the victory. The 2nd game saw the team play the "Lime" Mizuno Camp team. Starting pitcher Robbie Bevacqua pitched superbly against a very strong batting lineup. Rob left the game in a 3-3 tie after 5 and the "Lime team" ultimately prevailed. The loss meant a victory over Alberta's Sherwood Park was needed in order to have a chance of making the semi finals. Starter Jordan Atkinson made sure of that with a dominating outing against Sherwoord Park going the distance in an 11-1 victory. In the semi final game the team came up against the other Mizuno Camp team. Unfortunately the "Red" team jumped out to an early lead after 1 inning and Whalley couldn't recover and went on to loose. All in all, a positive step in preparing for the Provincial Championship starting July 17th at Blue Mountain in Coquitlam.

From July 9-18 Whalley will be hosting the Major 11/12 District 3 Tournament. Teams will be coming from Coquitlam, White Rock, Langley and North Langley to battle Whalley for the District 3 crown and a trip to the provincial championship.

Tournament Chair Doreen Myers is looking for volunteers to help make this tournament a great experience for all of the players. We need volunteers during the Whalley games for 50/50, concession, official score keeper, pitch counts and many other tasks. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Doreen at demyers@shaw.ca.

The tournament site has now been set up and can be accessed by clicking "Divisions" in the menu bar. The site is under "Whalley Hosted Tournaments". The schedule has been entered but is subject to change based on which team is Home vs Away as a coin toss determines this.

Whalley will be hosting our traditional 11 year old Drew Henderson tournament again this year. The tournament dates are July 24th through August 1st. Games will be held at the Whalley Ball Park. For more information please contact Doug Sandover at 604-505-2481 or via e-mail bcyankee@dccnet.com.

Friday July 2nd, 6 pm Coquitlam Big League A’s versus Cloverdale Spurs

Friday July 2nd , 8:45 pm Langley Jax versus Coquitlam Senior League

Saturday July 3rd, 10 am Cloverdale Spurs versus Whalley Chiefs

Saturday July 3rd , 1 pm Langley Jax versus Cloverdale Spurs

Saturday July 3rd, 4 pm Coquitlam Senior League versus Coquitlam Big League

Saturday July 3rd, 7 pm Coquitlam Big League versus Whalley Chiefs

Sunday July 4th, 1 pm 1st place RR versus 4th place RR

Sunday July 4th, 4 pm 2nd place RR versus 3rd place RR

Monday July 5th, 6 pm Final

Come on out to the “Senior Diamond” at Whalley Athletic Park to support all the teams, enjoy the baseball and hopefully enjoy some warmer weather!

A number of Whalley Allstar teams are in action this weekend.

The Tier II Junior team returns to Coquitlam to defend last years title in the annual Karl Gosselin Jr tournament. For results click - Karl Gosselin Jr Tournament

The Minor 9/10 Allstar team will be kicking off their season in North Langley at Walnut Grove starting July 1st.

The Junior Allstar team will be up in Oliver playing in the KR3 Can Am FUTURE’S Classic.

The Reds defeated the Yankees 7-4 in Thursday's Junior final to take the Junior Division Playoff crown.

Trailing 2-0 into the 4th, the Yankees scored 4 runs to take a 4-2 lead. In the bottom half of the same inning the Reds put together 6 hits - including 3 doubles - and scored 5 runs to take a 7-4 lead. Matthew Wong came on in relief of Daniel Singer in the 4th and shut the door for the rest of the way. Both Matthew and Daniel showed great heart battling their way thru a tough Yankee lineup. Stellar defensive play from Reds catcher Keirnan Hedberg certainly helped them!

Great game. Congratulations to both teams on a great season and playoff.

Wednesday night the league champion Yankees took on the upstart Cardinals in the Major Division Final. The Cardinals had eliminated the 2nd place Dodgers on Tuesday night and had an upset on their mind.

The Cardinals got off to a quick start in top of the 1st scoring two runs. They pushed the lead first to 3-1 and then to 6-1 after 4 innings. It looked like the game might get out of hand but in the bottom of the 5th the Yankees started to rally by scoring 4 runs making the score 6-5 after 5 innings.

In the top of the 6th the Cardinals scored a run giving them a 2 run lead going into the Yankees last at bat. In that inning the Yankees put the ball in play, got a runner to 2nd and the tieing run up to the plate - but solid defence by the left side of the Cardinal infield shut down any hopes of a comeback. Final score Cardinals 7 and Yankees 5. It was definitely an exciting final and one enjoyed by a big crowd of spectators. Congratulations to Ron, Don, Bob and all of the Cardinal players! Well done.

This year the Whalley Minor 9-10 tournament had 6 teams. There were 3 from Whalley, 2 from Hastings and 1 from North Langley. The round robin portion of the tournament produced 2 teams going undefeated. In the semi finals 2 Whalley teams battled the 2 Hastings teams, unfortunately they both came up short. It set up a Hastings vs Hastings final. It was a hard fought game with the Hastings Yankees coming out of it with the victory.

A special thanks to all the parents for your help in the concession and getting the fields ready to play on. To the coaches, it is people like you willing to give up your long weekend for the kids that make Whalley the class Little League program that it is and I thank you for that.

Thanks Doug Sandover Tournament Director

The Whalley major Yankees fought back to win it all at the Coquitlam (Memorial) Victoria Day major tournament in dramatic fashion. After faltering in game 2 they needed to win every game Sunday to qualify for the final .The Yanks came out pounding the ball hard Sunday. Will Smith started things off with a big 2 run homer and Wallopping Whally Walcott wallopped two out over the fence and into the ditch at the south diamond as the Yanks bombed their way to a mercy win Sunday morning. Mark Vellios tried retrieving the ball but became mired in mud up to his neck but was rescued. At 3 pm, Nicholas(Spitz)Vellios pitched a great game going all the way in a tight tough game. Time after time it was the four 10 year olds who kept the team alive by getting key hard hits. Jared and Josh got on in the 2nd and Fizz knocked one up the middle to RBI Hauss. Kit Carson fought hard to get on base and bring up the top of the order. Daniel Dirt Jones kept scoring and making great defensive plays and Alex Nails Faulkner-Chow was solid at the plate getting on base and scoring at key times. Whally Wallcot wallopped a walk off three run homer to end the game in grand fashion. In the final on Monday against defending Champions Hastings Expos, Eric (Ports) Porter scored early to get the team on the board. Once again the younger kids came through with the game tied 1-1. Alex and Jared got on and were driven home when Fizz lined one up the middle to put the Yanks ahead 2-1. Winning pitcher JC Ciliberto helped himself by launching one out for a 3 run dinger to put the Yanks up 5-2.Solid closer Ryan Larsen came in to finish off Hastings for his 2nd save of the tourney and the Yanks shut em down to win it all and celebrate the thrill of victory.

The Major Whalley Cardinals put on a strong display of baseball at the Third Annual George Pretson Memorial at Langley's City Park this long weekend. The team finished the tourney with a 5-1 record to become the Champions of the tourney.

The Cards started the tourney with a 8-0 win over the Langley Dodgers. Kyle Stubbins,Scott Gamble and Travis Leclair combined to strike out 13 batters to get the shutout in the opening game. Wesley Bauer and Josh Jawanda had two hits each, to help the offense. Travis hit a monster 240 foot 3 run home run to seal the game.

The Cards had a easier time of it in game two defeating the North Langley Astro's 20 -2. Kyle Stubbins pitched one inning, Connor Lewis 2 innings and 10 year old Noah Nakamura finished off the game that finished in four innings. Scott, Kyle,Travis, Wesley and Josh combined for 16 runs and 10 hits to drive the offense. Mike Bauer, Connor Lewis, Noah and Justin Olic also had 8 hits in a dominating performance.

Game Three had the Cards only loss in the Tourney dropping a 5-2 game to the Langley Blue Jays. Travis, Scott and Kyle pitched in the game as the Blue Jays went to the small ball game, bunting and running the bases to take a early lead and the Cards never recovered. Travis and Scott each had two hits for the Cards. Former Cardinal Brent Gatlabayan threw 4 solid innings against his former team to lead his team to the win.

Game Four was against the 3-0 Langley Giants. A loss would have put the team in a nervous tourney position and the team came up with a really strong performance. The Cards won the game 11-2 to put themselves in position to make the final. Kyle, Scott and Travis each threw two innings shutting down the tourney's hottest team. Travis scored four runs on three hits to lead the offense. Wesley and Micheal Bauer each had two hits to help the offense as the Cards had 12 hits in the game.

The Cards last game of the round robin was against there namesake's, the North Langley Cardinals. The Whalley Cards roared out to a early lead but the North Langley Cards came back to take a 6-4 lead in the third. Josh and Michael each had two hits for the Cards to help in a comeback 12-7 win for the Whalley Cards. Kyle and Scott chipped in with 4 runs and 5 hits. Wesley, Travis and Scott struck out nine batters to help pitch the Cards to the win.

The Whalley kids with there 4-1 record moved on to face the 4-1 Langley Giants in a rematch for the Tourney Championship. The Cards did what they did all tourney by going out and getting a 2-0 lead in the first. The Giants battled back in the bottom of the inning to tie the game 2-2. Josh and Wesley each drove in a run in the first inning. Kyle after giving up two runs in the first settled down to pitch four strong innings allowing two runs while striking out eight. The Cards put together two runs in the fourth inning with Josh and Michael each driving in a run as the Cards took a 4-2 lead. Travis drove in Scott for the insurance run as the Cards took a 5-2 lead in the fifth. Travis threw the last two innings as the Cards defense stiffened making many good plays to defeat the Giants 5-2.

Scott had 10 runs and 9 hits, Kyle 10 runs and 8 hits, Travis 11 runs and 13 hits, Wesley had 8 runs and 11 hits, Josh had 6 runs and 10 hits, Michael had 3 runs and 8 hits, Connor had 4 runs and 3 hits, Noah had 3 runs and 6 hits, Justin had 2 runs and 3 hits, and Nine year old Bailey Chiasson, 2 runs and 3 hits.

The Cardinal parents, coaches and players would like to say a big Thank You! to Langley Little league for there hospitality and hard work put in by their many volunteers. A great tournament it was!

The first set of pictures for 2010 are now up in the Photo Albums. There is some game action from the Minors and the Juniors. Also pictures from the opening of the Chuck Bailey Rec Centre and of the Party in the Park - both held this last weekend. Thanks to Dave Peeters for always having his camera in hand and sharing his pictures with the rest of us.

If you would like to share some pictures by having them posted on the web site, please size them to about 100kb and forward them on to wllwebmaster@telus.net and I'll post them for everyone to see.

With another school year rapidly coming to a close, it is time for those players in Grade 12 and older to start thinking about post secondary education and paying for that eduction. Each year Whalley Little League sponsors the Orest Springenatic Scholarship/Bursary and makes money available to help fund the education of Whalley Little League ball players looking to advance their education. This year we have created a whole new section of our web site dedicated to the Orest Springenatic Scholarship/Bursary. Please check out the page (selected on the left menu bar) and read about the scholarship and anyone wanting more information can download the requirements and application form.

Cutoff time for applicants is December 31 of the current Grad Year.

The BC Challenger Baseball Program has a new web site. Please take some time to visit the new site, learn about the Challenger Program. Know someone who wants to be a Buddy? Visit the new site and see how to volunteer. Check out the site by clicking here

A permanent link to the site has been placed in the "links" section of the Whalley Little League web site.

The Douglas College Royals will again be playing their home games at Whalley Ball Park on the Senior Diamond. This is high level baseball. Come out and check out some great baseball.

Find the complete Douglas College schedule at:

Do you have some old baseball equipment you'd like to sell? Bats, gloves, balls? If so, you can advertise in this section of the web site. Simply send the details of what you want to sell to our webmaster at wllwebmaster@telus.net. Please make sure to include details of the items, your contact information, as well as the price. If you have a picture, please make sure to send that along as well.

All advertisements will be kept on the site for 2 weeks unless the webmaster is notified that the item(s) have been sold or if you'd like to keep the item(s) up on the site for a longer period.

You can still register for the 2010 season by going to the Registration section of the web site and downloading a registration form and mailing it in.

“Bring a Friend” is a program that is a “win – win” situation for both our returning players and their friends. This program encourages returning players to invite their friends to come and join us at Whalley Little League. Playing Little League baseball at Whalley will be a great experience that will create lifetime memories for each player and their families. Many of us who have been part of the Whalley family have fond memories of our time spent at the park. Being a member of Whalley Little League creates a great sense of pride in being part of one of the best Little League associations in the world!

A returning player will receive a $25 discount from their current season registration fee for each “Friend” that they bring to Whalley Little League as a new player for the upcoming season. The new registrant will also receive a $25 discount off their current season’s registration if they confirm at the time of registering that they are a “Friend” of one of our currently registered players. The discount will be applied to the new players immediately while the currently registered player will receive a refund cheque once the registration paper work has been processed by the league.

Thanks for your interest!

Whalley Little League

Check out the "Batting Cage Schedule" section of the website to see when winter workouts are currently scheduled.

If you are looking to book a time please contact Randy Elrick @ 604-583-7426 or randy_elrick@telus.net

If you are interested in volunteering or want to know more about the Whalley Little League Challenger Division please call our division player agent Melissa Rook-Green at 604-597-5630 or you can e-mail Melissa at melrg1@telus.net.