Team Ontario Baseball
This Is Sam White
Date:07/14/2019 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
This Is Sam White This is Sam White. Sam White is the shortstop for the Ontario Astros 15U Elite baseball club. In 6 games this weekend at the CABA World Series in Ohio and Kentucky, Sam hit a blistering .667 (10 for 15). His .750 OBA included 5 walks, 4 doubles, 2 triples, and a rocket off the scoreboard for the loudest single in Astros history. He scored 4 runs and drove in...
2 Team O Astros alumni on NJCAA II championship team
Date:06/01/2019 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Two Team O Astros 2018 alumni on 2019 NJCAA Div II championship team On May 31, 2019, the Northern Oklahoma College Enid Jets won the 2019 NJCAA division II championship. Two of our class of 2018 alumni are members of this team: Shane Nixon and Justin Raspanti. Shane played second base in the final. His father is Al Nixon, on staff at Team Ontario as our Assistant Director ...
Team O 16U goes 5-0 to win the Troy Memorial Weekend Invitational in Ohio
Date:05/29/2019 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Team Ontario Astros 16U goes 5-0 to win the Troy Memorial Weekend Invitational in Ohio 5-0 Record including 16-3 win , 15-7 win, 10-1 win, 10-4 win , 11-1 win TOURNAMENT HITTING HIGHLIGHTS: Petel 7 hits Burbidge 6 hits Dumanski 5-5 weekend. 5hits 3RBIs Cabral 5 hits Cardoso 5 hits McLeod-Smith 5 hits Kirk 4 hits Patrick 4 hits Sisca 4...
Team Ontario Astros 16U beats OBJ 16U 17-5
Date:05/29/2019 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Team Ontario Astros 16U beats OBJ 16U 17-5 On May 21st, versus Ontario Blue Jays 16U, Team Ontario Astros 16U bats came out, driving the baseball all over Hastings stadium in Guelph for a 17-5 Win in 7 innings. Team Ontario Astros played stellar defense, making the routine plays, then offensively utilized the team's speed to advance runs into scoring position for the hot bats. &n...
Fantastic 3-1 start for Astros 15U
Date:05/13/2019 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Fantastic 3-1 start for Astros 15U The Team Ontario Astros 15U team had a fantastic 3-1 start to the season during their CPBL opening weekend series with the Ontario Nationals. Thankful to finally be playing, especially when so many other teams' games were cancelled due to poor field conditions or rain, the players and their parents braved the cold, drizzly weather to play first in St. Ma...
Team Ontario Astros hold AKBA Coaches' Clinic
Date:05/10/2019 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Team Ontario Astros hold successful AKBA Coaches' Clinic On May 5, 2019, three Team Ontario Astros coaches and seven players put on a house league coaching clinic and information session for coaches of the Aurora-King Baseball Association (AKBA) at the Aurora Sportsdome. According to AKBA President Shaun McGuire, the knowledge shared and demonstrations shown were very much apprec...
Congratulations to KJ Courtney (class of 2014) on Leadership Award
Date:04/21/2019 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Congratulations to Team Ontario alumnus KJ Courtney (class of 2014) on Leadership Award Congratulations go out to Team Ontario alumnus KJ Courtney (class of 2014) on being a recipient of the Dr. Doris Howell Leadership Award from Park University in Parkville, Missouri (USA), where he is currently a senior and on the roster of the Park Pirates baseball team (NAIA). The Dr. Doris Howel...
FLORIDA MARCH BREAK EXCURSION IS A BIG SUCCESS
Date:03/23/2019 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
FLORIDA MARCH BREAK EXCURSION IS A BIG SUCCESS The Directors of the Team Ontario Astros would like to thank all the participants who travelled south to kick off the 2019 season. Our teams fared well at West Palm and our players got in their reps in ideal weather conditions at a top-notch facility in Lantana. Despite some last-minute changes by tournament organizers, our coaches and p...
Awards and Scholarship top off successful 2018 season for Team Ontario Astros
Date:03/04/2019 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Astros Announce 2018’s Pitchers, Players, and Coach of the Year as well as the Murray Marshall Scholarship Award at the 19th Annual Team Ontario Gala The Team Ontario Astros made many significant presentations at their 19th Annual Gala, held at Pinecrest Event Centre in front of 400 assembled guests on March 2, 2019. After MC Jim Stewart introduced individually the 14U, 15U, ...
CPBL feature story on the Team Ontario Astros
Date:02/13/2019 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
CPBL feature story on the Team Ontario Astros In anticipation of the 2019 season, the Canadian Premier Baseball League has posted features on all of the CPBL teams on its website and Twitter. You can read their recent article on the Team Ontario Astros here, as well as articles on the other CPBL teams, which have consistently inspired our players to rise to the challenge of t...
January-March 2019 practices have been scheduled
Date:01/01/2019 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
January-March 2019 Practices Winter indoor practices for 2019 have been scheduled. Downloadable PDFs of the schedule documents are posted in this website's Player Tools section. Every practice day (Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday) has a slightly different schedule structure with different configurations of who is doing what. Particularly, for SATURDAY only, the boys are div...
March Break 2019 trip to Florida is on!
Date:12/06/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
March Break 2019 trip to Florida is on! Many thanks to the Team Ontario Astros Elite Baseball Club community for the surge of support for our March Break excursion to Florida. This trip will benefit the participants in that it is an opportunity to practice and play ball outdoors after having been in indoor practice mode for months. The boys will bond as they travel together and ...
CPBL announcement: New policy on BBCOR bats
Date:11/29/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
CPBL to use BBCOR bats at all levels of play (all age groups) ICYMI... The CPBL has made an announcement: "As the Canadian Premier Baseball League prepares to head into its fourth year of play, the circuit would like to announce that as the nation’s top college development league, it will be using BBCOR bats at all levels of play, beginning in the 2019 season." (...
Thanks for Fundraising
Date:11/27/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Thanks for Fundraising Team Ontario Astros would like to thank all participants in our annual fall fundraising activity. Proceeds raised will help to defray the cost of providing Astros players with updated team equipment and optimized travel tournament experiences during the 2019 season. We hope to see all of our Team Ontario Astros players and parents at the annual Gala to be held ...
Report Cards, Academic Conferences, SAT Prep
Date:11/09/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Report Cards, Academic Conferences, SAT Prep Team Ontario Astros players and parents, please take note of these upcoming important dates: Saturday, November 17: report card collection and academic conferences begin for 18U and 16U Sunday, November 18: report card collection and academic conferences begin for 15U and 14U Sunday, November 25: SAT preparation testing...
Arm Care and Lifting Schedule, Fall 2018
Date:10/26/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Arm Care and Lifting Schedule, Fall 2018 Check your team schedule for November and December 2018 indoor team practices. 18U team schedule and 16U team schedule show: Wednesdays November 14, 21, 28; December 5, 12, 19 8:00-10:30 p.m. Saturdays November 17, 24; December 1, 8, 15, and 22 1:00-3:30 p.m. 15U team schedule and 14U team schedule show: Thursdays November 15, 22, 29; Decem...
Sizzling bats but mixed results for 18U & 16U at Grand Park tourney
Date:10/22/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Mixed results, great hitting stats for Team Ontario Astros 16U and 18U in their last Fall Ball US Tournament This past weekend (October 20-21, 2018), Team Ontario Astros 18U and 16U teams took part in the All Prospect Fall Wood Bat National Championships in Westfield, IN (Grand Park). In terms of wins and losses, the results were mixed. The 16U team went 2-2 (with one loss being ve...
18U Finish strong on a successful fall road trip
Date:10/13/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
18U Finish strong on a successful fall road trip The 18U Astros completed a very successful fall road trip. As previously reported, the Astros 18U began their fall trip competing in the University of Indianapolis All-Scout Wood Bat Tournament, defeating the 5 Star Midwest –McCourt Team 8-1 and the Indiana Astros 2-0 in pool play. Then they defeated 5 Star Midwest Gullet team 7-0 in the...
Successful 16U Fall 2018 US Tournament
Date:10/09/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Successful 16U Fall 2018 US Tournament The Team Ontario Astros 16U team had an overall successful Canadian Thanksgiving weekend road trip. On Friday, the Astros 16U had an exhibition game versus the Illinois Thunder 17U and spent some time at Hoffer Field, home of the Judson University Eagles, whose members include Team Ontario Astros alumnus Jordan Babcock. Then it was on to the DSP to...
Nine Ways to Have a Quality At-Bat
Date:10/03/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Nine Quality At-Bat Results for Team Ontario Astros Batters [download PDF] 1. Hit 2. Walk 3. Hit by Pitch 4. Sacrifice Fly 5. Sacrifice Bunt 6. Advance the Runner 7. Hard Hit Ball 8. Six-plus Pitch At-Bat 9. Three Pitches after Two Strikes This is the Team Ontario Astros’ hitting philosophy. This is the approach Astros batters take to the plate to wear down their opponent. T...
18U Road Trip Successes (so far!)
Date:10/02/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
18U Road Trip Update SKIP to TWEETS with links to VIDEOCLIPS The Team Ontario Astros 18U team had a very successful start to their Fall 2018 US road trip. After a 9-hour bus ride arriving at Indianapolis-area hotel around 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, the boys were up for breakfast at 9 a.m. and headed over to the University of Indianapolis for the All-Scout Wood Bat Tournament. &nbs...
A little bit of inspiration for your weekend!
Date:09/28/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Have fun out there! As the Team Ontario Astros 18U team head out on their fall US road trip, and our other teams head into a weekend of Ontario fall ball, it's a great time to enjoy this great game and just have fun! “When you have fun, it changes all the pressure into pleasure.” — Ken Griffey, Jr. ...
Alumnus Bryn Sanford hits a home run for the OUA's Brock Badgers
Date:09/20/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Bryn Sanford hits a home run for the OUA's Brock Badgers Another of Team Ontario Astros class of 2018 (see our home page sidebar) is making his mark! As we retweeted earlier today, Bryn Sanford of the Brock Badgers (Brock University Baseball) made a superb contribution to his team by hitting his first home run of the fall season in a recent game. According to the Ontario Univers...
Alumnus Jordan Babcock Part of #1-Ranked NAIA Recruiting Class
Date:09/20/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Alumnus Jordan Babcock Part of #1-Ranked NAIA Recruiting Class Perfect Game USA has ranked Judson University's recruiting class of 2018 at #1 in their NAIA rankings. Team Ontario Astros alumnus Jordan Babcock (see our Class of 2018 sidebar on the home page) was mentioned in Judson University's news article, along with the following quote: "We are very excited an...
Team Ontario 15U Astros Earn Sunday Sweep; Clarkson Drives in Nine
Date:09/17/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Team Ontario 15U Astros Earn Sunday Sweep; Clarkson Drives in Nine In Game One of Sunday's doubleheader, Jack Gagliardi's bat was as hot as the mid-September weather. The second baseman was a one-man wrecking crew in the lead-off spot as he went four for four, scored four runs, and stole three bases. Kael Clarkson's two singles and a double out of the cleanup spot accounted f...
Upcoming SAT Prep @ Dugout & Player Tools for U.S. College Planning
Date:09/14/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
PLAYER TOOLS AND S.A.T. PRACTICE TEST DATES Have you checked out our updated Player Tools section? If your goal is to attend college or university on a baseball and academic scholarship, you'll find a wealth of information on the NCAA, NAIA, SAT., ACT and more at the links we've compiled in our Player Tools section. Applying to universities and colleges in the U...
Parents' Info Night / Players' Photo Night AGENDA
Date:09/11/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Parents’ Information and Players’ Photo Evening on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 8:00 PM at Chateau Le Jardin, 8440 Highway 27, Woodbridge, ON, L4L 1A5 PHOTO SCHEDULE Coaching Staff : 7:30-7:55 / 14U: 8:10-8:30 / 15U: 8:30-8:50 / 16U: 8:50-9:15 / 18U: 9:15-9:45 REQUIRED APPAREL: Players should wear Tequila Sunrise Jerseys, Orange-Brimmed Bl...
Parents' Info Night / Players' Photo Night location & details
Date:09/08/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
ASTROS CONFIRM CHATEAU LE JARDIN AS HOME TO THREE BIG EVENTS The Team Ontario Astros confirmed on Friday that the organization had entered into a corporate relationship with Chateau Le Jardin in Woodbridge, Ontario. The following three events will take place at Le Jardin over the next six months so please mark your calendars: *Wednesday, September 12, 2018 Parents' Information ...
Read our story for details and PBR Day reminders
Date:09/06/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
PBR Scout Day Registration Procedures and Reminders: Parents, at your earliest convenience, please register your son online at the PBR website page for the Team Ontario Astros Scout Day: https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/ontario-store/scout-day-team-ontario-astros-9-8-18.html **Players MUST be registered online at the above link before arriving at the ballpark on Saturday.** Head C...
Fall Ball Calendar Now Available on Astros Website
Date:09/03/2018 Source:Team Ontario Baseball
Fall Ball Calendar and Team Schedules We added a CALENDAR section to the Team Ontario Astros website on September 3, 2018. Please locate it on the navigation Menu above. The CALENDAR section contains a downloadable printable Fall Ball 2018 calendar in PDF format, prepared by Jim Stewart, and an online calendar based on Jim's printable one. The online calendar includes...
