Beaver Sports
A trio of Napanee Express players have been selected to Softball Canada’s U23 Men’s National Team.
Pitchers Riley Manion and Connor Brooks join catcher Brendan Hagerman on the Team Canada roster that will compete at the 2022 U23 Men’s Pan American Championship. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Colombia in December but has been postponed to the spring of 2022 in a yet to be determined location. More information is expected following the WBSC Americas Congress later this month.
The athletes were selected by the coaching staff – consisting of head coach Doug Allin (Peachland, B.C.) and assistant coaches Dean Holoien (Melfort, Sask.) and Mark Quinn (Mermaid, P.E.I.) – following a selection camp in Saskatoon last weekend.
“We are extremely excited to work with an exceptional group of athletes from across Canada” said Allin. “We had five open provincial camps and the Rawlings Grand Slam Championship to identify athletes for the final selection camp last weekend. It was a very busy weekend with 24 athletes competing for 16 spots on the roster. This team will have a combination of great speed, defense and will be tough to play against with its deep pitching staff.”
The Pan American Championship will serve as a qualifier for the inaugural 2022 WBSC U23 Men’s Softball World Cup that will take place in the fall of 2022 in Parana, Argentina. The top four finishers from the Pan American Championship – along with the host country of Argentina – will advance to the World Cup.