Digital Program - Kamloops NorthPaws

Conference-Leading Talent Joins NorthPaws 2022 Roster

by Jamie Shinkewski | Mar 23, 2022

Pitcher Sam Rochard and outfielder Félix-Antoine Chénier-Rondeau will be Kamloops-bound this summer to join the NorthPaws inaugural roster.

Both players are on teams leading their respective conferences and have deep playoff runs front of mind before their focus can switch to the 2022 West Coast League season.

Rochard is a right-handed pitcher at Central Arizona College (NJCAA Division I), and Chénier-Rondeau is a quick, powerful outfielder at Oklahoma City University (NAIA).

Around the WCL: Portland Pickles

by Jamie Shinkewski | Mar 18, 2022

Every Friday leading up to the start of our inaugural season in the West Coast League we will be featuring one of our 15 league opponents in our Around the WCL series. The West Coast League was founded in 2005 and will grow to 16 teams in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington and Oregon for the 2022 season. This week: the Portland Pickles.

Locals Sucro and Austin Sign with NorthPaws

by Jamie Shinkewski | Mar 16, 2022

Kamloopsians Jared Sucro and Nolan Austin have signed with the NorthPaws for the 2022 season.

Both players are in their freshman year at their respective American colleges and will return to Kamloops to suit up in the West Coast League following their first season of collegiate action.

Sucro, a graduate of St. Ann’s Academy, is a utility player at Cairn University (NCAA Division III).

Westsyde Secondary alumnus Austin is a big hitting, right-handed first baseman at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (NJCAA Division I).