timescolonist.com - The crack of the bat and smell of hotdogs will be absent from Royal Athletic Park for a second year. The West Coast League is adding a third Canadian team beginning in 2021 in Nanaimo, B.C., joining Victoria and Kelowna as Canadian franchises in the league. Nanaimo NightOwls cancel season due to COVID-19. Wednesday, the West Coast League announced that all five of the league’s Canadian members have withdrawn from the 2021 season, due to continuing, pandemic-related border and gathering limitations. According to the teams’ ownership, the 2021 West Coast League baseball season has been cancelled for the Victoria HarbourCats as well as their expansion team, the Nanaimo NightOwls, due to COVID-19. The Nanaimo team will be owned by the same company that successfully operates the Victoria HarbourCats at Wilson’s Group Stadium in Royal… Royal Athletic Park will remain without the familiar sights and sounds of the good ol’ ball game for at least one more season. Nanaimo NightOwls Head Coach Greg Frady is pleased to announce today, five more player commitments to the NightOwls for the inaugural 2021 West Coast League season at Serauxmen Stadium. Apr. The new franchise will play its home games at Serauxmen Stadium. Baseball team's inaugural season in West Coast League will have to wait until 2022. SNUNEYMUXW FIRST NATION -- The West Coast League's newest coastal team is not just in Canada, and in British... Former MLB Pitcher, Minor Pro Coach Joins NightOwls 15 March 2021 15 March 2021 , Uncategorized , 1 The 2021 West Coast League baseball season has been cancelled for the Victoria HarbourCats and the expansion Nanaimo NightOwls due to … The West Coast League (WCL) announced their full 2021 schedule earlier today and assuming all things can proceed as normal relative to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nanaimo NightOwls will play their first ever WCL game on the road against the Wenatchee AppleSox on June 1 in the friendly confines of Paul Martin Field in Wenatchee, Washington. 14, 2021 12:00 a.m. The West Coast League (WCL) announced their full 2021 schedule earlier today and assuming all things can proceed as normal relative to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nanaimo NightOwls will play their first ever WCL game on the road against the Wenatchee AppleSox on June 1 in the friendly confines of Paul Martin Field in Wenatchee, […] The Nanaimo NightOwls and the Victoria HarbourCats announced Wednesday, April 14, the cancellation of the 2021 baseball season due to the pandemic. The NightOwls said in a press release that the decision was made “with great sadness” and following “extensive” consultation with other West Coast League franchises in Canada. A Nanaimo, BC-based team in the summer-collegiate West Coast League has been announced, with the expansion club to begin play as the circuit’s … In addition to the Kelowna Falcons, who previously canceled their season, the Victoria HarbourCats, Edmonton Riverhawks, Kamloops NorthPaws, and Nanaimo NightOwls have … The City of Nanaimo and Serauxmen Stadium Society welcomed the "to-be-named" 13th West Coast League (WCL) baseball team, who will call Serauxmen Stadium home starting June of 2021. The 2021 West Coast League baseball season has … Last year, the WCL added a team in Ridgefield and the year before that a Portland, Ore., team joined the league.