Hello Asahi families,

On behalf of the coaching staff, we would like to thank all the players and parents for supporting us through the selection process. Picking our final 5 players was very difficult and there will never be a "perfect choice" that will please everyone.

While other travel teams pick players simply on skill and talent with the sole purpose to Win, we have chosen our players based on improvement throughout the year, dedication to the Asahi program, demonstrating the Asahi spirit, and effort "away from the play". Of course, we value skill and talent as well.

We also value players who go out of their way to help set up and tear down the game/practice environment and equipment. Finally, Verbal Support for fellow players and communication during games and practices is valued very highly.

We would like to congratulate the following players in making the tour team.

1. Ty Ando
2. Adam Chen
3. Blake Dalla-Zanna
4. Rico Domingo
5. Diego Fuentes
6. Trey Gunderson Kishi
7. Kyle Hepburn
8. Liam Lewis
9. Ryoma Nagatomo
10. Kai Okuyama
11. Gabe Powell
12. Taiki Suzuki
13. Trevor Tong
14. Wylie Waters
15. Max Yuen

The Asahi Baseball Association has been instrumental in bringing the prestigious Tokyo-Kitasuna Little League to the VILLC.  Tokyo-Kitasuna has represented Japan at the Little League World Series (LLWS) six times since 2001 and won the Championship Four times in 2001, 2012, 2015, and 2017.  The Tournament host is Little Mountain Baseball.  Tokyo-Kitasuna will be bringing 28 players and participate as 2 teams.   Below is a partial list of the schedule including all Asahi (highlighted) and Tokyo-Kitasuna games.  Please come out and support the Asahi and Tokyo-Kitasuna.  This is a wonderful opportunity to see Japanese baseball at the highest level for the age group.
 
Thursday May 3
Home                                                 Visitor                        Location                   Time
Asahi                          vs                    Kitasuna #1              UBC Varsity              5:30 pm
Hastings Selects      vs                    Kitasuna #2              Hastings                    5:30 pm    
 
Friday May 4
LMB Nationals          vs                    Asahi                          Hillcrest                      9:30 am
Taiwan                       vs                    Kitasuna #1               UBC Varsity               4:00 pm
Kitasuna #2              vs                    Jericho Selects         Carnarvon                 4:00 pm
 
Saturday May 5
Asahi                          vs                    Taiwan                       Carnarvon                 9:30 am
Kitasuna #1              vs                    Victoria Selects        Hillcrest                      9:30 am
Whalley Selects       vs                    Kitasuna #2              Hastings                     9:30 am
Victoria Selects        vs                    Asahi                          Nobel Park (UBC)    3:00 pm
Kitasuna #2              vs                    LMB Selects              Hillcrest                      2:00 pm
Kitasuna #1              vs                    LMB Nationals          Hillcrest                      5:00 pm
                                               
Sunday May 6 (Semi-finals)
Pool A 1st place        vs                    Pool B 2nd place       Hillcrest                      10:00 am
Pool B 1st place        vs                    Pool A 2nd place       Memorial South        10:00 am
 
PLAYOFFS - Finals (Sunday May 6)
3rd Place                    vs                    4th Place                    Hillcrest                      1:30 pm
1st Place                     vs                    2nd Place                    Hillcrest                      4:30 pm
 
FIELDS AND LOCATIONS:
 
Hillcrest - 4595 Clancy Loranger Way, Vancouver V5Y 2M4

Carnarvon Park - approx. 2969 W 16th Ave @ Carnarvon St., Vancouver
 
Hastings Community Park - 3157 E. Pender Street, Vancouver
 
UBC Varsity - 3085 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver
 
Nobel Park - approx. 3999 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver
 
Memorial South Park - East 41st Avenue & Ross Street