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Elliott: PG rates Soucie as top Canuck JUCO recruit

Jackson Soucie didn’t receive any recognition in July during the draft of high schoolers and collegians.

Yet, people are talking about him now.

LHP Soucie (Cambridge, Ont.) was ranked the ninth best junior college prospect on Perfect Game’s top 281 ranked JUCO recruits. That’s ninth out of the roughly 500 schools fielding teams next spring.

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SandlotsBob Elliott
Late-blooming Mahmood to play for Pakistan in WBC qualifier

“For all intents and purposes, Amar Mahmood is a late-bloomer in the game of baseball.

The Edmonton product loved the game, but admits he was out of shape in high school and “not very good” on the diamond.

He had been cut from various teams, and was simply playing the game for fun while training at St. Francis Xavier Academy in Grades 10 and 11 then 5 Tool Fieldhouse in Grade 12.

That’s when he met Absolute Human Performance (AHP) founder Taylor Burns, who convinced Mahmood to take a gap year and play with AHP’s first academy team.”

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London Majors win IBL championship in dramatic fashion

“The London Majors are once again Dominico Cup champions. All it took was an improbable comeback to win the franchise’s second straight Intercounty Baseball League title and eighth overall. Trailing 7-3 entering the top of the ninth inning of Game 6 Thursday night at Christie Pits, London reeled off five runs to stun Toronto 8-7.”

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SandlotsCBN Staff