Petrolia doctor wins national award for family medicine
Petrolia’s Syer to continue baseball career in Chicago
August 18, 2022
Trevor Syer is heading for St. Xavier University in Chicago on a baseball scholarship. He heads to the Windy City in September 2023.
Syer, a multi sport athlete at LCCVI honed his baseball skills with the Wyoming Wranglers, the Sarnia Braves, and the Great Lake Canadians organizations.
St. Xavier was 22-7-1 in conference play this season and 40-14-1 overall.
Meantime, Syer and the Great Lake Canadians 17U team traveled to Grand Park, Indiana in mid July to compete in the ABC Invitational tournament, hosting 96 teams.
The Canadians went 7-1 winning the Gold bracket. Local members include Petrolia’s Trevor Syer and Sarnia’s Nolan Caudle.
The team competed in their league championships in early August in Dorchester winning 4 straight to be named the Canadian Premier Baseball league champions.
The teams overall record for the season was 43-13.
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