Firefighters, specialized equipment from St. Clair, local industry help put out ethanol plant fire in Chatham
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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