The Port Angeles Lefties, the former Kitsap BlueJackets franchise which has relocated to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state, will play their first WCL game June 1 at home at Civic Field against the Victoria HarbourCats.
It will be the stand-alone opening game of the WCL season. All other teams play their openers June 2. WCL teams play 54-game schedules.
The HarbourCats鈥� home opener, the first of 27 league dates at Royal Athletic Park, is June 5 against the Wenatchee AppleSox.
Home date highlights for Victoria, the defending North Division and WCL regular-season champions, is a visit June 20-22 by the defending WCL playoff champion Corvallis Knights.
The HarbourCats鈥� Canadian cousins, the Kelowna Falcons, visit the Island on July 25-27. The home schedule concludes July 31-Aug. 2 with a series against the always-tough Bellingham Bells, who bested the HarbourCats in the 2016 North Division playoff final.
The final set of the 2017 regular season takes the HarbourCats back to Port Angeles for a two-game series Aug. 5-6.
The playoffs are scheduled to begin Aug. 8
The all-star break will take place July 17-18. The Pippins will host the 2017 WCL all-star game at Yakima County Stadium on July 18.
The HarbourCats will also feature three home dates against non-WCL opponents, beginning with a Father鈥檚 Day contest June 18 against the Kitsap BlueJackets, who are now in the Pacific International League. The senior Burnaby Bulldogs will play the HarbourCats twice, July 15-16.
There will again be a slough of special-promotion days at Royal Athletic Park, including the weekday matin茅e School Spirit Day on June 19 against Port Angeles. The sa国际传媒 Day weekend will feature the Cowlitz Black Bears in town for a three-game series June 29-July 1. Fireworks will blast the night of June 30 and be followed by a sa国际传媒 Day matin茅e July 1.
Other fireworks nights will be announced.
The WCL features top U.S. collegiate NCAA players in summer ball.
