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Midget Cannons named to Selects ball team

Three Vancouver Cannons, pitchers Connor Noble and Brandon Marklund and catcher Nick Favaro from Burnaby, were invited to the B.C. Selects baseball camp to be held July 9 to 13.

Three Vancouver Cannons, pitchers Connor Noble and Brandon Marklund and catcher Nick Favaro from Burnaby, were invited to the B.C. Selects baseball camp to be held July 9 to 13.

Noble, a 17-year-old righthander leads the Premier Baseball League in strikeouts and has posted seven wins already this year. He is one of the most dominant young pitchers in Canada and a definite pro prospect, says Cannons manager Dave Empey.

Marklund, just 15, is in grade 10 and has started for Vancouver all season, and is one of the standouts on a very young and very promising Cannons' pitching staff.

Favaro, who catches and plays third base, is only in Grade 9 but has already crushed a pair of home runs, a notable accomplishment in the wood bat PBL league.

Favaro played last season for the Burnaby Minor bantam AAA team.