smithers joe

Hastings in East Vancouver was the best team in Canada for awhile. I think they went to the LLWS 3 times.

It just comes done to who wins the provincials pretty well always dominate the national tournament.  

@smithers joe I think at this point there's a bit of a reputation factor involved. I've spent a fair bit of time in and around Whalley Baseball/Whalley Ballpark as both a player and coach so I'm somewhat familiar. I've encountered quite a few kids/families who "should" be with another LL but go to Whalley because of its reputation, that's where Dad played, or whatever other reason. I think it also helps that 1) Kennedy Surrey Little League folded in the early 00's and a lot of their kids went to Whalley as it was by far the closest LL, and 2) Surrey Canadian Baseball (the BC Minor option for North Surrey kids) sucks, especially for more competitive players.

About ten or fifteen years ago Whalley LL was really struggling with registration but I think that's improved since then.

White Rock had a good thing going for a bit there about a decade ago but ultimately went to BC Minor instead. Langley (collectively) has a ton of young families and always has relatively high registration numbers in baseball but there's some infighting between the BC Minor/Baseball BC/Little League factions that gets Langley baseball tripping on its own dick more often than not.