Port Hope native Cal Quantrill of Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Guardians joined host Jeff Gard on the inaugural Sports Spotlight show this week on Northumberland 89.7 FM.
Quantrill played minor sports locally like baseball for the former Port Hope River Rats (now part of the Northumberland Baseball Association) and hockey for the former Port Hope Phantoms (now part of Northumberland Minor Hockey) and at Trinity College School. He played college baseball for Stanford University and graduated with an engineering degree. He was a first-round draft pick, eighth overall, by the San Diego Padres in 2016 and began his MLB career with the club before an August 2020 trade sent him to Cleveland.
Cal is the son of former MLB pitcher Paul Quantrill. Paul and his wife Alyson were key contributors to minor baseball in Port Hope.
Sports Spotlight airs Thursdays at 4 p.m. on Northumberland 89.7.
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A fire caused extensive damage to a home in Cobourg on Monday, July 28, 2025.
Shortly before 2 p.m. Cobourg
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The Canadian Tank Museum held their annual Aquino Tank Weekend in Oshawa.
The event is billed as the largest historical
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Hamilton Township firefighters quickly determined the cause for a smoke filled house was a burned power cord.
Hamilton Township Fire
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The Canadian Tank Museum held their annual Aquino Tank Weekend in Oshawa.
The event is billed as the largest historical
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A protest against housing got just as heated as the weather in downtown Cobourg on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
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Members of the Cobourg Legion Pipes and Drums are continuing their tradition of piping down the sun at Cobourg
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The Cobourg Busker Festival took over downtown Cobourg on Friday, July 18, and Saturday, July 20, 2025.
A number of
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Approximately 20 people showed up in front of Victoria Hall to protest the Cobourg Mayor, violence and protecting the
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Already very accomplished for his age at 14, Baltimore’s Tucker Williams simply just loves playing lacrosse.
“People say it’s the