“Looking back on 2026, Greg Brons beams like a proud papa.
As Baseball Sask hosted its annual general meeting and awards in Regina, the Baseball Sask High Performance Director can’t help but smile as he thinks about all the accomplishments of the past year.
From topnotch individual efforts to outstanding team performances, Brons says it was another great year for baseball in the province.”
Read More“When it comes to baseball, Jim Henderson has always had something brewing.
“I got started real early, like five years old right into tee ball,” recalled the pitching coordinator with Major League Baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers.
“My grandfather passed away when I was young, and passed on a softball and a bat to me, and it just kind of seemed like it was a sentimental sport for my mom’s side of the family, so that’s kind of how I got into it.”
By the time he was competing in Little League baseball with Calgary West, Henderson became a part of a special group of players and coaches that formed the bedrock of what would become Okotoks Dawgs Academy.”
Read More“2026 will go down as a year of making memories for Reid MacDonald.
The 18-year-old was a key piece of a Dawgs Academy 18U Black team that won several major tournaments including the inaugural Morneau Cup before heading to the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.
They were the kinds of experiences that the Long Point, Nova Scotia product hoped for when he moved west to Okotoks three years ago.”
Read More“I had a really good summer season this year.”
It seems like a bit of an understatement from Rhett Cawood as he took to social media to reflect on the summer that he had.
He has put his name on the baseball map in a big way, standing out in competition against players a year or two older for most of the season.
The 16-year-old thrived in his debut season in the Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League’s ‘AAA’ season, winning a couple of major awards, and then performed well at the Baseball Canada Cup, starting it off by winning the tournament’s Home Run Derby.”
Read More“The smell of fresh-cut grass, the sound of baseballs slapping into gloves or meeting bats, the sights of fans cheering.
Every time Scott Gillespie stepped foot into a different Canadian Baseball League stadium in 2026, he was soaking the entire experience in.
After a solid college career and five years in the independent professional circuit formerly known as the Intercounty Baseball League, the Sherwood Park native knew it was time to move on.”
Read More“There’s a growth spurt and then there’s Lucas Carroll.
Standing next to the 6-foot-1, 201-pound backstop at his first Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase, you’d never imagine that just a couple of years ago, he was a 5-foot-8, 150-pound prospect trying to make it with Webber Academy.
Yet here he was, suiting up with Team Red and facing some of the most talented high school players in Canada.”
Read MoreSwift Current 57’s third baseman Jake Hiromoto has been named the Western Canadian Baseball League’s MVP and Rookie of the Year.
Read More“He was on the brink of being an afterthought during the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft.
Eric Hartman has made the Atlanta Braves look really good by taking a chance on him with their 20th round selection.
611th overall … when there were only 615 players who heard their names get called.
Just two years later, the St. Albert native and Dawgs Academy product has been named the Braves’ Minor League Baseball (MiLB) Player of the Year and the MILB Breakout Player of the Year.”
Read MoreSaskatoon Berries outfielder Ethan Murdoch (Swift Current, Sask.) has been named the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Most Outstanding Canadian.
Read More“Gabe Fink flew to Vancouver for the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase with one thing on his mind: retribution.
A year earlier, the highly touted Edmonton native struggled with his command in his one outing at the showcase.
Undeterred and buoyed by being among the first 50 players invited to this year’s event, he wanted to make amends and did so in a big way.”
Read More“Dayne Liske couldn’t believe what just transpired and even his Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase teammates were wide-eyed.
With his Team Royal down 5-4 in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Drayton Valley native parked an offering from Team Navy’s Larson Accardo over the right field fence for a game-tying solo home run.
An inning later, Liske hit almost the same spot for a two-run shot in what turned into a 10-5 victory.”
Read More“Stepping onto the mound at Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Park in Vancouver, Jake Trask had two things on his mind.
Throw strikes and do it for his home province.
The New Minas, Nova Scotia native proceeded to make his competition uncomfortable in the batter’s box on Friday night at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.”
Read More“Andrew Albers is embracing the new roles he has in his life.
After a decorated 14-year professional playing career, including five big league seasons, he is now coaching at Going Yard Academy in Saskatoon and teaching online courses.
But nothing lights up his eyes quite like talking about his favourite roster spot: dad.”
Read More“The old saying goes that you have to be lucky to be good and good to be lucky.
Luck really didn’t have anything to do with the first home run hit during game play at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase, which came off the bat of Vauxhall Academy product Hudson Nikkel.
The Manitoba native’s sixth-inning blast served as an insurance marker in Team New Blue’s 3-1 win over Team Grey to start Friday’s action at the annual event, being held this year at Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver.”
Read MoreThe target is squarely on the back of Daril Rodriguez and he’s more than okay with it.
The Red Deer native became the third-straight player with Alberta ties to claim the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase Home Run Derby in 2025, belting 17 roundtrippers during two rounds to take the crown.
He’s back again, this time at Vancouver’s Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Stadium, with a heavyweight belt to defend.
After hitting a few more over the fence during the opening day of the annual showcase, Rodriguez is looking forward to the challenge.
Read MoreHe is one of the smallest players at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase but he’s determined to show he has the biggest heart.
Red Deer’s Brooks Froese stands 5-foot-11 and weighs in at 152 pounds, which is just two pounds heavier than the lightest player at the showcase.
Read More“Being a college freshman can be a daunting task for an athlete.
In many cases, it’s your first time trying to balance school, sports and life while living on your own cooking meals and balancing bank accounts.
Colby Linzmayer is discovering this new reality as he settles into his new home away from home in Edmonton.
With the goal of one day becoming a police officer, the Regina native has entered his first year of Police and Investigation Studies at MacEwan University.
To help handle some of the financial hurdles of being a student-athlete, the catcher has been named the 12th recipient of the Brennan Luffman Memorial Scholarship, which goes to a Saskatchewan baseball player who exemplifies several positive leadership characteristics on and off the field.”
Read More“You could see it suddenly just click.
Dressed in a one-size-too-big shirt and a helmet that was sinched up a bit too tight, a first-time t-ball player takes their first swing.
And hit the tee.
Undeterred, they set back up and with a little coaching about their feet and “get that back elbow up,” they take another crack at it.
And smack the tee, knocking it over while the ball rolls a few feet away.”
Read More“Nate Hallihan couldn’t ask for a better homegrown baseball icon to have in his corner.
The Fredericton, New Brunswick native arrived at Dawgs Academy in Okotoks just a couple of years ago to grow his game.
Among his coaches was another New Brunswick native in former Major League Baseball slugger Matt Stairs.”
Read More“He might be the only one with a Saskatchewan birth certificate going to the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase this season, but it’s not phasing Keaton Lejan.
In fact, he is welcoming the opportunity to “show what Sask baseball is all about.”
The Saskatoon native has burst onto the scene in a big way in major tournaments over the last few months to get his name onto the lineup card at the annual event, which is being held this year in Vancouver.”
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