“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.”
Read MoreThe tradition of Alberta’s podium finishes at the Baseball Canada 16U National Championships continues.
So, too, does the quest for gold.
For a third year in a row, the Team Alberta Bighorns have picked up a silver medal at the annual tournament, coming closest to their ultimate goal this summer in Moncton, New Brunswick.
Read More“The Red Deer Riggers’ run to a national medal wasn’t for the faint of heart.
As Alberta’s representative at the 2026 Baseball Canada Men’s National Championships, the Riggers came in believing they had the talent to get the job done.
What they couldn’t have foreseen was the journey it would take to get there, battling adversity in almost every game and having to wait – sometimes excruciatingly long – to take the lead and pull out the win.”
Read MoreThe small community of Muenster had a big hand in the Saskatoon Berries reaching the pinnacle of the Western Canadian Baseball League.
With a population just north of 400, the village is listed as the hometown for three of the team’s busiest pitchers of the 2026 season: Merek Yeager, Adam Korte and Dallen Rude.
Together, they combined to strike out 76 batters in 38 regular season appearances on the hill for the Berries before another five outings and 15 punchouts in the run to the Harry Hallis Memorial Trophy.
Read More“They played their brand of baseball right to the end.
Through the ups and downs of the Baseball Alberta Elite League season, the Parkland Twins believed they had to stay true to themselves if they wanted to come away as champions.
With an air of resilience and professionalism, they did exactly that in capturing the league championship in dramatic fashion before turning their attention to the Baseball Canada 18U National Championship in Fort McMurray.
They were rewarded for their gritty performance with a silver medal, which they displayed with pride as they returned home.”
Read MoreWith family and friends in attendance, Okotoks Dawgs alum Matt Wilkinson (Ladner, B.C.), affectionately known as “Tugboat,” began his Major League Baseball career by twirling two scoreless innings for the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.
Read MoreAlberta’s 17U team won bronze at the 2026 Canada Cup. It was the province’s first medal at the tournament since 2014.
Read MoreAfter winning a provincial championship, the Saskatoon Diamondbacks are ready to represent Saskatchewan at the Baseball Canada 18U National Championships in Fort McMurray from August 13 to August 16.
Read More“You can add another bronze medal to the mantle for Team Saskatchewan at the Baseball Canada 19U Women’s National Championship.
Although, the latest was most definitely a little sweeter as it was captured on home turf.”
Read More“Things didn’t go the way the Team Alberta Bighorns 19U Women’s Team hoped on home turf in 2025.
Hosting the national championships at Webber Academy just outside Calgary, the team went winless on their way to finishing eighth out of eight teams.
Despite not tasting victory, the team thought of it as a learning experience for what was considered a young core, including three 16-year-olds and six 17-year-olds.
Among them was Airdrie’s Natalie Kerr, who went 1-for-6 in the tournament with six walks, four runs scored and a run batted in over the five games.
She’s among several returning players who believe the 2026 edition of the team will be much better with that experience behind them.”
Read More“Representing her home province is going to look a little different this time for Beth Sarauer.
The Clavet native will undoubtedly have a few familiar faces in the stands when she and her Team Saskatchewan teammates take to the field at the Baseball Canada 19U Women’s National Championships in Saskatoon.
Fresh off playing at the Women’s Open Nationals in Winnipeg earlier this month, the 16-year-old is a rising star for Baseball Sask, as she is also still eligible to play at the 16U Nationals in Moncton later this summer.”
Read More“There’s a new homer hero in the Western Canadian Baseball League.
Jake Hiromoto, third baseman with the Swift Current 57’s, has set a new single-season record for long balls in the WCBL.
The 6-foot-2 slugger from Honolulu, Hawaii tied the record – which was set by catcher Riley MacDonald of the Brooks Bombers in 2018 when he blasted 20 round trippers in 33 games – during a doubleheader against the Moose Jaw Miller Express at Mitchell Field on Saturday, July 25th. Hiromoto launched three bombs in front of the home crowd in Swift Current that day to pull even with MacDonald. His pair of homers in the first game of the doubleheader helped give the 57’s a 13-9 win that snapped a14-game winning streak for the Miller Express.”
Read More“He has seen a lot of baseball over the last five days and, judging by the smile on his face, he couldn’t ask for anything more.
Baseball Canada Men’s National Teams head coach and director Greg Hamilton has tried to take in as many games as possible during The Road to Okotoks, sometimes running between Seaman Stadium and Tourmaline Field to catch parts of two games going on at the same time.
He admits his expectations were high going into the inaugural event and they have been met or exceeded in every way.”
Read More“When you give up five runs in the first inning of a baseball game, it would be easy to just admit it isn’t your day.
But when your team evens it up by the time you go back out for the second inning, those feelings go away pretty quickly.
Such was the case for AHP Renegades hurler Sam Davis as he took to the bump on Thursday against the Etobicoke Rangers at The Road to Okotoks.”
Read More“It’s not the way he drew it up, but Pryor Dyck will take the first win for Team Saskatchewan at the Morneau Cup.
The Watrous native admits the nerves were quick prevalent heading into the bottom of the seventh and were amped up even more when his old friend, Cade Britz, came up with bases loaded and none out in the seventh.
The leftfielder battled and earned a walk, driving in Casey Rauckman for the walk-off 1-0 victory over the UBC Thunder.”
Read MoreThe players who will participate in the bunt competition that’s part of the Western Canadian Baseball League’s All-Star Game festivities in Saskatoon, Sask., this weekend have been announced.
Read MoreVauxhall Academy Jets RHP/INF Will Zielinski (Victoria, B.C.) has had an outstanding week. First, he was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the MLB debut and now he is tearing it up at the plate for the Jets at the Road to Okotoks.
Read More“To some, he’s Louis-Charles. To his teammates, he’s L.C. To the baseball world, he’s introducing himself as a big-time hitter.
Louis-Charles Larouche made his mark on the inaugural Road to Okotoks on opening day, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs batted in and one run scored as the hometown Dawgs Academy knocked off Atlantic Frontier 11-1.”
Read MoreTampa Bay Rays catching prospect and Junior National Team alum Nathan Flewelling (Innisfail, Alta.) launched a two-run home run in the MLB Futures Game on Sunday. For his efforts, he was named MVP of the contest.
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