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McFarland: Community-minded Linzmayer grateful to receive Brennan Luffman scholarship

“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.”

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McFarland: Thanks, coach! It's National Coaches Week

“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.”

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McFarland: Hallihan’s summer to remember continues with invite to Canadian Futures Showcase

“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.”

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Butler, Lebel, McKnight elected to Baseball Ontario HOF

A former Major Leaguer and two longtime administrators who dedicated much of their lives to the game make up the Baseball Ontario Hall of Fame Class of 2026.

Former Toronto Blue Jay Rob Butler, longtime Sault Ste. Marie baseball leader Michael Lebel, and longtime Newmarket Baseball Association and Baseball Ontario administrator Don McKnight are the three members of the 2026 class.

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McFarland: Trio of pitchers from Muenster helped Berries to WCBL title

The 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.

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Elliott: Batiste wins HR derby at Area Code Underclassmen Showcase

Ontario Blue Jays OF Mikey Batiste had one hit during the Area Code Underclassmen showcase at Blair Field in Long Beach, Calif.

That does not mean the 2028 draft did not make an impression to evaluators.

Batiste (Mississauga, Ont.) won the Rawlings Home Run Derby as his teammates cheered for him.

Batiste hit eight home runs in the final round for a walk-off performance to defeat runner-up Chase Fillman.

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