“Will Zielinski was sitting in his living room with family by his side watching the picks pass in the 2026 Major League Baseball draft.
He knew there was a chance he could be selected and was certainly hoping to be.
Then, it popped up on the screen: Rd 20, pick 606, Detroit Tigers, Will Zielinski, Vauxhall HS (AB), CAN, P.
Just like that, a dream was realized.”
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 MoreThe Road to Okotoks semi-finals matchups are set for today.
Here is a summary of the scores from the play-in and quarter-finals games played at Baseball Canada’s Road to Okotoks national championship tournament on Saturday.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses the Joe Carter statue, Otto Lopez, Cade Smith, Mitch Bratt, Rachel Robinson, Carlos Delgado and Ron Hunt.
Read MoreThe play-in game between the Sylvan Lake Gulls Prep and Terriers at the Baseball Canada Road to Okotoks national championship was extra special for starting pitchers Zach MacDonald and Jack Perry.
MacDonald, hailing from Lacombe, Alta., and Perry, a Mississauga, Ont. native, may have grown up almost 3,500 kilometres apart, but they’ll both soon call Ann Arbor, Mich. home after committing to the University of Michigan last year.
Read MoreCanada's Women's National Team erased a late deficit to defeat the United States 9-7 on Saturday afternoon at Impact Field, earning a comeback victory in the first of two exhibition games between the clubs ahead of the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Group Stage in Rockford, Ill.
Read More“Sylvan Lake Gulls Prep wanted to put themselves in the conversation with the top programs in the country.
And they’ve done it.
In just their second year of existence, the team not only qualified for the inaugural Baseball Canada Road to Okotoks national championship tournament, they have advanced to the quarter finals with a 3-1 win over the Ontario Terriers on Saturday afternoon. “
Read MoreOkotoks Dawgs Black slugger L.C. Larouche put on a tremendous show for the home crowd to win the first Road to Okotoks Home Run Derby on Friday.
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 MoreA summary of the scores from Day 4 of Baseball Canada’s Road to Okotoks national championship tournament.
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 MoreA summary of the scores from Day 3 of Baseball Canada’s Road to Okotoks national championship tournament.
Read MoreBaseball Canada has announced the 20-player Women's National Team roster that will represent Canada at the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Group Stage, set for July 22-26 in Rockford, Illinois, where the team will look to secure one of three available berths to the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Finals, scheduled for July 21-27, 2027, also in Rockford.
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 MoreA summary of the scores from Day 2 of Baseball Canada’s Road to Okotoks national championship tournament.
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 MoreHere are the scores from the first day of action at Baseball Canada’s Road to Okotoks national championship tournament.
Read MoreBaseball Canada has announced the list of athletes invited to the Women's National Team Training Camp, scheduled to take place from July 13-15 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, before continuing in Rockford and Rosemont, Illinois, from July 17-21 in preparation for the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Group Stage.
Read MoreIan Wilson, from Alberta Dugout Stories, caught up with Baseball Canada CEO Jason Dickson prior to the start of Baseball Canada’s Road to Okotoks national championship tournament, which is set to begin today.
Read MoreBritish Columbia captured its second consecutive Women’s National Championship gold medal with an 8–1 win over Québec in the 2026 championship game.
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