McFarland: Resilient Makarus stars at Bellevue after reviving college career
“Ayden Makarus thought he was done with baseball.
More than two years after quitting the game to get on with his post-baseball life, the Dawgs Academy alum has returned with a vengeance at Bellevue University.
He was named the North Star Athletic Association Player of the Week on April 14, when he hit .429 with four home runs, 10 runs batted in and eight runs scored in four games.
The utilityman did it again two weeks later, posting a line of .375 with four more roundtrippers while driving in seven and scoring seven en route to also being named the Canadian Baseball Network’s College Player of the Week.”
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Betts: Terriers’ grads Brown, Chee-Aloy, Cote, Gomm, Hammill, Kwinter, Pinkney star in college ranks
Canadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts summarizes the top performances by Terriers alum in the U.S. college ranks from the past week.
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Shushkewich: Canadian Cornhusker Clark aims to stay consistent ahead of MLB draft
“The journey to Division 1 Baseball is a road that only a select group of Canadian players find themselves on.
Hundreds if not thousands of high school players compete across Canada each year, but just 213 Canucks are playing D1 baseball in 2025.
Caleb Clark (Orillia, Ont.) is one of the 213, and the road to get to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was full of twists and turns.”
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Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week: Ayden Makarus
Okotoks Dawgs Academy alum Ayden Makarus (Okotoks, Alta.) belted four home runs last week for Bellevue University. For his efforts, he has been named Canadian Baseball Network college Player of the Week.
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UBC defeats Lewis-Clark State to earn top playoff seed
With their 9-2 win over Lewis-Clark State on Sunday, UBC are CCC regular season champions for the first time since 2010.
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Carey, O'Hearn lead Michigan to series sweep over Michigan State
Canadians Tate Carey (Windsor, Ont.) and Keegan O'Hearn (Oshawa, Ont.) help lead the Michigan Wolverines to a 6-5 win over Michigan State on Sunday.
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Young homers twice in UBC's loss to Lewis-Clark State
UBC catcher Russell Young (Surrey, B.C.) homered twice in his team’s 15-7 loss to Lewis-Clark State on Saturday.
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UBC splits doubleheader with Lewis-Clark State
UBC split a doubleheader with Lewis-Clark State on Friday.
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Shushkewich: Orillia producing its share of sandlot talent headed to school
“Roughly an hour and a half north of Toronto, Orillia is home to many things, including the Ontario Provincial Police headquarters, former Ontario Premier Leslie Frost, and singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who passed in 2023.
The city is central to a few surrounding communities, such as Oro-Medonte, Severn, Rama, and Washago. Teens come into the city to go to school, participate in sports, or other activities that the smaller communities don’t host.
Known as the “Sunshine City,” Orillia, with its population of a little over 33,000, lives up to this name during the summer months when the local ball diamonds are full from the afternoon until the lights get shut off near midnight. “
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Betts: Terriers’ grads Chee-Aloy, Gomm, Hammill, Kwinter, Pinkney shine in U.S. college ranks
Canadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts shares how some Terriers grads performed in the U.S. college ranks during the past week.
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UBC's Yip named CCC Player of the Week
UBC catcher/outfielder Kyle Yip (Calgary, Alta.) has been named CCC Player of the Week.
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UBC routs Eastern Oregon twice to move to top of CCC standings
UBC routed Eastern Oregon twice in a doubleheader on Saturday to move into first place in the CCC standings.
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Florida Atlantic's Leroux named to Brooks Wallace watch list
Toronto Mets alum and Florida Atlantic University infielder Brando Leroux (Markham, Ont.) has been named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List, which was released by the College Baseball Foundation. This award recognizes the most outstanding shortstop in Division I baseball.
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Utah's Core Jackson named to Brooks Wallace watch list
Great Lake Canadians alum and University of Utah senior Core Jackson was named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List on Friday, as released by the College Baseball Foundation. The award recognizes the most outstanding shortstop in Division I baseball.
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McFarland: Crowell breaks Reinhardt home run record
Okotoks Dawgs slugger Nash Crowell (Yarmouth, N.S.) recently belted his 56th career home run for Reinhart University to break the program record. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, recently spoke to Crowell about the accomplishment.
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Betts: Terriers' grads Chee-Aloy, Gomm, Hammill, Kwinter, Pinkney star in U.S. college ranks
Canadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts summarizes the top performances by Terriers grads in the U.S. college ranks from the past week.
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UBC's Beitel, McGill named CCC pitcher and player of week
UBC’s Ryan Beitel (Surrey, B.C.) and Jonny McGill (Richmond, B.C.) have been named CCC pitcher and player of the week respectively.
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Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week: Tate Carey
Great Lake Canadians alum Tate Carey (Windsor, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s college Player of the Week after he tossed a no-hitter in his first college start for the University of Michigan.
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UBC earns Senior Day sweep over Bushnell
On a day with plenty to celebrate, the UBC Thunderbirds made it a series sweep over the Bushnell Beacons, notching two more victories with massive ramifications on the battle for playoff positioning.
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McGill leads UBC to doubleheader sweep over Bushnell
The UBC Thunderbirds earned a critically important Saturday doubleheader sweep over the Bushnell University Beacons Saturday afternoon at Tourmaline West Stadium, kicking off a four-game weekend series.
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