“The extra buzz around Carter Beck doesn’t seem to be affecting him at all.
The Carnduff native has rocketed up this summer’s Major League Baseball Draft rankings over his two seasons at Indiana State University.
Recognized as the No. 81 outfielder across NCAA Division I schools, according to D1Baseball, he’s also moved up to No. 7 on the Canadian Baseball Network’s list of draft-eligible Canadians.”
Read MoreWebber Wildcats and Junior National Team alum Simon Baker (Cochrane, Alta.) has been named KJCCC MVP.
Read MoreTeam Saskatchewan alum and Indiana State Sycamores slugger Carter Beck (Carnduff, Sask.) has been named Missouri Valley Conference Joe Carter Baseball Player of the Year.
Read MoreUBC’s post-season run came to an end on Thursday with a 7-2 loss to the Southeastern (Fla.) Fire in the final game of the NAIA Baseball Championship Opening Round in Lakeland, Fla.
Read MoreThe UBC Thunderbirds were limited to just six hits as the No. 14 Southeastern (Fla.) Fire scored nine times in the final four innings en route to a 12-3 victory, forcing the NAIA Baseball Championship Opening Round bracket the distance with a final elimination game Thursday afternoon.
Read More“Remember why.”
You will find those two words scrawled into the inside of Carson Friesen’s hat as he takes to the field for the Edmonton Collegiate Hawks.
More noticeably, the outfielder will take a moment an at-bat to etch an “E” into the dirt beside the batter’s box.
They are a couple of ways that Friesen honours one of his boyhood friends, Ethan Symtaniuk, after losing him to suicide in 2019.
The pair were in grade nine in Saskatoon when it happened. Seven years later, his old pal is always on his mind.”
Read MoreToronto Mets and national team alum Connor Panas (Toronto, Ont.) has been elected to the Canisius Sports Hall of Fame.
Read MoreThe NAIA No.24-ranked UBC Thunderbirds built a big lead early and hung on late, surviving a ninth inning surge to defeat the No.11-ranked Milligan University (TN) Buffaloes 6-4 in the first game of the 2026 NAIA Baseball Opening Round.
Read More“There is no quit in Kaden Prosofsky.
It would have been really easy for the Saskatoon native to mope around not being a starter as he began his freshman season at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, California.
Instead, he kept working hard and waiting patiently for his opportunity to shine.
When the opportunity presented itself, Prosofsky jumped all over it like a meaty fastball over the heart of the plate.”
Read MoreThe UBC Thunderbirds will be quite far from home as they fight to make it back to the NAIA World Series, as they face off against three other high-level programs in their NAIA Baseball Championship Opening Round tournament in Lakeland, Florida, home to the Southeastern University Fire.
Read MoreTeam Saskatchewan alum and Indiana State outfielder Carter Beck (Carnduff, Sask.) was recognized among the top outfielders across NCAA Division I, according to the D1Baseball Week 12 positional rankings.
Read MoreAfter his completes what has been an outstanding freshman season with the University of Portland, Dawgs Academy alum Will Labonté will return to pitch for the Dawgs this summer.
Read MoreUBC right-hander Myles Chamberlain (Victoria, B.C.) has been named Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) Pitcher of the Year.
Read MoreAt the conclusion of a very busy three days in Idaho, the UBC Thunderbirds emerged as the second-place finishers at the 2026 Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship.
An 8-2 win over Bushnell began Sunday's action, a result crucial in that it earned the 'Birds an automatic qualifier spot in the NAIA Baseball Championship Opening Round.
Read MoreThe UBC Thunderbirds were held to one run for just the third time this season as they now face a do-or-die battle Sunday at the Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship following a 2-1 defeat to the host Lewis-Clark State Warriors Saturday afternoon at Harris Field.
Read MoreThe UBC Thunderbirds are off to a solid start at the Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship with a tournament opening 10-5 win over the third-seeded College of Idaho Yotes Friday afternoon at Harris Field.
Read MoreTeam Newfoundland alum and Bellevue University junior left-handed pitcher Kody Butt (Saskatoon, Sask.) and Prairie Baseball Academy grad and senior first baseman Carter Claerhout (Red Deer, Alta.) have been named the Frontier Conference Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week.
Read MoreThe UBC Thunderbirds are Cascade Collegiate Conference regular season champions for a second straight year after sweeping their season-ending doubleheader at Tourmaline West Stadium on Sunday.
Read More“They’re competitive, but Turner Zdunich says there is no sibling rivalry between he and his three brothers.
That being said, he may still be reveling in the fact that he has eclipsed his older brother, Tucker, in a couple of career milestones at Colby Community College.
Over the course of three seasons (one shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic), the elder Zdunich hit .317 with 20 home runs and 86 runs batted in over 119 games with the Trojans.
With two weeks left in his second spring at Colby, Turner now has a career batting average of .386 to go along with 22 round trippers and 103 RBIs in 97 games.”
Read MoreThe University of British Columbia Thunderbirds kicked off senior weekend by splitting a Saturday doubleheader against the Bushnell Beacons at Tourmaline West Stadium, earning a 10-0 victory in game one, followed with a 3-1 loss in game two – snapping their winning streak at nine.
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