Elliott, PG I: Blaze, Nationals, Team Ontario, Windsor all 2-0
“Will Hynes was everything as advertised and more as the 18U Perfect Game Canadian National Championship Tour began Wednesday afternoon.
The top-rated high school pitcher in Canada pitched six scoreless as his Ontario Blue Jays beat the Mississauga Tigers 7-0.”
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Dawgs defeat Gulls 8-5
The Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Sylvan Gulls 8-5 in Western Canadian Baseball League action on Wednesday.
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Boon, Mullen named IBL Players of the Month
The Intercounty Baseball League (IBL) has announced its Players of the Month for May.
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Dawgs shut out by Bulls
The Okotoks Dawgs were shut out 6-0 by the Lethbridge Bulls on Tuesday.
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IBL's London Majors sign Zdunich
The Intercounty Baseball League’s London Majors have signed Okotoks Dawgs alum Tucker Zdunich (High River, Alta.) who started the season with the Frontier League’s Ottawa Titans.
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Elliott: Perfect Game's national 18U tournament kicks off Wednesday
The first Perfect Game International Canadian National Championship tournament begins Wednesday at Royal Field in Dorchester.
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R.I.P. Jesse Lubiniecki
The Western Canadian Baseball League joins the Regina Red Sox community in mourning the loss of a talented young pitcher. Jesse Lubiniecki was involved in a single-vehicle rollover in Rosebud County, Montana while he was on his way home to Regina from California. The 22-year-old passed away on May 30.
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Crowell leads Dawgs to win over Bombers
Slugger Nash Crowell (Yarmouth, N.S.) had three hits and five RBIs to lead the Okotoks Dawgs to a 15-6 win over the Brooks Bombers on Monday.
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Fitzpatrick: My mental health awareness story -“It’s OK to cry in baseball and it’s OK to ask for help”
May was Mental Health Awareness Month and June is Men’s Mental Health Awareness month. Canadian Baseball Network writer Trevor Fitzpatrick bravely shares the story of his mental health struggles in this article.
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Elliott: Riders Jo-Jo Polak, Canadians Donald Campbell highlight Ottawa District HOF class
“It was easy to wonder what was going on upstairs sitting at a table for the annual Ottawa and District Sports Hall of Fame induction diner.
We mean away, way up in the clouds.”
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Dawgs secure first win of season
The Okotoks Dawgs turned up the heat at the plate on Sunday afternoon, exploding for 10 runs to take down the Lethbridge Bulls 10–7.
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Dawgs fall short in extra innings
The Okotoks Dawgs lost their home opener 7-5 in 10 innings to the Energy City Cactus Rats on Saturday.
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Betts: Berries break out the bats in home opener win
“A capacity crowd turned out on a sunny Saturday at Cairns Field to watch the Saskatoon Berries win their home opener.
The Berries’ offence put up nine runs, including three in the third inning and three in the eighth, to secure a 9-3 victory over the Regina Red Sox.”
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Betts: From collecting candy to coming on in relief, Kopp relishing time with Berries
“A lot has changed over the course of Carter Kopp’s career but Cairns Field has remained a consistent baseball backdrop.
Back in the days of the Saskatoon Yellowjackets, who fielded a team in the Western Major Baseball League from 2002 to 2014, Kopp (Saskatoon, Sask.) recalls chasing foul balls in hopes of exchanging them for a bag of candy at the concession stand.
More than a decade later, he’s the one young fans are looking up to.
And the honour isn’t lost on the Saint Xavier University right-hander. “
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Betts: How the Saskatoon Berries came to be and where they’re going
“The Saskatoon Berries haven’t just brought a Western Canadian Baseball League team back to the city, they’ve helped transform the sport in the province of Saskatchewan.
Along with the Swift Current 57’s, Regina Red Sox and Weyburn Beavers, the league has become a must-follow for baseball fans.
But anytime a new team pops up, it begs the question, how did they get here?”
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Dawgs lose opener to Medicine Hat
The Okotoks Dawgs lost their season opener 12-11 to the Medicine Hat Mavericks on Wednesday.
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Sweeney: Plenty of practice as Newfoundland & Labrador prep to host Canada Games
“In 2017, a vision began to take shape: to elevate development across Newfoundland and Labrador. By 2019, that vision became more defined—with a focus on preparing for the 2025 Canada Summer Games, the first Summer Games to be hosted in the province since 1977.”
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Verge: Hall excited to play with 22 Canadian Thunder Bay Border Cats
“It’s a family reunion — of sorts.
They’re not bonded by blood, but by baseball.
Of the 23 Canadians on the Thunder Bay Border Cats roster Tyrus Hall (Victoria, BC) will take the field with this summer, he’s already played with more than a handful, either representing Canada with the Junior National Team, or at his JUCO, Bossier Parish Community College.”
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Elliott, Kingston sporting royalty: Arniel, Cherry, Cook, Earl, Ferguson, Gilmour, Pester families
Who are the top sporting families from Kingston, Ont.?
Bob Elliott, a Kingston native himself, attempts to answer this question.
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Sweeney: There in 1977, Buckingham imparts wisdom for Terra Novas, Summer Games hosts
“When the umpire room at St. Pat’s Ballpark is named after you, you’ve probably seen a game or two. Dave Buckingham — better known as “Buck” — is one of the most respected names in Newfoundland. Long before he became the province’s gold standard for umpiring, he was a ballplayer representing Newfoundland at the 1977 Canada Games.”
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