“As Alexandre Giguère’s fly ball nestled into the right fielder Roen Douglas’s glove, the third base dugout emptied as if someone had set off the fire alarm.
No fire here inside Royal Field.
And no hits either.
Lefty Michael Ham, 17, had pitched a complete-game, seven-inning, no hitter for the Great Lake Canadians against the Academy Baseball Canada on Day III of the Perfect Game 18U Canadian National Championship Tour. “
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs dropped a tough one at home on Friday night, falling 12-7 to the Sylvan Lake Gulls.
Read More“The Windsor Selects and Team Ontario entered the day undefeated and untied.
They ended the day still owning undefeated records ... as Windsor’s Nate Winney provided the game-tying, two-out, two-run drive to right field in the bottom of the seventh inning.
It wasn’t a game winner, but Winney kept Windsor atop Pool A as Day II drew to a close at the 18U Perfect Game Canadian National Championship Tour on Thursday afternoon.”
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs’ pitching staff delivered a dominant performance on Thursday, shutting out the Sylvan Lake Gulls in a 6-0 victory on the road.
Read More“It all comes down to a simple game of catch for Ray Brown.
After more than six decades in baseball, few can match his experience or his instincts at the ballpark.
You never have to question where the Baseball Alberta Life Member is coming from or what his coaching philosophies might be, as he has always believed that hard work and the basics will create success on the field.”
Read More“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.”
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Sylvan Gulls 8-5 in Western Canadian Baseball League action on Wednesday.
Read MoreThe Intercounty Baseball League (IBL) has announced its Players of the Month for May.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs were shut out 6-0 by the Lethbridge Bulls on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe first Perfect Game International Canadian National Championship tournament begins Wednesday at Royal Field in Dorchester.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreSlugger 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.
Read MoreMay 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.
Read More“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.”
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs turned up the heat at the plate on Sunday afternoon, exploding for 10 runs to take down the Lethbridge Bulls 10–7.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs lost their home opener 7-5 in 10 innings to the Energy City Cactus Rats on Saturday.
Read More“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.”
Read More“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. “
Read More“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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