“I can’t believe I’m in baseball heaven in Okotoks.”
When former Minnesota Twins legend and Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer Justin Morneau says something like that, you stand up and take notice.
Joe McFarland writes about what he heard from visitors and more, and looks ahead to what the future might have in store.
Read More OPINION: Praise for The Road to OkotoksInfielder Gavin Roy is flying high after signing a deal to play baseball professionally in Quebec.
The 22-year-old from Sudbury, Ontario – who was a First Team WCBL All-Star with the Sylvan Lake Gulls in 2024 – has inked a contract with the Trois-Rivieres Aigles of the Frontier League, which is a Major League Baseball (MLB) Partner League.
Read More New Frontier for RoyThe best teams are able to find the right balance between run production and run prevention.
The Okotoks Dawgs are one of those teams, with no better example than the glove of infielder Kadyn Armitage (Surrey, BC) and the bat of Louis-Charles Larouche (Montreal, Que.).
Matt Betts of Canadian Baseball Network has more on the pair.
Read More Power and PrecisionThe Morneau Cup will reside in Okotoks.
A seven-run bottom of the third inning powered the hosts to an 11-5 victory over the Sylvan Lake Gulls Prep in the championship game of the 19U Baseball Canada Road to Okotoks national championship tournament on Sunday afternoon at Seaman Stadium.
Read More Dawgs Capture Morneau CupEntering the fifth inning of the Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game on Sunday afternoon, there was little in the way for offence for the host East Division.
In a span of four batters, the game at Cairns Field in Saskatoon flipped on its ear with the East driving home five consecutive runs.
Including a decisive, two-run homer off the bat of Medicine Hat Mavericks infielder Carter Roth to secure a convincing 9-2 win over the West Division.
Read More East Division Claims 2026 WCBL All-Star Game CrownBaseball Canada’s Greg Hamilton says he had high expectations going into The Road to Okotoks.
With the Morneau Cup championship approaching, he says they’ve been met and exceeded.
We chat with Hamilton about his impressions and take a look back at all of Saturday’s action.
Read More On The Road with … Greg HamiltonThe best and brightest of the Western Canadian Baseball League were on full display on Saturday for the first day of the All-Star Weekend.
Gael Salinas (Saskatoon) took home the Bunt Competition, David Simmons (Energy City) captured the Home Run Derby, and Sylvan Lake was named host for the 2027 All-Star Weekend.
Read More 2026 WCBL All-Star Weekend HappeningsOn a hot summer day, a cold ice shower was just what the doctor ordered for Louis-Charles Larouche.
It was a deserving gift for the Dawgs Academy slugger after he put on what can only be described as a clinic at the first-ever Morneau Cup Home Run Derby.
Read More A Dawg’s DayWhen 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 More On The Road with … Sam DavisTalk about starting a tournament off with a bang.
Dayne Liske made sure everyone could hear it when he clobbered a two-run shot to right field to extend the Gulls Prep lead to 5-0, which is how their matchup with Terriers Baseball would end in the opener of the Morneau Cup.
We take a look back at Day #3 of The Road to Okotoks.
Read More On The Road with … Dayne Liske