It’s become an unexpected tradition at the Vanneste residence in Warman.
The family welcomed the entire Medicine Hat Mavericks team for a home-cooked meal during a team trip to nearby Saskatoon to face the expansion Berries in 2024 and continued it again in early 2025.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Tyler VannesteHe might not be the most outspoken person on the Fort McMurray Giants, but Riley Burns lets his arm do the talking.
The home-grown left-hander has become a staple on the Western Canadian Baseball League club’s pitching staff over the last three years, and for good reason.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Riley BurnsThere’s no place like home for Aidan Maxwell.
The Brooks native and Badlands Academy alum grew up playing and watching games at Elks Field, looking for an opportunity to suit up for the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Bombers at some point in his collegiate career.
And now he’s living that dream this summer.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Aidan MaxwellJack Jewell is looking to make up for some lost time this summer when he suits up with the new Energy City Cactus Rats.
The Sherwood Park native and AHP Academy alum redshirted this spring at Barton Community College, and is excited to be back on the field for the summer.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Jack JewellJake Roggensack is hoping to be a bigger piece of the puzzle for the Edmonton Collegiate Hawks in 2025.
The hard-hitting infielder is looking to help guide the team to their first Canadian College Baseball Conference title.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Jake RoggensackHeading into the 2024 Western Canadian Baseball League season, the only question mark surrounding Cooper Ciesielski was how to pronounce his name.
The Monument, Colorado native and Sylvan Lake Gulls star has heard it all.
But people are learning after his great summer in Central Alberta.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Cooper CiesielskiIf anyone is licking their chops waiting for the playoffs to begin, it’s Medicine Hat Mavericks catcher Nick Thibodeau.
He has handled Saskatoon Berries pitchers with relative ease, going 15-for-27 with two homers and 14 RBI in seven games against their East Division rivals.
We get to know the Burlington, Ontario product in the latest 7th Inning Stretch.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Nick ThibodeauThe Brooks Bombers have a popular catch in Zander Bretza.
The California native and avid fisherman is having himself a solid second season in the Western Canadian Baseball League.
He’s the latest focus in our 7th Inning Stretch series.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Zander BretzaOne of the younger players from Alberta who attended the recent Tournament 12 (T12) in Toronto was Max Hartman.
The 15-year-old roamed the outfield at Rogers Centre for Team Navy during the showcase event, which was hosted by Blue Jays Baseball Academy and took place from Sept. 17-21.
We spoke with the Dawgs Academy product before and after the T12 to find out more about him and what it was like to be selected as one of Canada’s top 150 baseball prospects.
He answered the following seven questions for us for our 7th Inning Stretch profile.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Max HartmanThe Tournament 12 (T12) in Toronto has come and gone for another year, but we’re still checking in with some of the Alberta players who took part in the prestigious showcase event.
Catcher Jean-Luc Bussieres, 17, is one of the 150 baseball prospects who played at Rogers Centre in the T12, which took place from Sept. 17-21. Originally from Edmonton, but now attending Foothills Composite High School as he trains at Dawgs Academy in Okotoks, Bussieres was kind enough to make time for us recently.
Here’s what he had to say in response to seven questions we asked him as part of our ongoing 7th Inning Stretch series.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Jean-Luc Bussieres