Year of the Dawgs

They are onto the scent of being the top high school program in North America.

After capturing an incredible record of 60 wins, five losses and one tie during the season, the Dawgs Academy 18U Black team in Okotoks has risen to new heights in the eyes of Perfect Game.

The U.S.-based organization has touted the Dawgs as the number two high school program on the continent in its annual end-of-season rankings.

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Wilde Ride

The caption on Evan Wilde’s Instagram post thanking Niagara University after his final season said it all.

“Started as a pitcher, finished as … not a pitcher.”

In what felt like the blink of an eye, the 6-foot-7, 225-pound hurler-turned-infielder was on his way back home reflecting on a memorable end to his collegiate career.

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Nail Gun

Outfielder Zane Skansi is no stranger to playing north of the border.

For three of his four summer ball seasons through his college career, the Gig Harbor, Wash., native has come up north to stay sharp in the college offseason.

Trevor Fitzpatrick has more on Skansi’s story in Okotoks with the Dawgs.

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Feels Like Home

It was a homecoming Max Benton didn’t think he would ever make.

The Lethbridge Bulls starting pitcher toed the rubber at Doug Lehman Field in Oyen for the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Rural Roots Classic, where he had done it many times before as a member of the Badlands Baseball Academy.

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By The Horns

As his 2024 college season came to a close, Carlin Dick (Abbotsford, B.C.) contemplated his future in baseball.

A senior at Canisius University, the Golden Griffins finished the campaign 18-30 overall (11-13 conference record) and placed fifth in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. It was going to be his final year with the program, the only one he suited up for after high school, and the B.C. product was trying to soak it all in.

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Coyotes Crowned CCBC Champs

The Okanagan College Coyotes had some unfinished business to take care of.

After losing a heartbreaking 13-inning marathon loss to the University of Fraser Valley in the 2024 Canadian College Baseball Conference World Series final, the Yotes wanted nothing more than another shot.

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Cole’s Notes

After a solid freshman season at Indian Hills Community College, Cole Huebner decided to up his game.

The Edmonton native and AHP Academy alum has been named the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference Co-Pitcher of the Year.

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Return of the Mak

Ayden Makarus thought he was done with baseball.

More than two years after quitting the game to get on with his post-baseball life, the Dawgs Academy alum has returned with a vengeance at Bellevue University.

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