The 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 CupOn 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 DayTo some, he’s Louis-Charles. To his teammates, he’s L.C. To the baseball world, he’s introducing himself as a big-time hitter.
Louis-Charles Larouche made his mark on the inaugural The Road to Okotoks on opening day, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs batted in and one run scored as the hometown Dawgs Academy knocked off Atlantic Frontier 11-1.
We chat with him and run down the rest of the action from Opening Day.
Read More On The Road with … L.C. LaroucheWelcome to the fork in The Road to Okotoks.
After three Regional Qualifers were held in May, 16 teams have made the trek to Alberta for the start of the inaugural 19U national championship.
Read More The Sweet 16Q&A with Baseball Canada CEO Jason Dickson about The Road to Okotoks …
Read More Dickson Takes the Road to OkotoksNo one could have imagined the kind of memorable rookie season that Tristan Peters was going to put together.
Even the Chicago White Sox outfielder seems a little gobsmacked when talking about all that has transpired, particularly in the last 24 hours.
Read More Dawg Gone Good DayWe are just a couple of weeks away from The Road to Okotoks.
The inaugural Morneau Cup championship will see 16 teams duke it out over five days to settle some bets on the best academy program in the country.
We take a look at the results from the draft, the pools and schedule, and more leading up to the big event.
Read More Hitching a Ride to OkotoksHe’s so good and he doesn’t even know it.
That was a sentiment that was expressed by one coach to other skippers at the 2019 Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) All-Star Game in Edmonton about Tristan Peters, who was a standout player with the Okotoks Dawgs at the time.
It’s safe to say that Peters now does know exactly what he’s capable of on the ball diamond, given that he’s the starting centre fielder for the Chicago White Sox.
Read More From the Vault: Tristan PetersIt’s almost time to settle some bets.
Over the years, Canadian baseball academies have claimed to the best in the country.
Dawgs Academy in Okotoks will be putting that to the test at home during the inaugural The Road to Okotoks.
Read More The Dawgs’ Road to Home