When Nash Crowell stepped into the batter’s box for his first at-bat of a weekend series against Bryan College, he had no idea history was about to unfold.
Even after he took an offering from Ben Zyburt over the fence and started his home run trot, the gravity of breaking a record didn’t cross the Dawgs Academy alum’s mind.
Read More Nash Smash FeverLogan Grant is now the Bellevue University Bruins’ all-time home runs leader.
After a slow start to the 2025 season, the Dawgs Academy grad and Okotoks Dawgs utilityman has topped Riley Baasch on the list.
Read More Bruin BombsThere was probably no doubt in anyone’s mind that Leo Griffin was going to play baseball.
With a family heavily involved in the game, the challenge was actually in deciding where on the field he truly wanted to play.
Playing the utility role throughout his youth baseball career, the Boucherville, Quebec native moved with his family to Okotoks after his older brother joined the Dawgs Academy program.
Read More A Dawg’s PedigreeYou have to think that baseball people in Calgary look at Okotoks and wonder “what if?”
What if the city had backed the Dawgs instead of forcing them out?
With Foothills Stadium being torn down, it leaves a giant void in the city’s baseball landscape.
Read More OPINION: The Nightmare in CalgaryThe demolition of Foothills Stadium has hit the baseball community like a wrecking ball.
Despite the inevitable end of the facility, which played home to Calgary’s highest levels of baseball for more than half a century, seeing the structure reduced to rubble has left many sports fans heartbroken, angry and despondent.
Read More Bidding Farewell to Foothills StadiumIt’s been home to so many.
And for so long baseball was safe at this home.
Alas, the long-awaited eviction notice has been executed and the bleacher-bashing machinery is dismantling the memory-infused wood, steel and concrete that surrounds the diamond, which was once a playground for some of baseball’s best players.
Read More The Rise and Fall of Foothills StadiumThe pipeline from Dawgs Academy in Okotoks to junior college powerhouse Central Arizona College continues to be fed well.
The same school that brought Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson and Tyrese Johnson in recent years has landed another top Dawgs product in Austin Collins.
Read More 1 Thru 9: Austin CollinsIt was a thrill to see Erik Sabrowski take the mound for the Cleveland Guardians last season.
The former Edmonton Prospects two-way star had a dream start to his Major League Baseball (MLB) career, pitching flawlessly in the regular season before being called upon in big moments during the playoffs.
So, who’s next? We look at five possibilities.
Read More Next in LineThey were the mainstays on prairie baseball fields for years.
Their names are virtually synonymous with the maple leaf, helping show future generations that they, too, could have professional dreams.
They would go onto play the game at the highest level, then come back home to show the way by becoming coaches themselves, giving back to the game they know and love.
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