It’s almost a rite of passage for a long-time Western Canadian Baseball League veteran.
When you have spent four or five seasons playing for a team, and especially if you’re from the same community or have deep roots there, your final home game is going to be emotional.
Also, depending on how you feel about each position on the field, a little uncomfortable.
Read More Around the HornWill Zielinski was sitting in his living room with family by his side watching the picks pass in the 2026 Major League Baseball draft.
He knew there was a chance he could be selected and was certainly hoping to be.
Matt Betts of Canadian Baseball Network has more on Zielinski’s story.
Read More Where There’s a WillWill Zielinski can lay claim to something no one else can at The Road to Okotoks.
The Victoria native and Vauxhall Academy two-way standout was among the 12 Canadians taken in last weekend’s Major League Baseball Draft, as he was chosen in the 20th round by the Detroit Tigers.
He’s our focus as we wrap up Day #2 from the Morneau Cup championship.
Read More On The Road with … Will ZielinskiWelcome 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 16They were the only team to punch their ticket to The Road to Okotoks straight out of the Prairie Qualifiers.
With a semi-final win over Team Saskatchewan, the Vauxhall Academy Jets put themselves into the final and, with the top three teams qualifying for the main event, it guaranteed their spot.
The schedule is now set and the Jets will be looking to pick up where they left off.
Read More Vauxhall’s Road to OkotoksWe 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 OkotoksThey may have preferred to settle their differences on the field, but the final four teams remaining in the Prairie Qualifiers for The Road to Okotoks got what they came for.
What started as 13 teams vying for three spots in the inaugural event in Okotoks later this summer turned into a battle of four.
Read More Next Stop: OkotoksThey have hit the road with the hopes of ending up in Okotoks this summer.
Baseball Canada’s inaugural “The Road to Okotoks” tournament, which will culminate with the Morneau Cup being handed out in the Alberta community in a few weeks, begins with Regional Qualifiers starting today.
Read More First Stop on the Road to OkotoksKalem Haney has put his name in the University of Mary record books.
The Lethbridge native and Vauxhall Academy grad put an end to his collegiate career by setting the Marauders’ all-time records for hits and runs scored.
Read More Hail MaryCanada’s performance at the World Baseball Classic wasn’t just historic.
Our Joe McFarland believes it’s a sign of things to come as this country has a loaded pipeline of young talent ready to take the world by storm.
Read More OPINION: Oh Canada, Indeed!