It might have been a banner year for Alberta’s baseball teams at Baseball Canada national championships.
The province’s teams came back home with two silver and two bronze medals draped around their necks.
Read More 2026 in Review: Baseball Alberta at NationalsThere’s a growth spurt and then there’s Lucas Carroll.
Standing next to the 6-foot-1, 201-pound backstop at his first Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase, you’d never imagine that just a couple of years ago, he was a 5-foot-8, 150-pound prospect trying to make it with Webber Academy.
Yet here he was, suiting up with Team Red and facing some of the most talented high school players in Canada.
Read More Got Milk?In honour of National Coaches Week, our Joe McFarland takes a look back at his summer spent coaching t-ball and coach-pitch.
Read More OPINION: Thanks Coach!Discipline, teamwork, perseverance and loving to be in the competitive moment.
They are the big reasons that Nathan Bailey fell in love with the game of baseball and the ones that continue to drive him as he takes his game to the next level.
Read More 1 Thru 9: Nathan BaileyFor a third-straight year, Team Alberta’s 16U Girls squad has captured a silver medal at nationals.
This time around, they came agonizingly close to their golden goal.
Read More Back on the PodiumThe Red Deer Riggers’ run to a national medal wasn’t for the faint of heart.
As Alberta’s representative at the 2026 Baseball Canada Men’s National Championships, the Riggers came in believing they had the talent to get the job done.
But they had to come back on more than one occasion to claim bronze in 2026.
Read More The Comeback KidsIt’s a moment he won’t soon forget.
Innisfail’s Mac Warawa reflects on helping Alberta claim bronze at the Baseball Canada Cup this summer.
He also looks ahead to the upcoming Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.
Read More 1 Thru 9: Mac WarawaThey played their brand of baseball right to the end.
Through the ups and downs of the Baseball Alberta Elite League season, the Parkland Twins believed they had to stay true to themselves if they wanted to come away as champions.
After capturing the BAEL title, they captured a well-deserved silver at nationals.
Read More Snagging SilverIt’s been a good while since Alberta has brought home a medal from the Baseball Canada Cup.
So long, in fact, that most of the players suiting up in the 2026 edition of the tournament weren’t even in kindergarten when it happened.
Read More Long Time ComingWith the Baseball Alberta Elite League championship hanging in the balance, Garet Ostapchuk needed to take a deep breath.
The Parkland Twins utilityman admits stepping out of the batter’s box was a move to refocus on the moment: the score was tied 6-6 in the bottom of the eighth and teammate Dzeo McNaughton was standing on second base representing the winning run.
His single propelled the Twins to the Baseball Canada 18U Nationals in Fort McMurray later this summer.
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