On the road again.
The top high school baseball academy teams in Canada just can’t wait to get on The Road to Okotoks again.
Following the highly successful debut of the national event – which pits the top U19 programs from coast to coast against each other in pursuit of the Morneau Cup – at the Seaman Stadium Complex in Okotoks in July, the tournament is making a return in 2027.
Read More Road ReturnFor 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 KidsThey 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.
Read More Parkland PandemoniumThings didn’t go the way the Team Alberta Bighorns 19U Women’s Team hoped on home soil in 2025.
Hosting the national championships at Webber Academy just outside Calgary, they went winless.
This year, they will head to Saskatoon with several veterans including Airdrie’s Natalie Kerr.
Read More Armed for VengeanceWill 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 Will“I can’t believe I’m in baseball heaven in Okotoks.”
When former Minnesota Twins legend and Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer Justin Morneau says something like that, you stand up and take notice.
Joe McFarland writes about what he heard from visitors and more, and looks ahead to what the future might have in store.
Read More OPINION: Praise for The Road to OkotoksThe 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 Precision