Despite a 24-12 regular season, the Red Deer CarStar Braves felt like they had to grind out a lot of wins.
They took that mentality into the Baseball Alberta Elite League playoffs, capturing the provincial title.
The Braves then rode that momentum into nationals, claiming Alberta’s first gold since 2012.
Read More Grind of the BravesIt has been a whirlwind few months for Dominik Morgan.
The Sherwood Park native suited up for Baseball Canada’s Junior National Team and the Sylvan Lake Gulls, and will soon join the Canadian Futures Showcase and PBR West Coast Games.
The AHP Academy product is happy to keep taking those phone calls.
Read More Dom-inating PerformanceClaire Hingley’s trophy case is filling up fast.
The Edmonton product has picked up a gold medal with Baseball Alberta’s 14U Girls team as well as a bronze and silver with the 16U team over the last two years.
Hingley wants more heading into 2025.
Read More Claire to BelieveInspiration was everywhere for Jimmy Dionne.
It was in the crowded stadiums, the roadtrips to new places, the talent of the Quebec Capitales players that Dionne had front-row seats to growing up as a son of one of the team’s coaches.
Canadian Baseball Network’s Melissa Verge has more on Dionne, who later took his talents to Dawgs Academy in Okotoks.
Read More Always MovingWhen Nathan Flewelling squared up a Riley Burton pitch on a sunny Sunday afternoon at Gulls Field in Sylvan Lake, everyone in the crowd knew the baseball wasn’t coming back.
It was a big moment for the team and the first WCBL homer for the Innisfail native, who is considered one of the top MLB Draft-eligible Canadians heading into this summer.
Read More One Flew OverWhen Julianna Scott heard that Baseball Canada had named its Women’s National Team Selection Camp roster, her first thought was to find a post on Instagram and look for her friends and teammates.
She didn’t expect to see her name near the bottom of the first column in the official announcement.
Read More Scott’s Time to PopEverywhere he goes, Benito Bonilla is turning heads.
If not for his 6-foot-4, 230-pound frame, the 18-year-old Missouri State commit is doing it with his baseball bat.
The Dawgs Academy and Okotoks Dawgs product is hoping to hear his name called in this summer’s MLB Draft.
Read More Benny the BearWho has the top high school baseball academy program in Canada?
The debate has only intensified over the years as more schools pop up from coast-to-coast.
Baseball Canada CEO Jason Dickson says it might be time to settle some scores, as his organization explores the idea of an academy national championship.
Read More Going to SchoolRepresenting his home country will never get old for Tim Piasentin.
Already having done it once at the Little League World Series and then again with Baseball Canada’s Junior National Team in 2023, the Dawgs Academy product is hoping to do it more in the years to come.
Read More Trumpeting TimJim Kotkas knows the difference a good coach can make.
And after witnessing such people first-hand as a player, he became one.
Read More Always a Jet