2026 Brooks Bombers Season Preview

We check out the Brooks Bombers roster ahead of the 2026 Western Canadian Baseball League season …

7th Inning Stretch: Aidan Maxwell

There’s no place like home for Aidan Maxwell.

The Brooks native and Badlands Academy alum grew up playing and watching games at Elks Field, looking for an opportunity to suit up for the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Bombers at some point in his collegiate career.

And now he’s living that dream this summer.

Brooks Bombers 2025 Preview

Get in and win.

That’s the goal of the Brooks Bombers in 2025.

The Bombers have now experienced the playoffs in the Western Canadian Baseball League on two occasions – in 2022 and 2024 – but Brooks has yet to win a postseason contest.

Can the “Bomb Squad” up their game this summer?

7th Inning Stretch: Zander Bretza

The Brooks Bombers have a popular catch in Zander Bretza.

The California native and avid fisherman is having himself a solid second season in the Western Canadian Baseball League.

He’s the latest focus in our 7th Inning Stretch series.

The Life & Legacy of Riley

Riley Martin was passionate about baseball and those at his home ballpark have shown him plenty of love right back over the years.

“He was a multi-sport athlete, however, his two favourite sports were hockey and baseball. But baseball was his true favourite. He excelled at it and had a very promising future,” said Jason Thomasen, the past president of the Bombers.

Brooks Bombers 2024 Season Preview

The Brooks Bombers have had a taste of playoff baseball and now the team and its fans want more.

That taste came in 2022, when the team qualified for the postseason for the first time in franchise history.

The Bombers missed out on extra August baseball last year, but the focus will be on getting back to the playoffs in 2024.

Dax is Back

Dax Wandler has been through a lot to get back onto the baseball field.

After injuring his throwing arm early in the 2019 WCBL season, the Brooks Bombers infielder wasn’t able to get surgery until May 2021.

He’s finally back now and hoping he can get back into the minds of prospective college programs.

2022 Season Preview: Brooks Bombers

What can we expect from the Brooks Bombers in 2022? We breakdown the roster of the southern Alberta club …

Bombers’ New Runway

The air has been cleared over the direction of the Brooks Bombers.

After months of speculation and rumours, the Western Canadian Baseball League approved the sale of the team to the community.

With the new structure in place, team president and Brooks Regional Ballpark Association chairperson Jason Thomasen says the real work is now underway to put a quality product on and off the field.

7th Inning Stretch: McCoy Pearce

First baseman McCoy Pearce is doing his part to put the “Bomb” in “Bombers” this season.

Making his way to Brooks by way of Kamloops, Kelowna and – more recently – McPherson College in Kansas, the 6-foot-3 batsman has been a consistent performer at the plate through 22 Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) games, leading the team in runs batted in (RBI) with 24, runs (18), hits (35), and home runs (6).

Pearce was recruited to Brooks by Kyle MacKinnon – the head coach for the Bombers and the hitting coach for the McPherson College Bulldogs – along with several of his college teammates.