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Long Way from Long Point

2026 will go down as a year of making memories for Reid MacDonald.

The 18-year-old was a key piece of a Dawgs Academy 18U Black team that won several major tournaments including the inaugural Morneau Cup before heading to the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.

They were the kinds of experiences that the Long Point, Nova Scotia product hoped for when he moved west to Okotoks three years ago.

The Breakout Brave

He was on the brink of being an afterthought during the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft.

Eric Hartman has made the Atlanta Braves look really good by taking a chance on him with their 20th round selection.

And now he’s the Minor League Baseball Breakout Player of the Year.

OPINION: Showing Out in Vancouver

Five days. 12 stories written (and more to come). 15 stories edited (and more to come). Five podcast episodes (you get the point).

And an experience that you won’t find anywhere else.

Joe McFarland has more on his experience at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.

Up to the Trask

Stepping onto the mound at Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Park in Vancouver, Jake Trask had two things on his mind.

Throw strikes and do it for his home province.

The New Minas, Nova Scotia native proceeded to make his competition uncomfortable in the batter’s box at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.

Showcasing with … Brooks Froese

He is one of the smallest players at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase but he’s determined to show he has the biggest heart.

Red Deer’s Brooks Froese stands 5-foot-11 and weighs in at 152 pounds, which is just two pounds heavier than the lightest player at the showcase.

‘Coach Kubi’ Recognized by CBN

He’s built a lot of what you see in Alberta’s baseball scene today.

From Prairie Baseball Academy and Vauxhall Academy to the Okotoks Dawgs and Badlands Academy in Oyen, Blair Kubicek’s fingerprints are all over it.

He’s been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s Coach of the Year.

Nate the Great

Nate Hallihan is feeling no pressure heading to the 2026 Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.

He might be the only New Brunswick product to get the invite, but he’ll be joined by an old friend in Dawgs coach and former MLB slugger Matt Stairs.

1 Thru 9: Jack Bello

Opportunity has come knocking and Jack Bello has the door wide open.

The Richmond, B.C. native has been a stalwart with Dawgs Academy, even getting into a few games with the WCBL’s Dawgs.

And now he’s ready to suit up at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.

Road Return

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.

Tugboat Docks in the Bay

What a year it’s been for Matt Wilkinson.

From representing Canada at the World Baseball Classic to moving up the minor league depth charts, “Tugboat” was even traded from Cleveland to San Francisco.

And now, the Dawgs Academy and Okotoks Dawgs alum has made his MLB debut.