The caption on Evan Wilde’s Instagram post thanking Niagara University after his final season said it all.
“Started as a pitcher, finished as … not a pitcher.”
In what felt like the blink of an eye, the 6-foot-7, 225-pound hurler-turned-infielder was on his way back home reflecting on a memorable end to his collegiate career.
Read More Wilde RideBefore every one of his starts, you will see Reece Hemmerling grab a pendant around his neck, look up at the sky and say four words.
“I love you, dad.”
The AHP Academy alum and Beaumont, Alberta product is having a fine start to his sophomore season at Barton Community College.
Read More Anchor and a Ribbon2023 was a banner year for baseball in Alberta, including all that we did at Alberta Dugout Stories.
So what’s next?
We gaze into our crystal ball to take a look at the stories that are on the top of our minds heading into 2024.
Read More Five Storylines We’re Watching in 2024“Does Alberta punch above its weight when it comes to baseball in Canada?”
It’s a question our Joe McFarland posed on social media recently after what should be considered another successful year in our province.
But are we doing enough to celebrate it?
Read More OPINION: Baseball’s Opportunity in AlbertaAlberta baseball fans packed the park during the summer of 2023, smashing attendance records along the way.
Ballpark Digest has the receipts, which show the Okotoks Dawgs having the third-highest attendance across all summer collegiate leagues and teams.
We take a look at all the numbers and how each Alberta market fared.
Read More Ballpark BlitzComing off a fantastic 2022 season, it was hard to believe that Halen Knoll would be able to find a way to beat it.
Instead, the 23-year-old Edmonton product thrived with the hometown Riverhawks, winning the West Coast League’s Pitcher of the Year Award.
Read More All Halen the KingIt was a long time coming for the Edmonton Riverhawks in 2022, after their debut in the West Coast League was delayed by the pandemic.
They persevered and nearly completed a run to the playoffs in the summer.
The Riverhawks loaded up in the offseason, feeling they have some unfinished business to take care of.
Read More Spreading Their WingsWhen Halen Knoll isn’t perplexing hitters in the batter’s box, he’s making people scratch their heads with his escape rooms.
The young Edmonton Collegiate Hawks and Fort McMurray Giants star put on a clinic during the 2022 baseball season.
He’s hoping to build on that as he enters the next step of his baseball journey with the University of Mary.
Read More Locked InClayton Loranger had a summer to remember with his hometown Edmonton Riverhawks.
Ranking amongst the league leaders in several offensive categories, he was named a West Coast League First Team All-Star.
The Sherwood Park product also took it upon himself to be a community leader in the organization’s inaugural season.
Read More River RunnerCalgary’s Tom Poole admits he was a bit of a late-bloomer in baseball.
Not really hitting his growth spurt until his senior year of high school, Poole hit the gym in hopes of getting recruited.
His work ethic paid off in getting recruited by Cloud County Community College, where the freshman put his name in the record books.
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