Kalem Haney has seen baseball at virtually every level in Lethbridge.
From Little League right through to the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Lethbridge Bulls, he’s also seen a championship and a season without the playoffs.
The Vauxhall Academy grad is the latest to be featured in our “1 Thru 9” series.
Read More 1 Thru 9: Kalem HaneyIt would have been easy for Demitri Shakotko to follow in his father’s footsteps.
Instead of chasing the hockey dream, he went after baseball by heading to Vauxhall Academy of Baseball.
After a successful first season with Cloud County Community College, he hopes to suit up in the city his dad played junior hockey in with the Lethbridge Bulls.
Read More Pinky PromiseA look around the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Opening Week in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Read More WCBL Opening Weekend Photo GalleryKyle Bloor first headed to Colby Community College thinking he would be trying to earn a spot as a catcher.
But with a log-jam behind the plate, the Lethbridge product tried his hand at pitching, and never looked back.
Now with Tennessee Wesleyan University, Bloor was named to the 2023 All-Appalachian Athletic Conference First Team.
Read More Mask To MoundThere’s no place like home … or, better yet, home openers.
The Western Canadian Baseball League’s 2023 season is rapidly approaching and ballparks in Alberta and Saskatchewan will soon open their gates to throngs of summer seekers.
Our Ian Wilson takes a look at some of the marquee dates on the calendar.
Read More Home Opener HighlightsWith the 2023 Major League Baseball season now underway, it was only a matter of time before each organization started setting up its affiliate rosters for the coming year.
While things can and will change, we thought we’d scour as many minor league rosters for Alberta connections to get you updated on where everyone is.
Read More Alberta’s 2023 Pro ConnectionsIt’s impossible to blame Adam Macko for his reaction to getting a random early morning call from a number he didn’t recognize.
Like many others, he just let it ring.
However, the Vauxhall Academy of Baseball product later found out it was a call to inform him he had been traded to the Toronto Blue Jays, and would be reunited with his old Vauxhall teammate, Damiano Palmegiani.
Read More Flying Together AgainThe Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) has released its 2023 schedule.
Here are some of the highlights …
Read More 2023 WCBL Schedule UnveiledIf you would have told Ty Penner in high school or even early in his college baseball career that he would one day sign a contract with a Major League baseball team, he would have wanted to believe you.
But he admits, he doesn’t know if every bone in his body would have it was possible.
The Vauxhall Academy and UBC Thunderbird grad is still flying high after signing a free agent deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, leading to a whirlwind past few months.
Read More Call to the PennerTake me out to the ball game, indeed.
Fans of the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) turned out in force in 2022, setting numerous attendance records throughout the summer.
Read More Take Me Out With the Crowd