The Western Canadian Baseball League hit another home run with its second annual Rural Roots Baseball Classic.
Carnduff did an outstanding job as host and now Joe McFarland shares a few thoughts on where it could go next.
Read More OPINION: What’s Next for the WCBL’s Rural Roots Classic?It hasn’t taken long for Jace Daku to get into the good graces of Jake Lanferman.
The Edmonton Collegiate Hawks catcher earned some playing time with the Edmonton Riverhawks last season (both teams coached by Lanferman) and will be looking for more this season.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Jace DakuThe Western Canadian Baseball League is going to be rooting around in southeast Saskatchewan this summer.
Carnduff, Saskatchewan – the hometown of one of the league’s biggest star players in recent seasons – will play host to the annual Rural Roots Baseball Classic on Friday, May 29th.
Read More Laying Down Roots in CarnduffIt was another unforgettable year for baseball in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
We take a look back at some of the moments that will define 2025 for us.
Read More How We’ll Remember 2025Baseball organizations in Alberta and Saskatchewan are hoping to make it onto Santa’s “nice” list this year.
Whether or not Jolly Ol’ Saint Nick can pack those wishes into the stocking might be a much bigger question to answer.
Read More OPINION: Get Ready for the “Blue Jays Bump”When Garrett Hawkins toed the rubber at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne for the first time in 2025, it admittedly felt surreal.
Little did he know, the Biggar, Saskatchewan native and Vauxhall Academy grad’s first appearance would be a sign of great things to come in the San Diego Padres’ farm system.
Read More A Comeback Season to RememberIt was Levi Abbott’s world and we were just living in it.
In his final year of eligibility, the Lethbridge Bulls hurler laid it all out on the line in one of the best single-season pitching performances we have seen in the Western Canadian Baseball League.
Joe McFarland outlines how Abbott and others did on his ballot for WCBL awards and the annual season-ending all-star team.
Read More OPINION: Unveiling Joe’s WCBL Awards BallotThere’s no rest for the Western Canadian Baseball League’s wicked.
With the 2025 season now wrapped up, Joe McFarland takes a look at a few burning questions the summer circuit has heading into what promises to be a busy offseason.
Read More OPINION: Five Burning Questions for the WCBLIt’s become an unexpected tradition at the Vanneste residence in Warman.
The family welcomed the entire Medicine Hat Mavericks team for a home-cooked meal during a team trip to nearby Saskatoon to face the expansion Berries in 2024 and continued it again in early 2025.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Tyler VannesteThere were cheers, beers and even a few tears at the first Western Canadian Baseball League Rural Roots Baseball Classic in Oyen, Alberta.
And if Joe McFarland had a vote at the WCBL board of governor’s table, he would enthusiastically vote “yes” to hold another one in 2026.
Read More OPINION: WCBL’s Rural Roots was a Classic