When they galloped onto Saskatchewan’s baseball scene, you did not want to lock horns with Oyen.
The Pronghorns, the lone Alberta representative in the Saskatchewan Major Baseball League (SMBL), joined the five-team circuit in 1993 and came ready to play.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Pronghorns claiming their first SMBL championship.
Read More Pronghorn ProudThis year feels different to Cody Graf.
The Lloydminster native is into his third season with Prairie Baseball Academy and believes this is the year the program can return to its Canadian College Baseball Conference championship ways.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Cody GrafFor the first time since the pre-season coaches poll began in 2022, Okanagan College isn’t entering the season at the Canadian College Baseball Conference (CCBC) favourite.
The University of Fraser Valley is coming off their first CCBC title since 2019 and hold down top spot.
All three Alberta teams will be looking to unseat them heading into 2025.
Read More Season Preview: Canadian College Baseball ConferenceTodd Hubka is the ultimate team guy.
He’s never afraid to boast about the players on his current Prairie Baseball Academy roster, looking ahead to his upcoming recruiting class, or beam about how proud he is of the hundreds of alumni players that have come through the program.
Hubka isn’t a big fan of talking about himself, which was put to the test when he was inducted to the PBA Hall of Fame.
Read More Hall for HubsThe Western Canadian Baseball League has introduced its first-ever Rural Roots Game in 2025.
To be held on June 8, the Sylvan Lake Gulls will face the Lethbridge Bulls in Oyen, Alberta.
Our Joe McFarland talks about the history and the potential for the new initiative.
Read More OPINION: WCBL Returns to its Rural RootsJosh Kabayama has seen it all with the Lethbridge Bulls.
Entering his fourth year with the WCBL team, he’s won a championship and he’s also missed the playoffs.
Nothing, though, could have prepared him for what he saw June 4 against Brooks.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Josh KabayamaIt’s hard to believe that Owen Lucas is just a year removed from thinking his collegiate baseball career was over.
Having returned home to Ontario after trying to make it onto the Prairie Baseball Academy roster, he fully expected to start his non-sports life.
However, some summer baseball reignited his passion for the game and he’s taking full advantage of the opportunity in 2024.
Read More 1 Thru 9: Owen LucasIt’s been a whirlwind few months for Kyle Bloor.
The Lethbridge product went from pitching at Tennessee Wesleyan University to signing with the Sioux City Explorers to pitching in a pro tour in Arizona.
As Canadian Baseball Network’s Bob Elliott tells us, the trek ended with the 24-year-old signing a contract with the Minnesota Twins.
Read More Twins Ink BloorIt was a bullish move that transformed the baseball scene in Western Canada.
The creation of a Saskatchewan Major Baseball League (SMBL) franchise in Lethbridge was initially intended to fill the void left by the departure of professional baseball.
Decades later, the legacy of that team can be seen at ballparks across Alberta and throughout the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL).
Read More Bulls at the GateWe are on the cusp of the start of the Canadian College Baseball Conference season.
We take a look at what’s in store for the Edmonton Collegiate Hawks, University of Calgary Dinos and Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs, as well as the squads from B.C.
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