The schedules are finalized for each Baseball Saskatchewan senior provincial tournament set to fire up at the start of August.
This year the Unity Cardinals are taking on the challenge of Tier 1 competition in Saskatoon, while Cabri and North Battleford represent half the teams at Tier 2 in Assiniboia, the Macklin Lakers in Carnduff for the 5-team Tier 3 tournament, and finally the Rosetown Angels are one of six teams in contention for the Tier 4 title in Hanley.
Unity will be the first team in action with the Tier 1 tournament taking place over August long weekend. The Cardinals are one of seven teams penciled in for the tournament, joining the Regina Trappers, Regina Rockies, Saskatoon Outlaws, Saskatoon Hoppers as city teams, and also rural powerhouses in the Marysburg Royals and Carlyle Cardinals.
The Cardinals will start the tournament against Marysburg at 10:30 AM on August 1. Each team will only play two round-robin games, before a potential tiebreaker on Saturday night sets up championship Sunday.
The rest of the tournaments will take place August 8-10.
In Tier 3 in Carnduff it's a full round robin. Macklin's first game won't be until Friday at 3:00 PM against Redvers, the Lakers schedule continuing Saturday at 9:00 AM against North East, turning right back around for a 6:00 PM start against Carnduff.
On Sunday at noon Macklin will play South East, and then the championship final goes at 4:00 PM between the top two teams in the standings.
The Rosetown Angels will be part of Pool "B" in Hanley with the Gull Lake Greyhounds and Regina Red Dogs. Playing cross-pool matchups, the Angels will play the hosts Hanley in their first game at 9:00 AM on Friday, and then a full day of rest will lead into an 8:00 AM start on Saturday against Pasquia, the schedule finishing at 3:30 with a game against Central Sask.
The top four teams will advance to Sunday for a pair of semi-finals: the gold medal game being played at 3:00 PM.
Cabri and North Battleford are the two semi-local teams in play for Tier 2 in Assiniboia, joining the host team and Findlater.
Each team will play each other Friday through Saturday to set up a 2v3 semi-final on Sunday morning, the winner facing off against the top ranked team from pool play in the championship game at 2:00 PM.
It should be another great year of provincial action. Follow along with Baseball Sask provincials HERE.