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The Carlyle Caridnals are headed off to the Western Canada Baseball Association Senior Baseball Championships today, capping off a very successful season. The Cardinals took the top spot in the Saskota Baseball League for the 6th year in a row, before also winning a provincial bout for the first time in the club's history.

Now they're headed to an even bigger stage, taking on some of the biggest teams on this side of the country.

Brent McLean, a coach and player for the team, says they're getting ready for some hard-hitting baseball action.

The Plumas Pirates are still breathing in the Santa Clara Baseball League final.

After falling behind in the series, Plumas came out firing in Game 4 on Thursday night, building an 8-1 lead over the Portage Padres through four innings. Portage battled back with five unanswered runs to make it 8-6, but the Pirates added an insurance run and held on for a 9-6 win.

The Rizz Ruby team — a powerhouse lineup combining players from the Bow Valley Rugby Club (BVRC) and Calgary Rams — is heading into Saturday’s Alberta Women's Premier League provincial championship with an undefeated season on the line.

The squad faces the Edmonton Leprechaun Tigers (LP) at the Calgary Rugby Union on Aug. 16, the same team that beat them in last year’s title game.

Extra innings, daring base running and strong pitching delivered a classic to open the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) championship series.

The Sylvan Lake Gulls edged the Regina Red Sox 3-2 at Currie Field in Game 1, scoring the winner in the top of the 11th in extra innings.

All-time WCBL strikeout leader Joshua Tucker went six innings for the Gulls, allowing two earned runs on eight hits and four walks while striking out seven. Regina’s Matthew Fox put the Red Sox ahead 2-1 with a solo homer in the fifth.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14TH

CFL
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 30 Ottawa Red Blacks 27

Santa Clara Baseball League
Finals - Point System (First team to 6)
Plumas 9 Portage 6
Portage leads 5-3

American Association Baseball
Winnipeg Goldeyes 7 Cleburne Railroaders 6

Cochrane’s Reese McKay will start in goal again today as Alberta aims for gold in women’s lacrosse at the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, N.L.

The 15-year-old goalie starred in Alberta’s 4-3 semifinal win over Ontario yesterday, stopping 56 shots and earning player-of-the-game honours for the second time in the tournament.

Alberta trailed 3-0 just 10 minutes into the game before McKay slammed the door on their opponents to allow her team to chip away at the lead and secure the victory.

The U13 AAA South Central Cubs have made their way to Chilliwack, British Columbia, and will be taking part in the Western Canadian Baseball Championships over the next few days.

Important preparation

The Manitoba Junior Hockey League season is still a few weeks away, but the Niverville Nighthawks are not waiting, they've started their camp today, which will run through the weekend, and players, as well as staff, are excited to be back.

For now and the future

"I can't believe we're heading back into a rink," Nighthawks general manager Mike McAulay says with a laugh, "but we're excited to be back. With our returning players, there's a lot of buzz, a lot of excitement about the upcoming season."

Say this about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as they hit the halfway mark of their 2025 Canadian Football League season:

They have certainly developed a flair for the dramatic — and, yes, sometimes unnecessarily — so much so that the final moments of their games could bring a stone-cold corpse to life again.

The Blue Bombers improved to 5-4 with another all-over-the-map 30-27 victory over the Ottawa RedBlacks in front of another capacity Princess Auto Stadium crowd of 32,343 that certainly felt much more difficult than it needed to be by the night’s end.

While the start of the day didn't go as planned, the U15 AAA Central Energy showed a lot of heart, battling to win their second game of the day, giving the group a strong 3-1 record after day two of nationals being held in Winkler and Morden.

No quit in the group