Wheatbelt Baseball League

Friday, July 22, 7:15 pm - Peace River Stampeders at Rycroft Rage (Rycroft Diamond)
Saturday, July 23, 1:00 pm - Dawson Creek Dodgers at County Brewers (Rycroft Diamond)
Tuesday, July 26, 7:15 pm - Rycroft Rage at Peace River Stampeders (Peace River Diamond)
Tuesday, July 26, 7:15 pm - Dawson Creek Dodgers at County Brewers (Rycroft Diamond)
Wednesday, July 27, 7:00 pm (PT) - County Brewers at Dawson Creek Dodgers (Dawson Creek Diamond)
Thursday, July 28, 7:15 pm - Peace River Stampeders at Rycroft Rage (Rycroft Diamond)

Could we possibly have any more rain this baseball season? The answer is probably yes, but let's hope we can get a few sunny days for some ball games. All the rained out games have been rescheduled in GameChanger. The All Star game scheduled for this weekend in Fairview has been replaced with many of the rescheduled games that need to be played in order to get the regular season in.

The league has 2 new teams this year - Dawson Creek and Manning. Unfortunately, Fort St. John is unable to field a team; hopefully they will be able to return next year. Opening night is Tuesday, May 17. The full schedule is posted on this site. Also, this year's All-Star Game and Skills contest is on Saturday, June 25 in Fairview. Come on out and watch some Peace Region baseball.

Congratulations to the 2015 Wheatbelt Champion Rycroft Rage.

Back from left to right: Darryl Smith, Dennis Sawyer, Dayne Waldner, Terence Bzowy, Riley Kasprow, Will White and Harold Northcott.
Front from left to right: Greg McLarty, Carsten Beanlands, Neil Magill, Morgan Zahara, Kurt Konopelka, Matt Helmkay and Kale Helegesen.

Missing: Ryan Argue and Ray Martens.

Grande Prairie beat Grimshaw in 3 games with scores of 9-4, 7-2, and 12-0.
Rycroft beat Peace River in 4 games with scores of 3-2, 5-4, 0-1, and 8-7 in extra innings.
So the finals will look like this:
Tuesday, August 11 - RR at GP
Thursday, August 13 - GP at RR
Tuesday, August 18 - RR at GP
Thursday, August 20 - GP at RR
Tuesday, August 25 - RR at GP
All games are at 7:00 pm at Rycroft as GP's diamond will not be ready until next season.

Game 1 - Thursday, July 16, 7:15 pm - Rycroft at Peace River
Game 1 - Saturday, July 18, 1:00 pm - Grimshaw at Grande Prairie in Rycroft
Game 2 - Saturday, July 18, 4:00 pm - Grimshaw at Grande Prairie in Rycroft
Game 2 - Tuesday, July 21, 7:15 pm - Peace River at Rycroft
Game 3 - Thursday, July 23, 7:15 pm - Rycroft at Peace River
Game 3 - Saturday, July 25, 1:00 pm - Grande Prairie at Grimshaw
Game 4 - Saturday, July 25, 4:00 pm - Grande Prairie at Grimshaw
Game 4 - Tuesday, July 28, 7:15 pm - Peace River at Rycroft

The last games were played on the weekend and the season standings are as follows with wins/losses/ties/points:
Grande Prairie 12/3/0/24
Peace River 11/4/0/22
Rycroft 8/7/0/16
Grimshaw 6/9/0/12
Fort St. John 5/10/0/10
Fairview 3/12/0/6

Well mother nature tried hard to spoil this year's event, but the players prevailed. Ray Martens won a Rawlings jacket in the pitching contest by scoring the highest total of points in target accuracy. Marc Krauss won a Rawlings bag by running the bases in the fastest time. And home town favorite, Ryan Stickel won a Mizuno bat by knocking 2 pitches out of the park while sitting at 9 outs in the home run derby.

The 2015 OT Sports All-Star Game is fast approaching. Each of the 6 teams is being represented by 5 players. The game kicks off at 6:00 p.m. Pacific time in Fort St. John on Saturday, June 13. The Skills Contest starts at 4:00 p.m. The representing players are as follows:

Grande Prairie Brewers - Kyle Bucknell, Luke Hoisington, Marc Krause, Jared Macaeceran, Logan Hall
Rycroft Rage - Riley Kasprow, Ryan Argue, Carsten Beanlands, Greg McLarty, Ray Martens
Grimshaw Huskies - Ty Wiebe, Brodie Peacock, Caleb Armstrong, Kyle Legouffe

Game 15 in the schedule between Rycroft and Peace River has been postponed until Thursday, June 4.