Blasts from the past from the glory days of the senior AAA St. Albert Tigers are returning to the diamond next weekend at the Canadian National Oldtimers Baseball Championships.
The Capital Tiger Padres were formed to compete in the 35-plus division at the oldtimers nationals next weekend in St. Albert, Edmonton, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Sherwood Park.
Some of the former Tigers on the roster are Troy Brady, Joe Carr, Jordy Cleland, Cory and Brad Harsch, Derek Horne, Doug Fystro, Brad Kuhn, Brad Letain, Kurtus Millar, Danny Mikitka, Mark Randall, Luc Riopel, Reg Rivard and David Ross.
About 90 per cent of the players on the team won national championships when the Tigers were a powerhouse at the provincial level.
“Our roster looks great on paper, but us old men haven’t played in a while,” Millar said.
At the recent Tigers Baseball Association tournament the Padres lost 5-1 to the Tigers and pulled off a 3-1 win over Parkland White Sox, a Sunburst Baseball League team going to next month’s senior AAA nationals.
“We did not too bad against the Tigers. We should have won, but we left nine guys in scoring position. Our timing was a little off at the plate for some guys too,” Millar said.
The Padres play the Regina Drifters, Brampton (Ont.) Pioneers and Fort Saskatchewan A's in pool C.
Visit www.cnobf2013.ca for tournament schedules.
The midget AAA St. Albert Cardinals advanced to the Tier I bracket in the provincial draw with three wins at the Baseball Alberta tournament in Okotoks.
The No. 5-ranked Cardinals needed extra innings to defeat the No. 10-ranked Fort McMurray Oil Giants 7-6 with a walkoff run and the No. 4-ranked Sherwood Park Dukes 3-2. They also mercied the No. 13-ranked Sherwood Park A’s 19-4.
Friday in pool A the Cardinals played the Dukes but the score was unavailable at press time.
Today the Cardinals face No. 8-ranked SEEBA 2 at 12 p.m. and the No. 1-ranked Calgary Dinos at 3 p.m.
The top two teams in pools A and B qualify for Sunday’s semifinals. The final is 6 p.m.
In the Norwest league the Cardinals won their last seven games to finish 18-10 for sixth place.
The mosquito AA Tier I provincials are underway for the St. Albert Red Cardinals in Okotoks.
The Cardinals were 14-2 going into the four-team draw.
Sherwood Park Gold, Okotoks Orange and Camrose Royal are also entered.
The bantam AAA St. Albert Cardinals wrap up league play today with a doubleheader at Legion Memorial Park.
The Cardinals (16-14) host SEEBA (21-6) at 10 a.m. and the Calgary Cubs (7-22) at 4 p.m.
Wednesday in Red Deer the Cardinals scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh for a come-from-behind 5-4 win over the Braves (13-18).
Anthony Owen led off the inning with a triple over the centre-fielder’s head. Ross Supruniuk followed with an RBI single. After Max Barclay-Ward delivered a sacrifice bunt to move the runner to second base, Nate Brisson stroked a hard single that advanced Supruniuk to third base. Dan Gerlach was then hit by a pitch to load the bases. The next batter, Ryley Fetter, hit a grounder that handcuffed the shortstop, resulting in the tying and winning runs.
Owen (3-3) also pitched two innings of shutout relief to record the win.
Next weekend the Cardinals are in Okotoks for the Tier I provincials and will play Okotoks Dawgs Black (29-2), SEEBA (21-6), Spruce Grove White Sox (18-13) and the Sherwood Park A’s (17-12).
The peewee AAA St. Albert Cardinals finish league play this weekend at Legion Memorial Park.
Today the Cardinals (22-7) host the Calgary Cubs (7-16) at 12 p.m. and the Fort McMurray Oil Giants (8-14) at 6 p.m. Sunday’s game times are 10 a.m. against the Oil Giants and 4 p.m. against the Cubs.
Next weekend the Cardinals will go for the gold at the Tier I provincials in Red Deer.
