The Western Canada AA Baseball Championships, hosted by the St. Albert Minor Baseball Association, starts 9 a.m. Friday at Legion Memorial Park.
The tournament consists of teams from Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, plus St. Albert Cardinals Red, in the U18 midget, U15 bantam and U13 peewee divisions.
Game times are as follows.
U18 midget AA
Teams: St. Albert Cardinals Red (46-5-1 record; 2016 and 2015 Baseball Alberta midget AA Tier I champions; 2015 western silver medallists), Lacombe Dodgers (Alberta host), Kamloops (BC) River Dogs, North Battleford (SK) Beavers, Oak River (MB) Bearcats (2015 western gold medallists).
Friday
Oak Park vs. Lacombe 9 a.m.
St. Albert vs. North Battleford 12 noon
Kamloops vs. Lacombe 3 p.m.
St. Albert vs. Oak River 6 p.m.
Saturday
North Battleford vs. Kamloops 9 a.m.
Lacombe vs. St. Albert 12 noon
Oak River vs. Kamloops 3 p.m.
Lacombe vs. North Battleford 6 p.m.
Sunday
Kamloops vs. St. Albert 9 a.m.
North Battleford vs. Oak River 12 noon
Tiebreaker or final 3 p.m.
If tiebreaker, final 6 p.m.
U15 bantam AA
Teams: St. Albert Cardinals Red (15-9 record; Baseball Alberta Tier I semifinalists), Strathmore Reds (Alberta), Ridge Meadows (BC) Royals, Swift Current (SK) Indians, Portage (MB) Phillies (2015 western silver medallists)
Friday
St. Albert vs. Swift Current 9 a.m.
Ridge Meadows vs. Strathmore 12 noon
Portage vs. St. Albert 3 p.m.
Swift Current vs. Ridge Meadows 6 p.m.
Saturday
Portage vs. Strathmore 9 a.m.
St. Albert vs. Ridge Meadows 12 noon
Swift Current vs. Portage 3 p.m.
Strathmore vs. St. Albert 6 p.m.
Sunday
Ridge Meadows vs. Portage 9 a.m.
Strathmore vs. Swift Current 12 noon
Tiebreaker or final 3 p.m.
If tiebreaker, final 6 p.m.
U13 peewee AA
Teams: St. Albert Cardinals Red (14-8-1 record; Baseball Alberta Tier II semifinalists), Camrose Cougars (Alberta), Chilliwack (BC) Cougars, Prince Albert (SK) Royals, Winkler (MB) Diamond Dogs
Friday
Winkler vs. Prince Albert 9 a.m.
Camrose vs. St. Albert noon
Chilliwack vs. Prince Albert 3 p.m.
Camrose vs. Winkler 6 p.m.
Saturday
St. Albert vs. Chilliwack 9 a.m.
Prince Albert vs. Camrose noon
Winkler vs. Chilliwack 3 p.m.
Prince Albert vs. St. Albert 6 p.m.
Sunday
Chilliwack vs. Camrose 9 a.m.
St. Albert vs. Winkler 12 noon
Tiebreaker or final, 3 p.m.
If tiebreaker, final 6 p.m.
Visit www.stalbertbaseball.com or www.ballcharts.com/wcba for tournament results.
