EAST CENTRAL 鈥� Efforts are underway throughout Carrot River, Melfort, Prince Albert and Birch Hills to create a senior men鈥檚 baseball league.
鈥淲e kind of looked at the landscape and noticed there鈥檚 a lack of senior baseball in the central and north east region,鈥� said Adam Morrison, who is fronting the Saskatchewan Highway 3 Baseball League project.
鈥淢e and Lance Alexander, from Prince Albert Minor Baseball, got together and had some exhibition games, and we thought, you know what? It would be awesome if we could get a senior men鈥檚 league going back on this area.鈥�
As a result the two and started reaching out to teams throughout the area.
Morrison said that he feels after someone is over the age of 18, there鈥檚 nowhere to play competitively 鈥� and that鈥檚 something they want to change.
鈥淚t will still be a competitive league, I would compare it to senior hockey. Senior hockey is very successful in this part of the province, and we鈥檙e looking to put in something like that.鈥�
He said there are no official borders on the league, but they are hoping to keep it local with six to eight teams.
鈥淭his league is going to be a league for working Joes, and farmers and people going to school. We鈥檙e going to try and make it as local as possible and easily accessible for guys who only want to make a half-hour to an hour trip to play senior baseball.鈥�
Any teams wishing to submit an application to join this league may do so by emailing [email protected].
Applications will be accepted until mid-November, at which time they will schedule a league meeting to discuss the operations.
鈥淭he last time there was a senior baseball team in Birch Hills would have been the 鈥�80s,鈥� Morrison said.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 what we鈥檙e also trying to ignite in some of these communities as well, bringing back that baseball feel in spring and summer, and bringing the community together over sport again.鈥�
