Busy on the diamonds as minor ball swings into gear

Rob McKinley May 15, 2023 7:58 AM
Lac La Biche Dodgers U9 Team 1 coach Cheryl Kuraitis gives some batting pointers to player Iggy Sarda-Nowak during Thursday's game.▲
Lac La Biche batter Caleb Theroux keeps an eye on the ball as it passes just out of the strike zone during last Thursday's U18 game between the Dodgers and St. Paul.▲
Lac La Biche Dodgers U9 Team 2 coach Rick Flumian pitches to Team 1 batter Athena Twigge during Thursday's Dodgers vs. Dodgers game.▲
St. Paul's Wade Robinson slides under the tag of Dodgers' third baseman Callum McKinley. St. Paul won the U18 season-opener.▲
Lac La Biche Dodgers' Dylan McDonald makes a dusty play at third during the U18 home game against St. Paul last Thursday. St. Paul won the season-opener.▲
Lac La Biche Dodgers U9 Team 2 coach Rick Flumian pitches to Team 1 batter Ava Menard during Thursday's Dodgers vs. Dodgers game.▲
Lac La Biche U13 Dodgers pitcher Corbin Downes gets into the 'starfish' shape as he delivers a pitch during his team's Thursday night match against St. Paul. ▲

LAC LA BICHE - Lac La Biche minor baseball teams were on the diamonds last week for early season games in the Lakeland Minor Ball League.

While both the U13 Dodgers and the U18 Dodgers lost their home-openers to visiting St. Paul teams, it was a win-win for Lac La Biche's U9 players as the two home teams faced each other in the first game of the season.

"Of course Lac La Biche won," joked Lac La Biche U9 Team 1 coach Cheryl Kuraitis. 

Both the Lac La Biche Team 1 and Team 2 groups will play teams from Saddle Lake, St. Paul, Bonnyville, Cold Lake and Pierceland in their league.

Lac La Biche and Plamondon teams

Lac La Biche has two teams in the U9, U11 and U13 divisions, and one U18 Lac La Biche Dodgers team. There is no U15 Lac La Biche team this season. The Plamondon Mustangs have teams in the U11, U13 and U15 divisions of the league.

The season runs through the summer months, with regular games played on Thursday nights.

 

 

 

 

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