Congrats to
@chach_99
The youngster signed with the
@EdmProspects
today!
The Camrose ballplayer spent time with
@ArmenaRoyals
from 2014-2016 and again in 2018 including some time on the hill. Charchun is currently with
@cloudbaseball
for the upcoming school year.
Congrats to
@Rosalindsports
own
@SteveEnright
on taking home some hardware at the
@ACAC_Sport
Awards.
Coach Enright takes home the hardware in his first season as head coach of the 20-4 and top 10 nationally ranked,
@UofA_AugVikings
Women’s Volleyball team.
A spirited slugfest between
@edmontonexpos
and
@TofieldBraves
on Thursday night. Expos RF Yan Rodriguez Morales would hit two home runs, his second one came with a message for the Braves.
F/7 R H E
TOF 14 16 4
EDM 16 9 0
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2019 PBL ALL STARS
Back (L-R): Carter McDonald, Grayden Guntrip, Zach Bailey, Adam Pahl, Colton Craig, Matt Andreassen, Ian Sherbaniuk, David Ritz
Front (L-R): Chase Leslie, Randall Ziegler, Sheldon Peterson, Shaye Yoder, Luke Ryan, Cal Zimmer, Ray Lehman
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**PBL Profile**
We couldn't think of anyone better to start the PBL Profiles off with than the man responsible for the website itself, Jason Buzzell (
@buzzilinear
).
Here is the interview with Jason;
#PowerlineLeague
A lifetime of baseball.
2018 Reg Zimmer with
@CRoadrunners
1978 Reg Zimmer with
@HoldenBlueJays
In '78 Zimmer (back, far left) was a part of the 4th place Blue Jays finishing behind the 3rd place Roadrunners, 2nd place Ryley Rebels and 1st place Bardo A's
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“Wop May drops a baseball from a plane to open 1919 season at Diamond Park”
Diamond Park was the 1,500 seat home to the Edmonton Eskimos baseball team in 1919.
There is still a shale field where Diamond Park used to stand (98 Ave & 100 St)
#Yeg
#AlbertaBaseball
#Baseball
Wheaties win league awards!! Congrats to
#19
Tanner Eno on being voted 1st team allstar and
#20
Kobe Charchun on recieving league Rookie of the Year and 2nd team allstar. Neajbhl president Keith Wilkinson on hand to present the awards.
#kwk
#awards
"The first time I played against him, he was catching with no shin pads or chest protector."
Long time Bardo A's player/manager Mike LeClaire (
@MikeLeClaire25
) talks about his 21 year career in PBL.
#PowerlineLeague
The Powerline Baseball League All Stars cruise to a 15-8 win over the Battle River Baseball League All Stars.
@ArmenaRoyals
Luke Ryan named the game MVP going 3 for 4 with two doubles, 4 RBI and 3 R.
#PowerlineLeague
#PBLvsBRBL
Congrats to
@edmontonexpos
Anthony Qaqish who was named to the NCABL All Star Game as a pitcher.
Qaqish is 1-0 with a save, 5.94 ERA, 14 K over 17.2 IP and is hitting .414 with 7 RBI for the
@NCABL_EdmAs
The NCABL All Star Game is July 25 at Re/Max Field.
Congratulations to the 2021 PBL Pennant winning
@VegrevilleJays
This year's pennant is the franchises first as a team from Vegreville and third (2013, 2019, 2021) since re-joining the PBL in 2010.
#PowerlineLeague
"It’s amazing how many people across Alberta and Saskatchewan know about and even follow the PBL."
President Steve Hrabec (
@SHrabec
) takes the time to answer some questions about his new role and the upcoming 2020 PBL Season.
#PowerlineLeague
A tremendous look back at the the work, effort and passion that
@buzzilinear
put into the Powerline Baseball League, even when he was no longer living in the country.
Thanks Buzzell for everything!
'End of an era'
#PowerlineLeague
⚾️2021 PBL Schedule Release⚾️
Six teams will play an eight game regular season before playoffs.
First game is scheduled for June 13
@TofieldBraves
at
@CRoadrunners
with the regular season scheduled to end on July 14.
'21 Schedule 👉
PBL Profile: Stephen Hrabec
@VegrevilleJays
"He shut every one of us up when he hit a first-pitch curveball over the right-field fence. I will never forget that moment. Pat was the man. I’ll never forget that and we’ll never forget him"
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New spacious dugouts will be built in Tofield along with more field upgrades throughout the Tofield Sports Grounds area.
Great to see a small town provide upgrades to their baseball facilities.
#Alberta
#Tofield
“I think that the community is extremely proud of everything that the Vikings have accomplished” - David Ritz,
@UofA_AugVikings
Hockey Alumni President and current
@ArmenaRoyals
talks about saving the
@ACAC_Sport
hockey program in Camrose.
#Camrose
Fantastic to see smaller communities coming together to get a baseball team on the field.
The Wolverines will have a great coach in
#PowerlineLeague
legend Don Oslund.
#TBT
to May 23, 1933 when the first recorded PBL game was played. Ketchamoot defeated Kingman 3-1.
The PBL consisted of Bardo, Ketchamoot, Kingman and Round Hill at the time.
Below is the oldest known picture of a PBL team, the 1933 Round Hill ball club.
#PowerlineLeague
Today
@BaseballAlberta
launched their Alberta Girls Baseball website.
Tara Sliwkanich is the province’s Girls/Women's Baseball Program Director. Tara spent time with the
@LeducMilleteers
in ‘13.
Great to see the game continue to grow!
#PowerlineLeague
New dugouts are up in Tofield and will be some of the most spacious dugouts in the league.
Great to see the Town of Tofield continue to support local baseball!
#PowerlineLeague
The newest member of the
@wcbleague
has their name and a target of 2021 as their inaugural season.
From
@RedDeerAdvocate
:
"WCBL expansion Sylvan Lake Gulls launch branding and unveil new logo"
"One of my favourite memories from (Bardo Sports Day) is when Dustin Solberg (Ryley Rebels) got fireworks and shot them off whenever Ryan Stauffer (Bardo Athletics) did anything."
Corey Epp is our next PBL Profile...he's seen/been a part of some stuff.
Congratulations to the Edmonton Expos on becoming the ninth
#PowerlineLeague
franchise.
The Expos will play out of John Fry Park and Ermineskin Ball Diamond in 2018.
The 2018 season set to begin May 12.
#Baseball
#Alberta
#yeg
Long after Milt's playing days were done, he was still travelling to ball games to support the
@VegrevilleJays
In 2017 he was following the Jays on the road in Rosalind and in 2019 he was again taking in Jays road games, this time in Armena.
Sad news as long time PBLer & local baseball supporter Milt Malick passed away recently. Many of you have seen and probably talked to Milt at a field at some point as he had a lifelong passion for baseball.
Our condolences to Milt's family.
Congrats to
@ArmenaRoyals
@dvarga18
on his new role with
@UofA_AugVikings
"Varga is also more than prepared for the year ahead. He knows the Vikings volleyball team well, having played with them for many years before becoming assistant coach in 2017."
The PBL is excited to welcome the
@BRBL_Rivals
this season.
The league executive agreed on a 15 game regular season schedule with the top four teams qualifying for playoffs. The season will begin on Saturday, May 14th.
#powerlineleague
Our next PBL Profile features former Tofield Laker, Powerline Brewer and current Battle River A's player Neil Anderson.
"Do you think you can find the strike zone again?” I thought, “why not?" Ha, I couldn’t. I became known for hitting batters.
A handful of Alberta girls are playing for
@BaseballCANWNT
Kelsey Lalor (Red Deer)
Madison Willan (Edmonton)
Ellie Jespersen and Carrie Jespersen (Spruce Grove)
Katlyn Ross (Red Cliff)
Good luck ladies!
#SupportAlbertaBaseball
📰
#WNTWorldQualifier
: Women's World Qualifier: Offensive outburst backs Schroder in win over Dominican Republic
📰
#WNTWorldQualifier
: Équipe féminine : victoire contre la République dominicaine
EN:
FR:
Final
BRBL - 10
PBL - 8
Congrats to the Battle River Baseball League for winning the 2019 Harry Andreassen All Star Challenge.
@BullsVeteran
P Zeke Leuke earns the 2019 Doug Wolbeck Memorial Award
#PowerlineLeague
The Lacombe Lions Baseball Tournament was one of the most prestigious amateur baseball tournaments in Western Canada.
Here is a quick overview of the tournament during it's time from 1950-1988. There are plenty of stories about this tournament to dig up.
#baseball
#alberta
This is the first completed PBL game in 677 days (August 6, 2019).
The first game for the Braves in 699 days (July 15, 2019).
The first game for the Roadrunners in 703 days (July 11, 2019).
Welcome back baseball, we’ve all missed you.
#PowerlineLeague
@DarcyEskra1
@DKelndorfer
1984 Killam Braves
Back L-R: Kim Freadrich, Mike Broth, Brent Child, Bill Peters, Bruce Kelndorfer, Mike Kueber
Front L-R: Bob Gabruck, Frank Kueber, Dean Kueber, **GREG KUEBER**, Rod Lewis.
The next PBL Profile features current
@TofieldBraves
and longtime Bardo Athletics player
@NeufeldCraig
On the Bardo A's: "It was truly a family out there and some of my fondest memories of baseball came from after the games."
#PowerlineLeague
Here is a final look at the 2019 Powerline Baseball League All Stars who will take on the Battle River Baseball League All Stars on Sunday August 11.
First pitch for the Harry Andreassen All Star Challenge is set for 1:00pm in Camrose.
#PowerlineLeague
CJHL playoff action with a PBL connection.
@TofieldBraves
Josh McDonald, Dustin Huebert and the
@ShParkKnights
take on the Fort Saskatchewan Hawks in the first round.
Feb 14 - at Jubilee Arena (8pm)
Feb 18 - at Sherwood Park Arena (8:30pm)
Feb 19 - at Jubilee Arena (8:30pm)
The Armena Royals are your 2019 PBL Champions!
Zenan Sherbaniuk takes the third pitch of the inning deep over the left field fence for a walk off win.
F/6
Holden Blue Jays - 1
Armena Royals - 11
#PBLPlayoffs
Central Alberta’s newest
@wcbleague
team,
@SylvanLakegulls
, are set to hit the field June 11, 2021. Mark the calendars for a day trip to
@SylvanLake_AB
!
Other notes:
• player/coach announcements coming in October
• sod being laid by the end of Sept as construction progresses
Ace Kyle Muzechka of the
@HoldenBlueJays
takes the ball for the Sherwood Park A’s in game two of the NCABL Championship Series against the Edmonton Blackhawks.
A’s won game one 7-6 in 10 innings and lead the beat of 3 series 1-0.
#PowerlineLeague
This afternoon
@HoldenBlueJays
pitcher Kyle Muzechka will go for the sweep of the Westlock Red Lions as he will be on the mound for the
@athletics_sp
A’s were victorious in game one yesterday with a 24-3 win.
#PowerlineLeague
The
@VegrevilleJays
are officially happening in 2020. The Jays will be playing at the Riverview Ballpark which features the St Joseph's General Hospital in the skyline.
Here is a recap of the PBL Spring meeting:
#PowerlineLeague
Sherwood Park baseball is back on the field and it appears baseball is close in St Albert.
Great to see kids starting to get back on the field with the Return To Train guidelines in place!
#baseball
@spmba18uaaa
have hit the field and are kicking off our return to train programming! 6 feet apart is no problem at the beautiful CP9 Field.
Welcome back baseball ⚾️ we missed you.
PBL Franchises: 1980 - 2018
This week we take a quick look at almost forty years worth of teams that have made up the Powerline Baseball League. Pictured are the
@beaumontangels
who were in the league from 2013 until the end of 2016.
#PowerilneLeague
The Start of the Powerline Baseball League
School districts, tournaments, picnics, farmers, coal miners and railroad workers all combined their love of baseball to build the foundation of our current Powerline Baseball League.
#PowerlineLeague
Congratulations to The Rivals who walked off Rosalind in the 9th to win the PBL Championship.
@BRBL_Rivals
6
@Rosalindsports
5
(The Rivals win the best-of-three series 2-0).
Congratulations to every player, volunteer and donor who was a part of this event. A tremendous amount of admiration for everyone who helped exceed their goals for cancer research.
JONES: Emotional moment highlights completion of World's Longest Game
The hard nosed, old school baseball player who was as well known for his bear hugs and laughs as he was for his toughness and passion for the game of baseball, was gone less than a month later.
A Great Game, His Last Game
#BellLetsTalk
Plenty of Alberta teams have a great shot at some Western and National gold in the next few weeks.
Fantastic to see smaller associations like Castor, Innisfail, Strathmore in the fold.
And SAMBA never ceases to amaze with the quality of their programs.
Support local baseball!
We searched through the internet/social media, here are the Alberta reps for the upcoming Western and National Championships. Hopefully we didn't miss anyone.
Good luck to all the teams representing
#Alberta
Last night, teams met online to discuss the upcoming season.
Here is a recap of what was discussed during the 2020 PBL Spring Meeting:
** The PBL agreed to continue to follow
@BaseballAlberta
direction as it relates to Covid-19.
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The district of Bardo had organized baseball for 113 years.
We tried to highlight some of that history in our work in progress Bardo History page.
#PowerlineLeague
Highlight Zone:
@SherwoodParkPBL
score two runs on an infield single to close out the scoring with runs two and three on the night.
The first run came on a solo home run from Kyle Breisbois into the forest beyond the LF fence.
StatCast distance - 328’
#PowerlineLeague
Sad news as long time PBLer & local baseball supporter Milt Malick passed away recently. Many of you have seen and probably talked to Milt at a field at some point as he had a lifelong passion for baseball.
Our condolences to Milt's family.
Here is a list of some senior men’s baseball leagues from across Alberta and their 2020 season status:
PBL🚫
BRBL🚫
Sunburst🚫
FMBA✅ began 7/1
NCABL✅ begins 7/15
AWCBA🚫
Wheatbelt🚫
NSRBL✅ began 7/5 (Lloydminster+ SK)
FVBL🚫 (Oyen+SK)
Chinook Twilight🚫
Congratulations to the 2019 Pennant winning
@HoldenBlueJays
on a tremendous regular season.
Playoffs for the Jays will begin on Thursday July 18 against the Wild Card winner.
#PowerlineLeague
The Pride Of Bardo
Sixty years involved in baseball, the first Twilight Provincials, the first Kindersley Twilight tournaments & decades in the PBL - here are a couple stories about Lefty Stauffer.
#Baseball
#PowerlineLeague
The PBL Meeting is about to get started!
As the Edmonton Expos & Camrose Axemen declared they would not enter the league, will the PBL push through with a 5 team league, or look to expand to a new market for that 6th team?
The executive will decide this and much more tonight!
The final out of the game one win by the
@ArmenaRoyals
Royals closer Doug Morris would get Allen Ziegler to pop up to second baseman David Ritz with the tying run standing 90’ away at third base.
#PBLPlayoffs
We hope everyone had a great
#FathersDay
celebrating the guy who has, for a lot of us, been a bullpen catcher, fungo hitter and BP pitcher in our baseball careers.
In salute of those baseball dads, here is a combined Batman joke + dad joke + baseball joke.
#PowerlineLeague
Upcoming PBL Website Features:
In the New Year, we hope to have the ability to incorporate more individual player stories and team stories into our website content for a more in-depth look at our league.
#PowerlineLeague
After the Baseball Alberta announcement this afternoon, the PBL has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 season.
You can read President Hrabec’s statement here:
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#TBT
to the 2010 Ryley Centennial.
The weekend included a Ryley Rebels alumni game which saw vintage Rebels players break out their vintage uniforms from as early as the 1950s.
From the old wool uniforms to the Astros inspired to a Viking Shamrock uniform.
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