Warriors Baseball

The Warriors baseball teams play in the NCABL with their home games played at Spartan Park. League play is typically May to June with Provincial, Western or National competition in July and August.

Contact:
Midget -  Leonard Meyer: 780-474-2147 / 964-2145
Senior Mens - John Yaremkowych: 780-471-2529 
Senior Mens - Ken Belrose: 780-476-7371
 

Contact: John Yaremkowych: 780-471-2529 - jyaremkowych@shaw.ca

Thanks to the Warriors once again for all their support. It goes without saying that volunteers like you is what it takes to keep an organization going as well as yours.

Although a couple of losses early in the season left us out of the playoffs we still consider it a successful year. The team’s record was 10 – 7 – 1 which had us end the season in fifth place out of tens teams. It was hard to have a winning record and be unable to take part in the playoffs but that’s how the ball bounces.

We entered Provincials with the help of a few of the Warriors Men’s team - Ryan Petryshyn, Rob Horner and Ryan Kotlarchuk. Thanks to all three of you as we couldn’t have done it without you. In the past there has been a bit of rivalry between the two teams (Warriors – Athletics) but coming together to participate as a team in Provincials seems to have dissolved that feeling. It was nice to cheer you on in the playoffs!!

We also had the assistance of Scott and Real St. Jean from Waskatenau. Scott as a player and Real as an assistant coach….thanks to both you for a job well done!!

We did very well in Provincials, being the only team winning all three of our round robin games. Unfortunately the bats were a little cool for the semi-finals and we were defeated 2 – 0 by Peace River, who ended up being the Provincial winners and going on to compete in Nanaimo in the Westerns.

For the third consecutive year Mark Trela was voted in as the League MVP which is a NCABL first. Mark was invited by Peace River to participate in Western Canada Championship in Nanaimo, where they finished second.

Michael Yaremkowych and Roger Lukasik (Warriors) stepped to the plate this year by leading the league with a .529 batting average. Congratulations to all of you guys!

Special thanks to Danny St. Jacques, as a rookie coach, for all of his assistance, patience and double-doubles. Your help and camaraderie was sincerely appreciated.

Once again, thanks to all involved - players, fans, parents, grandparents, etc. I look forward to seeing the everyone at camp this winter and on the diamond for a new season.

2007 Season Summary - Senior Mens Baseball: Coach - Rob Horner

The Senior men's team started out once again on the right foot. The club ended up with a 3 win 0 loss record in preseason and ran up 7 straight wins to start their league schedule.

Unfortunately, the dreaded July came along and the club had a tough time keeping up the pace of May and June, they could only manage 2 wins out of the 5 league games in July. The team was able to pull it together at the right time however and win it's last to 2 games in August and qualify for the League Championship Series by finishing third in the league with a 13 win 5 loss record.

Timely Offence and strong pitching, which seem to be the teams expertise throughout the year, all of a sudden became a problem in the first two games of the League Championship Series and the club ended up dropping the first two games of the series. Playing for nothing but Warrior pride in the third game, the club was able to pull out a victory and spoil it for the competition who would have clinched the championship had they won the game.

The Senior men's warriors look forward to next year for another great summer of baseball in the North Central Alberta Baseball League. 

We had great season this year. We played in the top tier in our division right away. This proved to bring some new challenges. We had 5 new players this season, which gave us some new depth as a team. We had the potential to be a great team, characters were challenged. We at one time were called "The comeback team"

We were asked to Host Provincials finals, On Short Notice. We had one of the best weekends ever. Although the outcome was less then desired, we gave it our best and fell short. I would like thank Sue Zapf and all the parents of Edmonton Warriors Midget Team who helped in making this a very exciting and memorable season. With out you and your dedication this season would never went as well as it did. Many thanks to all who put in many hours time sweat and heart ache.

The video was made by Rich Hanak

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