Tuesday was supposed to be the Saskatchewan Premier Midget AA Baseball League regular season finale for the North Battleford Beavers.
Instead, Mother Nature had other ideas.
Due to inclement conditions earlier in the week, the Beavers game at home against the Macklin Lakers was cancelled and will not be made up.
“It's pretty unfortunate,” Beavers coach Mark Hudec said. “We've been trying to get this game in with Macklin for awhile now and it just seems like the weather doesn't want to cooperate with us.
“Even though it was nice out on Tuesday night, the field at Beaver Lions Stadium wasn't in the best shape and the city didn't want to mess any of that up.”
The Beavers, who finished the SPBL regular season with a league best 17-2-3 mark, will look to continue their solid play this weekend as the league hosts their playoffs in Humboldt.
“We're hoping the weather's good there,” Hudec said. “They've been hit hard by rain over the last few days so hopefully that hasn't messed things around too much.”
The playoffs will be used as a tune-up for the provincial Midget AA Tier I championships, which the Beavers will host from July 22-24.
“That's what we've been working towards all season,” Hudec said. “We want to be ready for that event and we've been getting better and better as the year has gone on.
“If we do more of the same this weekend in Humboldt, I think we will be in good shape for the provincials.”
The Beavers will be joined at the provincials by the Humboldt Dodgers, Lumsden Cubs, Moose Jaw Canucks, Regina Blue Jays and Regina Buffalos.
Their first game of the tournament will be at 6 p.m. on July 22 against the Blue Jays at Beaver Lions Stadium.
They will then face the Cubs and Dodgers on July 23 to wrap up their round-robin play. The top four teams in the standings will advance to the playoffs on July 24, with the finals taking place at 3 p.m.
