The Southeast Legacy midget AAA Twins recently concluded tryouts and are ready to start practicing for the upcoming baseball season.
Coach Blaine Kovach said there were 16 youth that participated in the tryouts.
“We were expecting a few more people to come out … but with the kids that did come out we did manage to pull a team together of 15 kids,” he said.
The team consists of players from the southeast region and there are six athletes from Estevan on the team. From the players that made the team, Kovach believes, they already have the team chemistry that is needed to have a successful season.
“It’s a great group of kids that we have picked for the team and they already know each other very well and they`ve already started to gel together,” Kovach said. “They’re all really good and their talent level is there,” he said
Even though the Twins struggled last year, Kovach believes the team will have a better season this year.
“I really think with the kids that we have, we can make a push for it as long as they’re having a good time. They’re going to learn a lot from me (and the coaching staff) this year,” he said.
The Twins started practice this week and will continue to practice at least twice a week until their first game on May 2.
Kovach expects this team to make the playoffs, and hopefully, make westerns or nationals and get the community “hyped” with the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer games approaching.
“It’d be nice to see the community come out and support this team,” he said. “We want to get as much hype as we can and … it’s a local team made up of local kids.”
