ASSINIBOIA — An area baseball team, known as the Southern Aces, is based out of Assiniboia but includes players from Coronach, Fife Lake, Lafeleche, Gravelbourg, Kincaid and of course, Assiniboia based players.
The team plays in the U15AA Regina league and finished their regular season strong. League playoffs took place in Regina, in Tier 1, July 11-13.
Provincial competition is next with the Southern Aces heading to Unity to compete for a provincial title. Teams they are competing against are Swift Current, Battleford, Carnduff, Kindersley, Neilburg and Watrous.
Coaches for the season include Trevor VanDeSype, Zack Shelstad, Keaton Hilmer, William Grondin, and managed by Steph VanDeSype.
Two other Assiniboia teams will be part of Baseball Sask. Provincials, coached by Brian Ruthven.
The U11 team will compete in Melville July 18-20 along with Team 1 – Melville Millionaires Team 5 – Muenster Red Sox Team 2 – Assiniboia Southern Aces -Team 6 – Rosetown Angels Team 3 – Maidstone Lakers Team 7 – Edam Blue Sox Team 4 – Battleford Beavers Team 8 – East Central Expos Team 9 – Turtleford Tigers, in a nine-team provincial event.
The Assiniboia Aces U13 team will complete in Estevan in an 8-team tournament July 25-27. They are competing for a provincial title against Lumsden Cubs, Muenster Ed Sox, Sask.atoon Blue Jay, Battleford Beavers, Edam Blue Sox, Sask.. East Diamond Jaxx and Prince Albert Royals.
Stay tuned to the Assiniboia Times for updates on this team’s July schedule and results
