As minor ball season in Meadow Lake swings into action for another year, the local diamonds have been a busy destination with excitement palpable for the spring 2024 season.
President of Meadow Lake Minor Ball, Regan Beck said they’ve seen a great turnout again this year, only continuing to build on a milestone year for ball registrations in 2023.
“We’re still up around 300 kids this year and probably when it all shakes down, we’ll be in that 350-ish range which will be right around the new high we experienced last year, so we’re very happy with the turnout,” he said.
“We have teams in all divisions of baseball and softball this year, which is always nice to see, so we’re very excited about the season.”
Beck added that the growth in participation in kids coming out to play ball has been impressive considering where the program was a decade ago.
“It wasn’t that long ago we didn’t have much in the way of softball and now we have softball teams in U11, U13, [and] U17, multiples in the U11s and we have a provincial team in three of those divisions that go each year and are competitive, so it’s definitely a big jump on the softball side [in particular].”
As local ball teams from Learn to Play to 18U on the baseball end and U17 in softball, continue to get underway over the next week – following a few early-season delays due to some rainy conditions – Meadow Lake Minor Ball is also looking ahead to hosting a couple of key tournaments this year.
Among the events of note this season will be the U11 B North Softball Provincials July 5-7, and the 13U AA baseball Provincials July 26-28.
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