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The Nipawin Giants are set to co-host the Highway 3 Baseball League showcase this weekend. (Nipawin Giants/Facebook)
Weekend showcase

Highway 3 Baseball League gears up for weekend showcase

Jul 8, 2023 | 8:00 AM

The Highway 3 Baseball League is preparing to host its showcase this weekend.

The league’s eight teams along with their supporters will flock to Nipawin and Tisdale to watch their teams play a pair of games against different opponents.

With teams spanning from Prince Albert to Hudson Bay, travel and interconference play was a concern when making the season schedule back in the spring. Now, with the showcase this weekend, teams will have the chance to see what competition is like in the other conference.

“We had two expansion teams this year – we split up into divisions of four just to keep travel down,” Adam Morrison explained, member of the league’s Board of Directors. “We still wanted to get cross-over games in, but we couldn’t really figure out a good schedule that would work for everyone. So what we decided to do was say ‘Hey, let’s get all the teams in one place’ – shorter drive for everyone, see new teams, and it’s a good way to get to other games in and see the other division.”

With how things are shaping up so far, Morrison said they’re expecting a good turnout in either community.

“Nipawin is a new team and from what I’ve seen online is they’ve been having really good crowds. And Tisdale, one of the original teams, they always get great crowds too,” he said.

Games in either community will get underway at 11:00 a.m. with the schedule as follows:

Tisdale – Burgess Field

11:00 – Tisdale Rangers vs Porcupine Plain Pirates

1:30 – Pasquia Angels vs Humboldt Dodgers

4:00 – Humboldt Dodgers vs Porcupine Plain Pirates

6:30 – Pasquia Angels vs Tisdale Rangers

Nipawin – Elks Park

11:00 – Birch Hills Brewers vs Nipawin Giants

1:30 – Hudson Bay Nationals vs Birch Hills Brewers

4:00 – Prince Albert Athletics vs Hudson Bay Nationals

6:30 – Nipawin Giants vs Prince Albert Athletics

loganc.lehmann@pattisonmedia.com

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