Carseland baseball returns

Justin Seward

Times Reporter

 

Carseland is looking to get baseball back on the map and engage the community’s youths ages three to 15 in the sport this coming spring.
The players would form t-ball, coach toss, mosquito, peewee and bantam teams, which would join a league with Milo, Champion and Vulcan.
“We did notice, last year during the summer months that kids weren’t busy as they should’ve been,” said Ian Reiman, Minor Baseball director.
“If we can keep them on the ball diamond and keep them engaged in minor sports, that’s a thing we’d like to do.”
He would like to see the program get going fairly quickly in Carseland with the long-term goals such as sending teams to bigger-scaled tournaments.
“I’d like to see, within three years, a team that we could enter into Baseball Alberta and have a competitive team at their provincials,” he said.
Reiman wants to get the word out before Christmas, as the board wants to pursue promoting the game around the area more aggressively after the holidays, with the intention of utilizing the facilities to their utmost potential.
“We’ve got the best facilities I’ve ever seen,” said Reiman.
To start off the year, the plan is to host a tournament around the beginning of May and another one at the end of the month to offset registration and operational fees.
The fee will be around $50 to play ball for two months.
Registration has opened for players, while the association is looking for five dedicated volunteers to help run the five teams. More information is available through sports@carselandalberta.ca.