Kindersley Stallions back on baseball mound
By Jordan Parker
The NSRBL Kindersley Stallions are set to return to baseball action on May 24. The game was scheduled for May 19, but was postponed due to rain.
Defending league champions, they’ll have something to prove as they play the Standard Hill Lakers away from home.
“We’re excited for our first game back, and it’ll be a league championship rematch, which is cool,” said Stallions player Kyle Donaldson.
“They’re just a solid team all the way through, and one of their pitchers is really great. We’ll be watching for him.”
That said, Donaldson is also confident in the Stallions lineup for this year.
“We have a great hitting lineup, and we can be threats at the plate. The team has to make sure we have no mental breaks,” he said.
The Town of Kindersley is coming off the big announcement that they’d be holding the provincials this year. It will be the weekend of August 5-7, 2022, and the division has yet to be announced.
“It’s just a really exciting thing. We’ve debated a bid for it the last few years, and we’re so excited to host,” said Donaldson. “We’ll get to show off Kindersley, our ball diamonds, and there’s a lot of energy around it.”
He said they’re hoping to do some damage as a team while playing this year, and winning the league gave them the confidence to put a hosting bid in.
“We have a good ball team, and we can compete. We felt we could connect with people, put in the work, and put on a good tournament,” he said.
Donaldson, Austin Jamieson, JD Knutson, and Blake Robertson run the Stallions baseball committee and wanted to get this done for the town.
“We can’t wait to get volunteers and sponsors and get things going. It’s a great opportunity for people to get into baseball,” he said.
“The Youth World Championship and a few Canada Cups have been here before, and it’s always good for the whole community. It’s a good thing for the whole town.”
As for the season this year, Donaldson sees a team that could bring it all home again.
“We’ve got a really good team and have most of the core group back. We are ready to compete and defend the title. That’s what the goal is,” he said.
“We want to repeat, and we have some new faces who can help us do it. We’re pretty pumped.”
Kyle Donaldson
File Photo by Kate Winquist
