Baseball has been an ongoing sport in La Ronge for more than a decade. (La Ronge and Area Minor Baseball/Facebook)

By Derek Cornet

Postponed

La Ronge and Area Minor Baseball waiting for permission to start season

Apr 28, 2020 | 1:46 PM

The currently postponed La Ronge and Area Minor Baseball season will be cancelled if it doesn’t start by the end of May.

That’s according to President Corey Borthwick, who said minor baseball operations have been suspended as he waits for further direction from Baseball Sask. The provincial government has included indoor and outdoor recreational facilities to reopen as part of phase four, which has yet to have a commencement date announced.

“I think they are just waiting for what the government will say in terms of phasing in,” Borthwick said about Baseball Sask. “We’re just waiting to see what the progress is with the re-opening.”

If the season would have began on May 4 as originally planned, Borthwick noted it would have been the start of the club’s 13^th or 14^th season. In previous years, he said the season began late due to weather conditions, but organizers have never had to cancel an entire season.

In 2019, there were more than 200 people involved with minor baseball in La Ronge between the ages of three to 18.

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“We’re thinking if we can’t start by the end of May there’s not much sense,” Borthwick said. “For what we do for La Ronge and Area Minor Baseball is a seven-week season, so it really won’t be worth it to start up for two weeks. To run it in July is hard because a lot of people just like their time on the lake, so they don’t want to commit to baseball or anything.”

There’s still a possibility the club will be able to form a team for provincial play in the later months of the summer. Borthwick mentioned there are players who are currently committed to play, so there could be some locals playing baseball in August.

Borthwick also has advice for those who want to continue enhancing their baseball skills despite the COVID-19 pandemic. He recommends playing catch with a family member or just simply hitting the ball.

“There’s tons of videos on YouTube they can check out,” Borthwick said. “There are so many great drills they can do and there are coaches who are doing stuff for players to do at home.”

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derek.cornet@jpbg.ca

Twitter: @saskjourno