The newly-formed Kindersley Cubs picked up their first win in their first FVBL game Monday night against the Kindersley Royals.
Crossroads staff
Three new teams to the Fertile Valley Baseball League (FVBL) this season picked up their first wins in their first games this past week.
The Oyen Eagles came out strong in their first game, earning an 8-2 win at home over the defending champion Kindersley Raiders on Tuesday.
The Outlook River Hawks defeated the Kindersley Klippers in a 16-14 offensive showdown on Monday and the Kindersley Cubs defeated the Kindersley Royals 8-3 in their regular season debut.
Cubs’ coach/manager/player Curtis Graham said that his team was excited to get their first win.
“We are definitely having some fun with this,” he said. “That’s really the main focus right now. Players have come from all over and some of the guys I don’t even really know that well, but we will see how it goes.”
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The team is a definite mixture of players with six coming over from last year’s Raiders; squad; four that played midget last season and a couple of guys that came out of retirement – Heath Thornton and Trey Hintz – who haven’t played for the last few years.
One area that Graham was a bit concerned about was the pitching.
“So far, it is surprisingly good. I didn’t really know what to expect,” he said. “But things should be alright.”
He added that a late addition for the team was Landon Simmons, who is from Medicine Hat, but is working in the area for the summer and he called up Graham to see if they needed a pitcher. He closed out Monday’s win and looked pretty good, according to Graham.
“We’ve won an exhibition game and our first regular season game and the guys are staying positive and having fun,” he said.
Other games from this past week: May 24 – Raiders 14 – Royals 3; May 25 – Stallions 11 vs Klippers 3; May 28 – Eatonia Wheat Kings 4 at Aces 14. May 29 – Kyle 9 in Beechy 6; Rosetown 7 in Kindersley vs the Stallions 12.
Wednesday, the Stallions were scheduled to visit the Oyen Eagles; the Outlook River Hawks were scheduled to visit the Royals and the Aces were set to visit the Cubs. Thursday, the Breakers were set to visit the Rosetown Angels.
Looking ahead
Looking ahead in FVBL action to what is a very busy schedule starting tonight, Friday, the Klippers are scheduled to host the Wheat Kings. Saturday, the Eagles are on the road for a double-header taking on Kyle, then the Aces in Elrose. Following those games, the Aces were set to take on the Yellow Jackets.
Sunday, the Eagles are scheduled to be in Outlook for a 1 p.m. start.
Monday, the Eagles will be in Kindersley to take on the Royals and the Wheat Kings will take on the Cubs, also in Kindersley. Tuesday, the Raiders will be in Rosetown, while the Klippers travel to Beechy. Wednesday, the Wheat Kings will take on the Royals in Kindersley; the Cubs will be in Outlook and the Wheat Kings will take on the hometown Stallions. Thursday, the Aces will head to Rosetown and the River Hawks will take on the Raiders in Kindersley.
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