July 4, 2019

By Dan Khavkin

Okotoks Dawgs

Okotoks, AB - The Okotoks Dawgs Baseball Organization are proud to announce the following selections for the inaugural 2019 WCBL All-Star game set for July 7 inside RE/MAX Field in Edmonton, Alta.

The following coaches, position players and pitchers are set to represent the WCBL leading 22-6 Okotoks Dawgs:

Coaches

Head Coach-Mitch Schmidt (Bellevue Univ., NAIA)

Assistant Coach-Dave Robb (Mesa Junior College, NJCAA)

Players

Infield - Jaxson Valcke (UBC)

• .447 Batting AVG

• One Home Run

• 18 RBIs.

• 42-94 AB

Infield - Liam Rihela (Thompson Rivers University)

• .300 Batting AVG

• 3 Home Runs

• 18 RBIs

• 27-90 AB

Infield - Richard Mascarenas (Oregon State University, NCAA)

• .388 Batting AVG

• 2 Home Runs,

• 9 RBI

• 31-80 AB

Outfield - Tristan Peters (Chandler-Gilbert, NJCAA)

• .452 Batting Average (Leader)

• 7 Home Runs

• 27 RBI

• 57-126 AB

Outfield - Davis Todosichuk (Okanagan College, CCBC)

• .329 Batting Average

• 1 Home Run

• 9 RBI

• 23-70 AB

Pitcher - Andrew Yates (Indiana Southeast, NAIA)

• 12 Appearances

• 2-0 Record

• 12. IP

• 13 Strikeouts

• 1.45 ERA

"All of our All-Stars are deserving student-athletes who showed their exceptional abilities on the field so far during the 2019 year. We look forward to seeing them show the high quality of play they will entertain us this Sunday in Edmonton. Congratulations to all of them!" said WCBL commissioner Kevin Kvame.

The All-Star game will feature a home-run derby at 2:05 p.m., before the East vs. West game, which is set for 4:05.