Richmound Rockets player and manager Jamie Duchscherer is excited to have the Rockets playing a game in Medicine Hat on Friday night at Athletic Park. (Ross Lavigne/CHAT News)

By Jesse Gill

Sask-Alta Baseball League action returns to Medicine Hat’s Athletic Park for first time since 2019

Jun 7, 2024 | 5:14 PM

Sask-Alta Baseball League action returns to Athletic Park Friday night for the first time since 2019.

The league has featured a number of teams from the Medicine Hat area on both sides of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border since it started in 1951, but hasn’t had a team play in the city since the Medicine Hat Vipers folded in 2019.

The Richmound Rockets are the defending Sask-Alta champions and an orignal team in the league.

Over half of the Rockets 20 man roster lives in Medicine Hat.

Jamie Duchscherer, who manages and plays for the Rockets said this made the decision to host a game in the city easy.

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“For this season, we’re just going to do the one this year. That’s the only availability Athletic and Jefferies had,” Duchscherer said.

“I think going forward, maybe split the home games between Richmound and Medicine Hat here because we have quite a few guys coming out of Medicine Hat, and it’s good to support them too,” he added.

“Sask-Alta league, I’m pretty proud of it, and we’ll keep the Richmound Rockets going, we’re excited to be playing on the Mavericks field tonight.”

The Rockets have started the season with a win and two loses, while their opponents Friday night the Climax Cardinals won their only other game played this season on Thursday night over the Maple Creek Mohawks 12-5.

The game is free to attend, and under the lights at Athletic Park Friday, June 7 starting at 8 p.m.