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Lucas Punkari/Daily Herald Prince Albert Royals shortstop Brady Robin prepares to make a throw during Wednesday’s road game against the North Battleford Beavers.
As has been the case throughout the 2021 Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League AA season, the Prince Albert Under-18 Royals bats were humming on Wednesday night.
The Royals improved to record to 14-7-1 on the campaign thanks to 10-3 and 11-3 triumphs over the host North Battleford Beavers at Beaver Lions Stadium.
“I think we just got on the bats early and took control of the game,” Royals player Jack Mortimer said. “We made them play up to our level and we didn’t play down to theirs.”
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Daily Herald File Photo Brady Robin, seen here during a game at Andy Zwack Field earlier this season, had seven strikeouts for the Prince Albert Royals this weekend.
As the Prince Albert Under-18 Royals gear up for their final four games of the 2021 Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League AA regular season, they will do after putting together one of their best offensive outputs of the year.
After dropping the first half of a Saturday afternoon doubleheader by a score of 9-8 to the White Butte Broncos, the Royals cruised to a 20-8 triumph in their second game in Balgonie, which improved their record to 12-7-1 and put them in sixth place in the league standings.
The presentations from all the city departments have now wrapped up. The feeling from council is they should meet again Thursday night for some final discussions, as they consider whether to go ahead with the administration proposal of a one percent property tax increase for 2021, or adjust it up or down. That deliberation session is scheduled to begin at 6:20 p.m. Thursday evening, and is again open to the public on ZOOM. It will be held right after council meets for an in-camera matter. The latest three-hour-long budget session covered a lot of ground. One discussion right at the start was a holdover from Monday’s discussion: whether money could be found for the “unfunded” additional CSO position so it could be included in the 2021 budget.