By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 31, 2024.
sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat Mavericks fans can start planning out the summer at Athletic Park. The Western Canadian Baseball League unveiled the schedule for the 2025 season Wednesday afternoon. All eyes of the WCBL will be on Medicine Hat for opening night on May 28, as they’ll host the defending champion Okotoks Dawgs for a Wednesday-night contest. The opening week slate will continue the next night with the Mavs hosting the Moose Jaw Miller Express. Their first road game will be May 30 at Swift Current against the 57’s. Medicine Hat’s first rematch with the Saskatoon Berries, who eliminated the Mavs in the first round of the 2024 playoffs, will be June 10-11 at Saskatoon. The Berries will bounce into Medicine Hat on June 19-20. Other schedule notables: The Mavs will be at Regina on June 15, facing the Red Sox in Father’s Day action. They’ll also be on the road for Canada Day, facing the Sylvan Lake Gulls. The WCBL all-star game is set for July 19 at Okotoks’ Seaman Stadium. There are 336 total games scheduled for the 2025 regular season from May through August, with each WCBL club set to play 56 games this coming summer. The playoffs will get underway Aug. 6. 11