August 15, 2008--The Sherwood Park Dukes’ defeat at the hands of the Okotoks Dawgs in the Western Major Baseball League West Division championship last weekend shouldn’t be viewed as a loss, but rather as an overwhelming victory for baseball in Strathcona County. In just their first season of existence in the collegiate-level summer league, the Dukes were successful on the field with a winning record and an exciting playoff run, and they also took baseball’s profile in the community to new heights, attracting hundreds of fans to each home game making a name for themselves around town.

August 8, 2008--The Sherwood Park Dukes fought their way through the Yellow Jackets’ nest and are ready to enter the Dawg pound. The Western Major Baseball League expansion franchise won its first-ever playoff series this past week, as the Dukes defeated the Saskatoon Yellow Jackets 3-1 in the best-of-five West Division semifinal round. The Okotoks Dawgs swept the Lethbridge Bulls 3-0 in the other semifinal series, setting up the division final showdown between the Dukes and Dawgs, which started Thursday and continues this weekend.

August 1, 2008--Sherwood Park Dukes general manager Richard Bourne will be sporting significantly less hair the next time his team hits the baseball diamond. The Dukes players have all shaved their heads into mohawks during their drive towards the Western Major Baseball League playoffs, which start tonight (Friday) against the Saskatoon Yellow Jackets at 7:05 p.m. Bourne promised the players during the team’s southern Alberta road trip last weekend that if they clinched home-field advantage for the first round of playoffs, he too would shed some locks and sport the mohawk. So when the Yellow Jackets lost to Moose Jaw on Tuesday night, clinching home field for the Dukes in the West Division semifinal series, Bourne had to face the razor.

July 29, 2008--Three wins and a loss by a single run this past weekend have put the Sherwood Park Dukes in an ideal position to kick off the post-season. The expansion Western Major Baseball League squad has had an exceptional inaugural regular season, sitting seven games above .500 at 24-17 heading into its final test before playoffs on Monday night in Swift Current against the Indians (score unavailable). As the second-place team in the WMBL West Division, the Dukes are slated to take on the Saskatoon Yellow Jackets in the first round of playoffs starting Friday.

July 25, 2008 --  While their teammates back in Sherwood Park have been preparing for the post-season, three members of the Dukes have been battling it out with the top university-aged baseball players on the planet. Three players for the Western Major Baseball League expansion Dukes -- Marshall MacDonald from Red Deer, Sheldon McDonald out of Spruce Grove and Kyle Prevett from Langley, B.C. -- are currently competing in the Czech Republic for Team Canada at the World University Baseball Championships.

July 25, 2008 --  The Sherwood Park Dukes got to play their final regular season home game completely safe in the knowledge that they would be back. The Dukes officially clinched a Western Major Baseball League post-season berth on Tuesday night after Medicine Hat lost, ensuring that Wednesday’s matchup against the league-leading Okotoks Dawgs would be played without even a hint of concern about a return to Centennial Park. 
And with the burden off their backs, the Dukes put in one of their best performances of the season, giving their fans notice that they didn’t just make the playoffs but may also be able to do something in them with a dominating 9-1 victory over the defending league champs.