PERFORMANCE LEAGUE
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The 2026 season will mark the fifth season District 8 will offer the Performance League program for teenage players league age 13 to 16 that reside or go to school within the boundaries of our four member leagues: Calgary West, Rocky Mountain, Fish Creek and Calgary South.  The performance teams will play in the Western Frontier Baseball league, organized by Little League Alberta.

The Performance League is a high-performance program that runs September through July each year with a short fall season followed by indoor fall/winter training and a spring season April to June.  Games are mostly weekends (2-4 games) and practices are weekdays. Travel is necessary to play teams in North Calgary, Lethbridge, Edmonton, Medicine Hat and possibly Saskatchewan.

In 2025 we fielded an Intermediate, Junior and Senior team who played other Little League, Baseball Alberta, American Legion and Independent teams from all over the province.  The goal of the program is to provide a competitive outlet for players who want to experience more than community house league play, while also striving to keep the cost low to participate, and continue to play and practice on local fields.  Our program is coordinated and coached by volunteers, further reducing the cost to athletes.

The spring season leads to Little League Tournament Play in the month of July where teams will be formed and contend for a Divisional Championship with the winners advancing to a Canadian Championship and even a World Series. We are very proud of our 2025 Senior team who were the host team for the Senior League Canadian Championship and finished with a competitive 3-3 record in the tournament!

Continuing to build off this success, we will select teams for the 2026 season that will train together through the fall and winter indoors and develop their skills, while also having a flexible and lower commitment schedule that will allow them to participate in other sports through the off-season.  Intake for our program starts in August each year, leading up to team selection in September.  PLAYER EVALUATIONS TO TAKE PLACE IN LATE AUGUST 2025.  EVALUATION REGISTRATION OPENS SOON!

If you have any questions regarding the Performance League, please contact Todd Holt at district8performance@gmail.com

​​​​​​​Many thanks to all our volunteer managers and coaches!