The Western Canadian Baseball League is delighted to announce General Well Servicing as the title sponsor of the 2026 Rural Roots Baseball Classic in Carnduff, Saskatchewan.

WCBL Director of Corporate Sponsorships Noah Rolheiser is excited about the partnership with the Carnduff-based company.

“It is great to join forces with a sponsor that is a big part of the community of Carnduff, which will play host to our second annual Rural Roots Baseball Classic,” said Rolheiser.

“The history of General Well Servicing dates back to the 1980s and the company offers a fleet of free-standing service rigs that are operated by experienced personnel. They are owned and operated by the Day family, which has been a part of the Carnduff community for decades.”

The Rural Roots Baseball Classic is set to take place on Friday, May 29th at Carnduff Ball Park. It will feature a WCBL regular-season game between the Saskatoon Berries and Weyburn Beavers.

ABOUT GENERAL WELL SERVICING

General Well Servicing is owned and operated by the Day family in Carnduff, Saskatchewan. It is operated out of the same location as Fast Trucking Service Ltd. And Day Construction Ltd.  

Dennis Day started General Well Servicing in 1997.  His father Tony built the first free standing double – double rig in Saskatchewan to work on his oil wells.  After working on his own wells, he started to branch out and grow the company to handle additional work in the southeast of Saskatchewan, as well as southwest Manitoba. As the business grew, a second rig was added to the fleet and in September of 2005 the company commissioned a third rig, built by KSM in Edmonton, Alberta.  In early 2012, a fourth KSM rig was added to the fleet.

In 2009, a pressure vessel testing division of the company was created. Two other testing divisions were added by 2012.

All rigs and equipment are well-maintained and in excellent condition. General Well Servicing also provides ongoing safety training and employees work within a vigorous safety program.

ABOUT THE WESTERN CANADIAN BASEBALL LEAGUE (WCBL)

The WCBL is Canada’s premier summer collegiate baseball league. The 12-team WCBL boasts a long-standing tradition of creating a showcase for top Canadian prospects, while at the same time offering American college players the opportunity to hone their skills in front of enthusiastic baseball fans in towns and cities throughout Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The wood-bat league consists of two divisions, an all-Alberta West Division and an East Division comprised of five Saskatchewan squads and a franchise from Alberta.

WCBL rosters include elite college players from across North America and league alumni have gone on to play in Major League Baseball (MLB), at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) and in other professional baseball leagues.

All-Star Weekend takes place in Saskatoon this year, where the Berries will play host to the top players from around the WCBL on Saturday, July 18th and Sunday, July 19th.

The Regina Red Sox are the defending WCBL champions, coming off a thrilling three-game series victory over the Sylvan Lake Gulls in 2025.

ABOUT THE RURAL ROOTS BASEBALL CLASSIC

Baseball has lived on the Canadian Prairies for well over a century. The sport is a regular and beloved feature of our summers. The seeds for a field of dreams were planted in Western Canada long before they grew in the hearts of baseball fans around the world.

It is more than a game. Baseball is a feeling. It is a vibe. It offers a soundtrack to our sun-soaked days outside. The bounty from this magical harvest can be found in the 12-team Western Canadian Baseball League, which offers Alberta and Saskatchewan the nation's highest level of summer collegiate baseball.

The WCBL is proud to present the Rural Roots Baseball Classic to our fans. The annual event is a celebration of the towns and cities that served as pioneers for the game.

Prairie communities offered humble beginnings to baseball in the form of dirt diamonds and gopher-hole-punched outfields. They welcomed barnstorming baseball stars to town to dazzle and inspire the locals, who responded by embracing every aspect of the game. The players accepted the assignment of getting their uniforms dirty, their throwing arms strong, their swings fast, and their grins wide. They learned the fundamentals and hard work was rewarded, both in life and at the ballpark. Today, we can look back proudly at what these communities did to elevate baseball. We can bear witness to the growth of the game and the towns. We can also peer to the horizon and smile as we squint to see the outline of a bat over a shoulder and a small dot racing skyward as a gloved form darts towards it below. This is baseball as it was originally created, while becoming not only America’s pastime but Canada’s as well.

Simple. Beautiful. Timeless. Welcome home, to the Rural Roots Baseball Classic!

CONTACT

Noah Rolheiser

Director of Corporate Sponsorships

Western Canadian Baseball League

[email protected]

403-664-9715