American Legion Roundup: Monarchs split mid-week doubleheader with Billings

sports@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Moose Monarchs opened a six-game week with a split. They hosted the Billings Scarlets for a pair of games on Tuesday, losing 10-4 before winning 14-2. Dane Brooks had four hits and an RBI in the loss, Asha Frey had a pair of hits as well. Aayden Anderson started the game, The post American Legion Roundup: Monarchs split mid-week doubleheader with Billings appeared first on Medicine Hat News .

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 14, 2026. sports@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Moose Monarchs opened a six-game week with a split.

They hosted the Billings Scarlets for a pair of games on Tuesday, losing 10-4 before winning 14-2. Dane Brooks had four hits and an RBI in the loss, Asha Frey had a pair of hits as well. Aayden Anderson started the game, working four innings with a pair of strikeouts.

Ethan Bowey, Cole Carlson, Jayden Mook and Pryce Velichko all finished the game on the mound, Carlson recording a punch out. Dylan Amundson led the offence in the win over Billings with three hits and two RBIs. Velichko had two hits with an RBI and Mason Heintz had three RBIs with a hit.

Frey pitched five innings, striking out two. Liam Cunningham worked two frames with one strikeout. On Wednesday the Monarchs faced the Scarlets again, losing 10-6.

Heintz had three hits, Dylan Nelson had two hits and two RBIs and Cunningham had a pair of hits with an RBI. On the mound, Nixon Kunkel pitched four innings and Velichko worked a pair of innings with three strikeouts. The Monarchs faced the Helena Senators three times over the weekend, losing 9-1 and 17-6 on Saturday.

Frey had two hits in the first loss, Tiago Clarkson had a hit and an RBI. Anderson worked 5.2 innings with three strikeouts. Ethan Bowey had one punch out in 1.1 innings pitched.

In the second game against Helena, Brooks had three hits and two RBIs, Amundson had two hits and an RBI and Clarkson finished with a pair of RBIs. Kunkel pitched three innings, Carlson worked 1.2 innings and Nelson pitched 2.1 frames, all striking out one batter. The Monarchs finished the weekend with an 11-0 loss Sunday, where they were held hitless by the Senators.

Frey and Velichko each pitched two innings, striking out a batter each. Bowey threw the final frame. Knights The Medicine Hat Knights played eight games last week.

On Tuesday, they hosted the Fort MacLeod Royals for a doubleheader. They dropped the pair of games 14-6 and 12-1. In the first loss, Hudson Ma had a hit and three RBI and Kade Velichko had a pair of hits.

James Cole pitched 2.1 innings with three strikeouts and Velihcko worked 2.2 frames with three punch outs. Micah Mandryk worked the final two frames, striking out a pair. Daxton Simpson and Caleb Matheson each had a hit in the second loss to the Royals.

Jake Czember pitched 2.1 innings with one strikeout. Beckett Lybbert worked 1.1 innings with two punch outs and Nikolaus Theofan threw 2.1 innings with one strikeout. On Wednesday they faced the Havre Northstars in a doubleheader, losing 18-5 and 23-10.

In the first loss, Reed Hall had two hits. Gavin Nardari pitched 2.1 innings with four strikeouts and Simpson pitched 1.2 frames with two strikeouts. Kane Brost and Mandryk combined for the final three outs.

Against the Northstars, Theofan had two hits and all four of Cole, Simpson, Mandryk and Czember had a hit and an RBI. Ma started the game, working a pair of outs, one a strikeout. Hall struck out one batter in 1.1 innings pitched and Hudson White worked an inning.

Levi McNaughton and Meryck Gervais combined for the final two innings, each recording a strikeout. The Knights played four games over the weekend, at the Whitefish Ed Gallo Tournament starting with a 9-2 loss Thursday to Expos Williamson. Theofan had two hits and an RBI and Tegin Stanley had a hit and an RBI.

Czember worked the full game, striking out four in six innings. They lost 8-3 Friday to the Crew. Five Knights had a single hit.

Nardari pitched 1.2 innings and Stienley worked 2.1 innings with one strikeout. The Knights lost 2-1 Saturday to the host Glacier Twins. Hall had a hit and an RBI and four other Knights had a single hit.

Lybbert pitched three innings with seven strikeouts, Velichko worked three frames with three strikeouts. They finished the weekend off with a 13-1 loss Sunday to the Crew. Five Knights had a hit, Matheson had an RBI.

Nardari pitched 1.2 innings and Stienley worked 2.1 innings with one punch out. Majestics The Medicine Hat Majestics played four games over the weekend. On Friday they lost 15-5 to the Consort Cubs.

Levi McNaughton had two hits with an RBI, Hayes MacKenzie had an RBI as well. Easton Fetch pitched 5.2 innings with two strikeouts. Chet Clark worked an inning and Zak Czember recorded the final out.

Saturday they lost in a rematch with the Cubs, blanked 5-0. Clark and Owen Regehr had the Knights only hits in the loss. Hunter White and Brayden Hillman each pitched 2.2 innings with four strikeouts each.

The Majestics played two games Sunday, losing 16-6 to the Sherwood Park Athletics and 13-3 to the U15AA Spitfires Black. Nixon Elgie had two hits and an RBI against Sherwood Park. McNaughton pitched 1.1 innings with three strikeouts and Clark worked four innings.

Cort Thompson recorded the final out. McNaughton had a hit and an RBI in the loss against the Spitfires. Koby Brost pitched an inning and Czember worked 3.1 innings, striking out one.