Estevan's Blaine Kovach, boss of the Southeast Midget AAA Twins, is taking his baseball coaching credentials to the national level.

He's on the coaching staff of the Saskatchewan team doing battle for the U17 Baseball Canada Cup championship in Moncton, New Brunswick from August 8th-12th, and the first action gets underway Wednesday afternoon.

They take on Ontario at 3:00 PM, before getting their Thursday morning started at 10:00 AM against Quebec. British Columbia becomes their next opponent at 4:30 PM. On Friday, they play Ontario again at 9:00 AM and Quebec at 3:00 PM. Round Robin wraps up on Saturday as they face British Columbia at 2:00 PM. Qualifiers follow that evening and carry into the medal games on Sunday.