A Manitoba baseball player who recently accepted a baseball scholarship in Missouri is hoping the Canada-U.S. border reopens in time for the school year as travel restriction remain in place to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Maddux Mateychuk is finishing Grade 12 at Vauxhall High School in Alberta, virtually, from his home in Dominion City, Man. The 17-year-old pitcher already missed four baseball tournaments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including one with Team Canada in Florida in April. “It’s tough to get through, but you got to find a way,” Mateychuk said in a Skype interview with Global News on Tuesday.