Fresh off a bronze medal at the Under 15 Nationals in Prince Edward Island, Humboldt's Jayden Huls is satisfied with his first year in midget baseball.

Huls played for the Muenster Red Sox, where he fit right in with the team, batting over .300 on the season with 20 runs batted in.

He says that his time on the diamond was made easier thanks to those around him.

"I felt it went great. It was good having guys that would take you under their wing like the four or five that have been there playing together their whole life. It was easy to get into and have success."

Huls continued, adding that with players like Logan Hofmann and Brody Frerichs, who are headed off to the next level, it even furthered his own ability.

"Having guys that are going to college gives you a good feel for what you're doing and it gives you confidence because those guys are leaders to you and you look up to them."

The Red Sox placed second at the provincial championships in Estevan before winning westerns in Manitoba.

Prior to that, Huls was one of the five players from the Red Sox who represented Saskatchewan at the Canada Summer Games.

He says that winning the national championship was special.

"The intensity of it all. The atmosphere was always electric, and the last game we played, there was 7,500 people there," he explained. "It was a great feeling to go out and win it all on Manitoba's home field. It was stellar. The best feeling in the world."

Staying focused and in the moment when you need to make a big play is something that Huls says comes easier for him because he keeps the game in a simple frame of mind.

"The base paths are always going to be 90 feet and the pitching mound is going to be 60 feet, six inches, and the plate is going to be 12 inches and you're just going to have to go hit the ball or pitch the ball or field the ball."

Following the win at westerns with Muenster, Huls was off to PEI with the top Under-15 players in the province to compete at another national championship.

It was the second year in a row that Huls played in the Atlantic province after his Bantam AAA Saskatoon Braves won provincials in 2016.

He says that the dreaded time difference wasn't any easier to get used to.

"Those eight in the morning games are actually five in the morning our time, so you get up at three and go play, so it's hard to get used to, but that's the way she goes."

Huls was one of the top hitters during the week, hitting a solo home run in a semifinal loss to Quebec. In the bronze medal win over Ontario, he was 3-for-3 at the plate.

Going forward, Huls still has two more years of eligibility left in midget, and he says he is going to use it to help mentor the next group, just like when he walked into the program.

"I'm gonna go and try to be a leader to the younger guys to me and hopefully that helps them out the way the Red Sox and Team Saskatchewan helped me out in my first year."