In 1991, the Portage Athletics dominated midget baseball in Manitoba. They would go on to easily win the Provincial Championships, earning the right to represent Manitoba at the 1991 Canadian National Championships. Portage quickly realized that if they wanted to compete at the National level that they would need to gather up some top talent midget players from Brandon. The Portage Athletics were determined to lead Manitoba to a National Championship and thats just what they did. Beating Team BC in the championship game by a score of 11-3.