Northwoods League expands in Wisconsin

Wisconsin has another Northwoods League baseball team.  The Lakeshore Chinooks will begin play in the 17-team, wood bat summer league in June of 2012. The Chinooks home will be the new Kapco Field, which will open in time for the start of Concordia University’s...

Mallards named NWL Organization of the Year

The Madison Mallards and their general manager Conor Caloia  swept the postseason awards announced at the Northwoods League’s annual fall meetings, which wrapped up Friday in Mankato.  Caloia was named as the Northwoods League Executive of the Year in 2011 while...

Northwoods League tops 900,000 fans

The Northwoods League topped the 900,000 mark in attendance for the first time.  In all, a total of 901,652 fans attend Northwoods League baseball games, an average of 1,692 per game.  Eleven of the sixteen Northwoods League teams increased their total attendance from...

Mallards name new skipper

The Madison Mallards of the summer collegiate Northwoods League have named Greg Labbe as the team’s new field manager for 2011. Labbe led the Rochester Honkers to a NWL Championship and received Manager of the Year honors in 2006 after posting a 50-17 regular...

Northwoods League attendance

Ballparkbiz.com has ranked the top-50 summer collegiate baseball teams the past three years and once again the Northwoods League leads the list. The Madison Mallards come in 1st with an average of 6,076 fans per game while the La Crosse Loggers are 2nd.  The Mallards...

North division wins Northwoods League All-Star Game

A pair of Duluth Huskies took home the hardware at the 2010 Northwoods League All-Star Game Tuesday night at Carson Park in Eau Claire.  Cody Asche was 2 for 4 with 2-RBI and scored the go-ahead run as the North Division defeated the South Division 7-5.  Asche was...

Northwoods League season opening scoreboard

The Northwoods baseball league opened play on Wednesday night.  Following are your opening day finals in games played by Wisconsin teams. Green Bay 7, Battle Creek 0 Waterloo 3, Wisconsin Rapids 1 La Crosse 4, Eau Claire 0 Madison 8, Wisconsin...

Northwoods League opens today

Today is opening day in the wood bat Northwoods League.  With the addition of Wisconsin Rapids to the league, Wisconsin now had 6 of the 16 teams playing in the league this season.  Following is the schedule of Wisconsin teams and their openers tonight. Battle Creek...

Killebrew to speak at Northwoods All-Star Banquet

The Eau Claire Express announced that National Baseball Hall of Fame member Harmon Killebrew will be the guest speaker at this year’s Northwoods League All-Star banquet.  The July 19th banquet precedes the league’s 16th annual all-star game which will be...