You can add another high-profile concert to the ballpark schedule this summer: the Flaming Lips and local heroes Garbage are headlining Pondamonium at Madison’s Warner Park. The concert, hosted by the Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League), features two bands known to put on a good show. The re-formed Garbage is the biggest musical act […]
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Chinooks set to open home season Monday
The Lakeshore Chinooks (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) will have a lot of starpower behind the team as it opens home play tomorrow night at brand-new Kapco Park. If the team doesn’t make it, it won’t be because of a lack of local media exposure. You can’t sit through a Milwaukee Brewers TV broadcast without seeing […]
New Rox open season in St. Cloud
it was a sellout crowd last night at Joe Faber Field, as the revamped St. Cloud Rox (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) opened a new chapter in team history with a loss to the Mankato MoonDogs. The old St. Cloud River Bats were sold by owner Joel Sutherland this off season to local businessmen Gary Posch and Joe Sexton, who […]
Handelsman, two others in serious condition after Fayetteville ballpark explosion
Darrell Handelsman, owner and manager of the Fayetteville SwampDogs (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League), is in serious condition at a local hospital after a propane explosion at J.P. Riddle Stadium. UPDATED! Handelsman, an institution in summer-collegiate ball after coaching stints in the Northwoods League and Coastal Plain League and certainly a man who lives life […]
Mallards pitch Kenosha on Simmons Field renovations
Kenosha’s Simmons Field could receive a facelift to the tune of a million dollars, as the owners of the Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) cast about for more Wisconsin markets. Simmons Field was formerly home to the Kenosha Twins (Low Class A; Midwest League), the Kenosha Kroakers (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) and the short-lived Kenosha […]
Loggers to underwrite UW-La Crosse program, renovate Copeland Park
In an unusual partnership, the La Crosse Loggers (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) will underwrite the UW-La Crosse baseball program and work together on fundraising for Copeland Park improvements. Finances has been an issue for the UW-La Crosse baseball program for years; the program was almost cut in 2009 and the coaches shifted to an unpaid […]
Kapco Park approved for play
Despite concerns the final design didn’t match what was promised, Mequon officials gave final approval to Kapco Park, the new home of Concordia U (Wis.) and Lakeshore Chinooks baseball. The ballpark was originally pitched as a $3.5-million, 1,200-seat facility, with a million dollars coming from Kapco President Jim Kacmarcik. Since then Kacmarcik has put together a summer-collegiate […]
Wisconsin Woodchucks sold
The Wisconsin Woodchucks (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) have been sold by Clark Eckhoff to Wisconsin native Mark Macdonald. “Mark Macdonald will be a great asset to the Woodchucks, and our community,” Eckhoff said in a press release. “He is very civic minded which is important for further success of the Woodchucks. Mark is a Wisconsin […]
Bucks: More improvements on tap at Riverfront Stadium
Improvements to Riverfront Stadium, home of the Waterloo Bucks (summer collegiate; Northwoods League), continue, with new seating and a new field on tap for 2012. The front row of seats are already gone as part of a $10,000 plan to raise the seating area (which is subject to flooding) and installing new aluminum seats to […]
Planning commission: We expected more from Kapco Park
The Mequon Planning Commission will review the state of affairs at Kapco Park at Wisconsin’s Concordia University, as officials there acknowledge what was built doesn’t match the original design. The ballpark, which will also house the Lakeshore Chinooks (summer collegiate; Northwoods League), was originally pitched as a $3.5-million, 1,200-seat facility, with a million dollars coming from Kapco […]
Baseball Project set for Northwoods All-Star Game
Another reason to attend the Northwoods League All-Star Game at Madison’s Warner Park: musical supergroup The Baseball Project will be performing before the game. The band plays original songs completely about America’s pastime, topics include Satchel Paige, Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson and more. It was formed in 2007 and is composed of Scott McCaughey (Minus 5, […]
Northwoods League exploring Blaine ballpark
Another effort to bring a summer-collegiate Northwoods League team to the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn., will be studied in the coming two months. The National Sports Center in suburban Minneapolis is a large, multifacility complex housing arenas, soccer facilities and ballfields; it’s been eyed for several years by the Northwoods League and potential […]
Marcusen Park receiving offseason facelift
Marcusen Park, the former home to independent-league and summer-collegiate baseball in Austin, Minn., is receiving an offseason upgrade. Now home to high-school and amateur baseball, Marcusen Park was formerly home to the Southern Minny Stars, which played in the independent Prairie League and then the summer-collegiate Northwoods League. It’s a classic, intimate little ballpark that first […]