The summer-collegiate Great West League is suspending operations for the 2019 season, with existing teams looking to join another league or play an independent schedule. (more…)
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CornBelters Leaving Frontier League for Summer-Collegiate Circuit
The Normal CornBelters are departing the independent Frontier League, and will join a summer-collegiate circuit beginning in 2019. (more…)
Thunder Bay Border Cats Ownership in Flux
The summer-collegiate Northwoods League has delivered a termination notice to the group that owns the Thunder Bay Border Cats, leaving questions about the club’s future. (more…)
Normal CornBelters: No Decision on 2019 League
There is discussion that the Normal CornBelters (independent; Frontier League) may move to the summer-collegiate Prospect League for 2019, but the club has not made a final decision. (more…)
Traverse City Shifts to Northwoods League
Starting in 2019, the summer-collegiate Northwoods League will field a team in Traverse City, MI’s Wuerfel Park, which has been sold to an investment group led by the West Michigan Whitecaps (Low A; Midwest League). (more…)
Wuerfel Park Sale on Tap; Shift to Northwoods League Expected
New ownership of Wuerfel Park will be unveiled Wednesday, with a move of the Traverse City Beach Bums (independent; Frontier League) to the summer-collegiate Northwoods League also expected. (more…)
New for 2019: Baton Rouge Rougarou
Branding has been unveiled for the Baton Rouge Rougarou, a new Texas Collegiate League team that will begin play in Louisiana’s capital city in 2019. (more…)
Ground Broken on Capital Credit Union Park
Ground was broken on Friday for Capital Credit Union Park, the new Village of Ashwaubenon home of the current Green Bay Bullfrogs (summer collegiate; Northwoods League). (more…)
Savannah Bananas Visit; Best Rain Out Ever!
The words “rained out” bring to mind a nearly empty grandstand, soggy employees pulling on the tarp, and players heading for the locker room. But not for the Savannah Bananas (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League). (more…)
Mitchell Northwoods League Team Unlikely for 2019
A Mitchell, SD-based team in the summer-collegiate Northwoods League appears unlikely for 2019, but the door for future entry has not closed completely. (more…)
$1M Grant Secured for Damaschke Field Work
Oneonta, NY’s Damaschke Field is set to receive an upgrade, as a $1 million state grant for renovations to the ballpark was announced on Thursday. (more…)
Expedition League Announces 2018 Awards
The summer-collegiate Expedition League has announced several awards for its inaugural 2018 season, including Executive of the Year and Organization of the Year. (more…)
Committee Okays Waukesha Ballpark Pitch
A proposed summer-collegiate Northwoods League ballpark in Waukesha, WI took a step forward this week, as the city’s finance committee recommended the project by a 5-0 margin. (more…)