Archive for June, 2012
Thursday, June 28th, 2012
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (June 27, 2012) — The Arizona Wildcats won the 2012 College World Series on Monday night and a member of the St. Cloud Rox now has a shiny new ring to wear to Minnesota. Freshman pitcher Lucas Long of Minneapolis pitched in nine games this season for the Wildcats logged 25 innings pitched.
The 6’1” righty is expected to join the Rox in early July. Following the arrival of Elvin Soto (Pittsburgh) on June 26th, Long represents the last player to arrive in Minnesota after his team’s college season. Long will wear #3 for St. Cloud upon his arrival in the Granite City.
Speaking on Twitter following his team’s win, Long (luclong11) called the victory a “dream come true” and added he “couldn’t ask for a better group of teammates.”
Rox general manager Wes Sharp said “Adding a pitcher of Long’s caliber certainly gives us enviable depth at the pitcher position. Not only that, but he brings a champion’s mentality and experience with him to the Northwoods League, which cannot be underestimated.”
The Rox are home Thursday and Friday night for games against the Rochester Honkers. Thursday night features Deuces Wild! Dueling Pianos by Preferred One with live music throughout the game. Of course, Friday’s game features post-game fireworks presented by CarCo. Tickets start at just $6 and can be purchased at www.stcloudrox.com/tickets.
Tags: Arizona Wildcats, Lucas Long, St. Cloud Rox
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
 DULUTH, Minn. (June 24, 2012) — Jack Connolly, the 2012 Hobey Baker Award Winner will be honored by the Duluth Huskies on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 7:05pm before they take on the Willmar Stingers.
A Duluth native and role model, Connolly is two-time NCAA Ice Hockey All American who lit up the WCHA this past season winning the regular season conference scoring title, being named a First Team all-star for the third consecutive year and as the WCHA Player of the Year. He is a tremendous playmaker.
Connolly never missed a college game, dressing for 166 straight games for the UMD Bulldogs.
Jack is as determined off the ice as he was on it. A Communications major sporting a 3.3 GPA, he is a three-time All-Academic Student-Athlete in the WCHA. He’s also very active in community endeavors helping with trash clean-up in the Adopt-A-Highway program, visiting Duluth hospitals, volunteering with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and working with various cancer fund-raisers.
Jack will be on hand to will sign autographs and throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game in the main concourse. Tickets are available by calling 218-786-9909 or go online at www.duluthhuskies.com
The Northwoods League has more teams, plays more games, and draws more fans than any other Summer Collegiate Baseball League in North America. The League has 16 teams in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, and Ontario. The is in its 19th season.
Tags: Duluth Huskies, Jack Connolly, Northwoods League, UMD Bulldogs, WCHA
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Friday, June 22nd, 2012
 GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (June 21, 2012) – Just over two weeks ago Mitch Haniger was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers with the 38th pick in the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft. Haniger played with the Green Bay Bullfrogs in the Northwoods League in the summer of 2011.
On Friday, he will begin his professional career as a Wisconsin Timber Rattler when the Midwest League’s first half Western Division Champions open the second half of the season at Burlington.
Haniger was selected by the Brewers with a compensatory first round pick out of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in the 2012 draft. Haniger was the 2012 Big West Conference Player of the Year at Cal Poly. He led the conference in homers (13), RBI (64), and slugging percentage (.626).
In his time in the Northwoods League, Haniger played 24 games recording a batting average of .277 in 83 at-bats. He also recorded five home runs and 22 RBIs. Haniger had an on-base percentage of .351 and a slugging percentage .542.
Wisconsin starts the second half of their schedule with a three-game series against the Burlington Bees in Iowa on Friday night. Timber Rattlers fans will get their first glimpse of Haniger when the team returns to Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium on Monday, June 25. Wisconsin will begin a six-game homestand at 7:05pm on Monday night.
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Thursday, June 21st, 2012
Governor Mark Dayton declared a state of emergency in Duluth, Minn. on Thursday after the massive flooding that took place.
The Duluth Huskies are currently on a road trip in Mankato to play the MoonDogs. The team was scheduled to have home games on Friday and Saturday, but the weekend series is in doubt. The team hopes to play a double-header on Saturday.
For more, read this article done by Shane Frederick of the Mankato Free Press.
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Monday, June 18th, 2012
 Many Northwoods League teams are still waiting for their remaining signed players on their roster to come into town this summer. The reason for most of them is because those players are currently involved in the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
Eight teams make it to the CWS and this year those teams are Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Florida State, Kent State, South Carolina, Stony Brook and UCLA. Each team, with the exception of South Carolina, has at least one player trying to win a national championship before joining the NWL this summer.
Below is a list of the players and their schools under each Northwoods League team that’s waiting for their arrival this summer.
Alexandria Beetles
Pitcher Brandon Johnson (Florida State)
Catcher Stephen McGee (Florida State)
Battle Creek Bombers
Catcher John Clay Reeves (Arkansas)
OF Connor Costello (Arkansas)
Duluth Huskies
Pitcher Michael Gunn (Arkansas)
Green Bay Bullfrogs
Catcher/OF Kevin Krause (Stony Brook)
La Crosse Loggers
INF Kevin Kramer (UCLA)
OF Jimmy Bosco (Arkansas)
Lakeshore Chinooks
Pitcher Ryan Harris (Florida)
2B Brian Anderson (Arkansas)
SS David Masters (Arkansas)
Madison Mallards
Catcher Taylor Gushue (Florida)
Pitcher Bobby Poyner (Florida)
Pitcher Daniel Gibson (Florida)
Pitcher Josh Pierce (Kent State)
St. Cloud Rox
Pitcher Lucas Long (Arizona)
Thunder Bay Border Cats
Pitcher Zach Ortiz (UCLA)
INF Patrick Gallagher (UCLA)
Wisconsin Woodchucks
INF Joe Serrano (Arkansas)
OF Eric Filia-Snyder (UCLA)
Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
INF Nick Hamilton (Kent State)
Pitcher Augey Bill (Arizona)
The CWS double-elimination round wraps up on Friday, June 22, when the field will be narrowed to just two teams. Those two teams will play a best of three series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha June 24-26 to decide who will be crowned college baseball’s best.
The Northwoods League has more teams, plays more games, and draws more fans than any other Summer Collegiate Baseball League in North America. The League has 16 teams in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, and Ontario. The is in its 19th season.
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Friday, June 15th, 2012
The Northwoods League is well-known for developing collegiate players for prominent careers in baseball. However, players are not the only ones who sometimes move on to bigger things.
Each team in the Northwoods League hires interns every hear to help them run their operations around the ballpark. Some of these interns stick around the league and continue to work for the same team or maybe a different team within the league. But, there are some who earn their way to working in Major League Baseball just like some of the players.
One example is former Wisconsin Rapids Rafters intern Hilary Bauer. For more, check out the article done by Deb Cleworth of the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune on Bauer.
Rafters intern in the majors as intern with the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Monday, June 4th, 2012
 The Flaming Lips MADISON, Wis. (June 4, 2012) — The Madison Mallards will be hosting the inaugural Pondamonium, a live outdoor music festival from the Duck Pond at Warner Park on Thursday, August 9, 2012. Madison’s most popular musical product, Garbage, will be headlining the event along with The Flaming Lips. Gates will open at 2:30pm, with five bands performing starting at 3:00pm. The stage will be placed on the playing surface of the baseball field. Pondamonium will be a general admission event. Tickets go on-sale Friday, June 8, 2012 at 10 am. Tickets are $45 if purchased in advance and $50 on day of the show. Pondamonium is a rain or shine event. For more information on Pondamonium please go to www.pondamonium.com.
About Garbage
Garbage was formed in Madison, Wis. in 1994 and features Shirley Manson, Butch Vig, Steve Marker and Duke Erikson. The band has sold more than 17 million albums around the world. Garbage released its fifth album on May 14, 2012, Not Your Kind of People, through its own label, STUNVOLUME.
About The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips are an American rock band, formed in Norman, Okla. in 1983. Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles. They are also known for their elaborate live show, which feature costumes, balloons, puppets, video projections, complex stage light configurations, giant hands, large amounts of confetti and frontman Wayne Coyne’s signature man-size plastic bubble, in which he traverses the audience.
Pondamonium is presented by the Madison Mallards in collaboration with Last Coast Producing and Majestic Live. All media requests and questions should be directed to Conor Caloia at the Madison Mallards.
Date: Thursday, August 9, 2012 – Rain or Shine
Gates: Open at 2:30 pm.
Tickets: $45 in advance, $50 day of show. Available at the Mallards box office, Majestic box office, pondamonium.com or by calling 608.246.4277.
Pondamonium Address: 2920 N Sherman Ave., Madison, WI 53704.
Tags: Flaming Lips, Garbage, Madison Mallards, Northwoods League, Pondamonium
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Friday, June 1st, 2012
 NEW YORK (June 1, 2012) — Northwoods League Alumni Lucas Duda (right) and Terry Collins are finding their success in one of the largest markets in the world, New York City. Collins is currently the manager for the New York Mets and Duda is his starting right fielder.
Collins was named field manager of the Duluth Huskies in July 2009 after the Huskies fired their field manager a few days before. Duda was a Northwoods League All-Star in 2006 as he represented the Alexandria Beetles. Duda is currently the eighth Alexandria player to play in Major League Baseball. Duda currently holds Alexandria’s single-season record for RBI with 51 in 2006.
In Wednesday’s loss to Philadelphia, Duda went 3-for-4 with two runs scored. He hit two home runs and drove in three RBI in the 10-6 loss. Duda currently has seven home runs on the year and 26 RBI and is helping Collins and the Mets stay in reach of first place in their division. They currently sit in third place in the tight race of the National League East Division behind the Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins.
You can check out the mlb.com article on Duda and Collins here.
Tags: Alexandria Beetles, Duluth Huskies, Lucas Duda, Miami Marlins, New York Mets, Northwoods League, Terry Collins, Washington Nationals
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