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Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Honkers bats go quiet as team loses eighth straight game
Jun. 14—DULUTH — The Rochester Honkers pitching was solid, but the bats didn't follow on Saturday afternoon. The Duluth Huskies scratched out a 4-1 Northwoods League victory in front of 677 fans at Wade Stadium, sending the Honkers to their eighth consecutive loss. Advertisement Honkers starter Ethan Dillinger put together a quality start, throwing went six innings, allowing two runs on four hits, with four walks and four strikeouts. Jacob Tostado pitched the final two innings, allowing two runs on four hits. Rochester (5-14) couldn't touch Duluth's pitchers, though. The Honkers managed just one run and two hits in the loss. Shortstop Allan Camarillo had both of Rochester's hits, while Kennedy Hara had an RBI. Rochester closes its two-game series at Duluth at 3:05 p.m. Sunday. BOX SCORE: Duluth Huskies 4, Rochester Honkers 1
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Rockford Rivets jump on Traverse City early and improve to 2-0
LOVES PARK, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — The Rockford Rivets are off to a 2-0 start to their Northwoods League season after defeating the Traverse City Pit Spitters 10-3 Tuesday for a two-game series Rivets got their ten runs on only six hits. They struck for six runs in the bottom of the first inning. One of them scoring on a bases loaded walk to Tommy Townsend. Townsend, a native of Sycamore, Illinois, reached base four times. He had one hit and three walks. He scored three baseman Tate Shimao had a pair of hits for the Rivets, and he drove in two pitcher Danny Cercello was more than solid in his Rivets' debut on the mound. He pitched 2.2 innings allowing one hit and one earned run while striking out three Allred did not allow a run in 1.1 innings. Gideon Motes pitched two innings allowing one run, and Aidan Wagley went three innings without surrendering a highlights, watch the media player above. The Rivets are now off to Green Bay for a two-game series against the Rockers. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Former North Boone pitcher Chandler Alderman dazzles in the Rockford Rivets season opener
LOVES PARK, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Former North Boone pitching standout Chandler Alderman will be pitching for the Rockford Rivets in the Northwoods League for a bit this summer. He had a sensational debut for them Monday evening in the Rivets season went six innings against the Traverse City Pit Spitters. He allowed only one run on only two hits. He also struck out eight batters. The Rivets won the game Rivets also got great pitching from three relievers. Luke Guest, Reece Tarini and Collin Mowry each pitched one scoreless inning. Mowry struck out the side in the top of the ninth to end for Alderman, he just finished up his sophomore season at Middle Tennessee State University where he was the ace of the Blue Raiders pitching staff. He led the team in starts with 14, and he led the team in innings pitched (68.2) and in strikeouts (48). In mid-March he was named the Conference USA Pitcher of the highlights of Alderman's great debut with the Rivets, watch the media player above. You'll also see my interview with him prior to the game. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBC
26-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Border Cats back on the field Monday for 2025 Northwoods League season
The Thunder Bay Border Cats are back on the field Monday, as they begin their quest for the 2025 Northwoods League championship. The Cats open the season on the road, facing the Eau Claire Express in Wisconsin on Monday and Tuesday, before returning to Thunder Bay for Wednesday's home opener at Port Arthur Stadium. "I think we're going to be pretty good defensively," team general manager and vice-president Bryan Graham said during a practice Sunday afternoon at Port Arthur Stadium. "We've got some kids that can really throw strikes, and it's just a matter of, you know, being able to put bat on ball and score some runs." "The Northwoods League, it's a real running league," he said. "Teams don't rely, obviously, on the long ball and the home run." "Hopefully we can run the bases and create some chaos and score some runs." This year's team includes a mix of new and returning players, Graham said. "We've got Trey Fikes behind the plate again, who is a really solid catcher," he said. "Last year he threw out like 32 per cent of would be base-stealers, which is an unbelievable stat. I mean, major league catchers that do 25 per cent are considered top-rate defensively." Fikes said he had a good experience in Thunder Bay last year. "I'm so excited," Fikes said. "I cannot wait to get on the field. I really missed it." Fikes said he was happy with how the Cats played last year — they didn't make the playoffs, but finished the season in third place in the Great Plains East division with 35 wins and 34 losses. "I think it really just takes like locking in every day, and just not checking out, because it's a long season, you know?" he said. "It takes a lot to stay locked in the entire 70 games." One of this year's new players is Toronto-born outfielder Calvin Warrillow, who plays collegiate ball at Dodge City Community College in Kansas, Okla. That team is coached by former Border Cats field manager J.M. Kelly. "I wanted to play north of the border," he said. "Spent a lot of time as a Canadian baseball player down south, and I wanted to play for one of the better teams in Canada." Warrillow agreed that pitching and defence will be key for the Cats in 2025. "I think we gotta pitch it well, hit it well, play good defence, and everybody just does their job," he said. "I think we'll have a good year." Fans may see a slight difference on the field at Port Arthur Stadium this year — the Northwoods League has adopted the double "safety bags" at first base. Field manager Joe Ellison said the change will "lead to hopefully some safer plays at first, but also a little bit more fun with the rules and whatnot with it." Ellison said the Cats will be bringing a slightly-smaller roster on their first road trip, as players finish up their college seasons. "We're going down with 23 (players). But by the home opener we should be up to 28, 29," he said. "A lot of returners, 7-8 returners, heavily Canadian," he said. "I think we're gonna have 24 (Canadians) that put the jersey on over the course of the year, and then balance it out with some good American talent as well." The Thunder Bay Border Cats host the Rochester Honkers for their home opener on Wednesday at Port Arthur Stadium.
CBC
03-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Border Cats ready for start of 2025 Northwoods League season
Social Sharing Canada will be well-represented when the Thunder Bay Border Cats take the field for the 2025 Northwoods League baseball season. The Cats are the only Canadian team in the Northwoods League, which is a summer collegiate league made up of NCAA players. The team is set to play its home opener on May 28 at Port Arthur Stadium, hosting the Rochester Honkers for a four-game homestand. The Cats actually start the 2025 season on the road on May 26 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. In any case, the bulk of the Cats's 35-player roster will be Canadian, field manager Joe Ellison said Friday. "We're returning a good base of players that were there last year," Ellison said. "Adding some good American talent, but also a lot of Canadian." "We added another Canadian this morning, so we will be probably 23 or 24 players from a Canadian family at some point throughout the summer." Border Cats baseball is back 18 hours ago Duration 3:17 Overall, Ellison — this season will be his first as Cats field manager — said this year's team will be a fast one. "We're going to be able to play fast," he said. "We have a lot of talent that comes from four-year schools or they're transferring to four year schools this coming year, so we're going to be a little bit older, which I think is good, but I think we're going to be able to play fast offensively." "We've got some guys with some thump in the lineup as well." Team general manager and vice-president Bryan Graham echoed that. "I think we're going to have some pretty good speed in the lineup," he said. "In this league, with the wooden bats and the players coming from college baseball where they swing aluminum you can't really rely on on the long ball and power." "You always want to build your team on on good pitching and good defence, and be able to run the bases and take that extra base if you can. So I think, you know, most of the teams in the Northwoods have always tried to put their roster together like that." Graham said the team is not seeing much in the way of effects yet from the Canada-United States trade war. "We're very fortunate that way," Graham said. "There are some tariffs coming in on some of the stuff, but we managed to kind of get ahead of that and and acquire those items prior to some of these tariffs being instituted." Those items, Graham said, include baseballs and bats, which are ordered from the United States. "Obviously the Canadian dollar sometimes is a big factor in some of our costs," he said. "But overall, we're in pretty good shape and at the moment." Graham said the stadium itself is being readied for the start of the season. "We need to get some sun and some warmer temperatures," he said. "Obviously there's a lot of work to be done in terms of just getting the field ready for the season, but it looked like it weathered pretty well during the winter." And some improvements are coming, as well. "We're going to be unveiling a new party deck," Graham said. "We have the existing party deck on the first base side, but we're enhancing that deck, which I think the fans are really going to enjoy." Graham said the Cats ticket office, which is located at the stadium, will open on Monday.
