All eyes were on the small town of Maplewood, where the only Door County Baseball League action you could find was the fourth-seeded play-in game between the Baileys Harbor A's and the Maplewood Mets. Both teams ended the regular season 7-7 overall, hence the need for the extra game to see who would earn the right to take the trip north to Sister Bay to play the regular-season champion Bays. Coming into the matchup, runs were expected from both offenses, and they did not disappoint.

The first inning showcased both offenses, as Baileys Harbor got to Maplewood starter Tory Jandrin early, scoring three runs in the top of the inning. Ethan Kratcha and Aaron Brey both singled, although Brey's single could have easily resulted in a 6-4-3 double play after a grounder bounced high, forcing Gavin Brady to leave his feet and allowing Brey to reach. Owen Danhausen started his fantastic day with a two-run ground-rule double, and a walk to Justin Hartel brought home another run for the A's.

In the bottom half, Maplewood looked to respond. After a walk and a hit-by-pitch to the first two Mets batters, Tory Jandrin rocketed a two-run single to score both runners. Mark Villers brought in two more runs on an error by Kratcha at shortstop, and a dropped third strike that got to the backstop allowed another run to score, making it 5-3 after one inning.

Maplewood was not done there. In the bottom of the second, Kody Kissinger walked for the second consecutive inning, and Kordell Draves took a 3-2 fastball deep into left-center field and over the head of Gavin Blink to expand the Mets' lead from 5-3 to 7-3. It appeared Maplewood was going to slug its way to a matchup with Sister Bay next week. Baileys Harbor had other ideas.

It took until the fifth inning for the offense to get going again, but another gap-splitting double from Owen Danhausen started the rally for the A's. Danny Lodl singled to put two on with two outs for Baileys Harbor. Designated hitter Justin Hartel played his role perfectly and lifted a high fly ball into right-center field. Maplewood's Jaden Diller gave it a chance, but the ball one-hopped the base of the wall, giving Hartel a two-run double and cutting the four-run lead in half.

Danny Lodl replaced Aaron Brey in the bottom of the second and pitched a gem into the sixth inning, when a two-out walk to Jaden Diller came back to haunt him. Adam Gutschow sent a screamer into the gap to score Diller all the way from first, extending Maplewood's lead back to three.

Fast-forward to the eighth inning, when the magic happened for a team that felt destined to do some damage. After struggling with runners in scoring position all afternoon, manager Hunter Pawelski decided to make a move, pinch-hitting Isaac Baudhuin for trusty center fielder River Pawelski. The move paid off and then some, as Baudhuin lifted the fourth pitch he saw over the fence in left-center field, sending A's fans into a frenzy and trimming the lead to one.

If you thought that was all, you would be wrong. Will Jandrin retired the next two batters after the Baudhuin home run and then faced Aaron Brey, who had already reached base three times. Brey won yet another battle, singling back through the middle and putting a runner on for Owen Danhausen, who had already recorded two extra-base hits earlier in the game.

Danhausen, looking for a pitch to attack early, rocketed Jandrin's offering to left-center field, where his third extra-base hit sailed just beyond the fence, silencing the Mets faithful and sending the A's players halfway onto the diamond. Danhausen's two-run home run off Jandrin could arguably be the play of the season thus far. Ethan Kratcha then blanked the Mets in the bottom of the ninth, sending Baileys Harbor to the playoffs for the first time since 1998.

The DCBL playoffs are now set, as the top-seeded, regular-season champion Sister Bay Bays will host the underdog, fourth-seeded Baileys Harbor A's. Elsewhere, the second-seeded Kolberg Braves will host the third-seeded Washington Island Islanders in a rematch of the final game of the regular season, when Kolberg earned the win and home-field advantage for the playoff matchup.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers stormed back from a 5-1 deficit to defeat the Lake County Captains 7-5 on Sunday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field.  Eric Bitonti led the offense by going 4-for-4 with two homers and three RBI while Jacob Morrison kept Lake County in check with four scoreless innings out of the bullpen.

Tommy Hawke started the game with a single for the Captains (63-53 overall, 26 26 second half).  He made it to third on a pair of infield ground outs.  Jeffrey Mercedes blooped a single to right to score Hawke to give Lake County an early 1-0 lead.

Bitonti brought the Rattlers (62-53, 28-25) even with a two-out, RBI single in the bottom of the first to score Daniel Dickinson from third base.

A pair of one-out walks and a single loaded the bases for Lake County in the top of the second inning.  Hawke singled to left to knock in the go-ahead run.  Dauri Fernandez followed with a double to left that scored two more runs.  A wild pitch by Andrew Healy let Hawke score for a 5-1 lead.

Bitonti accounted for Wisconsin’s second run when he hit another mammoth blast to right for a lead-off home run in the bottom of the fourth.  The slugging left-handed infielder had twenty-one home runs on the season after that homer.

The Rattlers loaded the bases against Lake County starting pitcher Nelson Keljo on a double by Tayden Hall, a walk to Luis Castillo, and a one-out walk to Luis Lameda.  Keljo left the game with a 5-2 lead after getting the second out of the inning.

Will McCausland balked before throwing a pitch to Brady Ebel to allow Hall to score.  Ebel drove in Castillo and Lameda with a double to left-center to tie the game.

Bitonti struck again with a towering fly to right in the fifth inning that carried just over the wall for a go-ahead home run.  That blast gave him 22 homers on the season and his third two-homer game of 2026.  He is one homer shy of Braylon Payne’s franchise record with twelve games left in the season.  Payne hit his 23rd home run of the season to set the record on August 8 at Beloit just before he was called up to Biloxi, the Double-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Dickinson added to the Wisconsin lead with an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth.

Morrison picked up the win out of the bullpen.  He struck out six and faced one batter over the minimum in his four frames.  The only blemish was a popup on the infield that was lost in the sun for a single.  Morrison matched his professional single-game high for strikeouts with six.

The Captains had one last gasp in them as they loaded the bases in the eighth inning against José Nova.  There were two out and a runner at second when Nova walked back-to-back hitters to load the bases.  Michael Fowler was called in from the bullpen and got a strikeout to end the threat.

Fowler made sure there was no threat in the ninth as he retired the side in order to close out the game and earn his third save of the season.

Wisconsin matched their biggest comeback of the season by erasing a four-run deficit for the fourth time this season.

The Timber Rattlers are off on Monday.  They return to action on Tuesday night with game one of a six-game series at Neuroscience Group Field against the South Bend Cubs.  First pitch is 6:40pm CDT.

The Green Bay Packers open their final week of training camp Monday with their second-to-last open practice of 2026.

The Packers are coming off a strong 33-13 win over the Denver Broncos last Friday night. Jordan Love led a scoring drive for the second straight week, this time culminating in an 11-yard touchdown pass to Marshawn Lloyd. After allowing 10 straight points to the Broncos, the Packers scored 16 unanswered, including a 2-yard pass from Tyrod Taylor to Will Sheppard and three field goals from Trey Smack, two from 50-plus yards. The game was well in hand before the Packers scored the final 10 points, including a short touchdown run by Jaden Nixon. Kyle McCord led the Packers with 118 passing yards, while Taylor and Love each threw a touchdown pass. Pierre Strong paced the rushing attack with 37 yards, while Nixon added another 20 on the ground. Sheppard and Isaiah Neyor each had 47 receiving yards, though Sheppard had three more receptions than Neyor with six.

The Packers will practice on their own Monday before hosting the Arizona Cardinals for a joint session Wednesday. The joint practice sets the stage for Friday’s preseason finale at Lambeau Field, with kickoff set for 7 p.m.

 The Lake County Captains took advantage of a break in the top of the sixth inning to score five runs with two outs to blow open a close game against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Saturday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Lake County beat the Rattlers 6-1 for their third consecutive win and their fourth in the first five games of the series.

The game was scoreless through four innings before Lake County (63-53 overall, 25-26 second half) broke through on a big swing.

Tyler Howard hit a two-out, solo homer in the top of the fifth inning to give the Captains a 1-0 lead.  That was the first hit of the game for Lake County off Jayden Dubanewcz, the Wisconsin starting pitcher.

In the top of the sixth, Dubanewicz gave up a lead-off double and recorded his fifth strikeout of the game before he gave way to reliever Chandler Welch.

Welch walked the first two batters he faced to load the bases.  He rebounded to get the second out of the inning with a strikeout and get ahead of Howard 0-2.  Wisconsin thought Welch had struck out Howard on a check swing, but Howard was ruled not to have gone around to keep his at bat alive.  Two pitches later, Howard blooped a single to left to score two runs.

José Pirela was next to face Welch, and they battled for ten pitches.  Welch again got ahead 0-2.  Pirela fouled of a pair of 1-2 pitches and three 2-2 pitches before hitting a three-run home run to right for a 6-0 lead.

The Rattlers (61-53, 27-25) managed two hits off Lake County starting pitcher Jacob Zibin.  Tayden Hall had a one-out double in the second and Yannic Walther singled with one out in the third.  Zibin retired the next eleven batters he faced and completed six scoreless innings with no walks and a pro single-game high for strikeouts with seven.

Xavier Martinez, the first Captains reliever, extended the number of consecutive Rattlers retired to fifteen before he walked Luiyin Alastre with one out in the eighth.  Zane Petty got the final two outs of the eighth with strikeouts.

Wisconsin avoided the shutout with a run in the bottom of the ninth.  Daniel Dickinson and Sawyer Strosnider had back-to-back singles with one out.  Both moved up a base on a balk by Petty.  Eric Bitonti hit blooper to left that was run down by Tommy Hawke for the second out, but Dickinson was able to tag and score on the sacrifice fly.

Bitonti’s RBI was #70 on the season for him.

The series finale is Sunday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field.  Andrew Healy (0-1, 3.00) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin.  The Captains have named Nelson Keljo (0-1, 4.61) as their starter.  Game time is 1:10pm.

A trip to Sister Bay is on the line this Sunday afternoon when Baileys Harbor makes a visit to Maplewood to play for the final spot in the Door County Baseball League playoffs.

The Mets played their way into the conversation with a dominating 21-1 win over Institute. The Mets outhit the Cubs 21-4 and took advantage of four errors. Adam Gutschow had four hits and four RBI to lead the Mets while Mason Paye also had four hits and Kody Kissinger, Jaden Diller, and Will Jandrin recorded three. Diller also drove in four runs while Kissinger (2), Tory Jandrin (3), and Paye (2) had multi-RBI games as well. Diller, Kissinger, and Tory Jandrin all homered in the game. Tory Jandrin earned the win on the mound, shutting out the Cubs over five innings while allowing three hits and three walks and striking out three.

The A's held the fourth spot until it got nipped by West jacksonport 5-4 in the finale. Danny Lodl and Caleb Plzak each had two hits while Owen Dannhausen recorded the lone RBI. Aaron Brey took the loss on the mound, allowing five runs (1 ER) on eight hits and three walks while striking out one.

The Mets swept the season series from the A's, beating them 16-0 on June 14th and 7-4 on August 2nd. 

Gary Barta has the call from Maplewood on 105,1 The GOAT beginning at 1:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first pitch at 1:30 p.m.

The Lake County Captains built another early lead and held off multiple late rallies from the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to beat Wisconsin 8-4 Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field.

There was a late start to the game with rain and threatening weather delaying the start of the game one hour and twenty-one minutes until 8:21pm.
 

Lake County (62-52 overall, 25-25 second half) scored in the first inning for the second game in a row.  Welbyn Francisca walked with one out.  Anthony Martinez doubled to the corner in right to drive Francisca home for the 1-0 lead.

The Captains expanded the lead in the third inning with four runs on four hits.  Tommy Hawke started the rally with a double.  Martinez knocked in Hawke with a one-out single.  Wisconsin starting pitcher Daniel Corniel walked the next batter before he gave up an RBI double to Jeffery Mercedes and a two-out, two-run single to Jose Pirela to see the Rattlers deficit grow to 5-0.

Wisconsin (61-52, 27-24) stole a run in the bottom of the fourth.  Sawyer Strosnider singled, stole second, and went to third on a single by Eric Bitonti.  Bitonti stole second and drew a throw.  A missed catch by Francisca at second allowed the ball to trickle to the outfield and Strosnider to score.  Lake County starting Pitcher Jackson Humphries struck out the next three batters to stop that rally in its tracks.

Wande Torres, who replaced Corniel to start the top of the fourth, loaded the bases on two hit batsmen and a single in the fifth.  Torres nearly got out of the inning but a two-out passed ball allowed a run to score to start a pattern of Wisconsin getting a run and the Captains answering in their next at bat.

The Rattlers chipped away again in the bottom of the fifth.  Brady Ebel turned a single to center into a double with two outs.  Daniel Dickinson followed with a triple right to score Ebel.
 

Another unearned run for the Captains scored in the top of the sixth.  They loaded the based with one out on an error, a single, and a walk.  Cannon Peebles singled to knock in the run to make it 7-2.

Luis Flores, Lake County’s third pitcher of the game, let the Rattlers get closer again in the bottom of the seventh as he walked four, including a bases-loaded walk to Dickinson.  A wild pitch let in another run and the Rattlers were down 7-4.

Lake County responded in the top of the eighth against Tanner Perry.  Francisca singled and stole second to start the inning.  Peebles doubled and the score was 8-4 when Francisca crossed the plate.

The Timber Rattlers had threats in both the eighth and ninth innings against Jogly Garcia.  In the eighth, Tayden Hall doubled and Tyler Rodriguez drew a one-out walk.  Garcia struck out the next two batters,

In the ninth, Wisconsin loaded the bases with one out.  Dickinson singled with Strosnider and Bitonti drawing walks to bring the tying run to the plate.  Garcia would close out the game with a strikeout and a flyout to center as the Captains take a 3-1 lead in the series with two games remaining in the set.

Dickinson, who went 3-for-4 with a walk and two RBI, made some history in Friday’s game.  He stole two bases in the first inning to give him fifty on the season.  Dickinson is only the third Timber Rattlers player to steal fifty or more bases in a season.  Ramon Valera stole 52 bases in 1998.  Pedro Liriano set the current single-season stolen base record for the Rattlers with 65 in 2001.

The Timber Rattlers stranded eleven runners and were 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position in Friday’s game.

Game five of the series is Saturday night.  It features a pitching matchup of Jayden Dubanewicz (3-4, 5.11) on the mound for the Timber Rattlers against Jacob Zibin (3-2, 3.02) for the Captains.  Game time is 6:40pm CDT.

The Green Bay Rockers' David Ballenilla and Coleman Lewis were named to the 2026 Northwoods League Postseason All-Star Team this week as the league announces some of their year-end awards.

Ballenilla batted .310 with eight home runs, 40 RBI, and an OPS of .945 while posting a fielding percentage of .937 in the infield. Lewis batted .324 with 12 home runs and 41 RBI and an OPS of 1.074. 

The Royal Oak Leprechauns led the voting with four selections. The Rochester Honkers and Eau Claire Express had three selections each.

Dale Varsho of the Eau Claire Express is the 2026 Manager of the Year. The Express had the best overall record in the league at 46-22 and were the Second Half Champions in the Great Plains East Division.

The 2026 Coach of the Year in the Northwoods League is Christian Faust of the Royal Oak Leprechauns. Faust was instrumental in helping lead the Leprechauns to a second-half title in the Great Lakes East and an eventual Northwoods League Championship after going 4-0 in the playoffs.

The Casco A's captured their first Shoreland League title since 2005 on Thursday with a 4-1 victory over Denmark in game three of their championship series.

The A's wasted no time to get ahead, scoring twice in the opening frame on a Trevor Reinhardt groundout and a Mitch Jandrin single. The Devilbears cut the lead in half in the fourth inning on an RBI double by Rheis Johnson, but the A's added two runs of insurance in the eighth inning on a homer by Phillip Daniels to stretch their lead back out. Reinhardt allowed the tying run to get to the plate in the ninth inning, but induced the title-clinching ground out to cue the celebration.

The A's were outhit 8-5 with Daniels, Jandrin, Kordell Draves, Casey Weddig, and Cole Bzdawka securing the hits. Noah Lindsley earned the win on the mound, allowing seven of the Devilbears' eight hits, but limited them to one runs (1 ER) while striking out five across 7.1 innings before Reinhardt collected the save.

The Green Bay Packers will play its second preseason game on Friday when they travel to the Mile High City to face the Denver Broncos.

The Packers showed that they have plenty to work on still after its 28-9 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday. Trey Smack drilled three field goals and one other that was negated by a penalty to give fans hope after a rough start to his camp. Of his four kicks that went through the uprights, two of them were from 58 yards out. Jordan Love's night ended after the first drive, going 3-5 for 18 yards as he led the Packers to an opening drive field goal. Backup Kyle McCord opened eyes in relief of Love and Tyrod Taylor, throwing for 102 yards on 12 completions. Isaiah Neyor led the Packers in receiving with four grabs for 34 yards while Damien Martinez led the team in rushing with 20 yards on eight carries. 

Kickoff is set for 8 p.m.

The Lake County Captains took advantage of three Wisconsin Timber Rattlers errors and eight walks to cruise to a 10-1 victory Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Anthony Martinez went 2-for-3 with a homer, a double, and three RBI to lead Lake County to its second win of the series.

Welbyn Francisca put the Captains (61-52 overall, 24-25 second half) up 1-0 in the top of the first inning with one out on an inside-the-park homer.  Francisca hit a ball off the left-centerfield wall under the scoreboard.  The ball caromed back toward center field past the Rattlers outfielders. Francisca raced around the bases to beat the relay throw to the plate for his fifteenth homer of the season.

Lake County added to their lead in the fourth with the help of three errors by the Timber Rattlers.  The rally started with one out on a single and a double.  Garrett Howe singled to center past the drawn-in infield.  Both runners scored and Howe wound up at third base after a wild throw to the plate by Sawyer Strosnider.

The Rattlers infield was still in on the grass when Tommy Hawke hit a grounder to Daniel Dickinson at second.  Dickinson’s throw to the plate was wild to allow Howe to score and Hawke wound up at second. 

Hawke took off for third with Rattler pitcher Ethan Dorchies still in the stretch position.  Dorchies stepped off and threw wildly to third allowing Hawke to score the fourth run of the inning.

Dorchies got the second out of the inning but gave up a single to Juneiker Caceres and a two-run home run to Anthony Martinez before he could get the final out of the inning and Lake County led 7-0. 

Wisconsin (61-51, 27-23) loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning against Lake County starting pitcher Harrison Bodendorf.  Yannic Walther hit a line drive ticketed for left field that was snared by Jeffrey Mercedes for the final out of the inning.

The Captains added three more runs without a hit in the top of the fifth.  Wisconsin reliever Yerlin Rodriguez had two outs and a runner at first but walked the next three batters to force in a run.  Then, he hit a batter to force in another run.  Josh Quezada took over for Rodriguez and walked in another run to give Lake County a 10-0 lead.
 

Wisconsin got on the scoreboard in the eighth.  Cam Schuelke, the third Captains pitcher of the game, hit Strosnider with one out.  Strosnider took second on defensive indifference, moved to third on a grounder, and scored on a balk by Schuelke.

Quezada, José Nova, and Michael Fowler kept the Captains in check over the final 4-1/3 innings with no hits and three strikeouts.

Melkis Hernández, who relieved Lake County starting pitcher Harrison Bodendorf with two outs in the fifth, earned the win, his sixth of the season.  Hernández walked two and struck out two over 2-1/3 scoreless, hitless innings.

Dorchies allowed seven runs with only three earned over his four innings in Thursday’s game.

Game four of the series is Friday night.  Wande Torres (8-5, 4.57) is the announced starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Jackson Humphries (1-6, 5.37) is the scheduled starter for the Captains.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The Shoreland League playoffs will come down to the final game after the Casco A's rallied for two runs in the bottom of the eighth to beat Denmark 5-4.

The A's took a 3-0 lead with one run in the first inning and two in the third inning behind a homer from Phillip Daniels and an error. The Devilbears did not go away quietly, getting single tallies in the fifth and sixth inning before taking the lead in the seventh on a sacrifice bunt and a bases loaded walk. With the season hanging in the balance, the A's took the lead back for good in the eighth inning thanks to RBI single by Owen Deprez and a Mitch Jandrin sacrifice fly. Noah Lindsley allowed the tying run on in the ninth, but retired the final two batters to earn the win and a winner-take-all game on Thursday.

Daniels and Casey Weddig each recorded two hits while Daniels, Deprez, and Jandrin were responsible for the RBI. Lindsley allowing no runs on one hit and a walk in 2.1 innings of relief for Colin Lacey, who allowed four runs (3 ER) on seven hits and six walks while striking out 10 during his 6.2 innings of work.

The championship series finale is set for Casco Village Park at 7:30 p.m.

The final Wednesday afternoon home game on the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers schedule was a memorable one for two of their newest players in a 5-3 win over the Lake County Captains.  Brady Ebel, the first round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2025 playing his second game with Wisconsin, knocked in the tying run with his first hit as a Rattler. Sawyer Strosnider, Milwaukee’s second round pick in the 2026 draft, had a pair of RBI, including a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning.  The home run was his first as a professional and is going viral with an incredible family connection.

The Captains (60-52 overall, 23-25 second half) broke in front with two runs in the top of the sixth inning.  Josh Knoth, the Wisconsin starting pitcher, walked the lead-off batter on four pitches.  Chandler Welch relieved Knoth and gave up a single to Jefferey Mercedes and a bunt single to Tyler Howard to load the bases.  Welch issued a one-out walk to Garrett Howe to force in the first run of the game.  Tommy Hawke made it 2-0 with a two-out single to left.

The Rattlers responded in the bottom of the sixth.  Juan Baez drew a walk with two outs and Luiyin Alastre on first to extend the inning.  Blayberg Diaz singled to left to score Alastre.  Ebel tied the game with a single to left to score Baez.  Ebel made his Timber Rattlers debut on Tuesday with four walks in four plate appearances.

Strosnider and Eric Bitonti crushed back-to-back home runs to start the bottom of the seventh.  The fifth time Wisconsin has hit back-to-back homers.  Strosnider, who joined the Rattlers last week for the series at Cedar Rapids, drove a 1-0 pitch over the wall in right-center for his first professional home run.

The personal connection on the home run for Strosnider?  It was caught by his father, Scott Strosnider.

Then, Bitonti hit a titanic blast over the home run porch in right field on 2-0 pitch.  Bitonti’s bomb was historic.  It was his twentieth home run of the season and allowed him to be the second Timber Rattler to reach twenty homers and twenty stolen bases in a season.

Lake County loaded the bases against Bjorn Johnson with no outs in the top of the eighth.  Johnson got Victor Izturis to send a grounder to short.  Ebel tossed to Daniel Dickinson for the force play.  Dickinson had no play at first but threw behind the runner rounding third base for the second out of the inning.  A run scored but the rally was stopped in its tracks with Johnson getting the final out on a flyout to left.

Dickinson started a rally for an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth with a single and two stolen bases to get to third base with no outs.  Strosnider doubled down the first base line to score Dickinson for a 5-3 lead.

José Meneses pitched a 1-2-3 top of the ninth for his first save as a Rattler.

Game three of the series is Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Ethan Dorchies (5-8, 5.03) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Harrison Bodendorf (0-2, 6.20) has been named the starter for the Captains.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and the Lake County Captains battled to a 3-3 tie through seven innings on Tuesday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  The Captains scored a run on a sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth and held on to beat the Rattlers 4-3.

The first two Timber Rattlers to bat in the bottom of the first inning reached base.  Brady Ebel, the first round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2025, drew a walk in his first plate appearance as a Rattler.  Cooper Pratt, on a rehab assignment from the Brewers, followed with a single.  A wild pitch moved both runners into scoring position.  Eric Bitonti singled to right with two outs to score both runners for a 2-0 lead.

Rattlers starting pitcher Jacob Morrison walked Garrett Howe to start the third.  Tommy Hawke singled to center to move Howe to third with Howe advancing to second on the attempt to get Howe.  Morrison committed a balk to allow Howe to score but escaped the inning with the lead.

He was not as fortunate in the fourth.  Jeffery Mercedes singled to start the inning.  Cannon Peebles was next and he hit a home run to center to give the Captains a 3-2 lead.

Pratt stepped in with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the fifth inning.  He tied the game with a sacrifice fly to right.

The Captains (60-51 overall, 23-24 second half) took a 4-3 lead in the top of the eighth inning.  Andrew Healy hit Juneiker Caceres with one out.  Then, Anthony Martinez doubled to put runners on second and third.  Luis De La Cruz flew out to left deep enough to score Caceres with the go-ahead run.

Ebel drew his fourth walk of the night with two outs in the seventh to bring Pratt to the plate.  The Captains elected to make a pitching change with Jogly Garcia replacing Nelson Keljo on the mound.  Pratt didn’t get a chance as Ebel was thrown out at second base for the final out of the inning.

Tyler Rodriguez doubled with two outs in the bottom of the ninth against Zane Petty to get the tying run into scoring position.  Petty got the final out on a flyout to center to snap Wisconsin’s three-game winning streak.

Pratt would leave the game after the top of the seventh.  He was officially 1-for-2 with a walk, a run scored, and an RBI.

Healy set a new professional single-game high for strikeouts with seven over his four innings on Tuesday night.

Wisconsin (60-50, 26-22) went 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position in the game.

Game two the series is Wednesday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field.  Josh Knoth (4-3, 4.68) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Aidan Major (0-0, 4.50) is set to start for the Captains.  Game time is 12:10pm.

The Casco A's could not cash in on their opportunities and paid the price in Tuesday's 4-0 loss to Denmark in the first game of their best-of-three series to decide the Shoreland League playoff championship.

The Devilbears started and ended their victory with two-run rallies with Carter Stebane providing most of the offense, going 2-4 with two RBI.

The A's had five hits, drew four walks, and won the error battle 2-1, but came up empty for only the third time this year. Trevor Reinhardt led the A's with two hits while Kyle Routhieaux, Phillip Daniels, and Blake Robillard accounting for the others. Owen Deprez took the loss, allowing four runs (2 ER) on seven hits and three walks while striking out nine.

Game 3 is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. as the series shifts to Casco VIllage Park.

The Green Bay Packers continue to tweak their roster to best fit their training camp needs and prepare for preseason matchups like Friday's tilt against the Denver Broncos. 

Here are the moves the team has made since Family Night:

• August 9th: Signed WR Kisean Johnson and waived/injured S Johnathan Baldwin II and CB Marlon Jones
• August 10th: Claimed WR Chris Hilton Jr. off waivers from the Washington Commanders
• August 11th: Signed S Trey Dean III and S Tra Fluellen and released TE Drew Biber and G Karsen Barnhart
• August 15th: Released QB Kyron Drones

The Packers and the Broncos kickoff on Friday at 8 p.m.

More student-athletes are heading back to school on Monday as their respective sports host their first practices of the season.

Monday marks the first day that girls and boys volleyball, boys and girls cross country, and boys soccer can practice. All of those sports can play in their first competitions as soon as August 25th.

Other sports can kick off competitions later this week. Girls swimming can start on August 19th while football can start on August 20th for both 8-player and 11-player.

Sister Bay will have a week off and short trips to the park the rest of the season after beating Egg Harbor 10-2 in the regular season finale. 

The Bays will now host the winner of Maplewood/Baileys Harbor on August 30th with a potential home championship game on September 6th.

West Jacksonport extended the league's season on Sunday with a 5-4 win over Baileys Harbor, which will now have to play Maplewood to make it into the playoffs.

Scoreless through three innings, the A's scored three runs across two innings before the Ports scratched out a run of their own in the fifth inning. The Ports flipped the game on its head in the seventh inning with a four-spot wih Drew Tanck and Frank de Young delivering run-scoring hits. The A's scored once in the top of the ninth and had the tying run on base before a ground out ended the game. 

For the Ports, Drew Tanck posted three hits while Riley Cordier and de Young each tallied two. Peyton Kuehn and de Young each recorded one RBI. CJ Goetz earned the win, striking out six across three scoreless innings while allowing one hit.

For the A's, Danny Lodl and Caleb Plzak each had two hits while Owen Dannhausen recorded the lone RBI. Aaron Brey took the loss on the mound, allowing five runs (1 ER) on eight hits and three walks while striking out one.

The A's will now have to travel to Maplewood on August 23rd to try to capture the fourth-seed.

The Maplewood Mets' season is not done yet after demolishing Institute 21-1 on Sunday.

The Mets did not waste time to make their case for the fourth-seed in the Door County League playoffs. They score two runs in the first and fourth innings with a single tally in between to make it 5-0. The Mets doubled their lead in the fifth inning with five runs and nearly did it again with eight runs in the sixth inning, capped off by a three-run homer by Tory Jandrin. They tacked on three more runs before the Cubs made their last stand in the bottom of the eighth inning on a Tommy Junion sacrifice fly that brought home Nick Peterson. 

The Mets outhit the Cubs 21-4 and took advantage of four errors. Adam Gutschow had four hits and four RBI to lead the Mets while Mason Paye also had four hits and Kody Kissinger, Jaden Diller, and Will Jandrin recorded three. Diller also drove in four runs while Kissinger (2), Tory Jandrin (3), and Paye (2) had multi-RBI games as well. Diller, Kissinger, and Tory Jandrin all homered in the game. Tory Jandrin earned the win on the mound, shutting out the Cubs over five innings while allowing three hits and three walks and striking out three.

For the Cubs, Caleb Hoffman, Juston Williams, Siggy Hansen, and Quin Scram accounted for the team's lone hits on the day. Williams took the loss on the mound, allowing 10 runs (6 ER) on 11 hits and three walks while striking out two.

The Mets will now play Baileys Harbor in Maplewood in a play-in game for the fourth seed. The winner would travel to first-place Sister Bay for the official start of the playoffs on August 30th. 

The Shoreland League is down to its final week of the season with Casco and Denmark playing its championship series beginning on Monday.

The A's swept Ashwaubenon to earn their place in the championship series after winning the regular season crown. The A's only needed seven innings to end the Lookouts' season thanks to crooked numbers in three of the innings of a 10-0 victory on Wednesday. Owen Deprez paced the team with a 3-for-4, 1 RBI performance while Trevor Reinhardt went 2-4 with three RBI. Reinhardt and Kordell Draves each had two hits for the A's. Deprez pitched seven shutout innings, limited the Lookouts to three hits and two walks while striking out eight. 

The Devilbears earned their spot in the series by taking its winner-take-all game against Kewaunee last Thursday 10-0. The Devilbears jumped on pitcher Brett Paulsen early, scoring three runs in the first inning courtesy of a two-run single by Rheis Johnson that was preceded by a wild pitch that also allowed a run. The game was put out of reach in the fifth inning when the Devilbears tallied six more runs before they put the game on ice with one more run in the sixth. The game ended after a scoreless seventh inning.

First pitch is set for 7:30 p.m. in Denmark. The series will shift to Casco Wednesday and Thursday for 7:30 p.m. start times.

The Green Bay Blizzard come home from Tuscon, Arizona for the second year in a row empty handed after losing to the Arizona Rattlers 62-51 in the IFL National Championship game. 

The Blizzard held onto a slim lead for much of the first half, scoring the game's first nine points and IFL MVP Liam Thompson throwing a pair of touchdown. A touchdown thrown by former Blizzard quarterback Max Meylor tied the game 23-23 at halftime. The game would get tied up at again at 32 and 39 before a 47-yard kickoff swung the momentum in favor of the hometown Rattlers the rest of the evening, eventually sending the Blizzard to their second straight championship game loss.

Thompson threw for 116 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 106 yards and a score to prove his MVP credentials. Trevon Alexander grabbed five balls for 51 yards and two scores through the air. 

The Blizzard end the season 15-4 on the season with all four losses coming away from Resch Center.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers finished their two-week road trip with a 5-1 victory over the Cedar Rapids Kernels Sunday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Stadium.  Wisconsin scored all five of their runs after two outs and Jayden Dubanewicz worked five shutout innings to get the win.

Cedar Rapids (44-68 overall, 13-35 second half) lost their starting pitcher on the third batter of the game.  Kolten Smith was tended to three times on the mound during the inning left due to illness with an 0-2 count on Daniel Dickinson, the Rattlers third batter of the game.  Ivran Romero took over on the mound and retired Dickinson on one pitch.

Wisconsin (60-49, 26-21) had two outs with none on in the top of the third inning against Romero.  The offense started to click with four consecutive singles to plate two runs.  Luis Peña and Sawyer Strosnider started the rally with singles.  Dickinson followed with a single to knock in Peña and get Strosnider to third.  Eric Bitonti was next and he ripped a single to right to score Strosnider for a 2-0 lead to knock Romero out of the game.

Yeizhon Sanchez, the Kernels third pitcher of the game, got the final out of the third, pitched a scoreless fourth, and got the first two outs of the fifth.  Then, the Rattlers staged another two-out rally in the fifth.  Dickinson and Bitonti drew walks to keep the inning alive.  Luis Castillo and Tayden Hall delivered consecutive RBI singles for a 4-0 lead. 

Dubanewicz, the Wisconsin starting pitcher, had a big bounce back outing on Sunday.  In game one of the series on August 11, Dubanewicz gave up five runs in three innings to be tagged with the loss.  In the series finale, Dubanewicz tossed five scoreless innings, allowed three hits, walked none, and struck out three.

Wisconsin missed some chances to extend their lead.  They loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the seventh against Mike McKenna but failed to score.  Position player Quinn McDaniel took over in the eighth inning and walked the first three Rattlers he faced before escaping the inning.

Cedar Rapids had something going against José Nova in the bottom of the eighth when Nova hit a batter and gave up a single to the first two Kernels he faced.  Nova regrouped and got a strikeout and a double play to maintain the 4-0 lead.

Luiyin Alastre added an insurance run in the top of the ninth with another two-out, RBI single to scored Castillo.

Danny DeAndrade homered to start the Cedar Rapids ninth inning against Michael Fowler.  McDaniel followed with a double.  Fowler struck out the next three batters to close out the game and Wisconsin’s third win in a row.

Wisconsin wrapped their twelve-game road trip with a 7-5 record.  They went 4-2 in a series at Beloit and split their six-game series with the Kernels.  The Rattlers will enter the final three weeks of the season 2-1/2 games behind the Quad Cities River Bandits and Beloit Sky Carp.  Quad Cities is percentage points ahead of the Sky Carp after Sunday’s action was completed.

The Timber Rattlers are off on Monday.  They return to action on Tuesday night in game one of a twelve-game homestand at Neuroscience Group Field.  The opponents on Tuesday are the Lake County Captains with Jacob Morrison (1-1, 4.15) as the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The playoff picture can get a major shake-up on Sunday with all eight teams in action, including the 105.1 The GOAT Game of the Week when Baileys Harbor travels to West jacksonport.

Baileys Harbor is holding onto the final spot in the playoffs after demolishing Institute 18-0 in eight innings last Friday. Aaron Brey led the way with four hits and seven RBI while Ethan Kratcha and Caleb Plzak had three hits and OwenDannhausen, Danny Lodl, and River Pawelski all had two hits. Dannhausen and Plzak each drove in three runs while Kratcha knocked in a pair. Brey did not need much help on the mound as he went 7.2 innings, allowing no runs on two hits and a walk while striking out 15. They play at West Jacksonport, which is coming off a 7-4 loss to Egg Harbor. For the Ports, Woody Schartner went 3-3 and an RBI while Cordier drove in three runs.  Gary Barta will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 1:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first pitch at 1:30 p.m.

An A's loss could open the door for Maplewood, which is one-game behind Baileys Harbor in the standings after tipping Washington Island 8-7 in 11 innings last Sunday. The Mets overcame six errors thanks to three-hit, one RBI performances from Nolan Wagner and Jaden Diller while Gavin Brady and Kordell Draves each had two hits. Tory Jandrin got the win, allowing three runs (2 ER) on five hits and a walk while recording a strikeout across five innings of work. Institute would love to play spoiler as they look their first win of the season. Caleb Hoffman had two hits while Nick Peterson and Robbie Pollman tallied the other two in 18-0 loss to Baileys Harbor in their last game. Siggy Hansen struggled as he allowed 18 runs (18 ER) on 18 hits and 14 walks while striking out in a complete-game effort.

Sister Bay topped Kolberg 3-2 on the road last weekend to move into sole possession of first place. Tom Sawyer had two of the team's six hits to go along with two walks. Sam Forkert and Sawyer Johnson also got hits. Forkert got the win, allowing two runs (2 ER) on four hits and three walks while striking out six across eight innings. Matt Hecht picked up the save. The Indians could play spoiler for a second weekend in a row after officially dashing West Jacksonport's hopes with a 7-4 victory. Drew Price has three hits while Brady Kita and Drake Olson had two hit games. Nick Kita drove in three runs while Price drove in a pair. Price got the win on the mound, allowing three runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out six.

A battle for a home playoff game will be in Kolberg when Washington Island travels the length of the peninsula to face the Braves. The Braves' Nick LeCaptain went 2-4 with an RBI to lead the team. Trevor Reinhardt took the loss, allowing three runs (2 ER) on four hits and three walks while striking out five across five innings.  The Islanders fought back from an early deficit, but fell to Maplewood 8-7 in 11 innings. Caleb Cornell, Luke Geiger, Ray McDonald, Cam Munao, and Alex Johnson all had two-hit performances with McDonald (2) and the Geigers (1 each) recording the RBI. Bennett Isaacson-Krueger took the loss, allowing six runs (6 ER) on 10 hits and five walks while striking out one across six innings.

All four games begin at 1:30 p.m.

The Green Bay Blizzard are hoping for a different conclusion to their 2026 season on Sunday when they face the hometown Arizona Rattlers in the IFL National Championship game in Tucson.

The Blizzard needed more than 60 minutes to clinch their second straight trip to the IFL National Championship game on Sunday, beating the Tulsa Oilers 67-60 in overtime. After Andrew Mevis forced overtime with a 14-yard field goal, Liam Thompson found Isaac Ross for a four-yard touchdown for what ended up being the game-winning score. Thompson ended the game with 232 and seven touchdowns through the air as he completed 20 passes to go along with his 61 rushing yards. Trevon Alexander was his top target with seven grabs for 95 yards and three touchdowns. Draysean Hudson made the most out of his two receptions as they both went for touchdowns.

The Blizzard will travel to Tucson to battle the Rattlers, who beat the San Diego Strike Force 43-37 to secure their spot in the IFL National Championship in front of its home crowd. It is the second straight appearance in the title game for the Blizzard, which lost to the Vegas Night Hawks 64-61 in Tucson last season.

Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m.