Weather caused problems around the Northwoods League on Opening Night 2008. The game in Alexandria between the Thunder Bay Border Cats and the Alexandria Beetles was postponed. The opener in Rochester between the Honkers and the Mankato MoonDogs also was washed out. 

Two games started but didn’t finish. St. Cloud at Brainerd and Wisconsin at Eau Claire will both have to be completed in June.

The other three games battled through some weather problems of their own but all went final. Check the Northwoods League scoreboard for those results.

The nwltickets.com video webcasting debut took place on opening night. Quite honestly, there was both good and bad. A few locations struggled with technical issues, but adjustments are being made to eliminate all problems as soon as possible. Elsewhere, some webcasts went flawlessly.

Thunder Bay and Alexandria have scheduled a doubleheader for Friday night, beginning at 6:05 PM at Knute Nelson Memorial Park in Alexandria. The teams will play two seven-inning games. None of the other postponed/suspended games will be played on Friday night because in all three cases the two-game series was a home-and-home series. In all, five teams (Alexandria, La Crosse, Mankato, St. Cloud, and Wisconsin) will have their home opener on Friday.

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Curt Carstensen
Director of Operations
Northwoods League