The Waterloo Bucks have announced the signing of outfielder Peter Leonello to their roster for the 2012 season. Leonello (pronounced lee-oh-NELL-oh), a sophomore at Long Island University-Brooklyn, is the 10th player to be named to Waterloo's roster for the team's 18th season.
The St. Cloud franchise of the Northwoods League has announced that they have hired Wes Sharp as their General Manager.
The Battle Creek Bombers announced that they have signed a freshmen trio from the University of Arkansas.
The Green Bay Bullfrogs have announced the team has hired Shannon Krein as its Director of Ticketing/Group Sales for the 2012 season.
The La Crosse Loggers Baseball Club bolstered their 2012 roster with the signings of a pair of players from San Diego State University as team officials announced that sophomore hurler T.J. Kendzora and two-way freshman Stephen Pallares will dawn the Logger green this summer.
A small flock of Oregon Ducks will be migrating east this summer to play for the Rochester Honkers. University of Oregon junior Ryan Hambright, sophomore Kyle Garlick, and freshman Scott Heineman will bring their talents to the Northwoods League this coming May. The Honkers have enjoyed the presence of Ducks players ever since the 2008-09 season, when the program ended a 26-year absence from intercollegiate competition.
The Waterloo Bucks have announced the signing of right-handed pitcher Blake Denman to their roster for the 2012 season. Denman, a sophomore at the University of Texas-San Antonio, is the ninth player to be named to Waterloo's roster for the team's 18th season.
For the first time a player that once played for a Minnesota team in the Northwoods League will now suit up in the big leagues for the Minnesota Twins. Veteran outfielder Josh Willingham signed a three-year contract with the Twins this offseason and will be expected to patrol right field at Target Field through 2014.
This week the Wisconsin Woodchucks announced another addition to their roster for the 2012 season. Recently, the ‘Chucks have signed Skyler Ewing, a power hitting, freshman first baseman from Rice University.
The Northwoods League announced today that Matt Bomberg has been hired as the newest member of the NWL’s front office staff. He and former Director of Operations Curt Carstensen are now Vice Presidents of the Northwoods League working alongside League President Dick Radatz, Jr.
