The Battle Creek Bombers are pleased to announce the hiring of Brandon Higelin as their Pitching Coach for the 2011 season. Higelin has spent time in numerous pitching positions throughout different levels of baseball.

The Waterloo Bucks, a member of the Northwoods League, have announced the rehiring of Travis Kiewiet to be the team's Bench Coach for the 2011 season. Kiewiet (KEY-wit) has held the same position for Waterloo since 2008. Kiewiet joins Manager Jason Nell as part of the coaching staff for the Bucks' 17th season of play in 2011.

The La Crosse Loggers Baseball Club announced the addition of a pair of highly touted freshman from the University of Oregon today with the signings of first baseman Tyler Kuresa and right-handed pitcher Brando Tessar.

The Waterloo Bucks, members of the Northwoods League, have announced the inductees for the Sixth Annual Bucks Baseball Hall of Fame Banquet. The former Bucks that will be enshrined will be Phillip Hawke, Tim Lavery, and Seth Von Behren.

(ROCHESTER, MN) The Northwoods League is excited to announce that the inaugural Northwoods League Foundation charity event is a Celebrity Poker Tournament set for Monday night, January 31, 2011 at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN. Former Mankato Masher and current New York Yankees centerfielder Curtis Granderson headlines a growing list of celebrities scheduled to participate.

(ROCHESTER, MN) The Northwoods League is excited to announce that the inaugural Northwoods League Foundation charity event is a Celebrity Poker Tournament set for Monday night, January 31, 2011 at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN. Former Mankato Masher and current New York Yankees centerfielder Curtis Granderson headlines a growing list of celebrities scheduled to participate.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (December 8, 2010) - Terry Collins is the first Northwoods League manager to later become a manager at the Major League level. Collins, a former Duluth Huskies’ field manager, was named the New York Mets’ manager on November 23rd.

The Northwoods League recently teamed up with a group of students at Minnesota State University (MSU) to help with the launch of the Northwoods League Foundation. The students contacted the Northwoods League in a search to complete an assignment given to them in one of their courses. The students, who are sports management majors at MSU, were given a service learning assignment in a Sport Ethic and Professional Development class. The students were assigned to identify a need in the community, set goals to meet the need identified, explain the process that would be used to achieve the goals identified, describe the outcomes of the service learning project, and provide a reflection of their service learning experience. These students contacted the Northwoods League, which has recently created the Northwoods League Foundation. The goals of the Foundation matched the requirements for the assignment set by their professor, Mr. Bryan Romsa. The Northwoods League and the Northwoods League Foundation gave these MSU students an opportunity to help with creating a database of their former players, which will allow the Foundation to more easily contact these players. The database is compiled of over 4,000 former Northwoods League players, with their names, e-mails, addresses and phone numbers provided in their original Northwoods League contracts. The Foundation will contact the players with ways for them to get involved with upcoming charity events. The mission of the Northwoods League Foundation is to enrich the quality of life in Northwoods League member communities. This project gave these MSU students an opportunity to complete their assignment for their course, as well as providing them with firsthand experience that they will experience in their future sports management careers. Also, this project will be very beneficial to the Northwoods League and the Northwoods League Foundation.

The La Crosse Loggers Baseball Club, in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse baseball program and the “Friends of Baseball at UW-L”, announced their plans for the Loggers 9th Annual Winter Baseball BBQ today at a press conference inside of the Stoney Creek Inn (Onalaska).

he Northwoods League has announced the complete schedule for the upcoming 2011 regular season, the League’s 18th season of play.