The field tarp was on the field at Cost Cutters Field at Riverfront Stadium today.  Despite any past, present, or future rain, today’s Great Plains East Sub-Division Championship Series Game 1 between the Waterloo Bucks and the Eau Claire Express is still scheduled to start at 6:35 pm.

The Bucks will host the Eau Claire Express on Monday, August 12 at 6:35 pm in Game One of the Great Plains East Sub-Divisional Championship Series.  Gates open at Cost Cutters Field at Riverfront Stadium at 5:30 pm.  The first 250 fans will receive a ballcap as they enter the ballpark.

For tickets, fans are encouraged to call the Bucks’ Ticket Line at (319) 232-5633 or order online by clicking here:  https://waterloo-bucks.nwltickets.com/SingleGame/Tickets/SelectSeats/871.  Walk-up tickets will be available while quantities last.

Eau Claire won the second half of the Great Plains East Sub-Division.  The Express will have home field advantage in the Sub-Divisional Championship, hosting games two and three (if necessary) in Eau Claire in the best-of-three series.

The Bucks qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half of the Great Plains East Sub-Division.  This is Waterloo’s first trip to the playoffs since the 2013 season, when the team won both first and second half titles of the Northwoods League North Division.

The winner of the Great Plains East Sub-Division Championship will face the winner of the Great Plains West Sub-Division Series in a one-game, winner-take-all Great Plains Division Championship.  The winner of the Great Plains Championship will face the Great Lakes Champion in a one game set to determine the 2019 Northwoods League Champions.