Nine inning competition will feature the top home run hitters in the league from each division

 

Rochester, Minn. — The Northwoods League has announced the participants for the 2015 Marshfield Clinic Home Run Challenge which will take place before the Northwoods League All-Star game on Tuesday, July 21 at Witter Field in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
 
Nine participants from both the South and North have been chosen for the event which will feature a nine inning competition between the two divisions.

Representing the host Wisconsin Rapids Rafters will be Mitch McGeein (Eastern Michigan), who currently leads the team with seven home runs on the season.

Marshfield Clinic Home Run Challenge Participants

South		HR	North		HR
Lucas Raley	Lakeshore	11	Joe DeRoche-Duffin	Rochester	8
Anthony Gonsolin	Madison	10	Rickey Sanchez	Alexandria	6
Jason Scholl	Kenosha	8	Paul Panaccione	Mankato	3
Albee Weiss	Wisconsin	9	Tyler Adkinson	Eau Claire	5
Max Ponzurick	Wisconsin	7	Austin Athmann	St. Cloud	4
Mason McCoy	La Crosse	7	Daulton Varsho	Eau Claire	3
Ryan Donvan	Green Bay	6	Nate Nolan	Thunder Bay	4
Colin Theroux	Madison	7	Storm Wilson	Willmar	3
Mitch McGeein	Wisconsin Rapids	7	Josh Merrigan	Alexandria	3

 
The format for the Marshfield Clinic Home Run Challenge is below:
1.         There will be 9 innings with each player having one half inning.
2.         Away team (North) player bats first in the top of the inning, and home team player next (South) in the bottom half of the inning.
3.         Each player will have one half inning at bat that will consist of 6 outs
4.         The player with the most home runs at the end of the 9 innings, will be the Home Run Challenge Winner
5.         The team (North or South) with the most home runs will be announced as the winner of the team competition.

The Marshfield Clinic All-Star Game festivities will begin on Monday, July 20th with an evening banquet at Hotel Mead & Conference Center honoring the players selected to the North and South Division All-Star teams. The banquet will feature a keynote address by Milwaukee Brewers President of Baseball Operations-General Manager Doug Melvin along with a question and answer session for the Brewers chief executive.

The full itinerary of events is as follows:

All-Star Event Itinerary

Monday, July 20-Hotel Mead & Conference Center
6:00 pm    Social Hour
7:00 pm    Marshfield Clinic Northwoods League All-Star Banquet in the Grand Ballroom

• Welcoming remarks
• Dinner
• All-Star player, coaches, & umpire introductions
• Guest speaker and Q&A– Doug Melvin

Tuesday, July 21-Witter Field
4:30pm    Gates Open

• Pre-game autograph session with NWL All-Stars

5:05 pm    Marshfield Clinic Home Run Challenge
7:05 pm    Northwoods League All-Star Game presented by Marshfield Clinic

• Postgame Fireworks Show

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The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Playing its 22nd season of summer collegiate baseball in 2015, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 18 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 120 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Lucas Duda (NYM) and Ben Zobrist (OAK). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League Website.  For more information, visit www.raftersbaseball.com.