Mark Skonieczny is batting .341 for the Lake Erie Monarchs this summer Now that the Illinois baseball season is over, the baseball players get to go home and have fun all summer, right? Not necessarily. They’re probably having fun but they are all honing their skills at collegiate baseball leagues…
This probably shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone following Reid Roper’s summer up in Rochester but it has recently been announced that he has been named “Honker of the Year” by his summer league team the Rochester Honkers. Not only did Roper become the Honkers’ all-time leader in hits,…
It seems Illini infielder infielder/pitcher Reid Roper has been making headlines all season helping his summer league team Rochester Honkers win ballgames (here are just a couple from the Northwoods League website and the Post-Bulletin). Now, Roper is in the news because he is breaking another record. According to the…
This summer, the boys are out to play. Twenty-eight Illini baseball players are playing summer ball around the country for twelve teams in seven leagues. As usual, team Sports Information Director Matt Wille has the Summer Ball Central web page up so we know what they’re up to. Each team…
Today, the new Kenosha team in the Northwoods League unveiled their logo and name. They will be called the Kingfish and you can find them at their new website at http://www.kingfishbaseball.com/. From the Northwoods League website: A new era of baseball will begin at a renovated Simmons Field on May…
J.D. Nielsen Zack Kolakowski Illini Zack Kolakowski and J.D. Nielsen are making history of sorts. According to the Kenosha News, they’ll be the very first players signed to the new Northwoods League team based in Kenosha, Wisconsin. J.D. Nielsen and Zack Kolakowski made a little Kenosha baseball history on Thursday…
Illinois pitcher Charlie Naso was featured on Northwoods League website as the pitcher who “Shut down the Huskies” in a key postseason game. Naso’s Madison Mallards and the Duluth Huskies are currently embroiled in the Northwoods Summer College World Series. In the first game of the series, the Mallards won…
The Waterloo Bucks just tied the Northwoods League mark for wins with 50 after their 7-2 defeat of Battle Creek. It’s probably no coincidence that Illini infielder David Kerian is featured in the photo of the article. Kerian is hitting .300 for the season and has 17 stolen bases and…
Illini first baseman David Kerian had one of his best games of the summer two nights ago for the Waterloo Bucks in Northwoods League. In a 15-3 win over the Rochester Honkers which featured an eleven run second inning, Kerian shone as the offensive star. Playing left field for the…
Brandon Hohl Justin Parr A few congrats are in order. The Northwoods League just issued a few post-season awards and a few Illini were mentioned. First, among their 2012 ‘Finest in the Field’ honorees was thirdbaseman Brandon Hohl who played for Wisconsin Rapids this summer. His .973 fielding percentage was…