Month: March 2023

2023 CRBL Spring Showcase

SATURDAY CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

The Chippewa Fall LumberJacks are excited to annouce the first ever CRBL Spring Showcase Tournament at Casper Park on April 22nd and 23rd. We look forward to an fun and competitive weekend of baseball for our players, fans, and local community.  We are hopeful to offer it as an annual event. 

Each team will play two seven inning games on Saturday. Since Augusta is only committed to play on Saturday, the four remaining teams will be play a third game on Sunday with the possibility of a fourth if they win. 

Entry fee has been set at $80.00 per game that your team plays and three new baseballs per game.  These fees will be used to cover the umps and field rental.  If baseballs are still in good shape or like new yet from a previous game I am ok with using them again in place of new ball out of the box.

The LumberJacks will offer full concessions and various other raffles, giveaways and other activities during the course of the weekend for the fans and players alike. 

You can direct any questions or concerns you have prior to the tournament to Wayne Franz. A special thanks to Teddy Joas for organizing the umpire crew for the weekend.

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Results

TeamROutcome
Jim Falls Sturgeons2Win
Bloomer Woodticks1Loss

Details

Date Time
April 23, 2023 9:00 am

Field

Casper Park
1025 W Canal St, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
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Results

TeamROutcome
Beef River Bullfrogs2Loss
Chippewa Falls LumberJacks3Win

Details

Date Time
April 23, 2023 11:30 am

Field

Casper Park
1025 W Canal St, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
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Results

TeamROutcome
Bloomer Woodticks13Loss
Chippewa Falls LumberJacks15Win

Details

Date Time
April 23, 2023 2:00 pm

Field

Casper Park
1025 W Canal St, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
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Results

TeamROutcome
Jim Falls Sturgeons5Win
Beef River Bullfrogs3Loss

Details

Date Time
April 23, 2023 4:30 pm

Field

Casper Park
1025 W Canal St, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
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Results

TeamROutcome
Jim Falls Sturgeons0Loss
Chippewa Falls LumberJacks5Win

Details

Date Time
April 23, 2023 7:30 pm

Field

Casper Park
1025 W Canal St, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729

CRBL Preview

Baseball greetings to all our fans, followers, alumni, and friends. It is with great sincerity that we would like to welcome you to another year of competitive amateur baseball within the storied Chippewa River Baseball League. Incredibly, 2023 marks the 95th season of play over 115 years, dating back to the CRBL’s first season of existence in 1908. Very few baseball leagues across the USA – amateur or professional – can substantiate such an existence of length and success. Plainly stated, this is something that anyone associated with the CRBL should take great pride in.

2022 saw the CRBL operate without divisional play for the first time since 1972. From the 10-team arrangement, the Tilden Tigers claimed the best regular season record at 16 and 2, followed by the wildcard teams of Osseo (15-3), the Eau Claire Bears (13-5), and Chippewa Falls (12-6). In the August 6th championship tilt at Casper Park in Chippewa Falls, Tilden beat Osseo 12-5 to capture their league record 39th championship.

The following weekend, seven CRBL teams ventured into the WBA Tournament. From the semi-final fracas of pool play, only Tilden and the Eau Claire Cavaliers survived to the subsequent Finals weekend, with Tilden continuing to roll all the way to the WBA championship game. Unfortunately, the Tigers lost a heart breaker in the title bout to the River Falls Fighting Fish, 3 to 2.

Looking ahead to 2023, the CRBL will welcome back the Augusta Athletics, who played in the league from 1989 to 2019. Also returning will be the tradition of divisional play in the following arrangement:

South Division (6 teams): Augusta Athletics, Beef River Bullfrogs, Eau Claire Bears, Eau Claire Cavaliers, Eau Claire Rivermen, and Osseo Merchants.

North Division (5 teams): Bloomer Fighting Woodticks, Cadott Red Sox, Chippewa Falls Lumberjacks, Jim Falls Sturgeons, and Tilden Tigers.

Old Man Winter put the lumber to us (again) this winter. Yet, like they do every year, the sights and sounds of summer return – whirling baseballs, hot summer nights, freshly cut grass, the crack of the bat………………………..LET’S PLAY BALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!