The managers of the Chippewa River Baseball League (CRBL) have selected the 2023 All-Stars. The CRBL All-Star game will be hosted by the Chippewa Falls LumberJacks on June 30th at Casper Park with a 7:00 pm start time. The Hall of Fame class of 2023 will be inducted throughout the game.

North All-Stars

South All-Stars

Hall of Fame Inductees Order

• 2nd inning – Wally Beranek
• 3rd inning – Reggie Franz
• 4th inning – Chuck Hall & Jim Hall
• 5th inning – Jim Spaeth
• 6th inning – Bubba Stolt
• 7th inning – Gene Vavra

• 66th All-Star game in CRBL History
• The South leads the series 33 to 16
• The South won the last meeting 4-3 on July 1st at Carson Park

Game: 65th Annual All-Star Game

Date: Friday, July 1st, 7:00 pm

Location: Carson Park in Eau Claire

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

South 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 9 0

North 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2

Pitching Summary IP H R ER BB K

(WP) Chevy Tollefson 1 0 0 0 1 1

(SV) Alex Byom 1 0 0 0 0 1

(LP) Leo Burmeister 1 1 1 0 0 1

Leading Hitters

(South) Ryan Freitag 1-2 (R, HR, RBI), Austin Lemay 1-3 (2B, RBI), Todd Lasher 1-3 (2B, RBI), Jesse Brockman 1-2 (2B), Alex St. John 1-1

(North) Jon Schoch 1-3 (2 R, HR, 2 RBI), Caden Erickson 1-2 (SB), Connor O’Reilly 1-2 (RBI)

Game Notes

• Ryan Freitag was named game MVP. He hit the first itch of the game for a home run in the top of the first inning. Ryan was also named the All-Star game MVP in 2018.
• This was the first CRBL All-Star game ever played at Carson Park.
• This was the 65th CRBL All-Star game. The first was played in 1909 when the Eau Claire Giants beat the Chippewa Valley League All-Stars 1 to 0 at Driving Park in Eau Claire.
• The South now leads the series 33-16 over the North.



The managers of the Chippewa River Baseball League (CRBL) have selected the 2022 all-star’s. Even with the elimination of the North and South divisions, the All-Star game will be played with the old division format. The CRBL all-star game will be hosted by the Eau Claire Cavaliers on July 1st at Carson Park in Eau Claire with a 7:00 pm start time.

North All-Stars

South All-Stars

The North team will be managed by Pete Thaler and Pete Bartingale. The south team will be managed by Luke Anderson and Rick Danielson. Starting lineups to be determined at game time.

*NOTE: Rosters Subject to Change*

• 65th All-Star game in CRBL History
• The South leads the series 32 to 16
• The South won the last meeting 2-1 on July 3rd, 2001 in Bloomer
• This is the first CRBL all-star team hosted by the Eau Claire Cavaliers

Game: 64th Annual All-Star Game

Date: Saturday, July 3rd, 12:30 pm

Location: Stuckert Field in Bloomer

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E

South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 3

North 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 2

Pitching Summary IP H R ER BB K

(WP) Chevy Tollefson 2 2 1 1 1 2

(LP) Paul Petit 3 1 2 0 1 4

Leading Hitters

(South) Ryan Freitag 1-2, Jim Thill 1-2, Sawyer Sturz 1-2, Josh Halling 1-2

(North) Connor Stoik 2-3, Cole Zwiefelhofer 1-2 (2B), Nate Hayes 1-1, Tristan Hable 2-4 (2B, RBI)

Game Notes

• In the top of the 10th innings, Jordan Hauser of the Whitehall Wolves scored the go-ahead run from 3rd base on a wild pitch with 2 outs to give the South a 2-1 lead. Implementing MLB extra-inning rules for the first time in CRBL history, each division started the 10th inning with a runner on second base.
• Hauser started the top of the 10th inning on second base and moved to 3rd base on a sacrifice bunt by the Eau Claire Bear’s Josh Hallings.
• Right-handed pitcher Tyler Gray of the Eau Claire Rivermen was named game MVP. Gray pitched two scoreless innings of relief (2 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 HA, 1 BB, 4 K) in the 7th and 8th, working out of a bases loaded, no out jam in the bottom of the 8th.
• This was only the third All-Star game in CRBL history to go into extra-innings. The first was in 1951 when the League All-Stars beat the Hamilton Chevrolets 9-8 in 11 innings at the Marshall Playground n Chippewa Falls. The second was in 1967 when the South beat the North 15-13 at Tilden in 10 innings.
• The 2-1 result was the lowest scoring all-star game since 1909, when the Eau Claire Giants beat the League All-Stars 1-0 at Driving Park in Eau Claire in the first all-star game played in CRBL history.

The Chippewa River Baseball League (CRBL) 2021 all-star’s have been selected by the 11 team managers. The CRBL all-star game will be hosted by the Bloomer Woodticks on July 3rd at Stuckert Field in Bloomer with a 12:30 pm start time.

North All-Star’s

The CRBL North team will be coached by Ryan Baier of the Tilden Tigers. Starting line-up to be determined at game time.

South All-Star’s

The CRBL South team will be coached by Luke Anderson of the Osseo Merchants. His assistant coaches will be Dave Strauch of the Eau Claire Bears and Andy Niese of the Eau Claire Rivermen.  Starting line-up to be determined at game time.

NOTE: Rosters Subject to Change

FACT & INFORMATION

• 64th All-Star game in CRBL History
• 48th Match-up within the North vs. South format.
• The South leads the series 31 to 16
• The North won the last matchup, 6-5 on July 7th in Cadott
• The last time Bloomer hosted an All-Star game was in 2010 when the South beat the North 6-5.