NECBL Announces Starters for 2025 All-Star Game

Date:07/13/2025  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

The NECBL is excited to announce the starters for the North and South Divisions for the 2025 All-Star Game, hosted by the Upper Valley Nighthawks at Maxfield Sports Complex in Hartford, VT.    The All-Star game will begin at 5:10 pm on July 20th. With MLB scouts in attendance, the NECBL’s best will look to showcase their talents by representing both their summer teams and univers...


2025-2026 D1 Schedule Released

Date:07/07/2025  Source:Missouri State University 

  The Ice Bear's 25th anniversary season will feature eight home weekends and start the season with an exhibition series against the St. Louis Junior Blues. Home games feature WCHL opponents Oklahoma, Central Oklahoma, Colorado, Colorado State and non-conference WCHL games against Arizona State and host McKendree University and Illinois State University. Road games feature the Unive...


Sanford defeats the Swamp Bats 18-13

Date:07/31/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  Ali Koskoris Keene N.H. – The Keene Swamp Bats and the Sanford Mainers resumed a game originally started on July 15th that was suspended due to rain. Keene headed into the bottom of the second inning this afternoon trailing Sandford 9-5. Previously, Austin Wheeler (Georgia) hit a grand slam in the bottom of the first inning, his third home run on the season.   The Sw...


Hunter’s strong start paces ‘Cats to 5-2 win over Keene

Date:07/28/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Brian Hunter (Hartford) tossed six solid innings, helping the North Adams SteepleCats to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Keene Swamp Bats in the regular-season finale between the two New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) Western Division rivals on Saturday night at Joe Wolfe Field.   In the team’s first outing since a 7-3 victory a...


Collins, Haines Lead 2012 NECBL Post Season Awards

Date:08/16/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

August 16, 2012-Commissioner Mario Tiani proudly announced the NECBL’s 2012 Post-Season Awards today.  Laconia 3B Danny Collins won the Rick Ligi MVP while Vermont Mountaineer LHP Alex Haines claimed the Robin Roberts Pitcher of the Year and the League’s Top Prospect citation. Both players narrowly missed Triple Crowns.  Collins won the League’s home run title going...


Mountaineers Power West to 11-6 All-Star Game Win

Date:07/22/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

    Box Score   Montpelier, Vt. - Four different Vermont Mountaineers combined for eight runs batted in, leading the Western Division to an 11-6 win over the East in the 2012 New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) All-Star Game held at Vermont's Montpelier Recreation Field.   The game began scoreless through one inning as Mo...


NECBL Announces All-Star Game Broadcasters

Date:07/17/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  The New England Collegiate Baseball League is proud to announce the selection of the broadcasters for this years All Star game to be played this Sunday, July 22. at Montpelier Recreation Field, Montpellier, VT, The “New England League “, long a pioneer in providing the public with latest in audio and video techniques of its games, will once again be in the forefront this wee...


Keene falls to New Bedford 10-5

Date:07/08/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

Marc Schwartz New Bedford, Mass. – The New Bedford Bay Sox ended the Swamp Bats’ ten game winning streak Sunday, defeating Keene 10-5. Despite a run in the top of the first, the Swamp Bats trailed for the majority of the game. Joe Pistorese (Washington St.) toed the rubber for the Swamp Bats for his fifth start of the year. He went up against Colton Cross (Kennesaw St.) for New B...


Mountaineers defeat the Swamp Bats 4-2

Date:07/10/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  Marc Schwartz Montpelier, V.T. – The Swamp Bats dropped its second consecutive game for only the second time in the 2012 season Monday night, falling to the Vermont Mountaineers 4-2. Kevin McAvoy (Bryant) started his fifth game of the year for the Swamp Bats, matching up with Alex Haines (Seton Hill), the reigning NECBL pitcher of the week, in his fifth start for the Mountaine...


20/10 Vision:

Date:07/12/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  By Don Leypoldt Mike LaBarbera put his fork down and looked at his dinner companion a few weeks ago.  “Without knowing anyone else on North Adams’ roster,” predicted LaBarbera, himself an NECBL alumnus, an All-American at the University of Rhode Island and now a highly successful prep baseball coach, “Jeff Roy is going to be their hardest worker.” ...


Hassan Hopes To Be Going Home

Date:09/19/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  By Don Leypoldt “The Red Sox are an awesome organization to be in, and I’m really fortunate to be here,” Alex Hassan mused.  “Each level I’ve moved up, it seems like I’ve gotten closer to home.  That has made it more accessible for my family to come watch me play, which has been pretty special.” Mapquest- and Hassan’s play- b...


13 NECBL Graduates Honored as Organizational All-Stars

Date:01/17/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

By Don Leypoldt   January 15, 2013- MiLB.com, the official website of Minor League Baseball, recently honored 13 NECBL alumni as part of its Organizational All-Stars.   The selections “honored the players- regardless of age or prospect status- who had the best seasons in their organization,” the site announced.  11 farmhands were given an All-Star nod whil...


NECBL to Support Sandy Hook Victims All Season Long

Date:06/05/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

NECBL to Support Sandy Hook Victims All Season Long The horrific and senseless tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School shook everyone. But the Danbury Westerners organization felt the emotional shrapnel far, far more than most. Danbury is just minutes from Newtown, CT, the site of the shooting.  The Westerners, the NECBL’s longest tenured ball club, have long had ties to both Sandy H...


NECBL Stars Appel, Jagielo Selected in First Round

Date:06/07/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

Stanford RHP Mark Appel, the 2010 New England Collegiate Baseball League’s Top Prospect, headlined two NECBL alumni who were selected on the Draft’s first day. Appel was selected with the first overall pick by the Houston Astros.  The selection came as no surprise.  The 6’5” senior had been at the top of Major League Draft boards all season long.  He went 10...


The Swamps Bats home opener against the Mystic Schooners turned sour...

Date:06/09/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

The Swamps Bats home opener against the Mystic Schooners turned sour late into the night as Anthony Turgeon’s two run home run in the top of the ninth inning lifted the Schooners over Bats 4-3. Although the Swamp Bats led most of the game behind strong pitching, late inning drama didn’t go Keene’s way as the Swamp Bats’ early season record fell to 0-2. The Swamp Bats got on...


Ex-Swamp Bat Wood Makes Major League Debut

Date:05/31/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

By Don Leypoldt  (Photo credit: Christopher Lakos/Univ of Georgia Sports Communications Ex-Swamp Bat Wood Makes Major League Debut May 31st, 2013- Former Keene Swamp Bat Alex Wood made his Major League debut last night for the Atlanta Braves, who defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 11-3. In doing so Wood, who went 2-3 with a 3.96 ERA in eight starts for the 2010 Swamp Bats, became the four...


37 NECBL Alumni on Opening Day Rosters

Date:04/01/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

By Don Leypoldt Major League Baseball opened the 2013 season on March 31st with a Texas-sized showdown: the Astros hosted the Rangers.  Both teams’ bullpens also boasted two highly decorated NECBL alumni.    Texas’ closer Joe Nathan was the 1994 NECBL Defensive Player of the Year; Nathan was a shortstop in college.  Astro righty Josh Fields was named the Top Pros...


NECBL Mourns Passing of Joel Cooney

Date:01/30/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  The New England Collegiate Baseball League mourned the passing of Joel Cooney on Friday, January 25th.  Cooney, 67, was inducted into the NECBL’s Hall of Fame this past November.  He served as the League’s original statistician, and later held the posts of President, Commissioner, Executive Vice President and Treasurer.   “From the League’s beg...


NECBL Alumni Reel in Pre-Season Accolades

Date:02/15/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  By Don Leypoldt   Headlined by three NCBWA All-Americans and arguably the best pitcher in Division II, NECBL graduates collected a slew of pre-season honors, just before the 2013 college baseball season began on February 15th.   Stanford senior RHP Mark Appel, a 2010 Newport Gull and the eighth pick of the 2012 Major League Draft, earned a first team All-American nod f...


NECBL Alumni Contribute to 2012 Most Valuable Program Award

Date:01/09/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

By Don Leypoldt   The NACSB (National Alliance of College Summer Baseball) recently bestowed its Most Valuable Program Award to Coach Danny Hall and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.  The award, said the NACSB’s press release, “is intended to recognize one college or university coach each year that has had the greatest impact on advancing the goals and objectives of...


2025-2026 D1 Schedule Released

Date:07/07/2025  Source:Missouri State University 

  The Ice Bear's 25th anniversary season will feature eight home weekends and start the season with an exhibition series against the St. Louis Junior Blues. Home games feature WCHL opponents Oklahoma, Central Oklahoma, Colorado, Colorado State and non-conference WCHL games against Arizona State and host McKendree University and Illinois State University. Road games feature the Unive...


O'NEILL ADDRESSES GBMH BANQUET

Date:04/16/2015  Source:Glace Bay Minor Hockey Association 

FORMER GBMH EXECUTIVE MEMBER and COACH GREG O'NEILL DELIVERS KEYNOTE MESSAGE TO TOTS & NOVICE AUDIENCE !   (Photo: GBMH President James Edwards and Vice President of Financial Operations Angela Battiste present guest speaker Greg O’Neill with a MINERS Souvenir package jacket following his keynote address)  Tuesday evening at the BAYplex Community Hall the Glace Bay ...


M2 Naval Academy United States rips M2 Cincinnati University of, 5-2

Date:09/20/2015  Source:Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League 

M2 Naval Academy United States had a three-goal lead after two periods and cruised the rest of the way en route to a 5-2 win over M2 Cincinnati University of. M2 Naval Academy United States was sparked by Miki Szabo, who racked up one goal and one assist. Szabo scored on the power play 6:54 into the second period to make the score 2-0 M2 Naval Academy United States. M2 Naval Academy United States ...


FALL 2025 - 13/14U Girls MAGIC

Date:08/28/2023  Source:Markham Revolution Volleyball Club 

13U/14U Girls MAGIC (development program) - FALL Session 2025 Concept: Skill focussed program for athletes born in 2012 and 2013. Athletes preparing for school team, exhibition tournaments and rep team level. Athletes can register for one, two or three days per week. Head Coaches: Your Head Coaches will be experienced and NCCP certified rep coaches.  Wednesdays fro...


TEAM ONTARIO RELEASES APPLICATIONS FOR 2026 COACHING STAFF!

Date:11/10/2025  Source:Team Ontario Lacrosse 

Team Ontario has opened applications for coaching staff for the 2026 season!  Application Packages for Box, Women's Field and Men's Field are available on the Team Ontario website - COACHING APPLICATION PACKAGES.. Coaching staff applicants will find team information, tentative schedules and staff requirements for the 2026 season for each of the teams in the A...


NECBL Announces Starters for 2025 All-Star Game

Date:07/13/2025  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

The NECBL is excited to announce the starters for the North and South Divisions for the 2025 All-Star Game, hosted by the Upper Valley Nighthawks at Maxfield Sports Complex in Hartford, VT.    The All-Star game will begin at 5:10 pm on July 20th. With MLB scouts in attendance, the NECBL’s best will look to showcase their talents by representing both their summer teams and univers...


Hunter’s strong start paces ‘Cats to 5-2 win over Keene

Date:07/28/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Brian Hunter (Hartford) tossed six solid innings, helping the North Adams SteepleCats to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Keene Swamp Bats in the regular-season finale between the two New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) Western Division rivals on Saturday night at Joe Wolfe Field.   In the team’s first outing since a 7-3 victory a...


Sanford defeats the Swamp Bats 18-13

Date:07/31/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  Ali Koskoris Keene N.H. – The Keene Swamp Bats and the Sanford Mainers resumed a game originally started on July 15th that was suspended due to rain. Keene headed into the bottom of the second inning this afternoon trailing Sandford 9-5. Previously, Austin Wheeler (Georgia) hit a grand slam in the bottom of the first inning, his third home run on the season.   The Sw...


Keene takes game one, defeating Vermont 22-0

Date:08/03/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  Ali Koskoris Keene N.H. – The Keene Swamp Bats played their first game of the 2012 NECBL playoffs against the Mountaineers Friday night, demolishing Vermont22-0with stellar defense and sweltering hitting. After a solid defensive first inning from Kevin McAvoy (Bryant), the Swamp Bats came out with hot bats to put up four.  With one out, Dylan Delacruz (Central Connecticut...


Mountaineers Power West to 11-6 All-Star Game Win

Date:07/22/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

    Box Score   Montpelier, Vt. - Four different Vermont Mountaineers combined for eight runs batted in, leading the Western Division to an 11-6 win over the East in the 2012 New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) All-Star Game held at Vermont's Montpelier Recreation Field.   The game began scoreless through one inning as Mo...


NECBL Announces All-Star Game Broadcasters

Date:07/17/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  The New England Collegiate Baseball League is proud to announce the selection of the broadcasters for this years All Star game to be played this Sunday, July 22. at Montpelier Recreation Field, Montpellier, VT, The “New England League “, long a pioneer in providing the public with latest in audio and video techniques of its games, will once again be in the forefront this wee...


Keene falls to New Bedford 10-5

Date:07/08/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

Marc Schwartz New Bedford, Mass. – The New Bedford Bay Sox ended the Swamp Bats’ ten game winning streak Sunday, defeating Keene 10-5. Despite a run in the top of the first, the Swamp Bats trailed for the majority of the game. Joe Pistorese (Washington St.) toed the rubber for the Swamp Bats for his fifth start of the year. He went up against Colton Cross (Kennesaw St.) for New B...


Mountaineers defeat the Swamp Bats 4-2

Date:07/10/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  Marc Schwartz Montpelier, V.T. – The Swamp Bats dropped its second consecutive game for only the second time in the 2012 season Monday night, falling to the Vermont Mountaineers 4-2. Kevin McAvoy (Bryant) started his fifth game of the year for the Swamp Bats, matching up with Alex Haines (Seton Hill), the reigning NECBL pitcher of the week, in his fifth start for the Mountaine...


20/10 Vision:

Date:07/12/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  By Don Leypoldt Mike LaBarbera put his fork down and looked at his dinner companion a few weeks ago.  “Without knowing anyone else on North Adams’ roster,” predicted LaBarbera, himself an NECBL alumnus, an All-American at the University of Rhode Island and now a highly successful prep baseball coach, “Jeff Roy is going to be their hardest worker.” ...


Collins, Haines Lead 2012 NECBL Post Season Awards

Date:08/16/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

August 16, 2012-Commissioner Mario Tiani proudly announced the NECBL’s 2012 Post-Season Awards today.  Laconia 3B Danny Collins won the Rick Ligi MVP while Vermont Mountaineer LHP Alex Haines claimed the Robin Roberts Pitcher of the Year and the League’s Top Prospect citation. Both players narrowly missed Triple Crowns.  Collins won the League’s home run title going...


NECBL Alumni Contribute to 2012 Most Valuable Program Award

Date:01/09/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

By Don Leypoldt   The NACSB (National Alliance of College Summer Baseball) recently bestowed its Most Valuable Program Award to Coach Danny Hall and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.  The award, said the NACSB’s press release, “is intended to recognize one college or university coach each year that has had the greatest impact on advancing the goals and objectives of...


NECBL to Support Sandy Hook Victims All Season Long

Date:06/05/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

NECBL to Support Sandy Hook Victims All Season Long The horrific and senseless tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School shook everyone. But the Danbury Westerners organization felt the emotional shrapnel far, far more than most. Danbury is just minutes from Newtown, CT, the site of the shooting.  The Westerners, the NECBL’s longest tenured ball club, have long had ties to both Sandy H...


NECBL Stars Appel, Jagielo Selected in First Round

Date:06/07/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

Stanford RHP Mark Appel, the 2010 New England Collegiate Baseball League’s Top Prospect, headlined two NECBL alumni who were selected on the Draft’s first day. Appel was selected with the first overall pick by the Houston Astros.  The selection came as no surprise.  The 6’5” senior had been at the top of Major League Draft boards all season long.  He went 10...


The Swamps Bats home opener against the Mystic Schooners turned sour...

Date:06/09/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

The Swamps Bats home opener against the Mystic Schooners turned sour late into the night as Anthony Turgeon’s two run home run in the top of the ninth inning lifted the Schooners over Bats 4-3. Although the Swamp Bats led most of the game behind strong pitching, late inning drama didn’t go Keene’s way as the Swamp Bats’ early season record fell to 0-2. The Swamp Bats got on...


Ex-Swamp Bat Wood Makes Major League Debut

Date:05/31/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

By Don Leypoldt  (Photo credit: Christopher Lakos/Univ of Georgia Sports Communications Ex-Swamp Bat Wood Makes Major League Debut May 31st, 2013- Former Keene Swamp Bat Alex Wood made his Major League debut last night for the Atlanta Braves, who defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 11-3. In doing so Wood, who went 2-3 with a 3.96 ERA in eight starts for the 2010 Swamp Bats, became the four...


37 NECBL Alumni on Opening Day Rosters

Date:04/01/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

By Don Leypoldt Major League Baseball opened the 2013 season on March 31st with a Texas-sized showdown: the Astros hosted the Rangers.  Both teams’ bullpens also boasted two highly decorated NECBL alumni.    Texas’ closer Joe Nathan was the 1994 NECBL Defensive Player of the Year; Nathan was a shortstop in college.  Astro righty Josh Fields was named the Top Pros...


13 NECBL Graduates Honored as Organizational All-Stars

Date:01/17/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

By Don Leypoldt   January 15, 2013- MiLB.com, the official website of Minor League Baseball, recently honored 13 NECBL alumni as part of its Organizational All-Stars.   The selections “honored the players- regardless of age or prospect status- who had the best seasons in their organization,” the site announced.  11 farmhands were given an All-Star nod whil...


NECBL Mourns Passing of Joel Cooney

Date:01/30/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  The New England Collegiate Baseball League mourned the passing of Joel Cooney on Friday, January 25th.  Cooney, 67, was inducted into the NECBL’s Hall of Fame this past November.  He served as the League’s original statistician, and later held the posts of President, Commissioner, Executive Vice President and Treasurer.   “From the League’s beg...


NECBL Alumni Reel in Pre-Season Accolades

Date:02/15/2013  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  By Don Leypoldt   Headlined by three NCBWA All-Americans and arguably the best pitcher in Division II, NECBL graduates collected a slew of pre-season honors, just before the 2013 college baseball season began on February 15th.   Stanford senior RHP Mark Appel, a 2010 Newport Gull and the eighth pick of the 2012 Major League Draft, earned a first team All-American nod f...


Hassan Hopes To Be Going Home

Date:09/19/2012  Source:New England Collegiate Baseball League 

  By Don Leypoldt “The Red Sox are an awesome organization to be in, and I’m really fortunate to be here,” Alex Hassan mused.  “Each level I’ve moved up, it seems like I’ve gotten closer to home.  That has made it more accessible for my family to come watch me play, which has been pretty special.” Mapquest- and Hassan’s play- b...