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Maple City looks strong in series win over Heat
NEW CARLISLE- Maple City and Hudson Lake squared off on Opening Day in a rematch of last season's American League Championship Series. From the early looks of it, both teams have improved from last season after their offseason acquisitions. Maple City signed the Jonkman and Rieff brothers while the Heat signed Doug Benner, Levi Miller, and Dustin Curl. While Hudson Lake hopes that their signings can move them ahead of Maple City in the AL, Opening Day showed that Maple City
Team of the Week: Hudson Lake Heat
Hudson Lake- Since entering the league, the Heat have improved in all 3 of their seasons. After a rough 8-28 first season, the Heat went 12-12 and took down the Magic in the 2015 first round. They are now coming off of a 14-10 season in which they were 1 win away from winning the AL West. The real question is 2017 and if they can make a championship run? Many believe they can, others are doubtful. Here we give you our opinions on both sides of the spectrum. Reasons Hudso
2017 ORWBL Preview: Can anyone take down the Newts?
The 2016 season is over, and the 2017 season is soon to be. This offseason has provided the league with many big moves. With divisions being set, 12 teams set to compete this season. 11 of them hope to dethrone the 2016 World Series Champions New Carlisle Newts. AL East Maple City Magic: Maple CIty will be coming into the 2017 season after a very good 2016 season that came to a disappointing end. Alex Friedman managed this team to a league best 17-7 regular season, only falli
Bushman, Curless named MVP in 2016
NEW CARLISLE- The 2016 ORWBL MVP's were announced on Wednesday. In the American League, it was first time winner Bob Bushman of the Heat and in the National League, Garrett Curless of the Newts. Bushman, who's a 3rd year player for Hudson Lake had an incredible breakout season, hitting .564 with 43 HR, 64 RBI. This was the first full season that Hudson Lake kept stats so it would be very interesting to see if Bushman was at this level prior to this season. Bushman won a tig
Magic take commanding 2-0 ALCS series lead
HUDSON LAKE- The American League Championship Series kicked off on Wednesday night as the Maple City Magic traveled to Pine Park for Games 1 and 2 against the Hudson Lake Heat. Hudson Lake took 2 out of 3 at Pine Park in their regular season matchup but things were much different this time around. Coming off of their destruction of the Pterodactyls in the ALDS, Maple City stayed red hot winning Game 1 (26-8) and Game 2 (21-6). Things were ugly from the start as Wes Ellis an
Only 4 remain: League Championship series preview
NEW CARLISLE- After an eventful first weekend of the postseason, only 4 teams remain in contention for the 2016 ORWBL World Series. With the Newts being the only team left to have won an ORWBL Championship, 3 teams will be gunning for their first ever ORWBL World Series championship. Over in the American League, #3 Hudson Lake Heat will take on the top seeded Maple City Magic in a series that both teams have been talking about for months. These teams met up in the first hal
Can't Beat the Heat: Hudson Lake escapes shorthanded Junkballers
NEW CARLISLE- After taking down Lynn Street in the 1 game Wild Card, #3 Hudson Lake came in ready to roll over the shorthanded Junkballers who were without MVP and Cy Young candidate Nate Arndt. Halfway through Game 1, it seemed as though the Arndt-less Junkballers were in trouble. However, mid season acquisition Drew Luther did all that he could leading Jet City to a furious comeback. They fell short in Game 1 though, dropping it 8-5. Jet City built on their momentum from
Wild Card Results
LA PORTE- The 2016 ORWBL postseason kicked off Sunday afternoon with 4 Wild Card Games played at 4 different sites. All 4 teams that won their division played host to the respective Wild Card teams. Over in LaPorte, things got started early as the Bourissa Hills Pterodactyls took care of business with a 9-3 win over the Great Lakes Godfathers. Their Wild Card win sets up a rematch of the 2014 ALDS where the Dactyls' shocked Maple City taking the series in 3 games. Meanwhile
National League wins All Star Game, Home Field Advantage
NEW CARLISLE- After a 2 year stretch of no NL/AL All Star Game, ORWBL teams gathered at Migley Field in hopes of capturing home field advantage for their respective league. In the first All Star Game between the AL and NL since 2013, it was Koby Keck's National League All Star team that ran away with things on Thursday night. The much older National League won its 3rd consecutive All Star Game behind the bats of veterans such as Scott Soos and John Premetz. It was actually
2016 All-Star Teams Announced
NEW CARLISLE- The majority of the National League and American League All Star teams were announced on Saturday as manager voting decided the first 14 spots on each respective side. Manager voting decided who would start on the mound as well as 4 Outfielder/Utility spots. There was no voting for the catcher position. The next 8 next best vote getters on each side were named as reserves while both manager's selected their next 2 players for their All Star team's. Koby Keck
