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Revisiting Old Favorites: Athletic Park, Wausau
By Kevin Reichard on August 7, 2018 in Summer Collegiate, Summer Collegiate News, Visits
One of the joys of working in the baseball world is being pleasantly surprised by ballpark changes happening over long periods of time—something made clear with a visit Sunday to Athletic Park, home of the Wisconsin Woodchucks (summer collegiate; Northwoods League). (more…)
Best of the Ballparks 2016: Summer Collegiate, Finals
By Kevin Reichard on June 25, 2016 in Awards, News
It's Kokomo Municipal Stadium vs. Athletic Park in the final round of Best of the Ballparks 2016 voting for favorite summer-collegiate facilities. So you know what to do: Vote! (more…)
Woodchucks unveil Ministry Health Care Terrace
By Ballpark Digest Editors on February 23, 2016 in Summer Collegiate, Summer Collegiate News
Another step in the renovation of Wausau's historic Athletic Park: the Wisconsin Woodchucks (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) today unveiled the Ministry Health Care Terrace, set to be completed for the 2016 season home opener. (more…)
Second phase of Athletic Park renovations set for 2016
By Ballpark Digest Editors on April 16, 2015 in Summer Collegiate, Summer Collegiate News
The second round of renovations to Wausau's Athletic Park, home of the Wisconsin Woodchucks (summer collegiate; Northwoods League), are set to begin after the end of the 2015 season. (more…)
Final renovation work underway at Wausau's Athletic Park
By Kevin Reichard on April 8, 2014 in College Baseball, News
This season will be a big one for the summer-collegiate Northwoods League: Besides new teams in Kenosha and Kalamazoo, the Wisconsin Woodchucks will be playing at a renovated Athletic Park. A Civilian Conservation Corps-funded and constructed facility that was once a longtime home to Midwest League and Wisconsin State League baseball (John Henry Moss, of […]
Wisconsin Woodchucks sold
By Kevin Reichard on May 8, 2012 in College Baseball, News
The Wisconsin Woodchucks (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) have been sold by Clark Eckhoff to Wisconsin native Mark Macdonald. "Mark Macdonald will be a great asset to the Woodchucks, and our community," Eckhoff said in a press release. "He is very civic minded which is important for further success of the Woodchucks. Mark is a Wisconsin […]
Athletic Park / Wisconsin Woodchucks
By Kevin Reichard on November 20, 2008 in College Baseball, Visits
Athletic Park is sometimes called the Wrigley Field of the Northwoods League, and the claim has a lot of merit. Like Wrigley, Athletic Park is old: the original grandstand dates back to 1936, and the stone wall surrounding the ballpark came a few years after that. Athletic Park is nestled in a residential area north […]