Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium to Host CCL Games for Two Weekends

Graphic by Ben Krueger

The Cascade Collegiate League, a summer college baseball league in the Pacific Northwest, will play 18 games across two different weekends this summer at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium.

CCL games will take place at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium June 19-21 and July 10-12. Both weekends will be packed with baseball games. Following one game on June 19, the CCL will play four more on June 20 before wrapping up the weekend with an additional four games on June 21. The CCL will follow the same schedule for July 10-12. The AppleSox are on the road for both of those weekends.

“We enjoyed competing with the Cascade Collegiate League last summer,” AppleSox owner Jose Oglesby said. “Every league has its own beginning and we hope to help them out while also scouting potential future AppleSox players. Hopefully, our fans won’t mind a couple of extra weekends of baseball at Paul Thomas Sr. Stadium this summer.”

The CCL began operations in 2018 and completed its first season last summer. In addition to fielding six teams with a 24-game schedule, the CCL also will send a Showcase team, highlighting the best players in the league, to face off against five different West Coast League opponents this summer. The CCL Showcase team faced the AppleSox twice last summer, appearing in Wenatchee on June 3 and July 31, 2019. The AppleSox will welcome the Showcase team to Wenatchee on June 16 and 17.

“The CCL exists to develop and advance the careers of our players,” commissioner Ben Krueger said. “We are thrilled to strengthen our relationship with the AppleSox, their fans and the entire Wenatchee community.”

Last summer, 16 players from the CCL went on to be “called up” to the West Coast League. Three players (Jermaine Ducham, Ryan Isler and Henry Lenaburg) went from the CCL to the AppleSox.

Times, opponents and tickets for the two weekends in Wenatchee will be announced at a later date.