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Witter Field is a baseball ballpark located at 521 Lincoln Street in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, United States.It was built in 1928. [3] It served as the home park for multiple minor league teams: the Wisconsin Rapids White Sox, Wisconsin Rapids Senators and Wisconsin Rapids Twins. [4]
Its history dates to 1895, making it the earliest continually existing high school athletic organization in the country. It also provides the licensing program for more than 10,000 officials in the state, and oversees junior high or middle school athletics in about 100 of the state's nearly 400 school districts.
The League folded after the 1953 season, [4] leaving Witter without professional baseball until a new team in the Class-A Midwest League started play. The Wisconsin Rapids Senators (1963) and Wisconsin Rapids Twins (1964–1983) would play for the next two decades. [5] Following the 1983 season, the franchise moved to Simmons Field in Kenosha ...
As 'Mr. Baseball' turns 90 and 'Doc' potentially moves in to take over the Bucks, here's a look at the great nicknames in Wisconsin sports history.
It was the first time they had finished a half above .500. The Rafters had a 31–39 overall record for the season. The team extended its lease with the City of Wisconsin Rapids through 2020 and added a new addition to the ballpark for groups, the Element Mobile Rat Trap.
The Midwest League of Minor League Baseball is one of three High-A baseball leagues in the United States. It was previously known as the Illinois State League from 1947 to 1948 and as the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League form 1949 to 1955, but has been the Midwest League since 1956 (with the exception of 2021 when known as the High-A Central). A ...
Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools students have their first day of school on Sept. 3. ... end at 2:40 p.m. Lincoln High School students begin at 7:30 a.m. and end their days at 2:53 p.m ...
More local school news: Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools receive $3.75 million grant for playground equipment More local news: Here's a look at what Wisconsin Rapids area voters will see on their ...