Call ’em the Sweets

NCW’s green scorecard
It’s good to be green these days. In North Central Washington, sports organizations are keeping in step with the environmental movement, and many are doing their part (some better than others). Here are some ways local sports teams and venues have gone green.

WCL releases schedule
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee AppleSox know they’ll be defending the West Coast League championship trophy in 2010. Now they know precisely when that defense will begin.

It’s two up, one down, for West Coast League
PORTLAND — The West Coast League is adding two teams — including one that will compete in the same division as the Wenatchee AppleSox — and subtracting one for the 2010 summer season. Two new franchises in Walla Walla and Longview-Kelso will begin play this June in the summer collegiate baseball league, but the Spokane RiverHawks, who finished in third place in the WCL East in 2009, will take the summer off as they prepare to move to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

West Coast League adds Walla Walla
PORTLAND, Ore. — A West Coast League franchise has been awarded to Walla Walla for 2010.

Former Wenatchee AppleSox a silver lining for Oakland's
OAKLAND, Calif. - Clayton Mortensen didn't make a great early impression Friday night against the Seattle Mariners.

Summer collegiate baseball attendance
Here are the 2009 average-attendance-per-game figures for teams in the five most prestigious summer collegiate baseball teams in the country. Three teams from the Alaska Baseball League — Peninsula Oilers, Athletes in Action and Glacier Pilots — didn’t provide attendance figures and are not included in this list.

Packing ’em in
WENATCHEE — Jim Corcoran likes to joke that he’s surprised that 10 people show up to Wenatchee AppleSox games.

Born to hit
The majority of baseball coaches will tell you to take a strike before swinging, to be patient at the plate.

AppleSox explode for 20 hits in win over Spokane
SPOKANE — If the Wenatchee AppleSox win the West Coast League title in a few weeks, they may very well look back to the past two games at Spokane as the spark that started the run to a fourth championship.

AppleSox batters take care of Spokane
SPOKANE — The Wenatchee AppleSox pounded out 14 hits, and benefited from five errors by the Spokane RiverHawks en route to an 8-3 victory at Patterson Baseball Complex on Gonzaga’s campus Tuesday night.

AppleSox close in on East Division title
WENATCHEE — Zach Gallagher was sharp in his first outing in a month, and the Wenatchee AppleSox inched closer to an East Division title Sunday with a 2-1 win over the Kelowna Falcons.

AppleSox rally past Kelowna
WENATCHEE — The West Coast League playoffs don’t begin for another 2 1/2 weeks, but Paul Thomas Sr. Field already has a postseason buzz.

Call him Mr. Speedy
Wenatchee AppleSox ace Chad Wagner is fast. But not in the way most pitchers are.

Grand slam lifts AppleSox to win
WENATCHEE — It didn't take long for Brian Burke to endear himself to the fans of the Wenatchee AppleSox.