A Lake Michigan coastline rivalry will be renewed Thursday night at Capital Credit Union Park in Ashwaubenon when the Shoreland League All-Stars host the Door County Baseball League All-Stars.
The matchup between the two leagues started a few years before the pandemic halted everything two years ago. There has been some good games in the series recently, including a 1-0 DCBL win in 2015 at Denmark that took 13 innings to complete. The year before in Baileys Harbor, the DCBL won 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth when Caleb Cornell stole home. According to the Green Bay Press-Gazette, the Shoreland League won the inaugural matchup between the two leagues 5-2.
The two leagues share some players that will be appearing in Thursday's matchup, including Trevor Reinhardt (Kolberg, Algoma) and Luke Steebs (West Jacksonport, Algoma).
General admission tickets for the exhibition game are available for just $5 for attendees 13 years and over. Those that are 12 and under are free. If you cannot make it, Quinn Struck and Jacob Nate will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 6:30 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first pitch at 7 p.m.
ROSTERS
Door County Baseball League
Baileys Harbor: Isaac Berkley
Egg Harbor: Corey Fuller, Nick Posh
Institute: Kyle Ploor
Kolberg: Trevor Hawkey, Nick LeCaptain, Trevor Reinhardt, Austen Rohe, Kyle Routhieux
Maplewood: Kordel Draves, Kody Kissinger, Drew Price
Sister Bay: Griffin Cole, Sam Forkert, Matt Hecht, Sawyer Johnson, Spencer Krause, Stewart Larson, Tom Sawyer
West Jacksonport: Derek Niedzwiecki, Luke Steebs
Washington Island: Caleb Cornell, Ben Geiger, Luke Geiger
Shoreland League
Ashwaubenon Lookouts: Owen Guerts, Trevor Cornell, Jason Fonder (coach), Sam Fonder (coach)
Algoma 'Guins: Austen Dart, Jacob Kleeman
Branch Blaze: Brent Robinson, Josh LaFleur
Casco A's: Nolan Lemke, Noah Lindsley
Denmark Devilbears Baseball: Bryce Urbanek, Jereme Jensen
Kewaunee Chiefs: Anthony Barta, Wyatt Kruse
Manitowoc Bandits: Luke Mandich, AJ Dollinger, Earl Vorpagel, Chris Cisler (coach)