Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report

May 25, 2026 - BASEBALL Pioneer League: The independent Pioneer League started its 2026 season with 12 teams in a single-table format and each team playing a 96-game schedule through September 6, 2026. The league had 12 teams last season but the Rocky Mountain Vibes (Colorado Springs), Grand Junction (CO) Jackalopes and the league-operated Colorado Springs Sky Sox, which had completed the 2025 schedule of the Northern Colorado Owlz (Windsor) who dropped out during the season, did not return. The league added two California-based expansi... Full Story

PaddleHeads Drop Series Finale to Freebirds Sunday

May 25, 2026 - Marysville, CA - Sunday's series finale between the Missoula PaddleHeads and Yuba-Sutter Freebirds felt like a rubber match at Bryant Stadium with both teams fighting in a tightly contested game. Missoula led for a large portion of the contest after scoring first in the top of the 3rd. Yuba-Sutter never let the PaddleHeads gain momentum throughout however with their offense putting on pressure throughout. The Freebirds scored at least 1 run in every inning in their final 5 trips to the plate. For the second night in a row, M... Full Story

Revs Ground and Pound Boxcars in Opener

May 25, 2026 - (Hagerstown, Md.): The York Revolution pounded the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars, 9-1 in the opening game of Sunday's doubleheader at Meritus Park. Hagerstown returned serve with an extra inning 2-1 triumph in eight innings in the nightcap as the two teams split twinbills on back-to-back days and played to an even 3-3 split in their six-game series. They wrap up the week still tied with each other for second place in the North Division, both 17-13. York built a big lead early in the opener, rallying for four runs in the se... Full Story

Trash Pandas Clinch Third Straight Series Win with Sunday Split against Chattanooga

May 25, 2026 - MADISON, AL - Battling through rain, the Rocket City Trash Pandas (24-21) split Sunday's twin bill against the Chattanooga Lookouts (25-20) at Toyota Field, falling 6-4 in Saturday's resumed suspended game before bouncing back with a 3-0 victory in the nightcap to secure their third straight series win. Despite the rain delays, 15,173 fans came through the gates at Toyota Field this weekend. In a week that featured two suspended games and more than four hours of rain delays, Rocket City still captured four of six games fr... Full Story

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• Winnipeg Goldeyes sweep Milwaukee Milkmen with 9-2 win - AA Winnipeg Sun (May 25)
  
• This Week at Harbor Park: Norfolk Tides return home with Turn Back the Clock Night - IL Newport News Daily Press (May 25)
  
• Tide starting to turn for the Fish - AA Winnipeg Free Press (May 25)
  
• Yuba-Sutter Freebirds rally past Missoula PaddleHeads - PL Missoulian (May 25)
  
• Lookouts Split Sunday Doubleheader With Trash Pandas - SL Chattanoogan (May 25)
  
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• Ogden Raptors mount massive rally but lose in Knockout for 2nd time - PL Ogden Standard-Examiner (May 25)
  
• Santa Fe Fuego calls for host families for 2026 season - Pecos Santa Fe New Mexican (May 25)
  
• Military duty puts things into perspective for Altoona Curve's Derek Berg - EL Altoona Mirror (May 25)
  
• Tides rally in ninth but lose again on walk-off hit by Jacksonville - IL Newport News Daily Press (May 25)
  
• Fernndez's ninth-inning double rallies RailRiders past IronPigs - IL Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (May 25)
  
• Home runs ignite TinCaps offense on Dino Night - MWL Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (May 25)
  
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