Rochester Honkers Announce 2012 Schedule
December 19, 2011 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Rochester Honkers News Release
(Rochester, MN)-- The Rochester Honkers Baseball Club announced today their complete game schedule for the 2012 Northwoods League season. The Five-Time NWL Champions open their 19th season on May 30th, when they travel to Waterloo, IA to take on the Bucks @ 6:35pm. Their home opener will then take place on Thursday, May 31st, when the Waterloo Bucks prance back to Mayo Field for a 7:05pm first pitch. This will be the first time the Honkers and Bucks have played each other since the 2008 season.
The 2012 season will be the third consecutive season that Northwoods League teams will only play within their division. The Honkers, a member of the North Division, will play a 70 game schedule in 75 days, beginning on May 30th and ending at home on August 12th. They will play each North Division opponent 10 times, five home and five away. The first half of the season will be complete at the end of play on Wednesday, July 4th with the second half beginning the following day. The NWL Playoff Series will take place from August 13th through August 18th. The winner of each division's two halves will meet in a best-of-three divisional playoff series (August 13-15) with the winners advancing to the Summer Collegiate World Series (August 16-18), also a best-of-three.
Start times for the Rochester Honkers 2012 home games will be 7:05pm for games Monday through Saturday and Sundays will all begin at 1:05pm. The Honkers will also play two midweek day games (June 26 and July 16) both starting at 1:05pm.
General admission ticket prices for the 2012 season will remain the same as 2011. Adults are only $6.00 while kids and seniors are $5.00. In 1994, the Honkers general admission tickets were $4.00 for adults and $2.00 for kids and seniors.
The Rochester Honkers are one of two remaining teams (Wisconsin (Wausau) Woodchucks) from the Northwoods League's inaugural season of 1994. The Honkers have won a league high Five NWL Championships: (1994, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2009).
For the Rochester Honkers complete schedule, game times and ticket information, go to www.rochesterhonkers.com. The entire NWL schedule is available at www.northwoodsleague.com.
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