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{{short description|Minor-league professional baseball team in La Crosse, Wisconsin}}
{{Infobox baseball team
| name = La Crosse Loggers
| logo = [[File:LaCrosseLoggers.PNG|100px]]
| league = [[Northwoods League]]
| division = Great Plains East 2019-present<br>(North Division 2016-2018)<br>(South Division 2003-2015
| location = La Crosse, Wisconsin
| stadium = [[Copeland Park (La Crosse)|The Lumberyard at Copeland Park]]
| founded = 2003
| league_champs = 1 (2012)
| series = Division
| series_champs = 3 (2009, 2012, 2024)
| colors = Green, black, and white <br> {{color box|#005E00}} {{color box|black}} {{color box|white}}
| owner = [[Dan Kapanke]]
| management = Ben Kapanke (GM)
Chris Goodell (Team President)
| manager = Josh Frye
| media = [http://www.lacrossetribune.com/ ''La Crosse Tribune'']<br>[https://www.eagle1027.com/ ''KQEG Eagle 102.7'']
| website = [http://www.lacrosseloggers.com/ lacrosseloggers.com]
|division_champs=3 (2009, 2012, 2024)}}
The '''La Crosse Loggers''' are a [[La Crosse, Wisconsin|La Crosse]], [[Wisconsin]] based baseball team playing in the [[Northwoods League]], a [[Collegiate summer baseball|collegiate summer baseball league]]. Since the team's inaugural season in 2003, they have played at [[Copeland Park (La Crosse)|Copeland Park]]. The ballpark is nicknamed "the Lumberyard."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ballpark|url=https://northwoodsleague.com/la-crosse-loggers/ballpark/|access-date=22 June 2021|website=La Crosse Loggers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=La Crosse Loggers|url=https://www.travelwisconsin.com/spectator-sports/la-crosse-loggers-198466|access-date=22 June 2021|website=Travel Wisconsin|publisher=[[Wisconsin Department of Tourism]]}}</ref>

The team is owned by [[Dan Kapanke]], a former Wisconsin state senator.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 October 2020|title=Dan Kapanke|url=https://www.wpr.org/people/dan-kapanke|access-date=22 June 2021|website=[[Wisconsin Public Radio]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet Dan|url=https://dankapankeforsenate.com/meetdan/|access-date=22 June 2021|website=Dan Kapanke for Senate}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Follow the Loggers!|url=https://northwoodsleague.com/la-crosse-loggers/follow-the-loggers/|access-date=22 June 2021|website=La Crosse Loggers}}</ref>

The Loggers are one of 26 teams in the [[Northwoods League]], playing 72 games per season, from late May through mid-August. The Northwoods League is a summer collegiate league that provides an opportunity for college players to spend their summers and display their talents to professional scouts. Players must be enrolled in college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility to participate. The league is designed to give college players the [[minor league]] experience, providing players an opportunity to play under the same conditions using wooden bats and minor league specification baseballs, experiencing overnight road trips, and playing nightly before fans in a stadium.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Northwoods League|url=https://northwoodsleague.com/about-nwl/about/|access-date=22 June 2021|website=[[Northwoods League]]}}</ref>
[[File:La Crosse Loggers Copeland Park.jpg|thumb|right|La Crosse Loggers [[Copeland Park]]]]

==Notable alumni==
[[Riley Adams]] (2015), C
[[Scott Alexander (baseball)|Scott Alexander]] (2008), LHP
[[Vic Black]] (2007), RHP
[[Rob Brantly]] (2009), C
[[Trevor Brown (baseball)|Trevor Brown]] (2011), C
[[Matt Chapman (baseball)|Matt Chapman]] (2012), 3B
[[Griffin Conine]] (2016), OF
[[Daniel Ray Herrera]] (2005), LHP
[[Brett Jackson]] (2007), OF
[[Andrew Knapp]] (2011), C
[[Kevin Kramer]] (2012), IF
[[Brooks Kriske]] (2013)
[[Mike Marjama]] (2010), C
[[Lars Nootbaar]] (2016), OF
[[Seth Mejias-Brean]] (2010)
[[Andrew McKirahan]] (2009), LHP
[[Jordan Pacheco]] (2005), IF/C
[[Tim Peterson (baseball)|Tim Peterson]] (2011), RHP
[[Chris Sale]] (2008), LHP
[[Max Scherzer]] (2004), RHP
[[Tyler Smith (baseball)|Tyler Smith]] (2011), IF
[[Eric Thames]] (2007), OF/1B
[[David Villar]] (2017)
[[Steve Wilkerson]] (2011), 3B
[[Rowan Wick]] (2011), RHP
[[Graham Pauley]] (2020), IF
[[Kyle Nelson (baseball)|Kyle Nelson]] (2015), RHP
[[Korey Lee]] (2017-18), C
<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alumni in the Majors|url=https://northwoodsleague.com/la-crosse-loggers/alumni-in-the-majors-3/|access-date=22 June 2021|website=La Crosse Loggers}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
[http://www.lacrosseloggers.com/ La Crosse Loggers website]

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[[Category:Sports in La Crosse, Wisconsin]]
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