Welcome to North Eugene Highlander Baseball 

  MWL District Champions
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North Eugene's successful baseball tradition began when our first baseball coach, Mel Krause, led the Highlanders to the league title in just the third year of the program - 1960. We have earned a total of 24 MWL titles in our 51 years of baseball. We are proud to have the longest consecutive playoff appearance in the Midwestern League - 13 years. During this streak we have won seven outright league championships and two co-championships. Our success is due to the hard work of our players, wonderful parent support, great boosters and an ace coaching staff.

Over 100 Highlanders have gone on to play college ball. At least twelve have moved on to professional baseball, with Danny Ainge playing for the Toronto Blue Jays before moving on to his basketball career.

We are proud to be able to play at one of the best baseball facilities in the Pacific Northwest - Swede Johnson Stadium. This facility was built by volunteer baseball fanatics and has hosted many great high school playoff games as well as state and regional American Legion tournaments.

2009 promises to be an exciting year and we have a huge challenge if we are to win back the league title we last won in 2007. Our league features the returning state runner-ups, the Thurston Colts. Thurston returns five all state players. We feel that with our four returning all league players, one a first team all state pitcher, and the hard work our younger players put in last summer that we will be in the chase for the league title. Churchill and Willamette also return several all league players, including some all starters, so you are guaranteed of seeing some good games during league play.

We'd like to welcome new Springfield coach Eric Lansdon to our league and welcome back Marshfield's Quintin Hall for his second year.