Largest Crowd of 2019 Witness Vibes Walk-Off in Dramatic Fashion against Raptors

Colorado Springs, COLORADO - Series openers have been rather harsh on the Vibes, but tonight, UCHealth Park felt plenty of good vibrations. The Vibes captured their first series opener since July 30th, walking off with a 7-6 victory on Saturday night in Colorado Springs. The largest crowd in UCHealth Park's history-7,048-all witnessed the fourth walk-off in the Vibes' inaugural season. Joe Gray Jr.-the Brewers' No. 10 prospect-belted his first homerun of the season at the perfect time with the g... Full Story

Purcell's Performance Propels Spikes Past Doubledays in 6-5 Win

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Brandon Purcell reached base four times and drove in two runs, including the eventual winning run in the seventh inning, as the State College Spikes defeated the Auburn Doubledays, 6-5, on Saturday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Purcell, who was making his first home appearance for the Spikes (31-30), drove in the go-ahead run for State College in the fourth with a broken-bat single to right-center field. The catcher then came to the plate with runners on first and second and brought in Donivan Williams with another broken-bat single to right. Purcell also ... Full Story

Jacksonville Reclaims NAL Title

JACKSONVILLE - The Jacksonville Sharks (15-1) defeated the defending champions Carolina Cobras (10-6) 52-48 to claim their second NAL Championship Title. Quarterback Mike Fafaul started the game for the Sharks tonight after leaving the first playoff game with an injury, yet, he was able to start and perform well for Jacksonville. He finished 15-of-24 for 146 yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions. When Bane came in, he was 5-of-12 for 26 yards. Wide Receiver Durron Neal finished with the most touchdowns on the Sharks with two. He had eight receptions for 42 yards as well. Devin Wils... Full Story

Drillers Rally Past Naturals and Move into First Place

SPRINGDALE, AR - One night after suffering a walk-off loss at Northwest Arkansas, the Tulsa Drillers bounced back with a win Saturday at Arvest Ballpark. The Drillers did not have a base runner through the first four innings and were held without a run for the first five, but they overturned a one-run deficit by scoring four times in the top of the sixth inning. They added two more runs run in the seventh and eventually recorded a 6-2 win over the Naturals. With the victory, the Drillers took over sole possession of first place in the North Division standings of the Texas League. Arkans... Full Story

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See All Today's Images The following minor league and alternative professional sports teams on OurSports Central have been viewed the most over the last seven days:

1. Columbia Fireflies - South Atlantic League (SAL)
2. Traverse City Pit Spitters - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
3. B.C. Lions - Canadian Football League (CFL)
4. Kansas City T-Bones - American Association (AA)
5. Macon Mayhem - Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL)
6. Carolina Cobras - National Arena League (NAL)
7. Windy City ThunderBolts - Frontier League (FL)
8. Jacksonville Sharks - National Arena League (NAL)
9. San Antonio Missions - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
10. High Point Rockers - Atlantic League (AtL)

The most recent minor league and alternative professional sports teams added to OurSports Central:

• Battle Creek Rumble Bees - Federal Hockey League (FHL)
• Palm Springs - American Hockey League (AHL)
• San Diego - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
• Triplets - BIG3 (BIG3)
• Trilogy - BIG3 (BIG3)
• Tri State - BIG3 (BIG3)
• Power - BIG3 (BIG3)
• Killer 3s - BIG3 (BIG3)
• Ghost Ballers - BIG3 (BIG3)
• Enemies - BIG3 (BIG3)

OurSports Central provides coverage of select alternative and minor league professional sports leagues in addition to the top junior hockey leagues and college wood bat baseball leagues:

BASEBALL
Affiliated Minor League Baseball
ApL, AzFL, AzL, CalL, CarL, EL, FSL, GCL, IL, ML, MWL, NWL, NYPL, PCL, PL, SAL, SL, TL
College Wood Bat Baseball
Northwoods
Independent Minor League Baseball
AA, AtL, Can-Am, FL, PA, Pecos

BASKETBALL
Men's Minor League Basketball
BIG3, G League, NBL Canada
Women's Basketball
WNBA

FOOTBALL
Indoor/Arena Football
AAL, AFL, CIF, IFL, NAL
Outdoor Football
AAF, CFL, XFL

HOCKEY
Junior Hockey
NAHL, OHL, QMJHL, USHL, WHL
Minor League Hockey
AHL, ECHL, FHL, SPHL
Women's Hockey
NWHL

LACROSSE
Indoor Lacrosse
NLL
Outdoor Lacrosse
MLL, PLL

OTHER
Other Sports
MLR
Other Women's
NPF, WTT

SOCCER
Indoor Soccer
MASL
Outdoor Soccer
CPL, MLS, USL, USL1
Women's Soccer
NWSL