Class A baseball in Waconia, Minnesota
The Waconia Lakers are an amateur baseball club from Waconia, Minnesota, playing Class A in the Crow River Valley North League under the Minnesota Baseball Association. They went 17-9 in 2026 under manager Jeff Chrest at the Waconia Lions Field, on Wildcat Way.
Thirty-one classification points is among the lowest Class A figures in this set, level with what several clubs carry in Class B. Waconia are playing the top grade on a Class B number and finished eight games over.
The Crow River Valley North is one of the strongest divisions here: Watertown at 20-8, Delano at 18-11, Young America at 16-6, Plato at 15-11, Carver at 14-11. Waconia are the Class A side among them.
The ballpark is on Wildcat Way, named for the high school teams, while the amateur club is the Lakers. Waconia sits on Lake Waconia, the largest lake in Carver County, so both names have earned their place.
Thirty-one points playing Class A, eight games over, on a street named for the high school Wildcats. High Cheese gives Waconia the page to hold its own name.
Waconia Lakers in detail
- A summer season of Crow River Valley North League games, region games and invitationals.
- Waconia Lakers finished 2026 at 17-9 in the Crow River Valley North League.
- Results with full box scores on the club's MBA page.
- A published roster with positions, ages and schools.
- Season hitting and pitching lines, plus per-game box scores.
- Jeff Chrest manages; the club lists no email or phone.
- No published tryout, form or fee.
- Home is Waconia Lions Field, 927 Wildcat Way, Waconia, Minnesota 55387.
- MBA rules, Class A at 31 classification points.
- News runs through the MBA state feed, not the club.
- In-season invitationals, with the MBA state tournament above them.
- No founding date or title list published.
- No club officers published.
- Documents belong to the association, not the club.
- The MBA runs a state calendar; the club's dates are games.
- No merchandise or store published.
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