Class C baseball in Clearwater, Minnesota
The Clearwater River Cats are an amateur baseball club from Clearwater, Minnesota, playing Class C in the Sauk Valley League under the Minnesota Baseball Association. They went 10-16 in 2026 under manager Israel Carper at Sportsman's Park.
Sixteen classification points is upper Class C, two off the ceiling, for a Wright County town of about eighteen hundred on the Mississippi.
Sportsman's Park is out on County Road 75 rather than in town, which is where a lot of these diamonds ended up: on whatever ground was available when somebody decided the town needed one.
The Sauk Valley League runs through Stearns County, which is the deepest town ball country in the United States, and a .385 record out there is a different thing from a .385 record somewhere flat.
Sportsman's Park is out on County Road 75 rather than in town, which visiting sides discover the hard way. High Cheese puts a club's ballpark somewhere a stranger can find it.
Clearwater River Cats in detail
- A summer season of Sauk Valley League games, region games and invitationals.
- Clearwater River Cats finished 2026 at 10-16 in the Sauk Valley 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.
- Israel Carper manages; the club lists no email or phone.
- No published tryout, form or fee.
- Home is Sportsman's Park, 20806 Co Rd 75, Clearwater, Minnesota 55320.
- MBA rules, Class C at 16 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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