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The term “three-peat” is well known though rarely earned in sports. But the Healdsburg Prune Packers proved themselves in exclusive company by winning their third consecutive championship title in the California Collegiate League (CCL). The entire series, as it is every year, is played in...

The Healdsburg Prune Packers once again ended the 2023 season in first place in the California Collegiate League’s northern division, but they had to rely on another wine country team to get them there. As the season’s final home game played out at Rec Park...

After starting the 2023 season with 19 straight wins, the Healdsburg Prune Packers are now fighting for the right to represent the Northern Division in the California Collegiate League playoffs in August. As of Wednesday, July 25, their league record stands at 24-7, but the...

As the final two weeks of the 2023 summer California Collegiate League season take shape, the Healdsburg Prune Packers remain in first place in the northern division with a league record of 22-3, 31-3 overall. But all eyes are on the season’s final week,...

As the Healdsburg Prune Packers continue their dominance of the California Collegiate League’s northern division this summer, it sometimes leads to a certain predictability in the outcome. Especially when they play cross-county rivals the Sonoma Stompers, over which the Packers have demonstrated clear “ownage,”...

The midpoint of the California Collegiate League season came as June turned into July, and over a three-day period the league-leading Healdsburg Prune Packers (13-3) met the fourth-place Sonoma Stompers (7-9) for wine country bragging rights. If their respective position in the CCL standings were...

The 18-game winning streak that made the Prune Packers the wonder of West Coast baseball ended on Sunday, June 25, as the Solano Mudcats won the first game of a Sunday double-header, 4-2. The second game found Prune Packers restoring their dominance with an impressive...

When the Healdsburg Prune Packers set out to win an unheard of three-peat as California Collegiate League champions, their chances looked pretty good. Now they look better. With 14 straight victories without a loss over both league and non-league opponents, the 102-year-old franchise is setting...

The Healdsburg Prune Packers opened their 2023 season in dynamic style by winning six straight games against four different opponents. All games were played at their home field at Rec Park before near-capacity crowds who cheered their home team loudly and, as it turned...

The Healdsburg Prune Packers, one of the oldest and most venerated community baseball teams in the state, got its season underway with a ceremonial first pitch by Mayor Ariel Kelley at 6pm on Tuesday, June 6. Clarence Ruonavaara Grandstands at Art McCaffrey Field began filling...