The 2025 version of the Spooner Cardinals will open the season on May 17th as they travel to face the Chippewa Falls Lumberjacks at 12:30. Spooner opens league play on May 30th when Brill comes to town for a 7:30 matchup. The Cardinals are scheduled to play in the annual Hayward tournament, which has brought in teams from all over WI/MN in a highly competitive weekend (schedule is TBD). The Independent League schedule will have 12 games on the slate. Spooner concludes the regular season with a trip to River Falls on Saturday July 26th.  WBA Playoffs will be held August 8-10th between four sites (Haugen and River Falls are confirmed locations). WBA Finals will be held August 15-17th in Hayward. 

The annual meeting of the minds (Indy League scheduling meeting) took place on February 27th in Spooner. While the bulk of the schedule appears to be done, the Cardinals will fill out their non-league portion of the schedule in the coming weeks and will finalize sometime in March.. The Cardinals will have many of the same faces playing in 2025 but have underwent some changes that will allow young players to step into new roles and development at various positions this summer! 

There will be 5 Independent League teams again this year but the teams have changed a bit. Blue Hills Beasts withered away and went one-and-done after 2024 but Cumberland has formed a new ball club after a six(ish) year hiatus. Hayward will have a new manager in 2025 after Tom Danczyk has stepped down and was replaced with Matt Flesher. Haugen and Brill should remain the same consistent ball clubs they have been for the last few years and don't have any notable changes that were openly reported at the meeting. Each team will face one another three times, which has been the same for the last 4-5 years now, for a 12 game league schedule. 

The WBA will continue to host a Class A & B tournament in 2025. This year turned out to be the Independent League's turn to host and Hayward has been named as the designated host. The tournament will be held August 15-16-17.