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Season Ticket Package Holders Can Continue to Reserve through Monday, July 11th at 5pm

The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are headed to their first ever Northwoods League Playoffs after clinching the first half Northwoods League South Division championship.

By winning the first half division, the Rafters are guaranteed to host a home playoff game at Witter Field on Monday, August 15th. Full season ticket, Solarus Founders Club, 9 Game Pack and Home Plate Club ticket holders can reserve tickets now through Monday, July 11th at 5pm for all four potential home postseason games. Specific seating for partial ticket plans will be determined based on the date the playoff request form was returned to the Rafters ticket office.

By capturing the first half division title, the Rafters clinch home field advantage for the first game of the Northwoods League Divisional Playoffs round. The first playoff game is slated for Monday, August 15th at 7:05pm at Witter Field. The first two divisional round games are single elimination and the winner of the first and second half of the season will host the teams in the division with the next two best overall records. If the Rafters advance past the first game of the Northwoods League Divisional Playoffs, they would play again Tuesday, August 16th with the location to be determined. Both of the first two games are single elimination contests. If the Rafters were to win the second game, they would advance to the best-of-three Summer Collegiate World Series, August 18th-20th.

Playoff season tickets are on sale now to existing package holders. All ticket holders who are part of partial ticket plans will be accommodated based on the date their playoff request form was returned to the Rafters ticket office. Any package holders that would like to add additional tickets beyond their regular seats may do so and will be accommodated on a first-come, first serve basis. All package holders will have an exclusive window until Monday, July 11th at 5pm to reserve playoff tickets. Ticket purchases for games that are not played will be credited towards 2017 ticket packages or will be provided a cash refund.

Four-Game playoff ticket plans for season ticket package holders are priced as follows: Home Plate Club Table $560, Solarus Founders Club $88, 9 Game Pack Bleacher $60, Full Season Bleacher $40.

Playoff ticket packages for all potential playoff games will go on sale Wednesday, July 13th at 9:00am to the general public. Tickets can be purchased at raftersbaseball.com, by calling 715-424-5400 or at the Rafters ticket office at Witter Field. The on sale date for playoff single game tickets, pending availability, will be announced at a later time.

Single-game ticket pricing for playoff games will be as follows (per game): Point Craft River Reserved $35, Point Craft River GA $30, Founders Club (with food and beverage) $30, Founders Club Box Seat (without food and beverage) $18, Reserved Bleacher Seat $10, Standing Room Only $8, Northwoods League Foundation Interactive Accessible Seating Area (including wait service and iPads) $11. Any other corporate hospitality area will see a $2 price increase per ticket.

For more information on playoff ticketing please contact the Rafters box office at 715-424-5400.

The Rafters ticket office is located at 521 Lincoln Street and is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Rafters ticket office is open from 9:00 a.m. until the end of the 6th inning on home game dates. For more information on 9-game packs, season or group tickets, please log on to raftersbaseball.com or call 715-424-5400.