Northeast Tides lead early Wiffle Ball standings with 10-1-1 record
Northeast Tides owned the early edge in the North Shore Baseball League standings, sitting at 10-1-1 with a .875 winning percentage and 21 points in the July 11 update. The Kingston Night Owls were next at 10-5-1 and 15 points, while the Beverly Recs stayed in striking distance at 9-5-0, making the first meaningful checkpoint of the 2026 Wiffle Ball season look less like a settled table than a test of which starts could survive the grind.
The Tides’ profile looked the most durable. A 10-1-1 record is hard to dismiss, and the points total backed it up: 21 points separated them from a chasing pack that had already taken more losses. In a standings format built around points as much as wins and losses, that matters. The Tides had not only piled up victories, they had done so with enough consistency to create early daylight at the top.
Kingston’s place in second was more complicated. Ten wins kept the Night Owls firmly in the title conversation, but five losses and one tie left them behind on both percentage and points. That gap suggested a team with the firepower to hang around the top tier, but one that had already given away some of the margin the Tides had banked. If the standings held, Kingston looked less like an outright pace-setter than a team that would need a cleaner second half to stay in control of the 2026 race.
Beverly may have been the most important name behind the leaders. The Recs’ 9-5-0 mark kept them near the top of the board, and their position hinted that the title picture was still crowded enough for one strong week to reshape it. With the league’s official standings page describing itself as the “most current and up-to-date,” and team schedule and results pages in place for both Beverly and Kingston, the structure around the standings made the race feel like a live ladder rather than a snapshot. The Tides had separated themselves first, but the Night Owls and Recs were close enough that the 2026 title race still looked unsettled.