WIAA State Baseball Tournament Preview: Division 3

Monday, June 16th, 2025 -- 11:14 AM

The 77th Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Baseball State Tournament is underway today thru Thursday at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute....Here's a preview of the Division 3 field....

Tuesday, June 17

Division 3 Semifinals - approx. 2:30 p.m.

Game 1 - #2 Fennimore (25-3) vs. #3 Kewaunee (17-5)

Game 2 - #1 Kenosha St. Joseph Cath. (21-7) vs. #4 Barron (20-9)*

* Game begins approximately 35 min. following first game of session.

Thursday, June 19 

Division 3 Final - 12:05 p.m.

LAST YEAR:  In the Division 3 title game, Aquinas defeated Kenosha St. Joseph 6-4.

THE DIVISION 3 FIELD:  Last year’s runner-up Kenosha St. Joseph Catholic is the #1 seed in the bracket. The Lancers have qualified for the fourth time in five seasons and for the ninth time overall. They made four appearances during a span of five years from 2005-09, which resulted in a Division 2 championship in 2005 and a Division 3 title in 2006. They added additional Division 3 crowns in 2009 and 2021 to give them four State titles. The Lancers also won several championships as a former member of WISAA, winning titles in 1965, 1970, 1977 and 1988. This season, they finished atop the standings in the Metro Classic Conference. The Lancers advanced to State through the Kohler Sectional following a 4-0 blanking of Cedar Grove-Belgium in the final. Second-seeded Fennimore is a first-time qualifier to the State Baseball Tournament. The Golden Eagles needed an extra inning to defeat Westby 3-2 in the final of the Osseo-Fairchild Sectional to advance to the State semifinals. They were crowned champions of the Southwest Wisconsin Athletic Conference the spring. Third-seeded Kewaunee will also experience the State Tournament for the first time after beating Wittenberg-Birnamwood 6-5 in the final of the Chilton Sectional. The Storm was the champion of the Packerland Conference this year. Fourth-seeded Barron is back at State for the seventh time and for the first time since 2008. The Golden Bears’ crowning achievement in their previous six experiences at State was advancing to the final and winning the championship in Class B in 1979. They placed third in the Heart O’ North Conference during the regular season, and they earned the sectional title to advance to the State Tournament with a high-scoring 12-11 win over Elk Mound in the Augusta Sectional final.

STATE TOURNAMENT ON THE AIR:  The championship finals of all four divisions will be aired live on the WIAA State Television Stations WKOW 27.2, WAOW 9.2, WQOW 18.2 and WXOW 19.2, WVTV 24.1 in Milwaukee and WCWF 14.1 in Green Bay/Appleton. The finals will also be streamed live on the Network stations’ websites.

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