WIAA State Baseball Tournament Preview: Division 2

Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 -- 7:44 AM

The 77th Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Baseball State Tournament continues today thru Thursday at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute....Here's a preview of the Division 2 field....

Wednesday, June 18

Division 2 Semifinals - 9 a.m.

Game 1 - #2 Aquinas (23-3) vs. #3 Seymour (25-3)

Game 2 - #1 New Berlin Eisenhower (22-5) vs. #4 Reedsburg (21-6)*

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

Thursday, June 19

Division 2 Final - 3:05 p.m.

LAST YEAR:   Edgewood captured the Division 2 title by doubling up Mosinee in the championship final, 12-6.

THE DIVISION 2 FIELD:  Top-seeded New Berlin Eisenhower makes its first State appearance in the State tourney held in the spring. The Lions made it to State once when they sponsored baseball in the summer, which resulted in a loss in the1989 quarterfinals. They are the champions of the West Division of the Woodland Conference this spring. The Lions notched a 7-3 victory over Pewaukee in the Waterford Sectional to earn the berth in the State semifinals.  Aquinas moves up a division this season after winning the Division 3 title last season and finishing runner-up in 2023. The Blugolds have been issued the #2 seed in the bracket. They are making their ninth appearance at State overall and have advanced to the championship game seven times. They earned State  titles in 2007,  2017 and again last year, and they finished runner-up in 2008, 2010, 2015 and also in 2023. This year, they tied Holmen for first place in the Mississippi Valley Conference. The Blugolds are the champions of the Merrill Sectional, which culminated with a 6-5 victory over Mosinee, last year’s runner-up, in the final. Prior to joining the WIAA, the Blugolds won four straight baseball titles in the former WISAA (1984-87). Third-seeded Seymour is a first-time participant in the State Tournament, which comes by virtue of a five-inning, 14-1 clubbing of Waupun in the final of the Waupaca Sectional final. The Thunder is the champion of the Bay Conference this season. Reedsburg is seeded fourth. The Beavers are embarking on their fifth State Tournament appearance and their first since 2011. The most notable of their previous four experiences was a runner-up performance back in 1958. This season, they were the champions in the Small Division of the Badger Conference.

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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