The 2024 WIAA state baseball tournament continues Wednesday with semifinal games for Divisions 1 and 2 at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute.
The championship matchups are already set for Divisions 3 and 4. All four title games will be played Thursday.
We'll have live updates from the press box today at Neuroscience Group Field, beginning with the Division 2 semifinal games.
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Up next: De Pere (25-3) vs. Westosha Central (25-5)
Westosha Central lineup
CF Carson Sieler
C Mason Mitacek
P Joe Suokko
SS Charlie Dietz
RF Jake Urban
LF Jack Brenton
DH Max Nottingham
2B Evan Leafblad
3B Bryce Backus
1B Braedon Moeller (not batting)
De Pere lineup
P Axel Donaldson
RF Mason Sequin
CF Easton Arendt
1B Landon Raygo
SS Javin Gauthier
DH Milo Upton
LF Jake Weckwerth
3B Lucas Koskey
2B Devin Weber
C Jack Nikolay (not batting)
Final stats: Mosinee 8, La Crosse Logan 1
La Crosse Logan 100 000 0 – 1 4 0
Mosinee 042 110 x - 8 10 1
WP: Garrett Shupe. LP: Lucas Eilertson.
La Crosse Logan batting: Johnny Leaver 1x3; Kobe Szafran 1x3; Tyler Rumsey 1x3; Jackson Bosch 1x1.
La Crosse Logan pitching: Lucas Eilertson 2 IP, 5 hits, 4 runs (all earned), 1 walk, 1 strikeout; Tyler Rumsey 4 IP, 5 hits, 4 runs (all earned), 3 walks, 2 strikeouts.
Mosinee batting: Keagen Jirschele 2x3, 2 RBI, double; Gavin Obremski 2x4, RBI; Benjamin Schlei 3x3, double, 4 RBI.
Mosinee pitching: Garrett Shupe 5⅔ IP, 4 hits, 1 run (unearned), 4 walks, 9 strikeouts; Zachery Nechuta 1⅓ IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 1 strikeout.
Mosinee headed to Division 2 title game
Mosinee knocks off La Crosse Logan 8-1 to advance to the Division 2 title game.
Mosinee, in its seventh trip to the state tournament, won its first state tournament game after going 0-6 in its previous six state tournament contests.
Mosinee (25-5) will play Edgewood (21-6) in the championship game Thursday at 3 p.m.
Final: Mosinee 8, La Crosse Logan 1
Mosinee three outs away from title game
La Crosse Logan put two runners on base in the top of the sixth, but Mosinee reliever Zachary Nechuta struck out Preston Elston to end the inning.
Mosinee starter Garrett Shupe finished the game with 103 pitches before leaving with two outs in the sixth.
Mosinee got a two-out single from Gavin Obremski in the bottom of the sixth.
End of 6: Mosinee 8, La Crosse Logan 1
Mosinee pushes lead to 8-1
The Rangers went down in order in the top of the fifth inning on six pitches. Mosinee starter Garrett Shupe has retired six batters in a row and nine of the last 10.
Mosinee added a run in the bottom of the inning. Carter Fandrey walked with one out, then Benjamin Schlei doubled to the gap in left-center to score Fandrey from first. It was the third hit and fourth RBI of the game for Schlei.
End of 5: Mosinee 8, La Crosse Logan 1
Mosinee leads by six over La Crosse Logan
La Crosse Logan got a leadoff single from Jackson Bosch in the fourth, but Mosinee pitcher Garrett Shupe retired the next three batters.
Shupe has allowed three hits, walked three and struck out seven through four innings. He has thrown 78 pitches.
Keagen Jirschele led off the bottom of the fourth by drawing a four-pitch walk and went to second on a balk. After a ground out, Gavin Obremski singled to center to score Jirschele and push Mosinee’s lead to 7-1.
End of 4: Mosinee 7, La Crosse Logan 1
Mosinee adds to lead in third
La Crosse Logan put two runners on base to open the third inning, but Mosinee pitcher Garrett Shupe retired the next three batters.
Mosinee scored twice in the bottom of the third to push its lead to 6-1.
A double to left field by Brady Lokken and a hit batter put two runners on with no outs. Lokken and Cameron Ziebell pulled off a double steal to get to second and third. After a strikeout, Benjamin Schlei singled up the middle through a drawn-in infield to score both runners to make it 6-1.
End of 3: Mosinee 6, La Crosse Logan 1
Mosinee scores four in second to take control
Mosinee scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 4-1 lead.
La Crosse Logan put two runners on base in the top of the second on back-to-back walks with one out, but Mosinee pitcher Garrett Shupe struck out the next two batters to end the threat.
Shupe has walked three and struck out four in two innings. He has thrown 42 pitches. The Logan batters are struggling to catch up with Shupe’s fastball when he is in the strike zone.
Mosinee took control in the bottom of the second. Cameron Ziebell led off with a single and went to second on a sacrifice bunt. Benjamin Schlei followed with a single to right-center to score Ziebell to make it 1-1. Elliot Yirkovsky then singled to right to put runners on first and second. Grant Kuklinski walked to load the bases for Keagen Jirschele, who singled to center to bring home Schlei and Yirkovsky to make it 3-1.
Taylor Lemanski was then hit by a pitch to load the bases, bringing up No. 3 hitter Gavin Obremski.
Mosinee added a fourth run when Obremski grounded out to second base to score Kuklinski, but Jirschele was thrown out trying to score from second on the play for an inning-ending double play.
End of 2: Mosinee 4, La Crosse Logan 1
La Crosse Logan scores in first to take early lead
La Crosse Logan scored a run in the top of the first inning to go ahead 1-0.
The Rangers put two runners on base to start the inning on a walk to Johnny Leaver, then a bunt single by Kobe Szafran and a throwing error to put runners on first and third with no outs.
Mosinee starter Garrett Shupe struck out the next two batters, but with Tyler Rumsey at the plate Szafran broke for second. Mosinee got Szafran in a rundown and tagged him out, but Leaver was able to score from third before the final out was recorded.
Mosinee got a leadoff double down the left-field line by Keagen Jirschele in the bottom of the first. After a strikeout, Gavin Obremski reached on a bouncer back to the mound but Jirschele was thrown out in a rundown between second and third for the second out. Brady Lokken then popped out to second base for the third out.
End of 1: La Crosse Logan 1, Mosinee 0
Up next: Mosinee (24-5) vs. La Crosse Logan (17-10)
La Crosse Logan lineup
CF Johnny Leaver
LF Kobe Szafran
3B Bradley Check
P Lucas Eilertson
1B Tyler Rumsey
C Jackson Bosch
SS Nick Joley
DH Parker Lycke
2B Carson Nelson
RF Preston Elston (not batting)
Mosinee lineup
SS Keagen Jirschele
CF Taylor Lemanski
C Gavin Obremski
1B Brady Lokken
3B Cameron Ziebell
RF Carter Fandrey
DH Benjamin Schlei
LF Elliot Yirkovsky
2B Grant Kuklinski
P Garrett Shupe (not batting)
Final stats: Edgewood 4, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 3
Edgewood 011 011 0 - 4 5 2
KM Lutheran 001 101 0 - 3 7 2
WP: Henry Bishop. LP: Landon Hagenow. Save: Steffen Mello.
Edgewood batting: Bennett Cagle 1x3, HR, 2 RBI: Steffen Mello 1x3, double; Henry Bishop 1x1, double.
Edgewood pitching: Henry Bishop 6 IP, 6 hits, 3 runs (2 earned), 3 walks, 4 strikeouts; Steffen Mello 1 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts.
Kettle Moraine Lutheran batting: Adam Zylka 2x2, double; Carson Rau 2x2, 2 RBI; Landon Hagenow double.
Kettle Moraine Lutheran pitching: Landon Hagenow 6 IP, 5 hits, 4 runs (all earned), 4 walks, 4 strikeouts; Brett Biondich 1 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 3 strikeouts.
Edgewood holds on to beat Kettle Moraine Lutheran
Edgewood got a runner on base to start the top of the seventh inning on a passed ball after a swinging third strike, but Brett Biondich struck out the next two batters and then got a nifty sprawling catch from shortstop Adam Zylka in short left field to end the inning.
Steffen Mello came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh for Edgewood, protecting a one-run lead.
Sam Ehlke was retired on a pop up to second base. Jackson Wallin then grounded out to shortstop for the second out. Landon Hagenow kept alive the Chargers’ hopes with a two-out double into the gap in left-center, then cleanup hitter Brett Biondich walked on four pitches.
Jackson Kobylarczyk was next and fell behind 0-2. After a ball, he fouled off a pitch and took another ball just off the outside corner to make the count 2-2. Kobylarczyk then grounded to short, with Edgewood shortstop Preston Yaucher tossing to second for the force out to end the game.
Final: Edgewood 4, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 3
Edgewood leads by one heading to seventh inning
Edgewood added to its lead with a run in the top of the sixth inning.
Steffen Mello led off with a double to right-center and pinch-runner Holden Port advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt. Davis Halbleib followed with a single to score Mello for a 4-2 lead.
Kettle Moraine Lutheran got a run back in the bottom of the inning.
The Chargers got a leadoff single from Jackson Kobylarczyk and then a double off the wall in left field by Adam Zylka put runners on second and third with no outs. Carson Rau then sent another deep fly ball to left field that was caught at the warning track, but Kobylarczyk scored from third and Zylka advanced to third just ahead of the relay throw.
Senate Schmidt was retired on the first pitch of his at-bat on a shallow fly ball to right field for the second out, with Zylka staying at third.
Edgewood third baseman Carson Jesberger then preserved the lead for the Crusaders when he lunged to his right to stab a grounder by Zach Kneser, and from his knees he threw a perfect throw to first to retire Kneser for the final out.
End of 6: Edgewood 4, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 3
Edgewood regains lead on sacrifice fly
Edgewood put runners on first and third with one out in the top of the fifth on a walk, a sacrifice bunt and a single to center field by Jack Halloran.
Bennett Cagle, who homered in the third inning, then brought home courtesy runner Chet Kramer with a fly ball to center field to put Edgewood back on top 3-2.
An error that would have been the third out extended the inning, but Edgewood cleanup batter Seth Myers popped out to second base to end the threat.
Kettle Moraine Lutheran was retired in order in the bottom of the inning, including a nice leaping catch by Edgewood shortstop Preston Yaucher for the first out.
KML pitcher Landon Hagenow has thrown 80 pitches through five innings.
End of 5: Edgewood 3, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 2
Chargers pull even, but miss chance for big inning
Kettle Moraine Lutheran tied the game in the bottom of the fourth inning but could have scored more.
Jackson Kobylarczyk walked to lead off the inning, then Adam Zylka dropped a perfect bunt down the third base line for a hit and Edgewood catcher Bennett Cagle threw the ball over the head of first baseman Seth Myers, allowing Kobylarczyk to advance to third with no outs. Carson Rau then bounced a grounder just past the outstretched glove of Myers for a single to score Kobylarczyk to tie the game 2-2.
A wild pitch with Senate Schmidt at the plate moved Zylka to third and Rau to second, giving KML two runners in scoring position with no outs.
Schmidt popped up to shortstop for the first out. Pinch-hitter William Kempfert then blooped a fly ball into foul territory and Myers made a nice catch over his shoulder, turned and made a perfect throw home to keep Zylka at third base. Sam Ehlke then struck out to end the threat with no further runs.
End of 4: Kettle Moraine Lutheran 2, Edgewood 2
Cagle goes deep for Crusaders; KML scores on error
Bennett Cagle, the No. 2 hitter in the Edgewood lineup, gave the Crusaders a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning with a one-out home run over the wall in left-center field near the scoreboard.
It was the fourth home run of the season for Cagle and the seventh for Edgewood.
The Chargers got a one-out single in the bottom of the third from Sam Ehlke that deflected off the glove of diving shortstop Preston Yaucher. Jackson Wallin then drew a four-pitch walk. Landon Hagenow flew out to right field for the second out.
With Brett Biondich batting, Edgewood pitcher Henry Bishop tried to pick off Wallin at first base and threw the ball past first baseman Seth Meyers, allowing Ehlke to easily score from third and Wallin to race to third. Bishop had thrown over to first two other times before the error.
Biondich struck out to end the inning.
End of 3: Edgewood 2, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 1
Edgewood gets on the board first
Edgewood plated one run in the top of the second inning and leads 1-0.
Seth Myers led off with a walk, then after an out Henry Bishop sent a long fly ball over the head of the center fielder to the warning track for a double. Myers, who was running on the pitch, easily scored from first and Bishop advanced to third on an overthrow to the plate.
Kettle Moraine Lutheran put two runners on base in the bottom of the second inning with a walk and a single to left field by Carson Rau, but a ground ball to third base ended the inning.
Henry Bishop has thrown 30 pitches for Edgewood. Landon Hagenow has thrown 29 pitches for KML.
End of 2: Edgewood 1, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 0
Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Edgewood begin Day 3 of state tournament
The first Division 2 semifinal game of the day is underway.
Edgewood is the visiting team. The Cardinals got a runner on first base in the top of the first on a walk, but he was promptly picked off. The next two batters were retired.
Landon Hagenow started on the mound for Kettle Moraine Lutheran, which is the No. 2 seed.
Henry Bishop is on the mound for Edgewood, the No. 3 seed.
Bishop set down the Chargers in order in the bottom of the first on 13 pitches.
End of 1: Kettle Moraine Lutheran 0, Edgewood 0
Wisconsin high school baseball state tournament schedule today
DIVISION 2
Edgewood 4, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 3
Mosinee 8, La Crosse Logan 1
Division 1
(5) Westosha Centralvs. (1) De Pere- 2:30 p.m. (3) Sun Prairie East vs. (2) Oak Creek - approximately 4:30 p.m.
WIAA state baseball tournament finals schedule (Thursday, June 13)
Division 4: Solon Springs/Northwood (20-1) vs. Eleva-Strum (22-8) - 9 a.m.
Division 3: Kenosha St. Joseph (24-5) vs. Aquinas (24-4) - noon
Division 2: Edgewood (21-6) vs. Mosinee (25-5), 3 p.m.
The Division 1 final is at 6 p.m.
How to watch Wisconsin high school state baseball tournament: live stream
Semifinal games on Wednesday will be streamed on the WIAA.TV portal of theNFHS network.
WIAA state baseball tournament tickets
General admission tickets per game are $11. An all-day pass Wednesday is $20.Tickets are purchased electronically via the WIAA websiteand are displayed on your phone.
