WBA tourney includes Reds, 4 more from Dairyland League
DAIRYLAND LEAGUE POST-SEASON
The Whittlesey Reds received the 16th seed out of 36 qualifying teams for the Wisconsin Baseball Association’s post-season tournament and will play in Ellsworth during the tourney’s regional weekend Aug. 11-13.
The Reds finished at 7-5 in the Dairyland League’s Large Division during the summer, placing them in a third-place tie with the Rhinelander River Monsters. The Wisconsin Rapids Redhawks finished 9-3, a game ahead of 8-4 Everest in the final Large Division standings. Marshfield (6-6) was the fifth Dairyland Large team to make the WBA tournament field.
Whittlesey is in a three-team regional pool that includes the tournament’s ninth overall seed, the Eau Claire Cavaliers, and the 33rd-seeded Iron City Miners of the Upper 13 League. The Cavaliers went 14-6 to place second in the South Division of the Chippewa River Baseball League behind 17-3 Osseo, who won the CRBL’s tournament title Saturday with a 2-1 victory over Tilden in the championship game. Tilden is the second seed in the WBA tournament.
Iron City placed sixth in the eightteam Upper 13 at 4-6, finishing ahead of Ashland (3-7) and Grand View (0-10).
Whittlesey’s first game is set for Saturday, Aug. 12 at 7 p.m. against the loser of the 1 p.m. Eau Claire/Iron City game. They’ll play the winner at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 13. The pool champion will earn a spot in the WBA Finals to be held Aug. 18-20 at Eau Claire and Osseo.
Also in Ellsworth regional weekend, a second pool will include 22nd-seeded Rhinelander, the third-seeded Holmen Features and the 27th-seeded host team, the Ellsworth Hubbers.
Wisconsin Rapids will host four pools on its two fields during regional weekend. Site 1 includes a pool consisting of the eighth-seeded host Redhawks, the 17th-seeded Eau Claire Rivermen and 32nd-seeded La Crosse 35ers and a pool consisting of the 12th-seeded Brill Millers, 13th-seeded Tony Hayshakers and 36th-seeded Bay City Bombers.
Site 2 at Wisconsin Rapids includes a pool consisting of 11th-seeded Everest, 14th-seeded Spring Valley and 35th-seeded Bloomer and a pool consisting of fifthseeded Viroqua, 20th-seeded Prescott and the 29th-seeded Haugen Knights.
Marshfield is the 23rd seed and is at the Augusta regional site in a pool with the second-seeded Tilden Tigers and 26th-seeded Elmwood Expos.
The River Falls Fighting Fish, the defending 2022 WBA champions, hold the number-one overall seed and also are a regional host, along with the Hayward Hawks.
The 12 pool champions will compete in the Aug. 18-20 WBA Finals, which again will consist of four, three-team pools with the pool champions meeting in the semifinals for a shot to play in Sunday’s championship game, set for 4 p.m. that day at Jon Solney Memorial Field in Osseo.
The full schedule for regional weekend follows.
Wisconsin BaseballAssociation Regional Playoffs Aug. 11-13
Augusta Regional Game 1: #4 Osseo vs. #28 Plum City, Friday at 7:30 p.m. Game 2: #23 Marshfield vs. #26 Elmwood, Saturday at 1 p.m. Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. #21 La Crescent, Minn., Saturday at 4 p.m. Game 4: #2 Tilden vs. Loser Game 2, Saturday at 7 p.m. Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. #21 La Crescent, Minn., Sunday at 1 p.m. Game 6: #2 Tilden vs. Winner Game 2, Sunday at 4 p.m.
Ellsworth Regional Game 1: #3 Holmen vs. #27 Ellsworth, Friday at 7:30 p.m. Game 2: #9 Eau Claire Cavaliers vs. #33 Iron City, Saturday at 1 p.m. Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. #22 Rhinelander, Saturday at 4 p.m. Game 4: #16 Whittlesey vs. Loser Game 2, Saturday at 7 p.m. Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. #22 Rhinelander, Sunday at 1 p.m. Game 6: #16 Whittlesey vs. Winner Game 2, Sunday at 4 p.m. Hayward Regional Game 1: #6 Washburn vs. #19 Hayward, Friday at 7:30 p.m. Game 2: #18 Lake Superior vs. #31 Jim Falls, Saturday at 1 p.m. Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. #30 Chippewa
Falls, Saturday at 4 p.m.
Game 4: #7 Spooner vs. Loser Game 2, Saturday at 7 p.m. Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. #30 Chippewa Falls, Sunday at 1 p.m. Game 6: #7 Spooner vs. Winner Game 2, Sunday at 4 p.m.
River Falls Regional Game 1: #1 River Falls vs. #24 Cadott, Friday at 7:30 p.m. Game 2: #10 Hudson vs. #34 Norwalk, Saturday at 1 p.m. Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. #25 Glidden, Saturday at 4 p.m. Game 4: #15 Eau Claire Bears vs. Loser Game 2, Saturday at 7 p.m. Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. #25 Glidden, Sunday at 1 p.m. Game 6: #15 Eau Claire Bears vs. Winner Game 2, Sunday at 4 p.m.
Wisconsin Rapids Regional #1 Game 1: #8 Wisconsin Rapids vs. #32 La Crosse, Friday at 7:30 p.m. Game 2: #13 Tony vs. #36 Bay City, Saturday at 12:30 p.m. Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. #17 Eau Claire Rivermen, Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Game 4: #12 Brill vs. Loser Game 2, Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. #17 Eau Claire Rivermen, Sunday at 12:30 p.m. Game 6: #12 Brill vs. Winner Game 2, Sunday at 3:30 p.m.
Wisconsin Rapids Regional #2 Game 1: #11 Everest vs. #35 Bloomer, Friday at 8 p.m. Game 2: #20 Prescott vs. #29 Haugen Knights, Saturday at 1 p.m. Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. #14 Spring Valley, Saturday at 4 p.m. Game 4: #5 Viroqua vs. Loser Game 2, Saturday at 7 p.m. Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. #14 Spring Valley, Sunday at 1 p.m. Game 6: #5 Viroqua vs. Winner Game 2, Sunday at 4 p.m.
