UPDATE: After inning four, Badger 5, Hudson 3
APPLETON — For the first time in program history, the Badger High School baseball team is in the WIAA state tournament.
The 8-seed Badgers face top-seed Hudson Monday at about 11:30 a.m. in the quarterfinals at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium outside of Appleton.
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Badger will make the baseball program’s first-ever state tournament appearance. The Badgers began celebrating their accomplishment following an 8-2 decision over Monona Grove in the final of the Oregon Sectional. The Badgers are the co-champions of the Southern Lakes Conference with Waterford this year.
They face top-seeded Hudson, which qualified for the third time in program history and for the second season in a row. The Raiders’ previous appearances both resulted in quarterfinal defeats in 1974 and 2024. They are the champions of the Big Rivers Conference this season.
DIVISION 1
Quarterfinals – Monday, June 16 – 9 a.m.
Game 1 – #4 Hamilton vs. #5 Oak Creek
Game 2 – #1 Hudson vs. #8 Badger
Quarterfinals – Monday, June 16 – 2:30 p.m.
Game 3 – #3 Hortonville vs. #6 Hartford
Game 4 – #2 Sun Prairie East vs. #7 Muskego
Semifinals – Wednesday, June 18 – 2:30 p.m.
Game 5 – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2
Game 6 – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4
Championship – Thursday, June 19 – 6 p.m.
Game 7 – Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6
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.