WIAA State Softball Tournament
media release: The 49th Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Softball Tournament will take place Wednesday-Saturday, June 11-14, at Goodman Diamond on the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison, Wis.
Ticket prices for the tourney are $11 per session for quarterfinals and semifinals plus online fees, $25 for an all-day ticket on Thursday and Friday, and $9 for each championship game Saturday. Tickets are to be purchased on-line on the WIAA website through GoFan, the WIAA ticketing partner, at: https://www.wiaawi.org/
The single elimination tournament features five divisions. Eight teams qualify in Division 1 and four each in Divisions 2, 3, 4 and 5. All teams are seeded in each of the divisional brackets. The second game of each session will begin approximately 30 minutes following the first game.
Division 1
Quarterfinals - Wednesday, June 11
Game-1: #2 Kaukauna (24-0) vs. #7 Sun Prairie East (22-7) - 11 a.m.
Game-2: #3 Hamilton (25-3) vs. #6 Oregon (23-3) - 1:30 p.m.*
Game-3: #1 Kenosha Bradford (27-1) vs. #8 Cedarburg (22-7) - 4 p.m.
Game-4: #4 D.C. Everest (25-2) vs. #5 Watertown (21-4-1) - 6:30 p.m.*
Semifinals - Thursday, June 12
Game-5: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 - 7 p.m.
Semifinals - Friday, June 13
Game-6: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 - 9 a.m.*
Championship - Saturday, June 14
Game-7: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6 - 6:30 p.m.*
Division 2
Semifinals - Friday, June 13
Game-1: #1 Jefferson (24-5) vs. #4 Whitnall (19-10) - 4:30 p.m.
Game-2: #2 Denmark (23-7) vs. #3 Lakeland (20-8) - 7 p.m.*
Championship - Saturday, June 14
Game-3: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 - 4 p.m.
Division 3
Semifinals - Friday, June 13
Game-1: #1 Fall Creek (24-5) vs. #4 Valders (20-6) - 11:30 a.m.
Game-2: #2 Poynette (24-2) vs. #3 Laconia (22-7) - 2 p.m.*
Championship - Saturday, June 14
Game-3: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 - 1 p.m.*
Division 4
Semifinals - Thursday, June 12
Game-1: #1 Pacelli (27-1) vs. #4 McDonell Catholic (17-8) - 2 p.m.
Game-2: #2 Mishicot (24-3) vs. #3 Mineral Point (24-5) - 4:30 p.m.*
Championship - Saturday, June 14
Game-3: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 - 10:30 a.m.*
Division 5
Semifinal - Thursday, June 12
Game-1: #1 Belmont (24-3) vs. #4 Ithaca (21-5) - 9 a.m.*
Game-2: #2 Almond-Bancroft (24-6) vs. #3 Thorp (18-9) - 11:30 a.m.
Championship - Saturday, June 14
Game-3: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 - 8 a.m.
* Games begin approximately 30 minutes following previous game.
The pre-finals of the State Softball Tournament will be streamed live on the WIAA.TV portal of the NFHS Network on a subscription basis. To purchase a subscription to the live programming, log-on to wiaa.tv or www.nfhsnetwork.com and click on the blue subscription graphic in the upper right side of the homepage.
The championship finals of all five 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.