Brandon Berg
Twenty remaining teams will vie for five state championships beginning Thursday morning at Goodman Diamond in Madison.
Thorp is the only Chippewa County area team that will be in action, but other teams with local connections will aim for wins to advance to Saturday's day of championship games.
Here's what to watch from this week's state tournament:
Champs are back
Three of 2023's state champions are back in Madison aiming for repeats.
Kaukauna (26-0) is seeking a four-peat in Division 1 and opens play as the top seed on Thursday at noon versus No. 8 Hamilton (19-7). The Galloping Ghosts have won a staggering 107 consecutive games and are five wins off matching the longest streak in the history of the United States. Vandebilt Catholic (Houma, La.) won 112 straight games from 1980-83 with Barbe in Lake Charles, La. second with 108 wins from 1988-91.
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Brodhead (19-4) is the No. 2 seed in Division 3 after winning the crown a season ago. The Cardinals will meet Middle Border Conference runner-up and No. 3 seed Prescott (19-8) in the semifinals on Friday.
Like Brodhead, Stevens Point Pacelli (26-2) returns to state aiming for a repeat and will attempt to do so as a No. 2 seed as the Cardinals are scheduled to play the first game of the day on Friday versus No. 3 Wisconsin Rapids Assumption (17-6). Last year Pacelli came from behind to beat McDonell 8-7 before besting Oakfield 9-6 for the program's fourth WIAA championship.
Local connections
New Richmond (21-3) is at state for the first time since 1995 as a No. 5 seed in Division 1 and will meet No. 4 Milton (24-2) in the final quarterfinal of the day on Thursday afternoon. The Tigers advanced to state with a 1-0 sectional championship victory over Chippewa Falls, using a run on an infield single in the sixth and strong pitching and defense throughout to clinch the victory. New Richmond won the Big Rivers Conference championship during the regular season and has won three games in a row in the playoffs by one run (Superior 4-3, D.C. Everest 1-0 and Chippewa Falls 1-0).
Prescott played a pair of Western Cloverbelt foes at the end of the regular season before reaching the Division 3 state tournament. The Cardinals beat Bloomer 11-1 in five innings and lost to Fall Creek 1-0 in two of the team's final three games of the regular season and is at state for the fourth time since 2021, most recently finishing as the Division 3 runner-up in 2021.
Fall Creek (28-2) is at the Division 4 state tournament for the first time after outlasting Grantsburg 1-0 in 12 innings for the sectional championship at Casper Park. The Crickets won the Western Cloverbelt championship during the regular season and defeated Glenwood City, Boyceville, McDonell and the Pirates on the way to state. Coleman awaits in Thursday's semifinals and the entire Division 4 field is made up of teams reaching the state tournament for the first time.
Watch live
Saturday's championship games will be available on broadcast television on WQOW Channel 18.2 as well as on the station's website.
Collection: Chippewa County's state softball tournament qualifiers
1979 Chi-Hi
1982 Bloomer
1996 Chi-Hi and Stanley-Boyd
1996 Chi-Hi and Stanley-Boyd 2
2002 Chi-Hi and Gilman
2002 Chi-Hi and Gilman 2
2004 Chi-Hi
2004 Chi-Hi 2
2005 McDonell and Lake Holcombe
2005 McDonell and Lake Holcombe 2
2005 McDonell and Lake Holcombe 3
2005 McDonell and Lake Holcombe 4
2006 Chi-Hi
2006 Chi-Hi 2
2006 Chi-Hi 3
2006 Chi-Hi 4
2007 Chi-Hi
2007 Chi-Hi 2
2008 McDonell and Thorp
2008 McDonell and Thorp 2
2008 McDonell and Thorp 3
2008 McDonell and Thorp 4
2008 McDonell and Thorp 5
2009 Chi-Hi and Thorp
2009 Chi-Hi and Thorp 2
2009 Chi-Hi and Thorp 3
2009 Chi-Hi and Thorp 4
2009 Chi-Hi and Thorp 5
2010 Chi-Hi
2010 Chi-Hi 2
2011 Chi-Hi and McDonell
2011 Chi-Hi and McDonell 2
2011 Chi-Hi and McDonell 3
2011 Chi-Hi and McDonell 4
2012 Chi-Hi and Thorp
2012 Chi-Hi and Thorp 2
2012 Chi-Hi and Thorp 3
2012 Chi-Hi and Thorp 4
2012 Chi-Hi and Thorp 5
2012 Chi-Hi and Thorp 6
2015 Chi-Hi, McDonell and Bloomer 2
2015 Chi-Hi, McDonell and Bloomer 3
2015 Chi-Hi, McDonell and Thorp 4
2015 Chi-Hi, McDonell and Thorp 5
2016 Thorp
2016 Thorp 2
2016 Thorp 3
2016 Thorp 4
2017 McDonell and Bloomer
2017 McDonell and Bloomer 2
2017 McDonell and Bloomer 3
2017 McDonell and Bloomer 4
2017 McDonell and Bloomer 5
2017 McDonell and Bloomer 6
2018 Chi-Hi, McDonell and Thorp
2018 Chi-Hi, McDonell and Thorp 2
2018 Chi-Hi, McDonell and Thorp 3
2018 Chi-Hi, McDonell and Thorp 4
2018 Chi-Hi, McDonell and Thorp 5
2018 Chi-Hi, McDonell and Thorp 6
2018 Chi-Hi, McDonell and Thorp 7
2019 Chi-Hi, Thorp and Gilman
2019 Chi-Hi, Thorp and Gilman 2
2019 Chi-Hi, Thorp and Gilman 3
2019 Chi-Hi, Thorp and GIlman 4
2019 Chi-Hi, Thorp and Gilman 5
2019 Chi-Hi, Thorp and Gilman 6
2021 Chi-Hi
2021 Chi-Hi 2
2022 Thorp 2
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Schedule
Division 1
Thursday's Quarterfinals
• Game 1: No. 2 Kenosha Bradford (25-3) vs No. 7 Cedarburg (24-4), 8 a.m.
• Game 2: No. 3 Sun Prairie East (22-2) vs No. 6 Watertown (20-4), 10 a.m.
• Game 3: No. 1 Kaukauna (26-0) vs No. 8 Hamilton (19-7), noon
• Game 4: No. 4 Milton (24-2) vs No. 5 New Richmond (21-3), 2 p.m.
Friday's Semifinals
• Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2, 7 p.m.
• Game 6: Winner Game 3 vs Winner Game 4, 9 p.m.
Saturday's Championship
• Winner Game 5 vs Winner Game 6, 6:30 p.m.
Division 2
Friday's Semifinals
• Game 1: No. 1 Mosinee (28-1) vs No. 4 Lake Mills (23-4), 2:30 p.m.
• Game 2: No. 2 New Berlin Eisenhower (21-4) vs No. 3 Waupun (18-4), 4:30 p.m.
Saturday's Championship
• Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2, 4 p.m.
Division 3
Friday's Semifinals
• Game 1: Mishicot (29-0) vs No. 4 Laconia (20-8), 10 a.m.
• Game 2: Brodhead (19-4) vs No. 3 Prescott (19-8), noon
Saturday's Championship
• Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2, 1 p.m.
Division 4
Thursday's Semifinals
• Game 1: No. 1 Fall Creek (28-2) vs No. 4 Coleman (21-4), 4:30 p.m.
• Game 2: No. 2 Brodhead (22-2) vs No. 3 Auburndale (21-3), 6:30 p.m.
Saturday's Championship
• Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2, 10:30 a.m.
Division 5
Thursday/Friday Semifinals
• Game 1: No. 1 Oakfield (25-3) vs No. 4 Thorp (21-7), Thur., 8:30 p.m.
• Game 2: No. 2 Stevens Point Pacelli (26-2) vs No. 3 Wisconsin Rapids Assumption (17-6), Fri., 8 a.m.
Saturday's Championship
• Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2, 8 a.m.
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