Waupaca opens with win
By Greg Seubert
A promising start turned into a disappointing finish for Waupaca at the Class A American Legion State Baseball Championship in Westby.
Post 161 opened the eight-team tournament July 26 with a 3-0 win over Prairie du Chien, but then dropped its next two games to Waupun and Medford by a 4-3 score.
Waupaca 3, Prairie du Chien 0
Waupaca opened the scoring with a run in the top of the fifth inning and added two more in the seventh.
Brady Johnson scattered four hits to get the complete-game win. Waupaca had seven hits.
Waupun 4, Waupaca 3
Waupun went on to win its second straight state championship and handed Waupaca its first loss July 27.
Medford 4, Waupaca 3
Davis Levine and Justin Vaughn had run-scoring doubles July 28 that gave Waupaca a 3-0 lead in the top of the third inning.
However, Medford answered with four runs in the sixth.
• Two Waupaca players – Johnson and Jack Menzies – were named to the all-tournament team. Also on the team are Waupun’s Baron Buchholz, Reece Homan, Keegan Hartgerink and Caleb Sauer; St. Mary’s Catholic’s Drew Zimmer, T.J. Skryzpczak, Mitch Lukasik and Holden Fischer; Medford’s Ryan Alexander, Cade Alexander and John McMurry; Prairie du Chien’s Dylan Coleman, Cory Check and Drake Coleman; Westby/Coon Valley’s Sam Strangstalien and Alex Gluch; Osceola’s Nick Carlson; and Arcadia’s Nate Breska.