The opening round of the WIAA Regional baseball playoffs began Thursday, with several area teams in action.
Who advanced to the Regional semifinals and who’s officially on summer vacation? Read on to find out.
Division 3
No. 5 Coleman 7 — No. 12 Tomahawk 4
COLEMAN — Logan Kurth and Logan Lamine combined to toss a no-hitter as the No. 5-seeded Coleman Cougars bested No. 12 Tomahawk 7-4.
Kurth tossed five innings of no-hit ball, walking three while collecting 11 strikeouts, before Lamine picked up a two-inning save.
Tomahawk (5-16) led 2-1 before the Cougars hung six runs on the Hatchets in the bottom of the third to take a lead they would not relinquish.
Tomahawk clawed a pair of runs across in the top of the seventh but were unable to get any closer.
Miles Lewis and Kollin Peters both enjoyed two-RBI afternoons for Coleman, while Lamine, Kurth, Gavin Pusick and Wyatt Bieber all had base knocks.
Due up
Coleman: The Cougars (15-5) are at No. 5 Wittenberg-Birnamwood (18-6) on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
Coleman 106 000 x — 7
Tomahawk 200 000 2 — 4
WP: Kurth 5IP, 2R, 3BB, 11K
LP: Brayden Larson 3IP, 6H, 7R, 7ER, 4BB, 3K
Leading hitters (Coleman): Peters 1x2, 2B, BB, 2RBI; Lewis 1x4, R, 2B, SB, 2RBI; Brady Dufeck 2x4, R; Lamine 1x3, RBI
No. 8 Oconto 8 — No. 9 Crivitz 0
OCONTO — Devon Bostwick spun a gem on the mound to help the No. 8 Oconto Blue Devils blank No. 9 Crivitz 8-0.
Bostwick kept the Wolverines off-balance all afternoon, allowing a mere three hits in seven innings pitched. He walked three and struck out eight.
Joey Bailey and Cooper Campshure ignited the Blue Devils’ offense with back-to-back RBI-singles in the bottom of the second inning.
Crivitz (14-9) had an opportunity to cut into Oconto’s lead in the top of the fourth after JJ Brand socked a double, while Walter Laguna Herrera slapped a two-out single before moving into scoring position on an error.
The Wolverines were unable to bring either man home however, as Kaden Klaver popped out to Bostwick to end the inning.
Collin Bauman, Garrett Goestch and Jackson Martin kept the carousel spinning for Oconto in the fifth with consecutive RBI knocks that put the Blue Devils on top 5-0.
Campshure and Kyle Bowman popped back-to-back ribbies in the bottom of the sixth to make it a 7-0 game before Bowman scored on an error to lift Oconto ahead 8-0.
Laguna Herrera led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk but was unable to advance after Bowman retired Klaver, Jaxon Kroll and Michael Stahl 1-2-3 to end the game.
Jackson Schramm was the losing pitcher, giving up three hits, four walks and five runs through four-and-two-thirds innings of work. He picked up four punchouts in the losing effort.
Due up
Oconto: The Blue Devils (15-8) are at No. 1 Bonduel (19-3) on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
Oconto 020 033 x — 8
Crivitz 000 000 0 — 0
WP: Bostwick 7IP, 3H, 3BB, 8K
LP: Schramm 4 2/3IP, 3H, 5R, 5ER, 4BB, 4K
Leading hitters (Crivitz): Brand 1x3, 2B; Laguna Herrera 1x2, BB; Stahl 1x2
Leading hitters (Oconto): Campshure 2x3, R, SB, 2RBI; Martin 1x2, R, RBI; Bailey 2x3, 2R, SB, RBI
Other Division 3 scores
No. 6 Auburndale 10 — No. 11 Peshtigo 0
No. 4 Wittenberg-Birnamwood 12 — No. 13 Gillett/Suring 2
Division 4
No. 8 STAA 9 — No. 9 Gresham 2
MARINETTE — Pitching ruled the roost as the No. 8-seeded Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy Cavaliers gashed No. 9 Gresham 9-2.
Teagan Anderson got the start for STAA on the mound and hurled four innings of no-hit ball before Jack Farley took over in the fifth and was just as overpowering.
The Tigers (4-8) did not collect their first base until there were two outs in the bottom of the seventh, but Kale James struck out to end the game.
Free passes were the only thing to dent the Cavaliers, with four straight walks by Anderson plating a run for the Tigers in the top of the third, while Colby Belongie walked to lead off the fifth before scoring on an RBI-groundout by James.
Calvin Peters and Tug Paidl both crossed home plate to put the Cavs on top 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth Hunter Brief scored on a passed ball in the fifth.
STAA(6-14) put matters out of reach with a six-run outburst in its half of the sixth before turning the ball over to Farley to cover the final three outs.
Peters and Ethan King both had two RBIs, while Henry Piasecki, Dominic Tanguay and Braden Wozniak all tallied ribbies of their own.
Due up
STAA: The Cavaliers travel to No. 1 Florence (10-5) on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
STAA 000 216 x — 9
Gresham 001 010 0 — 2
WP: Anderson 4IP, 2R, 2ER, 5BB, 10K
Leading hitters (STAA): Farley 1x4, R, 2SB; Peters 1x3, 2R, 2SB, BB, 2RBI; King 0x1, R, 3BB, 2RBI; Anderson 1x3, R, SB, BB
Other Division 4 scores
No. 4 Niagara 17 — No. 13 White Lake 0
No. 7 Lena 11 — No. 10 Bowler 4
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