With the sectional round of the 2025 WIAA softball playoffs set to kick off on June 3, there are a handful of Central Wisconsin teams still alive.
As the postseason race tightens, there are just a few more games for clubs to win to emerge out of the WIAA softball tournament and into the state dance in pursuit of a state title.
Here is a look at how the postseason has gone so far for Central Wisconsin teams, and what’s next and teams fight and claw to reach the state tournament.
Division 1:
May 27: No. 9 Hudson beat No 8. Marshfield 13-1.
No. 4 Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln beat No. 13 River Falls 11-1
No. 3 New Richmond beat No. 14 Wausau East 13-1
No. 6 Superior beat No. 11 Wausau West 7-6.
Upcoming, May 29: No. 9 Hudson at No. 1 D.C. Everest
No. 5 Chippewa Falls at No. 4 Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln
No. 7 Menomonie at No. 2 Stevens Point.
Division 2:
May 22: No. 7 New London beat No. 10 Colby/Abbotsford 11-0.
May 27: No. 2 Medford beat No. 7 New London 4-3
No. 6 Merrill beat No. 3 Antigo
No. 1 Mosinee beat No. 8 Waupaca 17-1.
Upcoming, May 29:
No. 6 Merrill at No. 2 Medford
No. 4 Lakeland at No. 1 Mosinee.
Division 3:
May 22: No. 8 Durand-Arkansaw beat No. 9 Neillsville/Granton 3-2
No. 7 Nekoosa beat No. 10 Bloomer 11-4
No. 7 Amherst beat No. 10 Northland Pines.
May 27: No. 2 Prescott beat No. 7 Nekoosa 9-1
No. 4 Xavier beat No. 5 Tomahawk 11-10
No. 2 Wittenberg-Birnamwood beat No. 7 Amherst 5-3
No. 4 Adams-Friendship beat No. 5 Wautoma 10-0.
Upcoming, May 29: No. 3 Clintonville at No. 2 Wittenberg-Birnamwood
No. 2 Adams-Friendship at No. 1 Lomira.
Division 4:
May 22: No. 9 Cadott beat No. 8 Spencer 16-5.
May 27: No. 1 Stratford beat No. 9 Cadott 12-0
No. 4 McDonell Central Catholic beat No. 5 Loyal/Greenwood 19-4
No. 3 Oconto beat No. 6 Iola-Scandinavia 7-4
No. 1 Pacelli beat No. 8 Nacedah 12-1
No. 4 Marathon beat No. 5 Edgar 10-0
No. 3 Auburndale beat No. 6 Pardeeville 10-0
No. 2 Assumption beat No. 7 Markesan 10-0.
Upcoming, May 29:
No. 4 McDonell Central Catholic at No. 1 Stratford
No. 3 Auburndale at No. 2 Assumption
No. 4 Marathon at No. 1 Pacelli.
Division 5:
May 22: No. 8 Newman Catholic beat No. 9 Rosholt 19-6
No. 9 Alma Center Lincoln beat No. 8 Port Edwards 16-12.
May 27: No. 4 Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran beat No. 5 Athens 9-3
No. 1 Almond-Bancroft beat No. 8 Newman Catholic 15-0
No. 5 Tri-County beat No. 4 Tigerton 9-2
No. 2 Blair-Taylor beat No. 7 Pittsville 5-1
No. 1 Columbus Catholic beat No. 9 Alma Center Catholic 12-1.
Upcoming, May 29: No. 5 Athens at No. 1 Thorp
No. 5 Tri-County at No. 1 Almond-Bancroft
No. 4 Royall at No. 1 Columbus Catholic.
Contact or send game stats/info to Sports Reporter Alfred Smith III at alfred.smith@gannett.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @AlfredS_III.
This article originally appeared on Wausau Daily Herald: WIAA softball: How the 2025 postseason has gone for Central Wisconsin teams; results
Reporting by Alfred Smith III, Wausau Daily Herald / Wausau Daily Herald
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