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Defending champ Waupun falls in WIAA Division 2 baseball

Grand Chute — GRAND CHUTE

Tyler DeBoer’s 16 strikeouts weren’t enough to save Waupun High School’s defending champions in the Division 2 semifinals of the WIAA state baseball tournament.

While the Waupun ace was racking up his strikeouts, Tyler Kozelka was pitching a two-hitter and leading Prairie du Chien to a 4-0 victory over the Warriors (17-7) here Wednesday night at Fox Cities Stadium.

West De Pere (20-5) shut out Barron, 6-0, in the other semifinal game and was scheduled to play Prairie du Chien (19-5), the Evansville sectional champion, for the Division 2 title at 3 p.m. today.

Prairie du Chien got five hits off DeBoer, but only two of its runs were earned. The Blackhawks took control in a three-run third inning that included RBI singles by Kyle Nack and Logan Mikkelson.

Kozelka, who had 11 strikeouts and no walks, retired 21 of the 23 batters he faced.

West De Pere beat Barron (19-4) on Garrett Scray’s four-hitter.

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 4,

WAUPUN 0

Prairie du Chien 003 001 0—4 5 0

Waupun 000 000 0—0 2 2

Tyler Kozelka and Kyle Sime; Tyler DeBoer and Zach Tavs.

Leading hitters—Sime (P) 2x4, 2B—DeBoer (W). 3B—Sime (P).

SO—Kozelka 11, DeBoer 16. BB—DeBoer 3.

WEST DE PERE 6, BARRON 5

West De Pere 103 002 0—6 5 1

Barron 000 000 0—0 4 5

Garrett Scray and Travis Romenesko; Brad Hallberg, Jared Hillbert (5) and Brandon Johns.

Leading hitters—Andy Pichler (WD) 2x4, Jake Kittleson (B) 2x3.

SO—Scray 7, Hallberg 1, Hillbert 1. BB—Scray 1, Hallberg 1, Hillbert 2.

Division 3

Aquinas 13, Springs 0—Zach Rickaway allowed just one hit over six innings and struck out 13 to lead defending champion La Crosse Aquinas past Fond du Lac Springs in the Division 3 semifinals.

The Blugolds (22-3) were scheduled to play Marathon (22-3) for the championship at noon today.

AQUINAS 13, SPRINGS 0

La Crosse Aquinas 020 214 4—13 16 2

Fond du Lac Springs 000 000 0—0 2 2

Zach Rickaway, Ben Kammel and Sam Pederson; Jason Schmitz, Mitchell Beau (5), Ryan Theisen (6), Mike Prado (7) and Eric Steffes.

Leading hitters—Pederson (LA) 2x4, Rickaway (A) 3x4, Bobby Kachel (A) 2x2, C.J. Favre (A) 2x4, Jason King (A) 3x4, James Knutson (A) 2x3. 2B—Pederson (A), Favre (A), King (A), Jimmy Coady (A).

SO—Rickaway 13, Schmitz 3, Beau 1. BB—Rickaway 1, Schmitz 2, Beau 2, Prado 5.

Marathon 7, Central 2—Marathon’s David Schreier scattered four hits and struck out 13 to beat St. Croix Central in the other Division 3 semifinal game.

Andy Kaldunski’s two-run single in the fourth inning broke open a close game.

MARATHON 7,

ST. CROIX CENTRAL 2

Marathon 001 033 0—7 8 2

St. Croix Central 000 002 0—2 4 4

David Schreier, Tyler Hamann (6) and Brent Krautkramer; Mark Shaver and Nick Nygaard.

Leading hitters—Schreier (M) 3x4, Hamann (M) 2x4, Noah Bollom (SCC) 2x3, 2B—Schreier (M), Tyler Seubert (M).

SO—Schreier 11, Hamann 3, Shaver 7. BB—Schreier 6, Hamann 3, Shaver 4.

Division 4

Rosholt 7, Bruce 6—Kyle Zdroik’s squeeze bunt highlighted a two-run rally in the sixth inning that carried Rosholt past Bruce in the Division 4 semifinals.

Rosholt (19-6) was scheduled to play Burlington Central (13-12) for the championship at 9 a.m. today.

ROSHOLT 7, BRUCE 6

Bruce 001 030 2—6 5 2

Rosholt 202 012 x—7 7 3

Kyle Wallace, Kurt Johnson (3), David Hegeholz (6) and Casey Gudis; Styles Carlson, Austin Klesmith (6) and Dan Osowski.

Leading hitters—Kevin Witkiewicz (B) 2x4, Kyle McHugh (Ro) 2x3, Klesmith (Ro) 2x3. 2B—Charlie Bembenek (Ro), Klesmith (Ro). HR—McHugh (Ro).

SO—Wallace 2, Johnson 1, Hegeholz 1, Carlson 7, Klesmith 2. BB—Wallace 4, Johnson 3, Hegeholz 1, Carlson 6, Klesmith 1.

Central 2, De Soto 1—Freshman pitcher Rex Morrow struck out 10 and limited De Soto to one hit in the other Division 4 semifinal game.

Dusty Floyd’s RBI double broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh inning.

Brad Russell’s third-inning single to center field was De Soto’s only hit.

BURLINGTON CENTRAL 2,

DE SOTO 1

Burlington Central 100 000 1—2 4 4

De Soto 010 000 0—1 1 3

Rex Morrow and Nick Uhen; Jenner Lepke and Brad Russell.

2B—Dusty Floyd (BC), Joe Pieters (BC).

SO—Morrow 10, Lepke 7. BB—Morrow 3, Lepke 3.