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Hemming wins second title

GRAND CHUTE — Janesville native Mike Hemming continues to find success at the WIAA State Baseball Tournament.

The 1985 Janesville Craig graduate and Portage High School baseball coach won his second state

title Thursday.

Portage scored six runs in the first two innings and cruised to an 8-3 win over Ellsworth in the Division 2

title game.

Hemming, who just wrapped up his 13th season at the school, also won a state title in 2006.

Portage was second in the Badger North Conference but finished the season on a nine-game winning streak.

Division 1

-- Sun Prairie 13, Bay Port 1 (5)—The Big Eight Conference champion Cardinals spent most of the season ranked No. 1 in the state and backed it up by winning three games at state en route to the title.

Sun Prairie (31-1) jumped on the defending state champions with three runs in the top of the first and pushed the margin to 10-0 with five runs in the fourth.

Zach Fairchild and Coyt Mayr drove in three runs each for Sun Prairie, while Big Eight Conference Player of the Year Nate Hoffmann had three hits.

Division 4

-- Coleman 20, Johnson Creek 11—The Cougars overcame an 11-4 deficit by scoring 16 straight runs.

Coleman (28-1) set a Division 4 record with 20 runs, while both teams tied a Division 4 record with seven errors each.

Johnson Creek led 5-0 after the first inning.

State Tournament

(At Grand Chute)

DIVISION 1

QUARTERFINALS

RESULTS TUESDAY

Bay Port 9, Kenosha Bradford 0

Hartford 5, Middleton 1

Stevens Point 6, Oconomowoc 4

Sun Prairie 6, Appleton North 4

SEMIFINALS

RESULTS TUESDAY

Bay Port 8, Hartford 3

Sun Prairie 4, Stevens Point 3 (9)

CHAMPIONSHIP

RESULT THURSDAY

Sun Prairie 13, Bay Port 1 (5)

(Game 7)

SUN PRAIRIE 13, BAY PORT 1 (5)

Sun Prairie 311 53—13 13 1

Bay Port 000 10—1 4 4

Butler and Fairchild; Frieder, Kallin (4) and Neuville.

Leading hitters—Hoffmann (SP) 3x4, Butler (SP) 2x4, Fairchild (SP) 2x3, Curran (SP) 2x2, Messenger (BP) 2x2. 2B—Hoffman (SP), Fairchild (SP), Garvey (SP), Grabig (BP), Messenger (BP).

SO—Butler (SP) 4, Frieder (BP) 2, Kallin (BP) 2. BB—Frieder 2.

W—Butler. L—Frieder.

DIVISION 2

SEMIFINALS

RESULTS WEDNESDAY

Portage 7, Fox Valley Lutheran 2

Ellsworth 5, Racine St. Catherine’s 1

CHAMPIONSHIP

RESULT THURSDAY

Portage 8, Ellsworth 3

(Game 3)

PORTAGE 8, ELLSWORTH 3

Portage 330 002 0—8 8 2

Ellsworth 000 201 0—3 9 4

A. Bortz, Dobbins (4), Hamilton (7) and Jordahl; Schroeder, Hines (7) and Voelker.

Leading hitters—Walker (P) 2x3, A. Bortz (P) 2x4, M. Bortz (P) 2x4, Schutz (E) 3x4, Matter (E) 2x3, Giese (E) 2x3. 2B—Schutz (E).

SO—A. Bortz (P) 7, Dobbins (P) 3, Schroeder (E) 7. BB—A. Bortz 2, Schroeder 5.

W—A. Bortz. L—Schroeder.

DIVISION 3

SEMIFINALS

RESULTS WEDNESDAY

Orfordville Parkview 2, Saint Mary Central 0

Prescott 16, Oshkosh Lourdes/Valley Christian 7

CHAMPIONSHIP

RESULT THURSDAY

Prescott 4, Orfordville Parkview 3 (8)

DIVISION 4

SEMIFINALS

RESULTS WEDNESDAY

Coleman 10, Pittsville 3

Johnson Creek 8, Greenwood 5

CHAMPIONSHIP

RESULT THURSDAY

Coleman 20, Johnson Creek 11

(Game 3)

COLEMAN 20, JOHNSON CREEK 11

Coleman 003 167 3—20 15 7

Johnson Creek 500 600 0—11 10 7

Bushmaker, Mi. Mergener (4), Ma. Mergener (6) and Engels; Uselman, Roe (6), Emrath (7) and Kupsche.

Leading hitters—Champagne (Col) 2x5, Ma. Mergener (Col) 2x4, Markiewicz (Col) 2x3, Bushmaker (Col) 2x4, Seewald (Col) 4x5, Congemi (JC) 2x3. 2B—Champagne (Col) 2, Bushmaker (Col), Kupsche (JC).

SO—Bushmaker (Col) 4, Mas. Mergener (Col) 2, Uselman (JC) 3, Roe (JC) 2. BB—Bushmaker 4, Uselman 6, Roe 5, Emrath 2.

W—Ma. Mergener. L—Roe.