With the Wisconsin Baseball Association regular season wrapped up, all seven Pierce County teams made it through to the postseason. Now, the teams break into pools where they will battle for the top spot to get into the eight-team State Championship brackets in each division.

Division A

River Falls

As the defending back-to-back State Champions, there is a massive target on the backs of the Fighting Fish. Everyone wants to be the team to take them down. They will host their Regional, facing the Eau Claire Bears and the Minocqua Woodducks.

Eau Claire and River Falls are no strangers, playing 13 innings in the State Tournament a year ago before the Fish hit a walk-off to win 6-5.

The Fish were a perfect 14-0 in league play this year, being named the St. Croix Valley League Champions just ahead of 13-1 Hudson. River Falls allowed just 23 runs over those 14 league games, with the closest team being Hudson at 49. The team also led the league in runs scored at 176, followed by Hudson at 157 and Osceola in a distant third at 111.

The Eau Claire Bears are in the Chippewa River League, finishing with an even 10-10 record. The Bears’ signature win was 7-4 over a Tilden team that finished 16-4 in their league and is a frequent contender for the State title.

Minocqua finished 5-10, which landed the squad in seventh of eight teams in the Dairyland Large Division.

River Falls’ first game will be against Eau Claire at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Prescott

The Pirates returned to form this year with a 9-5 league record that landed them in fourth of 11 teams. That record sends them to the Chippewa Falls Regional in a pool with Hayward and Tilden.

If you are familiar with the WBA, Tilden is a team that always comes to the top of mind, winning State titles three times, including in 2023. The Tigers went 16-4 to tie for the top spot in the Chippewa River League, giving up 67 runs in those 20 games and scoring 176.

Hayward was 7-4 in the Independent League and will be the first game for Prescott at 1 p.m. Saturday. Hayward holds five State titles of their own; however, the most recent came in 1986. Adding in Prescott’s 1958 and 2014 titles, the three-team pool features 10 State titles.

Spring Valley

The Hawks will not have to roam too far from the nest, competing in the Menomonie Regional. Spring Valley finished in the middle chunk of the St. Croix Valley League at 6-8 this year. The team relied heavily on its pitching that allowed just over six runs per game as the bats took a bit to get going when the season started. The team is eager to get into the final bracket again after reaching the quarterfinals a year ago.

To get there, the Hawks will have to finish atop a pool between themselves, Viroqua and Cadott. That slot will be no easy task, as Cadott finished 16-4 in the Chippewa River League to tie for the top spot and Viroqua finished on top of the Mississippi Valley League at 10-3.

First up will be Viroqua at 1 p.m. Saturday, a team that allowed just 38 runs in 13 league games. Spring Valley is no stranger to elite pitching after facing teams like River Falls and Hudson, but that still does not make life any easier. Cadott led its league in runs scored with a whopping 191, nearing 10 runs per game over a hefty 20-game sample.

Division B

Ellsworth

Ellsworth has a lot to play for, because the Hubbers are hosting the Division B State Finals bracket from Aug. 14-16. If Ellsworth wins its pool of three teams it will have the advantage of playing in front of the home crowd for all the marbles.

The Hubbers were placed in the Osceola region, with bouts lined up against the Tomahawk Titans and the Norwalk Knights. Tomahawk is first on the docket at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, a team that finished 4-5 in the Dairyland Small Division. The Norwalk Knights were 8-6 in the Mississippi Valley League. Both teams finished with over seven runs per game in league play, but the Hubbers have some pitchers to counteract, including James Georgakas, Urban Broadway and Tom Kroohn.

Elmwood

The results may not have been there for the Expos in a 3-11 season, but you would have to be crazy to overlook them in the postseason. Elmwood made the championship game in 2024 and the semi-finals in 2025, falling short to Osceola both times.

Elmwood will play in the Glidden Regional, which features Iron City and Tony. Iron City was the Upper 13’s top squad, finishing 8-2 this season. Tony is no slouch themselves, going 6-4 in the Dairyland Small Division.

Elmwood’s first game is at noon Saturday, with a prior game between Iron City and Tony determining which team the Expos will take on first.

Plum City

Plum City struggled to find wins as a young team for much of the year until a breakout in the final weeks helped them secure a 9-1 win over Elmwood and a 12-5 win over Ellsworth to finish 3-11 in league play. That record was good enough to get the Blues into the postseason with a trip to the Abbotsford Regional.

First up is the Pittsville River Bandits at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Blues will have to beat out two tough teams to make it through, as Pittsville finished with a 6-3 record in the Dairyland Small to land in second and Chaseburg Coon Valley finished 7-6 in the Mississippi Valley League.

Bay City

After a 5-9 season, the Bombers are in the playoffs and ready to play. They were put into the Glidden Regional (in a separate pool than Elmwood), where they will take on Spirit and Glidden. Spirit struggled this season, finishing with a 2-8 record in the Dairyland Small Division. That will be the Bombers’ first matchup bright and early Saturday at 9 a.m.

Bay City then takes on the hosts, a Glidden team that was 7-3 in the Upper 13 League and just a game off a share of the top spot. The Orioles are brilliant with the bats, scoring 105 runs over those 10 league games to lead the Upper 13.