Marshfield to play Eau Claire at 10 a.m. Thursday

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD — Play was suspended early Wednesday night at the Wisconsin Class AAA American Legion State Baseball Tournament at Jack Hackman Field and will resume Thursday morning.

De Pere (22-9) eliminated Neenah (13-8) with a 10-3 win Wednesday morning, and Wausau (19-18) tagged Sheboygan (19-20) 18-2 to stay alive in the double-elimination tournament.

The start of the winners’ bracket game between Beloit (27-5)-Madison Impact (29-3) game was delayed by rain and then suspended with Madison leading 7-1 in the eighth inning. The two teams were to resume play at 9 a.m. Thursday. Marshfield (23-7) was scheduled to take on Eau Claire (27-7) at 10 a.m. in the other winners’ bracket game.

Play will move on to elimination games with Wausau taking on the loser of the Beloit-Madison game at 1 p.m. De Pere will play the loser of the Marshfield-Eau Claire game at 4 p.m. The final game between undefeated teams — the winners of the Beloit-Madison and Marshfield-Eau Claire games — will be at 7 p.m.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

2016 Wisconsin American Legion Class AAA State Tournament

July 26-30, at Jack Hackman Field, Marshfield

Tuesday, July 26

Game 1 – Beloit (27-5) 14, Neenah (13-7) 2 (8 inn.)
Game 2 – Eau Claire (27-7) 10, Wausau (18-18) 0 (7 inn.)
Game 3 – Madison Impact (29-3) 5, De Pere (21-9) 2
Game 4 – Marshfield (23-7) 5, Sheboygan (19-19) 4

Wednesday, July 27

Game 5 –De Pere (22-9) 10, Neenah (13-8) 3
Game 6 – Wausau (19-18) 18, Sheboygan (19-20) 2

Thursday, July 28

Game 7 – Beloit (27-5) vs. Madison Impact (29-3), completion of suspended game, 9 a.m.
Game 8 – Eau Claire (27-7) vs. Marshfield (23-7), 10 a.m.
Game 9 – Wausau (19-18) vs. Game 7 loser, 1 p.m.
Game 10 – De Pere (22-9) vs. Game 8 loser, 4 p.m.
Game 11 – Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 7 p.m.

Friday, July 29

Game 12 – Game 9 winner vs. Game 11 loser, 4 p.m.
Game 13 – Game 10 winner vs. Game 11 winner, 7 p.m.

Saturday, July 30

Championship round: Game 12 winner vs. Game 13 winner, 1 p.m. (If Game 12 winner wins first game, two teams will play again at 4 p.m.)