The Kewaunee Storm makes its first appearance in the WIAA State Baseball Tournament Tuesday afternoon when they played the second-seeded Fennimore Golden Eagles.
The two teams are both first-timers to the grand stage of the WIAA State Baseball Tournament. The Storm punched their ticket with a 1-0 win over Chilton in the sectional semifinal before outlasting Wittenberg-Birnamwood 6-5 in the sectional final. That pushed the record of the reigning Packerland Conference champions to 17-5 on the season. The Golden Eagles improved to 25-3 with extra inning to defeat Westby 3-2 in the final of the Osseo-Fairchild Sectional to advance to the State semifinals.
While this is the Storm's first visit to the state baseball tournament, it is not the first time that they have played at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wis. They have scheduled at least one game at the home of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers each of the last four seasons. Manager Dan Spranger says a day like Tuesday is why they scheduled those games.
Tim Kowols and Jacob Nate will have the call on 104.1 WRLU and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 2:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first pitch at 2:30 p.m. The winner takes on the winner of #1 Kenosha St. Joseph Cath. (21-7) vs. #4 Barron (20-9).
Click here to listen to our full interview with head coach Daniel Spranger
