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While last year's high school baseball season was canceled, the Viroqua senior Babe Ruth team took advantage of the summer period, playing 72 games last year. That extra time on the baseball field plus a solid returning group that was part of a Coulee Conference championship in 2019 is a big reason the Blackhawks and longtime head coach Pete Swanson are favorites in the Baseball Wisconsin Yearbook Pre-Season Division 3 Rankings.

Rounding out the top five are Regis, Mineral Point, Markesan, and Aquinas.

Below are the preseason spring baseball rankings courtesy of the Baseball Wisconsin Yearbook. The 2021 book is the 29th edition, 214 pages in length and in full color. Written and edited by Joe Waite and Chris Lavold, it features a season breakdown for every high school and college program in the state.

1. Viroqua
2. Regis
3. Mineral Point
4. Markesan
5. Aquinas
6. Westby
7. Coleman
8. Crivitz
9. Cumberland
10. Random Lake
11. Ozaukee
12. Spring Valley
13. Mishicot
14. Laconia
15. Green Lake/Princeton
16. Marshall
17. Bonduel
18. Stratford
19. Osseo-Fairchild
20. Brillion

Others receiving votes: Brookfield Academy, Cuba City, Neillsville, Prairie du Chien, Saint Croix Falls, Shoreland Lutheran, Southern Door, Waterloo

Travis Wilson serves as the WisSports.net General Manager, Football Editor, and contributing writer for other parts of the site. Wilson was selected as part of the Sports 40 Under 40 list by Coach & AD Magazine and the National High School Athletic Coaches Association for 2019. The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) named Travis the 2015 recipient of the Dave McClain Distinguished Service Award. He currently serves on the WFCA Executive Board and is a member of the Executive Board of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. A graduate of Richland Center High School and Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Travis was a three-sport athlete in high school (football, baseball, basketball), inducted to the Richland Center High School Hall of Fame in 2023, and currently resides in Reedsburg. You can follow him on Twitter at @travisWSN.