We're headed for extra innings!
Hello Everyone - There were some exciting sectional games played today. My son Eric saw 24 1/2 innings of softball at two different venues and I watched a 17-inning, 1-0 game between Portage and Wisconsin Dells and a nine-inning 4-3 game between Monroe and Dodgeville. Eric was in Waterloo to begin with where he watched Horicon tip Oakfield 3-2 in 15 innings. He then watched Racine St. Catherine's nip Horicon 2-1 in 8 innings before heading to McFarland to catch the end of the 2-1 Portage win over Monroe.
I had a pitching lesson at 6 today so I had to leave McFarland in the bottom of the 17th with Portage coming to bat.
Look on The Fastpitch Chronicle website for Week 11 results to see the scores and all the extra inning games played today.
The Packerland will have two teams at Goodman Diamond as Sevastopol returns for a second straight year in Division 3 while Southern Door will be there in Division 2.
Madison LaFollette stunned that sectional by shutting out Middleton 6-0 and then beat Holmen 1-0 and earned a trip across town on Thursday.
Grantsburg shutout Prescott 4-0 then Thorp 11-0 amd will be the second Division 3 school in as many years looking to repeat as state champions. They beat Poynette in the semi-final at Madison last year.
Meanwhile - Arcadia avenged a sectional loss in 2006 to Lancaster and remained unbeaten as they knocked off #2 ranked and also unbeaten Lancaster 2-1 in extra innings. Arcadia was last at Goodman two years ago where they were beaten in the semi-final.
Verona returns for another shot at a state title from the Southeast Sectional where they nipped Kenosha Bradford 6-5.
After upsetting top ranked New London 10-0 last week Fox Valley Lutheran found itself on the short end of a 5-4 game against Oconto of the Packerland. Oconto was then beaten by fellow Packerland school Southern Door.
In Division 4, Oshkosh Lourdes snuck up on some people and tipped Assumption 10-3 to deny the Royals a third straight berth. Williams Bay snuck past Belmont 2-1 to earn its first trip to Goodman Diamond.
Here is a complete Sectional Score wrapup for you taken off my website.
Division 2 - McFarland Sectional
Portage 1, Wisconsin Dells 0 --- 17 innings
Monroe 4, Dodgeville 3 --- 9 innings
Portage 2, Monroe 1
Division 2 -Fort Atkinson Sectional
New Berlin Eisenhower 2, Wisconsin Lutheran 1
Union Grove 2, East Troy 0
Union Grove 5, New Berlin Eisenhower 3
Division 2 - Altoona Sectional
Rice Lake 7, Altoona 1
G-E-T 7, Wittenberg-Birnamwood 3
Rice Lake 7, G-E-T 4
Division 2 - Freedom Sectional
Oconto 5, Fox Valley Lutheran 4
Southern Door 6, Campbellsport 0
Southern Door 4, Oconto 0
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Division 3 - Waterloo Sectional
Racine St. Catherine's 3, Deerfield 0
Horicon 3, Oakfield 2 - 15 innings
Racine St. Catherine's 2, Horicon 1 8 innings
Division 3 - Boscobel Sectional
Lancaster 2, Aquinas 0
Arcadia 10, Stratford 0 in 5 innings
Arcadia 2, Lancaster 1 -- 9 innings
Division 3 - McDonell Central Sectional
Grantsburg 4, Prescott 0
Thorp 3, Park Falls 2
Grantsburg 11, Thorp 0 -- 5 innings
Division 3 - Pacelli Sectional
Pacelli 14, Crivitz 0
Sevastopol 1, Laconia 0
Sevatapol 8, Pacelli 1
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Division 1 - Sectional
Holmen 1 Memorial 0 11 Innings
Madison LaFollette 6 , Middleton 0
Madison LaFollette 1, Holmen 0
Division 1 - Greenfield Sectional
Greenfield 1, Pius XI 0
Racine Case 1, South Milwaukee 0
Racine Case 4, Greenfield 1
Division 1 - Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln Sectional
Kimberly 1, Hortonville 0
Oshkosh West 5, West Bend East 2
Kimberly 4, Oshkosh West 1
Germantown Sectional To Be Played Friday
Division 1 - Ashwaubenon Sectional
Pulaski 2, Ashwaubenon 1
Appleton North 2, Appleton East 1
No Final as of 9:23 on WIAA site
Division 1 - Kenosha Bradford at Parkside Sectional
Verona 12, Beloit Memorial 3
Kenosha Bradford 2, Waterford 0
Verona 6, Kenosha Bradford 5
Division 1 - Marshfield Sectional
Chippewa Falls 2, Hudson 0
Merrill 5, Wausau West 1
Chippewa Falls 3, Merrill 0 -- 12 innings
Division 1 - Arrowhead Sectional
Kettle Moraine 3, Watertown 0
Waukesha West 5, Brookfield East 1
Waukesha West 1, Kettle Moraine 0
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Division 4 - Shell Lake Sectional
Hurley 5, Elmwood 0
Eau Claire Immanuel 6, Flambeau 2
Hurley 9, Eau Claire Immanuel 2
Division 4 - Assumption Sectional
Assumption 9, Wausaukee 8
Oshkosh Lourdes 4, Tigerton 2 -- 8 innings
Oshkosh Lourdes 10, Assumption 3
Division 4 - Highland with Iowa-Grant Sectional
New Lisbon 4, Pepin 3
De Soto 6, River Ridge 1
De Soto 3, New Lisbon 1
Division 4 - Verona Area Sectional
Williams Bay 10, Princeton 0 -- 5 innings
Belmont 8, Argyle 0
Williams Bay 2, Belmont 1
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I did receive Mel Benter's pitching stats from Mayville. Mel graduated in 1999 but not until after she'd won a state title game 1-0 over Poynette and accumulated the following career stats:
Pitched in 84 games
Complete 82 games
Won 75 - lost 9
Pitched 547 innings
Had 47 shutouts
allowed 82 runs but only 8 her junior year and 8 her senior year
allowed 46 earned runs but just 4 her junior year and 2 her senior year
allowed 194 hits
walked 102 but just 9 her senior year
fanned 921 batters
allowed no home runs
hit two batters
had an ERA of 0.65 and was 0.24 her junior year and 0.10 her senior year.
Pretty impressive was she! I watched her shutout the US Olympic Team in Stevens Point in her five inning stint one summer when the Olympians took on some Wisconsin Collegiate All Stars up there. I was proud of her.
I'll be in Madison all day Thursday and Friday -- be sure to stop me and chat for a while.
Keep it Rising!
Bob
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