The Sectional Tournament started with a daunting challenge for the Eau Claire Memorial Boys Baseball Team. The Old Abes met up with the SPASH Panthers on their home field, led by one of the top pitchers in the state.
By the middle of the first inning, however, the Old Abes had tacked four runs on Cody Koback, and were well on their way to advancing to the sectional championship game.
After falling behind 5-0, the Panthers clawed back into the game, scoring four runs in the bottom of the second to get within one. But the Abes never let up, and Pitcher Ben Kincaid's two-run homerun in the top of the sixth gave Memorial a comfortable three-run lead.
Spash scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh to once again draw to within one, but Brady Sand closed out the inning and the game for Memorial, preserving an 8-7 final on the scoreboard.

In the second sectional semifinal game, the Chippewa Falls Cardinals took on Menomonie.
The Cardinals flew out to an early 1-0 lead in the first off a Brad Meade single. The Indians answered in the top of the third, with Cole Cassidy bringing Tanner Vavra home to tie the game at one.
Chippewa Falls led again in the bottom of the inning, after an RBI single and some clever base running to steal home.
But Menomonie took over in the fourth, putting three runs up on Chippewa Falls and taking their first lead of the game 4-3.
The gap would only widen... A bases loaded single in the fifth and an inside-the-park grand slam from Tanner Vavra in the seventh iced the win for Menomonie, as the Indians advanced by a final score of 12-3.

The Championship Game between Menomonie and Memorial looked like a typical outing for Eau Claire early on. The Old Abes put up three runs in the bottom of the first to lead 3-0 after one, they'd tack on two more in the fourth.
Meanwhile, Memorial's starting Pitcher Brady Sand played lights-out, spotting the Indians only one run over that span.
In the top of the sixth, Menomonie began to threaten, scoring on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly from Mike Swanson to draw within three.
The Indians would score again in the top of the seventh, on a wild pitch from David Donnellan. But Donnellan would get the save, as Jason Brenner's two-out grounder was scooped up by Sand and fired over to first where Ben Kincaid cradled it. Memorial advances to next week's State Tournament with a 5-3 win.

The Old Abes carry a perfect 22-0 record and will face Kenosha-Bradford in the first round of tournament play in Appleton.