Playoff brackets for Divisions 2, 3, 4 and 5 have been released by the WIAA for the softball tournament that starts as early as this Thursday for some teams. Division 1 seeds and brackets will be determined at meetings this week. Marathon has received a #1 seed in Division 4. The Red Raiders, 19-5 overall and in 2nd place behind Auburndale in the Marawood-South, will open postseason play next Tuesday, May 26th at home vs. the winner of this Thursday's game between 9th seede

Monday on WausauAreaSports.com I wrote a pair of stories on the WIAA posting sectional assignments for the 2026-27 season of boys' and girls' hockey in Wisconsin. The 27 girls' hockey programs, 32 Division 2 boys' teams and the 53 assigned to Division 1 now know who they will have to get through in order to make the 2027 state hockey tournament at Bob Suter's Legacy20 Arena in Middleton. I noted that in the girls' bracket assignments that the teams that have won the last 5