New Berlin Eisenhower wins on walk-off: Wisconsin (WIAA) high school baseball state championships roundup

Wisconsin's 2025 high school baseball season ended on Thursday with the WIAA state championships, and not one, not two, but three of four games were decided by one run. Two of them in walk-off fashion.

Here's a quick look at the sights, sounds, and scores from Wisconsin's state baseball finals.

DIVISION 1: Muskego 5, Badger 4

Carter Nicolato WALKS IT OFF, @BaseballMuskego are STATE CHAMPIONS in D1. 5-4 after the tying run scored on a bases loaded hit by pitch to set this play up. pic.twitter.com/8leTNw4Dmp

— Zac Bellman Ⓜ️ (@ZacBellman_WNY) June 20, 2025 — WIAA State Tournaments (@wiaawistate) June 20, 2025

Muskego trailed 4-3 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning before Badger walked the bases loaded and hit a batter to tie the game. Carter Nicolato then walked it off with a chopper that got through an infield that was playing in at the front edge of the dirt.

Callen Tomsyk gets Muskego on the board in the first! #wiaabase pic.twitter.com/yteMkGJgF2

— News 9 WAOW (@WAOW) June 19, 2025

⚾ The Badger defense keeps control of the game, stopping a potential big Muskego play with a nice outfield grab!#ChampionshipThursday #WIAABASE pic.twitter.com/EpgEjFyxhK

— WKOW 27 News (@WKOW) June 20, 2025

WARRIORS WIN IT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 7th!!!! WHAT A GAME!!!! #WeBelieve #mhspride @1WarriorMHS @MuskegoNorwaySc pic.twitter.com/o5obHbJylN

— Todd Irvine (@MNSDIrvine) June 20, 2025

DIVISION 2: New Berlin Eisenhower 5, Seymour 4

— Prep Baseball Wisconsin (@PrepBaseballWI) June 19, 2025

Like the Division 1 game, the Division 2 championship – featuring the two top-ranked teams in Wisconsin – was also a 5-4 final decided by a seventh inning walk-off. Carter Hollenback scored the game-winner on a double from Sam Hirthe after walking to reach base for the fourth time of the day. Hirthe also had a two-run single to help Eisenhower take a 4-0 lead earlier in the game. Brody Poch went 2-2 with a walk and a run scored for Seymour.

They did it! 2025 State Champions! Let’s Go Ike!!!#letsgoike pic.twitter.com/NebtNxIfnQ

— New Berlin Eisenhower Lions (@IkeLions) June 19, 2025

DIVISION 3: Kenosha St. Joseph 3, Kewaunee 2

— Prep Baseball Wisconsin (@PrepBaseballWI) June 19, 2025

Zach Rizzo was the star of the game with one run allowed in six innings for St. Joseph. Tim Falk hit the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth inning, scoring Lukas Martinez from second base. Kewaunee was denied of its first state title but still earned its first ever state championship runner-up finish.

DIVISION 4: Johnson Creek 5, Pacelli 0

Senior Dugg Hartwig of Johnson Creek gets the win, throwing six innings in their D4 Semifinal, allowing no runs in the Bluejays 5-0 shutout of Pacelli. Way to go, Dugg! #wiaabase pic.twitter.com/Frkpg4iVWR

— WIAA State Tournaments (@wiaawistate) June 19, 2025

This was the only game of the day that wasn't a one-run finish, and Dugg Hartwig is largely to thank/blame. The senior tossed six shoutout innings, and Aiden Smith – who had three RBI – fanned two in the seventh inning to Pacelli to bed.

— Prep Baseball Wisconsin (@PrepBaseballWI) June 19, 2025

Brady Fincutter makes the backhand catch on the warning track in left and fires it back in to get a HUGE double play for Johnson Creek, keeping Pacelli off the board! 🔥 #ChampionshipThursday #WIAAbase pic.twitter.com/V0qcyMfyB6

— WKOW 27 News (@WKOW) June 19, 2025 — Prep Baseball Wisconsin (@PrepBaseballWI) June 19, 2025

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