MADISON — For the fifth year in a row, the Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts softball team is back in the state semifinal game.
Second-seeded Kaukauna defeated 7-seed Sun Prairie East 9-1 Wednesday morning at Goodman Diamond on the UW-Madison campus.
The Ghosts were holding on to a slim 2-1 lead until the fifth inning when Kaukauna broke the game open with a 7-run fifth inning capped off by a Carly Meredith grand slam to push the score to 9-1.
Kaukauna will face either #3 Hamilton (25-3) or #6 Oregon (23-3) at 7 p.m. Thursday with the winner advancing to Saturday’s championship game.
The Ghosts’ last loss was to Milton in last year’s state semifinal game. The team was on a 108-game winning streak until that loss.
This is Kaukauna’s seventh trip to state overall and for the fifth year in a row. They captured the gold trophy five times, including 2010, 2017, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
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Quarterfinals – Wednesday, June 11
Game-1: #2 Kaukauna (24-0) vs. #7 Sun Prairie East (22-7) – 11 a.m.
Game-2: #3 Hamilton (25-3) vs. #6 Oregon (23-3) – 1:30 p.m.*
Game-3: #1 Kenosha Bradford (27-1) vs. #8 Cedarburg (22-7) – 4 p.m.
Game-4: #4 D.C. Everest (25-2) vs. #5 Watertown (21-4-1) – 6:30 p.m.*
Semifinals – Thursday, June 12
Game-5: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 – 7 p.m.
Semifinals – Friday, June 13
Game-6: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 – 9 a.m.*
Championship – Saturday, June 14
Game-7: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6 – 6:30 p.m.*
