The Wisconsin Baseball  Association will hold it's state finals at Oakey Park in Osceola this weekend. Area teams competing include the Eau Claire Bears, Prescott Pirates and Bloomer Fightin Woodticks.

 

The Eau Claire Express will face the St. Cloud River Bats in the Northwoods League Championship Series this weekend. Game 1 is in St. Cloud Thursday night and games 2 and 3 ( if necessary ) will be at Carson Park in Eau Claire.

 

Rob Bullard from Osceola will be an assistant football coach for St. Croix Falls this season. Coach Bullard coached the Osceola Chieftains football team some years ago.

 

Kari Schemenauer is the new head volleyball coach at Chetek high school. Bloomer residents may remember her from her playing days as a Blackhawk.

 

UW-Stout alum and former standout guard Erin Churchill will return to Johnson Fieldhouse this upcoming basketball season to be an assistant coach on Mark Thomas's staff. Churchill played for the Blue Devils from 2001-2005.

 

The UWEC Volleyball team was not only very good on the court last season but very good in the classroom as well. The American Volleyball Coaches Association recently presented the Blugolds with an academic award. The award is presented to teams who maintain a 3.30 GPA or better so congratulations to the Blugold Volleyball team!

 

The St. Croix Falls girls golf team won the 13 team golf scramble in Barron back on August 9th. It is the 3rd consecutive year the Saints have won the golf event in Barron.

 

Many high school football teams take to the gridiron this weekend for scrimmages in preparation for their season openers which are next weekend. We will have all the scores, stats and standings right here on West Wisconsin Sports.

 

Reports have surfaced that Ben Sheets appears to be on track for a September 1st return to the Milwaukee  Brewers mound. The Brewers pitching has suffered since he went on the disabled list.

 

The hottest rumor making the rounds on multiple websites this week is that despite earlier reports Cole Kraft may not be headed to UW-Stout this fall. Kraft's name has also been removed from Coach Andrist's list of recruits from the 2007-2008 season. It was on there as recently as three weeks ago.

 

The Big Ten Network announced this week that 11 of the Wisconsin Badgers 18 conference games in Men's basketball this season will be televised by the network. The bigger question becomes will viewers who do not get DirecTV be able to see their beloved Badgers play those games? Stay tuned as negotiations continue with Charter Communications, Dish Network and other carriers.