The Clintonville American Legion baseball team had no trouble dealing with Nekoosa’s home-field advantage, handing the American Legion Class A state tournament hosts a 15-0 loss in five innings at Holland Field.
The Diamond Cats (18-5) took an early 6-0 lead and then dropped nine runs on seven hits in the bottom of the fourth inning.
No other stats were available Wednesday night.
Clintonville will face Denmark (9-7) at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Denmark beat Osseo (14-13) 3-2 to advance. Nekoosa (17-11) and Osseo will play in an elimination game at 12:30 p.m.
Waupun (23-1) also had success on the tournament’s first day, beating Marathon (32-2) 11-0 in six innings. Waupun will play at 4:30 p.m. and face Viroqua (23-8), which beat Wisconsin Dells (14-2) 3-2.
Marathon and Wisconsin Dells will open tournament play Thursday with an elimination game at 9:30 a.m.