The Wisconsin Baseball Association (WBA) directors have determined the tournament dates for the 2026 tournament:

• Regionals / Semi-Finals – Friday, August 7th – Sunday, August 9th
• Finals – Friday, August 14th – Sunday, August 16th

The tournament will continue to host Division A and B and have split champions with 24 teams per division. Four sites will host the regionals and two sites will host the finals. Team eligibility determined by leagues and WBA tournament committee on August 4th, 2026 seeding meeting. Location to be determined, but will be held in the Eau Claire area.

Four people joined the WBA board during the annual meeting:

• Blake Johnson – Eau Claire Bears
• Steve Eder – Glidden Orioles
• Nolan Hutzler – Chippewa Falls LumberJacks
• Jeff Kraschnewski – Whittlesey Reds

From attendees, the board learned of team changes in the following leagues:

• Sparta – Folded from the Mississippi Valley League
• Butternut – New team added in the Upper 13
• Phillips – New team added in the Dairyland
• Coon Valley – New team added in the Mississippi Valley League
• Hillsboro – New team

The 2026 Wisconsin Baseball Assocation Championship Tournament hosts. (NOTE: All regional and final sites are still subject to change at this time.)

Division A

• River Falls
• Haugen
• Chippewa Falls
• Still looking for 4th Site
• Wisconsin Rapids (Finals Host)

Division B

• Abbotsford
• Rib Lake
• Glidden
• Osceola
• Ellsworth (Finals Host)

The WBA annual meeting has been set for Sunday, February 22nd at 1pm. Location, similar to past years, will be at Sammy’s Pizza in Eau Claire, WI.

How Ballplayers and Fans Used the WBA Website

• Total Visitors – 15,462 (up 40.81% from 2024)
• Total Page Views – 66,434 (up 25.81% from 2024)
• Most Users in One Day – Saturday, August 16th – 1,135
• Most Page Views in One Day – Saturday, August 16th – 3,729

Most Popular Pages in 2025 (Excludes Homepage)

• WBA Regionals – 4,205
• WBA Teams – 3,877
• WBA Player Registration – 1,927
• 2025 Regionals Determined – 1,568
• WBA Leagues– 1,470

WBA Board of Directors meeting will be held on Sunday, October 5th between 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM at Sammy’s Pizza in Eau Claire. 

We are requesting at least one league officer or director to attend, along with our current directorial board. 

We will conduct an after action review / post-mortem of the 2025 playoffs as well as plan for some board membership changes for 2026. 

A formal financial statement from treasurer Sam Holden as well as reviewing a 2026 budget for the WBA and the WBA playoffs.

Wisco Baseball has posted the first WBA rankings poll after games have been played. See below for updated rankings.

Follow Wisco Baseball on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/wisco_baseball/ for more information.

Wisco Baseball has put together WBA preseason team rankings for both Divisions. The defending WBA tournament Champions – River Falls Fighting Fish and Osecola Braves – represent the top spots in each division. Follow Wisco Baseball on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/wisco_baseball/ for more information.

Next ranking due at the end of May.

How Ballplayers and Fans Used the WBA Website

NOTE: The WBA website launched on January 16th, 2024

• Total Visitors – 10,981
• Total Page Views – 52,806
• Most Users in One Day – Sunday, August 11th – 1,079
• Most Page Views in One Day – Sunday, August 11th – 4,919

Most Popular Pages in 2024 (Excludes Homepage)

• WBA Regionals – 6,324
• WBA Teams – 2,594
• WBA Player Registration – 2,504
• WBA Leagues – 1,558
• WBA Playoff Changes 2024 – 985