The Sturgeon Bay Clippers and Luxemburg-Casco baseball teams will meet for the second year in a row in the WIAA Regional Round Thursday afternoon.

 

The Spartans shut out the Clippers 9-0 in last year's matchup also held at Luxemburg-Casco. They would go on to lose to eventual state participant Denmark in the following game.

 

The Clippers only managed a pair of hits in their game against Gibraltar on Tuesday as they lost 2-0. The Vikings' Nate Greene sparkled as he allowed hits to Caleb Plazak and Danny Lodl while striking out four. Bennett Johnson was plagued by six walks, but he was able to strike out four and only gave up the two runs. One of those runs was driven in by Vikings outfielder Will Friedenfels.

 

The Spartans completed their regular season on a hot streak as they won eight of their last 10 matchups. They had a Jekyll/Hyde-like series against Freedom to close out the year, beating them 10-3 on Saturday before losing at home to the Irish 12-2 the following Monday.

 

Tim Kowols and Paul Schmitt will have the call on 104.1 WRLU and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com, beginning at 4 p.m. with the pregame show, followed by the opening pitch at 4:30 p.m.

 

You can listen to our pregame interview with Luxemburg-Casco head coach Dan Routhieaux here and our interview with Sturgeon Bay head coach Mike Propsom here.