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WBCA power rankings: Four Central Wisconsin teams in; contenders shuffling around

Portrait of Alfred Smith III Alfred Smith III
Wausau Daily Herald

Now that baseball has fully swung its way into the spring sports season, it's time to take a look at some of the best baseball teams in the state according to the WBCA state baseball rankings. 

With some 2024 contenders and champions shuffling around in the rankings in the last few weeks - De Pere falling to the seventh spot of Division 1 and Aquinas slipping to the fourth spot of Division 2 - there are a few teams around Central Wisconsin ranked and worthy of your attention going down the stretch of the season. 

Here is a look at the full list of ranked baseball teams in the state of Wisconsin entering the first week of May. 

Division 1:

  1. Monona Grove (10-2)
  2. Madison Memorial (11-2)
  3. Sussex Hamilton (13-1)
  4. Slinger (9-1)
  5. Manitowoc Lincoln (11-1)
  6. Sun Prairie East (9-2)
  7. De Pere (7-1)
  8. New Richmond (11-0)
  9. Hortonville (10-2)
  10. Hudson (11-2)
  11. Germantown (8-2)
  12. Franklin (9-2)

Division 2: 

  1. Pewaukee (13-1)
  2. Waupun (14-2)
  3. Reedsburg (10-3)
  4. Aquinas (8-2)
  5. Whitnall (9-2)
  6. Kiel (8-2)
  7. Seymour (9-2)
  8. Edgewood (8-3)
  9. Notre Dame (7-3)
  10. New Berlin Eisenhower (10-2)
  11. Prescott (8-3)
  12. Whitefish Bay (10-0)

Division 3:

  1. Kenosha St. Joseph (12-3)
  2. Cambridge (11-2)
  3. Elk Mound (11-0)
  4. Laconia (12-1)
  5. Random Lake (11-2)
  6. Stratford (7-2)*
  7. Dodgeville (10-2)
  8. Cedar Grove-Belgium (11-1)
  9. Mondovi (11-1)
  10. Spooner (10-2)
  11. Chilton (10-2)
  12. Wittenberg-Birnamwood (9-2)*

Division 4:

  1. Gibraltar-Washington Island (10-0)
  2. Ithaca (8-2)
  3. Blair-Taylor (8-3)
  4. Pacelli (11-2) *
  5. Belmont (10-4)
  6. Pittsville (9-3)*
  7. Northwood/Solon Springs (5-1)
  8. Seneca (10-2)
  9. Columbus Catholic (7-3)*
  10. Royall (11-3)
  11. Barneveld (9-3)
  12. Johnson Creek (10-4)

Contact or send game stats/info to Sports Reporter Alfred Smith III at alfred.smith@gannett.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @AlfredS_III.