Welcome to Viroqua

For those of you new to the Viroqua area, here are a bunch of links to help you plan your trip --- outside of potentially watching 15 baseball games, of course!

On Saturday mornings in the summer, the Viroqua Farmers Market takes place at the Western Technical College parking lot in downtown Viroqua. There is a lot of organic food and Amish goods.

If you're looking for a park to hang out for awhile to have a picnic or to burn off the energy of kids there are several Viroqua City Parks to choose from. There is a playground set for younger kids at the Park Bowl. Eckhart Park has picnic shelters and a lot of playground equipment. It's just up the left field hill from the Park Bowl. There's a (pretty steep) paved walking path between the cement bleachers and the concession stand, or you can trek up the left field hill, or drive around town and park in the Decker Street parking lot.

And if that's not enough, there are many other attractions around the greater Viroqua and Westby area.

The Viroqua Events Calendar has lots more info on upcoming events. The next major events in town are Wild West Days, August 16, 17, 18 2013. There are a lot western events and re-enactments at Wild West Days. The Hog Wrasslin alone is well worth the trip!

Then we have a 3 day concert, Aug 22-24, Jammin for Vets. Then in mid-September, we have the last County Fair of the year in Wisconsin. This year, it's Wed. Sept. 11 thru Sunday Sept. 15.

Have fun and welcome to Viroqua!

Get Ready for the State Tournament

Congrats to the 8 teams coming to Viroqua for State: Viroqua, Westby, Chilton, Waupun, Wisconsin Dells, Nekoosa, Altoona, Clintonville

 The 2013 Class A Wisconsin American Legion Baseball State Tournament runs Wed. July 31 thru Sun. Aug. 4.

Admission to the Class A State Legion Tournament is $5 per person with $1 for students. Tickets are good for all day.

The Viroqua Park Bowl baseball field is three blocks west of the Dairy Queen, which is on the corner of South and Main streets. 

The Legion Parents provide a very nice concession stand and there will be many other activities around the game action, including the Opening Ceremonies Wed. night at 7:30 pm and Viroqua Legion alumni introduced at 7:15 pm Sat.

We have several places where you can follow the action online, in addition to enjoying some great days of baseball in person at the Bowl:  

-- We're offering a video stream, provided by Vernon Communications.

-- You can follow the results and schedule either on this webpage or using a bracket format (pdf)

-- Our Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/ViroquaLegionBaseball

-- Our Twitter feed is at https://twitter.com/viroquabaseball

 

Pairings for the State Legion Tourney in Viroqua for Wed. July 31:
11 a.m. Clintonville (18-1) versus Chilton (19-8)
2 p.m. Westby (21-9) versus Waupun (19-9)
5 p.m. Wisconsin Dells (18-2) versus Nekoosa (15-15)
7:30 p.m. Opening ceremonies
8 p.m. Altoona (12-9) versus Viroqua (36-11)


See you at the Bowl for State Legion baseball!

2013 Varsity Legion Regional pairings

UPDATE: Congrats to Viroqua for winning the Regional and for Westby qualifying for State as well.

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Viroqua's Varsity Legion will play in the regional hosted by Prairie du Chien at St. Feriole Island Ballpark.

The regional games start Wed. July 24th and wrap up Sat. July 27th.  This is a standard, 6-team, Legion double elimination tournament.

A map to the ballpark is here: http://goo.gl/maps/7xGpW

Wed. July 24 at 8 pm

Viroqua plays in Game 3 v. the Regional Host, Prairie du Chien.  Update: Viroqua won 6-3

Thurs. July 25

If Viroqua wins Game 3, they will play in Game 6 at 8 pm (vs. Bi-State, the winner of Bi-State / GDS game)  

UPDATE: Postponed due to rain.  Game 6 is now scheduled for 5:30 pm Friday.  Viroqua (1-0) v. Bi - State (1-0)

If Viroqua loses Game 3, they will play in Game 5, at 5:30 pm (vs. the winner of the North Crawford / Westby game)

Whether and when Viroqua plays on Friday and Saturday depends on how they do on Wed. and Thurs.  Once they get 2 losses, they are done with the Regional tournament.

Of course, this is mostly academic and just warm up, as Viroqua automatically qualifies for the 2013 Class A Wisconsin State Varsity Legion Tournament.

Viroqua is hosting the State Tournament Wed. July 31 thru Sun. Aug. 4 at the Park Bowl.

The winner of the PdC Regional will advance to the State Tournament in Viroqua.... unless Viroqua wins the Regional, in which case the runner-up advances to the State Tourney.

The full regional schedule is below.

Here's a printable PDF version of the full regional schedule.

Here are assignments and results other regionals across the state for Varsity Legion and Junior Legion


Wednesday, July 24 -- UPDATED: Scores

Game 1  3:00PM WESTBY 25, NORTH CRAWFORD 0

Game 2  5:30 PM BI-STATE 9, GDS 2

Game 3  8:00 PM VIROQUA 6, PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 3

UPDATED: La Crosse Tribune recap


Thursday July 25 -- UPDATED: Scores

Game 4  3:00 PM  NORTH CRAWFORD 12,  GDS 4 (GDS eliminated)

Game 5  5:30 PM WESTBY (Winner Game 1) (1-0) vs.  PRAIRIE DU CHIEN (Loser Game 3) (0-1) 

GAME 5 UPDATE: Suspended in 3rd inning due to rain, score is 0-0

GAME 6 UPDATE: Game 6 was originally scheduled for 8:00 pm Thursday but has been postponed to 5:30 pm Friday due to rain.



Friday July 26 -- UPDATED: Scores

Game 5 3:00 PM -- Complete suspended game from Thursday:

WESTBY (Winner Game 1) (1-0)
vs.
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN (Loser Game 3) (0-1)
Westby won 2-1


Game 6  5:30 PM 

BI-STATE (Winner Game 2) (1-0)
vs.
VIROQUA (Winner Game 3) (1-0) 
Viroqua won 10-0
 
Game 5 results alter remainder of the schedule

Westby (Winner Game 1) won Game 5, so use this schedule:

Game 7  8:00 PM 
North Crawford (Winner Game 4) (1-1)
vs.
Bi-State (Loser Game 6) (1-1)
Bi-State won 13-12 in 10 innings


Saturday July 27

Game 8  12:00 pm  
Westby (Winner Game 5) (2-0)
vs.
Viroqua (Winner Game 6) (2-0)
Viroqua Won 8-5

Game 9  2:30 pm  Bi-State (Winner Game 7) (2-1) vs. Westby (Loser Game 8) (2-1) -- WINNER ADVANCES TO STATE (Viroqua automatically qualifies as host)

Westby won 5-3 (Bi-State eliminated) -- Westby advances to State Tournament


Teams can only play 2 games maximum in a day.

If Westby wins Game 9, Westby will have played in 2 games on Sat. and will not play again on Saturday.  Game 10 will then be pushed to Sunday.

If Game 9 is won by Bi-State, Game 10 could then happen on Saturday. In that scenario, each team (Viroqua and Bi-State) would have played only 1 game so far.


Sunday July 28 (REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DAY)

Game 10  1 pm
Viroqua (Winner Game 8) (3-0)
vs.
Westby Winner Game 9 (3-1)

Viroqua won 10-9. Both teams advance to State.


In any event, Game 11 must be pushed to Sunday, if it's needed (if Viroqua loses Game 10, each team will then have 1 loss)

Game 11  TBA Repeat matchup -- if needed



If Prairie du Chien (Loser Game 3) wins Game 5, use this schedule:

Friday July 26

Game 7  8:00 PM 
North Crawford (Winner Game 4) (1-1)
vs.
Prairie du Chien (Winner Game 5) (1-1)


Saturday July 27 / Sunday July 28

Game 8  TBA Loser Game 5 (1-1) vs. Loser Game 6 (1-1)
Game 9  TBA Winner Game 6 (2-0) vs. Winner Game 7 (2-1)



Scenario 1: In Game 9, if Winner Game 7 wins Game 9, they get a bye with a 3-1 record into the Championship Game.

Game 10  TBA   Winner Game 8 (2-1) v. Loser Game 9 (2-1) 
Game 11  TBA   Winner Game 9 (3-1) v. Winner Game 10 (3-1)


Scenario 2: In Game 9, Winner Game 6 won, eliminating Winner Game 7

Game 10  TBA   Winner Game 8 (2-1) v. Winner Game 9 (3-0) 
Game 11  TBA   Repeat matchup -- if Winner Game 8 wins Game 10

Viroqua Legion plays in last ever baseball game at the Metrodome

Viroqua split a doubleheader with Sturgeon Bay.

From the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the La Crosse Tribune

Viroqua Invitational Tournament Schedule

Pool A
Sparta
Tomah
Lodi
Viroqua

Pool B
La Crescent
Westby
Holmen
North Crawford

Thursday, June 27 
4:00 pm    Sparta v. Tomah
6:00 pm    North Crawford v. Westby
8:00 pm    Sparta v. Viroqua

Friday, June 28
4:00 pm    North Crawford v. La Crescent
6:00 pm    Westby v. Holmen
8:00 pm    Viroqua v. Lodi

Saturday, June 29
8:30 am    Holmen v. North Crawford
10:45 am  Holmen v. La Crescent
1:00 pm    Lodi v. Sparta
3:15 pm    Tomah v. Lodi
5:30 pm    Westby v. La Crescent
7:45 pm    Viroqua v. Tomah

Sunday, June 30 
10:30 am   4th Place
1:00 pm     3rd Place
3:30 pm     2nd Place
6:00 pm     Championship

The tournament schedule and sponsor poster is available here:

http://viroquabaseball.com/2013/viroqua_tourney_poster_2013.pdf

Updated Spring 2013 Viroqua High School Baseball Schedule

With all the wet ground throughout Wisconsin and continued snow and rain, very few baseball games have been played.

The Coulee conference has come out with a very modified schedule.   Here are Viroqua's games.  This is all very subject to change as weather and field conditions change.

April 22 -- Viroqua at Arcadia

April 25 -- Viroqua at BRF

May 6 -- Westby at Viroqua

May 9 -- GET at Viroqua (doubleheader)

May 13 -- West Salem at Viroqua

May 20 -- Viroqua at Onalaska Luther


From the Coulee Conference:

"The Coulee Conference will implement a shortened conference schedule for the sports of baseball and softball this spring.  This was done in order to guarantee that each team will play each opposing conference school at least one time, guaranteeing a conference champion can be declared in each sport.  Schools may play additional games against conference opponents, but only one will count toward declaring the conference champion.  The dates for the games that count as conference games are listed in the enclosed schedules.  If schools play a doubleheader, only the first game will count toward the conference standings.  Please refer to www.couleeconference.org for updated standings througout the spring." 


The full Coulee 2013 spring high school baseball schedule can also be found here:

http://www.viroquabaseball.com/2013/2013_coulee_BB_schedule.pdf

 

Viroqua JUNIOR Legion Tournament Schedule

Viroqua JR Legion Tourney 2013

June 14,15,16

June 14

6:00 PDC vs Westby

8:00 Holmen vs Viroqua

June 15

10:00 Westby vs Tomah

12:15 Tomah vs Holmen

2:30 PDC vs Holmen

4:45 PDC vs Viroqua

7:00 Viroqua vs Westby

June 16

12:00 Holmen vs Westby

2:15 PDC vs Tomah

4:30 Viroqua vs Tomah

All  games are played at the Viroqua Park Bowl -- http://goo.gl/ZDz8u
From South Main St., turn west at the Cheese Corner /  Dairy Queen corner (turn towards Dairy Queen) onto West South St.
Go a couple blocks down the hill.  The Park Bowl entry is on the north / right side of the street.