Arena advances to Final Four, will make trek to Evansville
Aug 21, 2026, 5:26 AM CT
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Arena advanced to the final 4 of the home talent baseball night league playoffs with a 5-3 win over visiting Sun Prairie.
The Thursday night game saw the Red Birds jump out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Arena answered with 2 in the bottom of the inning and the Aces took a 3-2 lead in the 2nd and would stay on top the rest of the way.
Zach Cady pitched six innings for the winners. He struck out 8, walked 2, and yielded 6 hits. Danny Yahnke came on in relief and pitched a 1-2-3 7th inning to nail down the win. Elijah Alt and Alan Spurley both had 2 hits. The Aces totaled 7 hits in the game against 3 different Sun Prairie pitchers. Zach Cady scored 2 runs and Jimmy Jennings was 1 for 2 with a walk and an rbi.Austin Adamowski was 3 for 3 with a double and 3 rbi for Sun Prairie. Carson Holin suffered the pitching loss.
Following the 5-3 win, Arena will now take a long trip to Evansville next Thursday night for a home talent night league semi-final game.
Evansville was a winner over Monona/McFarland 9-7. Elsewhere Columbus edged Reedsburg 1-0, and Verona slipped by Ashton 3-2.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.
