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High school softball postseason starts Tuesday

DIVISION 2 Clintonville @ Shawano In a favorable postseason opener for the Hawks, they host Clintonville on Tuesday in a rematch of a 15-0 thrashing by Shawano on May 15. Shawano’s win over the Truckers broke a losing streak that lasted nearly two weeks. Should the Hawks (10-14, 7-9 Bay Conference) get another win over Clintonville (2-18, 2-13 Eastern Valley), they will host the winner of the game between Wittenberg-Birnamwood and Peshtigo. W-B @ Peshtigo Wittenberg-Birnamwood was to have a final chance Friday to prepare for the postseason, but its game against Northland Pines was cancelled. Wittenberg-Birnamwood finished the regular season with a 7-18 record and a 4-10 mark in the Central Wisconsin Conference-8. The Chargers’ most successful stretch of the season was in early May, when they won three of four games to start the month. However, they followed it with a seven-game losing streak. Peshtigo enters the postseason with a 10-game win streak and lost just one game since a season-opening loss to Marinette. The Bulldogs won the Marinette & Oconto Conference with a 12-0 mark and are 21-2 overall. DIVISION 3 Crandon @ Bonduel The Bears ended a five-game losing streak prior to concluding the regular season and will host Crandon, which won three of its last four games. Bonduel finished with a 5-9 mark in the Central Wisconsin Conference-8 and a 7-14 overall record. The Bears were fifth in the CWC-8; Crandon finished 8-12 overall on the season and 6-4 in the Northern Lakes Conference, good for third. DIVISION 4 Manawa @ Bowler Bowler closed the regular season with two lopsided wins – 11-4 over Wild Rose (May 21) and 13-3 over Gresham (May 18). Bowler finished the Central Wisconsin Conference-10 season with a 9-9 record to finish tied with Port Edwards for fifth in the conference. It finished the regular season with a 9-10 record. Manawa earned just its third win of the season in the second-to-last game of regular season, to finish 3-16 overall in the regular season, but winless at 0-14 in the CWC-8. The winner faces the winner between Rosholt and White Lake. Newman Catholic @ Gresham Gresham finished with a 4-14 record overall and in the Central Wisconsin Conference-10, but lost its final two games of the regular season. The Wildcats lost 13-2 to Almond-Bancroft (May 21) and 13-3 to Bowler (May 18). Newman Catholic finished fourth in the Marawood South Conference with a 6-6 record, and it was 6-7 overall. The winner advances to face the winner of the Marion-Tigerton game. Marion @ Tigerton Tigerton earned a 14-1 win when these teams met on May 7. The Tigers finished with a 12-6 mark in the Central Wisconsin Conference10 to finish fourth in the final standings; Marion went winless in both the conference (0-17) and overall (0-18). The winner advances to face the winner of the Newman Catholic-Gresham game.