MERRILL — Sixteen teams open the 2026 Wisconsin American Legion Softball State Tournament Friday at the Merrill Area Recreation Complex, and every game in both divisions will be streamed live by Sports OnFocus and Wausau Area Sports.
Edward Burns American Legion Post 46 hosts the tournament July 31–August 2, running Division 1 on Field 2 and Division 2 on Field 1. Both fields carry eight-team, double-elimination brackets, with play starting at 10 a.m. Friday and continuing through a potential if-necessary final Sunday afternoon.
Medford-Merrill Headlines Friday’s Slate
The marquee opener sits at 2 p.m. Friday on Field 2, where Medford Post 147 meets host Merrill Post 46. Medford arrives off a Division 1 regional title on its home field, where Rylee Hraby closed with a 0.00 ERA and 28 strikeouts and Tori Nicks, Addison Brahmer and Finley Arndt anchored a lineup that produced the regional’s top hitting marks. Rhinelander Post 7 and Edgar SR Legion also came out of that Medford regional, and Edgar carries a spot in Division 1 into a noon opener against Waupun Post 210.
Wausau Post 10 and Sparta Post 100 open the tournament at 10 a.m., with Arcadia and Allentown closing out the first round of Division 1 games at 4 p.m.
Division Fields
| Division 1 — Field 2 | |
|---|---|
| Wausau | Sparta |
| Waupun | Edgar |
| Medford | Merrill |
| Arcadia | Allentown |
| Division 2 — Field 1 | |
|---|---|
| Viroqua | Augusta |
| Marathon | Bloomer |
| Boyceville | Fennimore |
| Fall Creek | Wittenberg-Birnamwood |
Division 2 opens with Viroqua-Augusta at 10 a.m., Marathon-Bloomer at noon, Boyceville-Fennimore at 2 p.m. and Fall Creek–Wittenberg-Birnamwood at 4 p.m., all on Field 1.
Bracket Format
Both divisions follow the same shape: four first-round games Friday morning and afternoon, followed by winners’-bracket games at 6 and 8 p.m. Saturday brings the elimination-side games at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., with the winners’-bracket final at 6 p.m. and a semifinal at 8 p.m. Sunday’s games at 10 a.m. and noon set up the championship, with an if-necessary final at 2 p.m. should the loser’s-bracket team force a decisive game.
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