Wildcats walk it off again, rally past Cavaliers in sectional thriller

This was the scene at home plate after Ty Shallow came across int he bottom of the seventh inning to break a 3-3 tie with the Cavaliers and hand the Wildcats a win in the opening round of sectional play on Tuesday in Plover.

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Isaac Peterson watches teammate Ty Shallow steam towards home plate for the game-winning score Tuesday in sectional play.

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STAA’s Calvin Peters hit a triple late in Tuesday’s game against Lena to score Jake Farley and put the Cavaliers on the board for the first time.

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Dash Comins comes forward to field a well-hit ball by STAA’s Calvin Peters late in Tuesday’s sectional matchup between the Wildcats and the Cavaliers.

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Blake Behnke throws to first in time to get a STAA hitter out Tuesday as the Wildcats took down the Cavaliers 4-3.

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PJ Finger takes a swing at a pitch int he zone on Tuesday as the Cavaliers clawed their way back into their sectional round mashup with the Wildcats in Plover.

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Isaac Peterson takes a swing at a fastball Tuesday in Plover as his Wildcats took on STAA.

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STAA’s PJ Finger took off for this slide into second base REALLY early here but managed to reach safely for a double early on Tuesday as the Cavaliers battled the Wildcats in the first round of sectional play in Plover.

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Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2025 3:51 pm

PLOVER – Lena is still alive — and still refusing to go down quietly. For the second time in less than a week, the Wildcats walked off a playoff opponent in dramatic fashion, scoring twice in the bottom of the seventh to stun St. Thomas Aquinas Academy 4-3 in a WIAA Division 4 Sectional 2 semifinal on Tuesday, June 10.

The Cavaliers had just taken a 3-2 lead in the top of the seventh and were three outs from advancing when Lena once again found a way to respond.After a leadoff groundout, Mason Spice punched a single into the outfield to put the tying run aboard. Ty Shallow followed, reaching on a defensive miscue that allowed Spice to score all the way from second and tie the game at 3-3. Moments later, with Shallow standing on third, a wild pitch brought him home for the win — the second walk-off of Lena’s postseason run.