Will Wisconsin Sports Heroics carry coverage of the WIAA Girls State Tournament?
Yes, this is the first WIAA State Tournament that Wisconsin Sports Heroics will be carrying coverage of on their website. They will start out with primarily only covering Milwaukee Teams from the beginning and as time moves on more and more teams may be added to the coverage network.
COVERAGE TEAMS AT STATE: Arrowhead (D1), Franklin (D1), Hartford (D1), Pewaukee (D2), Wauwatosa East (D2), Kettle Moraine Lutheran (D3), The Prairie School (D4).
COVERAGE TIMES FROM THE RESCH: Matt and Elijah will be covering Girls Basketball from the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis starting all day on Friday and tentatively from 5:00pm till the end of the tournament on Saturday.
Who will be covering the State Tournament for Wisconsin Sports Heroics?:
Follow Matt Peck (@matt_peckwi)
Follow Elijah Vangsoulatda (@ElijahVangsoul3)
INFORMATION FROM THE WIAA (3/4/2024)
State Tournament Information
The 48th Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Basketball State Tournament will take place Thursday-Saturday, March 7-9, at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis.
How and where to purchase Tickets?
Ticket price for the tourney is $11 per session when purchased at the Resch Center. Tickets for the tournament will be available for purchase online at the Ticket Star website or by calling Ticket Star at 1-800-895-0071. Tickets can also be obtained through a link on the
WIAA website at: https://www.wiaawi.org/
STATE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE: The single elimination tournament features a five-division format with four teams qualifying in each of the five divisions.
FULL COMPLETE SCHEDULE:
Thursday, March 7
Division 3
#1 Edgewood (25-3) vs. #4 Baldwin-Woodville (22-6) – 1:35 p.m.
#2 Kettle Moraine Lutheran (24-4) vs. #3 Xavier (21-7)*
Division 4
#1 Laconia (26-2) vs. #4 The Prairie School (25-3) – 6:35 p.m.
#2 McDonell Catholic (25-2) vs. #3 Cuba City (24-4)*
Friday, March 8
Division 5
#1 Argyle/Pecatonica (26-1) vs. #4 Albany/Monticello (25-3) – 9:05 a.m.
#2 Lena (27-2) vs. #3 Clear Lake (26-3)*
Division 2
#1 Pewaukee (27-1) vs. #4 West Salem (24-4) – 1:35 p.m.
#2 Notre Dame (27-1) vs. #3 Wauwatosa East (23-5)*
Division 1
#1 Arrowhead (25-3) vs. #4 Franklin (20-8) – 6:35 p.m.
#2 Hartford (26-2) vs. #3 Neenah (23-5)*
Saturday, March 9
3-Point Challenge – 9:30 a.m.
Division 5 Championship Game – 11:05 a.m.
Division 4 Championship Game*
Division 3 Championship Game*
Division 2 Championship Game – 6:35 p.m.
Division 1 Championship Game*
*Note: Subsequent games of each session will begin approximately 15 minutes following the previous game.
Where can you watch the WIAA Girls State Basketball Tournament?
The State Tournament will be televised live on WKOW Madison, WAOW Wausau, WXOW La Crosse, WQOW Eau Claire, WCWF in Green Bay/Fox Valley and WVTV in Milwaukee.
The finals will also be streamed live on the State Television Network’s websites. Also, download the Magic of March app for live streaming video, scores, highlights and more about the WIAA State Basketball Tournaments. Live coverage of the tournaments on iOS or Android phones and tablets are also available on the app.
Stream The Postgame Press Conference:
The post-game media conferences will be shown live without subscription on the WIAA.tv portal of the NFHS Network immediately following each game.
History of Girls Basketball State Tournament:
The first WIAA State Girls Basketball Tournament was held in 1976. The tournament was held at the UW Field House from 1976-97 and also in 1999, 2000 and 2002. The championships were held at the Kohl Center in 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2010-12, and at the Alliant Energy Center in 2004 and 2006-09.
The Resch Center in Green Bay has been the home of the tournament since 2013, except during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 when the State Tournament was held at two separate locations, the La Crosse Center and the Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh.
The tournament featured a three-class format until 1991, when a four-division format was adopted. In 2011, a fifth division was added. Cuba City has won the most State titles over the years with 11, followed by Barneveld and Notre Dame with six, and then Milwaukee Washington with five. Fall Creek, Flambeau, Kimberly and Marshall have won four.
There have been 105 different schools that have won championships. Cuba City has the distinction of having appeared in the most State Tournaments with 17, including this season. Newman Catholic is next on the list with 13, and Fall Creek, Janesville Parker and Middleton have qualified 12 times. Barneveld, Durand, Kimberly, Monroe, and now Arrowhead and Notre Dame have qualified for 11 State Tournaments.
VIEW DIVISION BY DIVISION FIELD INFORMATION ON WIAA.WI
Who are the Three Point Challenge Participants from Each Division?:
The 3-Point Challenge will be held prior to Saturday’s championship games beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Resch Center. A ticket for the Division 3, 4 and 5 championship games session is required for admittance into the event. The top two players per division were selected for the contest based on the best 3-point field goal percentage with a minimum of 75 attempts during the regular season. The contestants representing Division 1 are Rainey Welson of Hortonville and Natalie Mueller of Homestead.
Representing Division 2 are Addison Pytleski of Green Bay Southwest and Sarah Aleknavicius of Grafton.
The Division 3 participants are Lucia Jensen of Brookfield Academy and Tannah Radloff of Prairie du Chien.
Division 4 will be represented by Lindsey Schadewalt of New Glarus and Kacy Eggebrecht of Phillips, and the
Division 5 contestants are Madolyn Haffner of Gresham and Reese Grimm of Pittsville. Visit the information on the WIAA website for more details about the 3-Point Challenge.
Where can you find Results:
The quickest way to get results will be to access the WIAA website wiaawi.org and choose the Tournament Information link on the home page or the girls basketball home page.
Where can you order State Apparel?
WIAA licensed apparel is available online for the 2024 State Girls Basketball Tournament. To browse and purchase branded merchandise, visit the WIAA Girls Basketball Store at: https://foxcitiesembroidery.
Follow the WIAA State Tournament on Social Media!
Receive updates of the State Girls Basketball Tournament on the WIAA State Tournament Twitter account @wiaawistate with the hashtag #wiaagb, and also like us on Facebook.
Information on the Rush to the Resch:
One school qualifying for the State Girls Basketball Tournament in each of the five divisions will receive $2,000 from the Greater Green Bay Community by selling the most pre-sale tickets in their respective division.
BELLIN ATHLETIC TRAINING INFORMATION:
Bellin Health Sports Medicine is the exclusive provider of licensed athletic training services for the State Girls Basketball Tournament.
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