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2013 State Boys Basketball Preview: Division 2

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 -- 10:42 AM

The 98th Annual W!AA Boys Basketball State Championships will take place this Thursday-Saturday at the Kohl Center in Madison. Division 2 semi-finals will get underway on Friday afternoon at 1:35 pm.


ABOUT THE DIVISION 2 FIELD: Defending champion Onalaska has its goals set on repeating last year?s feat. The Hilltoppers are returning to State for the ninth time overall. They won the Class A championship in 1988 and followed that with a Division 2 title in 1992. They earned their berth this year with a convincing 64-54 victory over Hortonville in the Marshfield Sectional final. The Hilltoppers are the champions of the Mississippi Valley Conference this season. Stoughton?s most recent experience in the State Tournament was during the Franklin Roosevelt presidency in 1939. The only other time the Vikings qualified was in 1937. They did not advance in the winner?s bracket in either or those appearances. They finished atop the standings in the South Division of the Badger Conference this season. Their celebration of a return to the State Tournament began after a 55-51 victory over DeForest in the Janesville Craig Sectional final. Pulaski is also making its third appearance, but their most recent visit only goes back to 1989. The Red Raiders first-ever experience in the State Tournament came in 1975. Both previous trips resulted in losses in the quarterfinals. To return, they dealt Grafton a 53-37 loss in the final of the Fond du Lac Sectional. The Red Raiders finished second in the Fox River Classic Conference standings this season. Wisconsin Lutheran qualifies for the State Tournament for only the second time and for the first time since winning the Division 2 title in 2009. Wisconsin Lutheran joined the final field of four following a 60-42 win over New Berlin Eisenhower in the West Allis Central Sectional final. The Vikings are the champions of the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference this season.

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