State Girls Basketball Preview: Division 3
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 -- 10:23 AM
The 38th Annual WIAA Girls Basketball State Championships will take place this Thursday-Saturday at the Resch Center in Green Bay. The unbeaten Neillsville girls basketball team will be a part of the Division 3 field with semi-finals starting at 9:05 on Friday morning.9:05 a.m.
Kewaunee (25-1) vs. Lodi (24-2)
10:30 a.m.
Neillsville (26-0) vs. East Troy (25-1) - Live on 92.7 FM WPKG
ABOUT THE DIVISION 3 FIELD: Defending champion Kewaunee is back in the tournament field to defend its title after finishing runner-up in its first-ever State appearance in 2011. This year, the Storm defeated Xavier 54-40 in the final of the Ashwaubenon Sectional to advance to the State semifinals. They are the 2013 champions of the Packerland Conference. Defending Division 4 champion Neillsville moves up a division this season in an attempt to win successive championships. They have won 54 games in a row and are making their fourth appearance overall in the tournament. They qualified in Division 2 in 2007 after qualifying for State for the first time in 2006 as a Division 3 program. They are the 8-time defending champions of the Eastern Division of the Cloverbelt Conference. Their path to State came through the River Falls Sectional, which culminated with a 37-25 win over Ladysmith in the final. East Troy is making the school?s second straight appearance in the State Tournament after qualifying for the first time last season. Coincidently, the Trojans defeated Oostburg, the same program that ousted them in the State semifinals last year, in the Arrowhead Sectional final by the exact same score of 54-38. They are the champions in the North Division of the Rock Valley Conference this season. Lodi qualifies for the first time in the program?s history. The Blue Devils advance to the State semifinals for the first time after they beat Nekoosa 55-39 in the Sun Prairie Sectional final. During the regular season, they finished first in the North Division of the Capitol Conference.
The State Tournament will be televised live in our area on WAOW-TV channel 9 in Wausau, WXOW-TV channel 19 in La Crosse, and WQOW-TV channel 18 in Eau Claire
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