WIAA State Girls Basketball Preview: Division 4
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 -- 6:04 AM
The 41st Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Basketball State Championships will take place Thursday-Saturday, March 10-12, at the Resch Center in Green Bay. Here's a preview of the Division 4 Field.....Thursday, March 10
6:35 p.m.
Regis (22-4) vs. Mineral Point (24-2)
Marathon (23-3) vs. Kenosha St. Joseph (24-2)
Subsequent games of each session will begin approximately 15 minutes following the previous game.
ABOUT THE DIVISION 4 FIELD: Marathon returns to State for the second season in a row and for the sixth time overall. The Red Raiders experienced a three-year run of appearances from 1996-98 that produced a Division 3 title in 1998. They also claimed a runner-up finish in Class C in 1987. The Red Raiders defeated Algoma 51-40 in the final of the Waupaca Sectional after finishing in a three-way tie for first place in the South Division of the Marawood Conference this season with Auburndale and Division 5 qualifier Assumption. Regis is appearing at State for the sixth time as well and for the second time in the last three years. The Lady Ramblers have made back-to-back trips to State on two occasions, in 2003-04 and 2011-12. They have won a pair of State championships with the first coming in 2003 and the second coming in 2011. They finished atop the standings in the Western Division of the Cloverbelt Conference this season. The Lady Ramblers downed Phillips 80-44 in the Durand Sectional final. As a former member of WISAA, Regis won titles in 1986, 1992 and 1993, and was runner-up in 1995 and 1991. Kenosha St. Joseph will be experiencing the State Tournament for the first time following the Lancers’ 58-55 victory over Lourdes Academy in the Brown Deer Sectional final. They won the Metro Classic Conference title this season. As a former member of WISAA, the Lancers recorded a runner-up finish in Division 2 in 1994. Mineral Point will also be making its first-ever appearance in the State Tournament. The Pointers beat Wisconsin Heights 58-54 in the final of the Baraboo Sectional to earn their initial trip to the State Tournament. They are the champions of the Southwest Wisconsin Activities League this season.
STATE TOURNAMENT ON THE AIR: The State Tournament will be televised live on WKOW-TV in Madison, WAOW-TV in Wausau, WXOW-TV in La Crosse, WQOW-TV in Eau Claire, WYOW-TV in Eagle River, WMOW-TV in Crandon, WMLW-TV in Milwaukee, KBJR-MY9 in Duluth/Superior and WCWF W-14 in Green Bay and the Fox Valley. The Wisconsin Division of Quincy Media, Inc., will produce the coverage. The championships will also be streamed on the statewide network station websites.
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