WIAA State Girls Basketball Preview: Division 2
Thursday, March 10th, 2016 -- 8:58 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 2 Field.....Friday, March 11
1:35 p.m.
2 - Onalaska (21-5) vs. Stoughton (24-2)
2 - Notre Dame (24-2) vs. New Berlin Eisenhower (21-5
*Note: Subsequent games of each session will begin approximately 15 minutes following the previous game.
ABOUT THE DIVISION 2 FIELD: Notre Dame is back in the tournament for the fourth time in the past five seasons and for the seventh time overall. The Tritons won back-to-back State titles in 2013-14 to go with the championship earned in the program’s first-ever appearance in 2001. In addition, they finished runner-up in 2005. Prior to joining the WIAA, the Tritons were the Division 1 runners-up in 1994 as a former member of WISAA. This season, they finished atop the Fox River Classic Conference standings and have advanced to the semifinals through the Neenah Sectional following a 65-61 overtime victory over Beaver Dam in the final. New Berlin Eisenhower returns to State for the first time since the second of back-to-back appearances in 2012-13 that resulted in runner-up finishes. The Lions are making their fifth appearance overall, which includes a State championship in 2010. They ousted defending champion Pius XI Catholic 36-32 in the Brown Deer Sectional final to advance into the final field of four. They finished runner-up to Pius XI Catholic in the West Division of the Woodland Conference this season. Stoughton’s only other State Tournament experience came back in 1998 with a loss in the Division 1 quarterfinals. The Vikings’ return comes virtue of their 35-34 overtime victory over Union Grove in the Middleton Sectional final. They are the champions of the South Division of the Badger Conference this season. It’s the first State Tournament experience for Onalaska. The Hilltoppers path through the Eau Claire North Sectional culminated with a 59-52 win over Hortonville in the final. They placed third in the Mississippi Valley Conference this year.
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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