State Girls Basketball Preview: Division 5
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 -- 10:21 AM
The 42nd Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Basketball State Tournament will take place Thursday-Saturday, March 9-11, at the Resch Center in Green Bay. Here's a preview of the Division 5 field.....Friday, March 10
Division 5
Clayton (27-0) vs. Milwaukee Academy of Science (22-4) - 9:05 a.m.
Loyal (23-4) vs. Bangor (24-3)*
*Note: Subsequent games of each session will begin approximately 15 minutes following the previous game.
ABOUT THE DIVISION 5 FIELD: Clayton will make its second straight State Tournament appearance and its third overall. The Bears’ quest for a State title ended in the semifinals in each of their previous two encounters, the first coming in Division 4 in 1995. They qualify this season after routing Mercer 67-31 in the Spooner Sectional final. The Bears are undefeated and champions in the Central Division of the Lakeland Conference. Bangor returns to the State Tournament for the second time. The first and only other appearance produced a Division 4 championship in 1997. This season, the Cardinals finished first in the Scenic Bluffs Conference standings. They completed their trek through the Richland Center Sectional with a 63-49 win over Shullsburg. Milwaukee Academy of Science qualifies for the State Tournament for the first time in the program’s history. It’s also the first time the Novas have qualified for State in any team sport in the school’s history. The celebration began after they defeated Fall River 76-74 in the Watertown Sectional final. The Novas plays a schedule independent of a conference affiliation. Loyal shares the distinction of this being its first State Girls Basketball Tournament appearance. The journey to the Resch Center came through the Waupaca Sectional, culminating with a 68-49 victory over Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran in the final. The Greyhounds tied Neillsville for the championship in the Eastern Division of the Cloverbelt Conference this season.
STATE TOURNAMENT ON THE AIR: The State Tournament will be televised live in our area on WAOW-TV in Wausau, WXOW-TV in La Crosse, and WQOW-TV in Eau Claire.
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