State Girls Basketball Preview: Division 2
Thursday, March 9th, 2017 -- 11:26 AM
The 42nd Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Basketball State Tournament will take place Today-Saturday at the Resch Center in Green Bay. Here's a preview of the Division 2 field....Friday, March 10
Division 2
Hortonville (20-5) vs. Cudahy (19-7) - 1:35 p.m.
Beaver Dam (26-0) vs. Monroe (21-3)*
*Note: Subsequent games of each session will begin approximately 15 minutes following the previous game.
ABOUT THE DIVISION 2 FIELD: Monroe is making its ninth appearance at State and its first since 2010. The Cheesemakers have won the State championship three times, capturing the title in 1989, 2006 and 2008. In addition, they placed runner-up in 1988 and 2000. Monroe was the tri-champion in the South Division of the Badger Conference this season with Stoughton and Division 3 qualifier Edgewood. The Cheesemakers breezed past Milton 72-49 in the final of the Middleton Sectional to continue their quest for a State title. Beaver Dam joins the State Tournament field for the first time since 2010 and for the third time overall. The Golden Beavers’ initial State appearance came back in 1991 when they finished runner-up in Division 1. The return to the State Tournament comes by virtue of a 66-49 victory over Seymour in the Neenah Sectional final. The Golden Beavers enter the semifinals this week undefeated and are the champions of the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference this season. Hortonville is in the State Tournament field for the second time. The first came 30 years ago in 1987, which resulted in an overtime loss in the Class B semifinals. The Polar Bears are the representatives from the Eau Claire North Sectional having discarded Menomonie 74-44 in the final. They finished runner-up in the Fox Valley Association this season behind Division 1 qualifier Appleton North. This is the first time Cudahy has advanced to the State Tournament in the program’s history. The Packers’ earned their first trip to State following a 43-34 victory over Wauwatosa East in the Brown Deer Sectional final. They finished atop the standings in the Woodland Conference this winter.
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, WQOW-TV in Eau Claire.
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