State Girls Basketball Preview: Division 1
Thursday, March 9th, 2017 -- 1:41 PM
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 1 field.....Friday, March 10
Division 1
Appleton North (26-0) vs. Milwaukee King (25-0) - 6:35 p.m.
De Pere (24-2) vs. Middleton (23-3)*
*Note: Subsequent games of each session will begin approximately 15 minutes following the previous game.
ABOUT THE DIVISION 1 FIELD: Middleton has qualified for the State Tournament for the 10th time. It is the Cardinals’ second appearance in the past three seasons. They made an impressive run of five State Tournaments from 2008-12. The Cardinals have finished as State runner-up twice, once in 1993 and again in 2003. They advance to the State semifinals after rolling past Madison East 65-38 in the Janesville Craig Sectional final. The Cardinals finished in a first-place tie with Sun Prairie for the Big Eight Conference championship this season. De Pere is making its eighth State appearance and its first since 2012. The Redbirds made four appearances in five years from 2008-12, which produced a championship in 2012 and a runner-up finish in 2010. They also captured the title in 2005 and the Class A championship in 1983. Their return to the tourney comes by virtue of a 67-59 victory over Germantown in the Whitefish Bay Sectional final. They finished first in the Fox River Classic Conference this season. Appleton North returns to State for the second year in a row and for the fourth time overall. The Lightning’s furthest advance in the tournament has been to the semifinals in 1999 and again last year. They trounced Chippewa Falls in the final of the D.C. Everest Sectional final, 79-52, to earn their return to the Resch Center. They finished first in the Fox Valley Association and are undefeated this season. Milwaukee King will play in the State Tournament for the fifth time and for the first time since 2012 when the Generals’ finished runner-up for the second time. They also finished second in 2009. They beat Oak Creek 63-52 in the final of the West Allis Central Sectional to advance to the State semifinal. They are the undefeated champions of the Milwaukee City 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, WQOW-TV in Eau Claire.
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