WIAA State Girls Basketball Preview: Division 4
Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 -- 9:53 AM
The 44th Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Basketball State Tournament will take place this Thursday-Saturday at the Resch Center in Green Bay. Here's a preview of the Division 4 field...Thursday, March 7
Division 4
#1 Aquinas (25-1) vs. #4 Milwaukee Acad. of Science (19-5) - 6:35 p.m.
#2 Melrose-Mindoro (25-1) vs. #3 Colby (25-0)
ABOUT THE DIVISION 4 FIELD: Defending champion Aquinas is the #1 seed making its third straight appearance. The Blugolds finished runner-up in 2017 in the program’s first State appearance. They are the champions of the Mississippi Valley Conference. They have advanced through the Verona Sectional following an 89-53 trouncing of Belleville in the sectional final. Prior to its membership in the WIAA, Aquinas won back-to-back WISAA Division 2 championships in 1996-97 and finished runner-up in Class A in 1985 and 1989. Last year’s runner-up, second-seeded Melrose-Mindoro, will experience the State Tournament for the second time. The Mustangs are the champions in the Large Division of the Dairyland Conference this season. They rolled to a 61-32 win over Colfax in the final of the Eau Claire Memorial Sectional to earn their return ticket to the Resch Center. Third-seeded Colby advances to the State Tournament for the first time by winning the Wausau West Sectional by virtue of the Hornets’ 67-50 victory over Crandon in the final. During the regular season, the Hornets won the East Division of the Cloverbelt Conference championship. Milwaukee Academy of Science is the fourth seed also making its initial appearance at State following its 78-60 victory over Howards Grove in the Sheboygan North Sectional final. The Novas play an independent schedule without a conference affiliation.
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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