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WIAA State Girls Basketball Tournament Preview: Division 4

Tuesday, March 7th, 2023 -- 12:43 PM

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The 47th Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Basketball State Tournament will take place this Thursday-Saturday, March 9-11, at the Resch Center in Green Bay.   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. 

Here's a preview of the Division 4 field.......

 

Thursday, March 9 - Semi-Finals

#1 Aquinas (27-1) vs. #4 Mishicot (21-6) - 6:35 p.m.

#2 Laconia (25-3) vs. #3 Colfax (21-6)*

*Note: Subsequent games of each session will begin approximately 15 minutes following the previous game.

 

Championship Final - Saturday, March 11
Approx. 15 mins. following Div. 5 championship

 

ABOUT THE DIVISION 4 FIELD: Top-seeded Aquinas returns to State for the sixth time overall, all coming in the last seven seasons. The Blugolds won back-to-back Division 4 titles in 2018 and 2019, and they finished runner-up in 2017. Aquinas is the champion of the Mississippi Valley Conference this season. The Blugolds defeated Cuba City 67-63 in the sectional final played at Wisconsin Dells. 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 Laconia is the second seed in the bracket. The Spartans also were runners-up in 2019, which accounts for their only other State Tournament appearance. They return to the semifinals this season by defeating The Prairie School 71-59 in the Slinger Sectional final. The Spartans are co-champions of the Flyway Conference with Winnebago Lutheran this season. Third-seeded Colfax advances to the State semifinals for the fourth time and for the first time since 2013 when the Vikings finished runner-up. Their first two appearances resulted in defeats in the semifinals. They tied for second place in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference this season. The Vikings return to State for the first time in a decade after getting past Neillsville 39-37 in the Osseo-Fairchild Sectional final. Mishicot was issued the fourth seed in the bracket. The Indians advance to the State Tournament for the third time in the last four seasons after qualifying for the first time in 2020. They struck gold with the championship in 2021 after falling in their semifinal game the first time they had advanced to State prior to the cancellation of the tournaments because of COVID-19 in 2020. Their return to the tourney comes after escaping with a 56-55 win over St. Mary Catholic in the Brillion Sectional final. During the regular season, the Indians finished second in the standings in the North Division of the Big East Conference behind St. Mary Catholic.

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