WIAA State Girls Basketball Tournament Preview: Division 4

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025 -- 11:09 AM

The 49th WIAA Girls Basketball State Tournament will take place this Thursday-Saturday at the Resch Center in Green Bay. 

The State Tournament will be televised live in our area on WAOW Wausau, WXOW La Crosse, and WQOW Eau Claire.

Thursday, March 13
Division 4
#1 The Prairie School (26-2) vs. #4 Cuba City (23-5) - 6:35 p.m.
#2 St. Mary Catholic (25-3) vs. #3 Durand-Arkansaw (23-5)*

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

ABOUT THE DIVISION 4 FIELD:  The Prairie School, the #1 seed, will be making its second straight appearance and its fourth overall. The Hawks one championship came the first time they qualified for State in 2004. Their experience last season and in 2013 resulted in losses in the semifinals. The Hawks are back in the semifinals this year after downing Westfield 67-33 in the Waterloo Sectional final. They are the champions of the Metro Classic Conference this season. Second-seeded St. Mary Catholic will make its third State appearance and the Zephyrs’ first since two consecutive experiences in 2008-09. They advanced to the championship game in both those appearances, winning the title in 2009 and finishing runner-up in 2008. As a former member of WISAA, St. Mary Central, as it was previously named, won the Division 2 title in 1998. The Zephyrs tied Manitowoc Lutheran for the championship in the North Division of the Big East Conference this season, and they advanced through the Oconto Falls Sectional with a 65-54 win over Manitowoc Lutheran in the final. Durand-Arkansaw is seeded third. The Panthers make their 12th appearance at State and their first since 2017. Back when the district was identified as Durand, they won two State championships, claiming back-to-back Class B titles in 1986-87. The Panthers also finished runner-up in 1996 in 2009. This season, they placed runner-up in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference behind Elk Mound, the top seeded in the Division 3 bracket. The Panthers beat McDonell Catholic 41-26 in the final of the Altoona Sectional to earn the journey to the Resch Center. Fourth-seeded Cuba City, last year’s runner-up, is back for the second year in a row and for the membership-leading 18th time overall. The Cubans have also won more State titles than any other program with 11, winning championships in 1977, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2014 and 2015. They also have a runner-up finish in 2009. The Cubans tied Mineral Point for the Southwest Wisconsin Activities League title this season, and their advance to State came through the Wisconsin Dells Sectional with a 47-43 triumph over Aquinas in the final.

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