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WIAA State Girls Basketball Tournament Preview: Division 1

Thursday, March 13th, 2025 -- 12:53 PM

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The 49th WIAA Girls Basketball State Tournament will take place today-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.

 

Friday, March 14
Division 1
#1 Kimberly (27-1) vs. #4 Appleton East (19-8) - 6:35 p.m.
#2 Arrowhead (25-3) vs. #3 Muskego (24-4)*

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

 

ABOUT THE DIVISION 1 FIELD:  Top-seeded Kimberly qualifies for the State Tournament for the 12th time and for the first time since 2019. The Papermakers made five appearances in the 1980s and four in the 1990s. They have won four State titles. Kimberly won the Class A championship in 1987 and the Class B title in 1989. They added Division 2 titles in 1996 and 1998. They also finished runner-up in Class A in 1982 and in Division 2 in 1997. They are the champions of the Fox Valley Association this season, and they are the representatives from the Hartford Sectional with a 48-47 overtime win over Pewaukee, which was the Division 2 champion last season, in the final. Defending champion Arrowhead is making its second straight appearance at State and the Warhawks’ 12th overall. They have claimed two other championships in their 11 previous appearances, one in 1988 and the other in 1991. They finished tied for first in the Classic 8 Conference standings this season with Muskego, the #3 seed in the bracket. The Warhawks are the representatives out of the Oregon Sectional following their 72-69 win over Waunakee in the final.  Muskego, the #3 seed, is making school history with its first-ever appearance in the State Tournament. The Warriors tied Arrowhead for the championship of the Classic Eight Conference this season, and they advance to the State semifinals following their 45-33 win over Kenosha Bradford in the Kenosha Tremper Sectional final. It’s the fourth overall appearance at State for fourth-seeded Appleton East and the program’s first since 2022 when the Patriots finished runner-up. The Patriots’ first two experiences resulted in losses in the quarterfinals in both 1990 and 1998. They placed fourth in the Fox Valley Association during the regular season this year. The Patriots earned their road back to State by edging Eau Claire Memorial 68-65 in double overtime in the sectional final hosted at Marshfield.

 

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