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WIAA Girls State Basketball Tournament Preview....Division 3

Monday, March 4th, 2024 -- 12:46 PM

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The 48th Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Basketball State Tournament will take place this Thursday-Saturday, March 7-9, 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.

 

Here's a preview of the Division 3 Field.......

Thursday, March 7

Division 3
#1 Edgewood (25-3) vs. #4 Baldwin-Woodville (22-6) - 1:35 p.m.
#2 Kettle Moraine Lutheran (24-4) vs. #3 Xavier  (21-7)*

Championship Final - Saturday, March 9
Approx. 15 minutes following Div. 4 championship game

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

 

ABOUT THE DIVISION 3 FIELD: Top-seeded Edgewood is making its third appearance in the State Tournament after back-to-back experiences in 2016-17. The Crusaders won the championship in 2017 after they were eliminated from title contention in the semifinals in 2016.  Their return to the State semifinals comes following a convincing 57-42 victory over Waupun in the Evansville Sectional final. They were runners-up in the Small Division of the Badger Conference this year. Prior to joining the WIAA in the fall of 2000-21, The Crusaders won a Class A title in 1979 as a former member of WISAA. Second-seeded Kettle Moraine Lutheran returns to the field for the third time. The first two appearances came back-to-back in 2014-15. The first of those experiences resulted in a championship, and the second ended in a loss in the semifinals. The Chargers beat Catholic Memorial 47-34 in the Brown Deer Sectional final to earn their return to the tournament field. They are the co-champions of the East Central Conference with Waupun this season. Prior to joining the WIAA, the Chargers won a WISAA Class B championship in 1990 and finished runner-up on four other occasions. Xavier is the third seed in the bracket. The Hawks are appearing in their third State Tournament. The first two experiences came in succession in 2015 and 2016. Their most notable of the two appearances was the runner-up finish in 2015.  The Hawks’ return to the final four this year is result of a 55-39 win over Wittenberg-Birnamwood in the Brillion Sectional final. They are the champions in the Bay Conference during the regular season this year. As a former member of WISAA, the Hawks won the title in 1978 when there was only one division of the tournament and were runners-up an additional nine times. Fourth-seeded Baldwin-Woodville will be making its first appearance in the program’s history following its 60-43 victory over Elk Mound in the Amery Sectional final. The Blackhawks are the champions of the Middle Border Conference this season.

 

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