Girls Basketball

Marshall, Laconia Advance to Division 3 Final

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Defending champion and top-seeded Marshall (25-2) advances to the championship game following its 58-37 victory over Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, and second-seeded Laconia (27-0) remains undefeated with a 67-53 win over Freedom in the Division 3 semifinals Thursday at the Resch Center.

State Girls Basketball Tournament Preview

STEVENS POINT, Wis. The 44th Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Basketball State Tournament will take place Thursday-Saturday, March 7-9, at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis.

2019 State Girls Basketball Tournament Series Brackets Posted

STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The brackets for the 2019 State Girls Basketball Tournament Series have been posted on the WIAA website.

NFHS Approves Exception to Backcourt Violation in Basketball

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — An exception to the backcourt violation and a clarification regarding specifications of the ball comprise the changes approved for the 2018-19 high school basketball season.

Rule 9-9-1 states that “a player shall not be the first to touch the ball after it has been in team control in the frontcourt, if he/she or a teammate last touched or was touched by the ball in the frontcourt before it went to the backcourt.”

An exception was approved to note that any player who was located in the backcourt may recover a ball that is deflected from the frontcourt by the defense. Theresia Wynns, NFHS director of sports and officials, said the committee approved the exception to ensure that a team is not unfairly disadvantaged on a deflected pass.

Winter Team Tournament Sportsmanship Award Winners Named

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, in cooperation with Rural Mutual Insurance, has chosen the recipients of the team Sportsmanship Awards for the 2018 winter State Tournaments. The winners of the prestigious sportsmanship recognition are Valders in boys basketball, Marshall in girls basketball, D.C. Everest Co-op in girls hockey, Hudson in gymnastics and Ellsworth in team wrestling.