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Five Girls Basketball Champions Crowned

Verona won its first State title in program history by defeating Mukwonago in the Division 1 final 52-46 Saturday evening at the Resch Center in Green Bay. New Berlin Eisenhower (23-5) captured the Division 2 State championship with a 46-42 win over Stoughton in the final Saturday evening at the Resch Center in Green Bay.  Hayward won its first championship with a 43-31 triumph over Milwaukee School of Languages in the Division 3 final Saturday afternoon at the Resch Center in Green Bay.  Mineral Point (26-2) capitalized on a strong second half to win the Division 4 State championship with a 68-52 victory of Kenosha St. Joseph Saturday afternoon at the Resch Center in Green Bay.  In the rematch featuring the same two teams that have played in the Division 5 title game the past three years, Assumption (25-4) defeated two-time defending champion Barneveld 62-45 to win the crown.

Loyal's Schoonover Wins Girls 3-Point Challenge

Devyn Schoonover, a senior from Loyal, won the 2016 girls 3-Point Challenge held Saturday morning at the Resch Center in conjunction with the State Girls Basketball Tournament.

Schoonover was one of 10 participants in the 3-Point Challenge, which was held for the first time last year. She scored 15 points in the final round to win the contest. Senior Abby Gerrits of Pewaukee was second with 14 points in the final round.

Schoonover scored 13 points in the opening round and 14 in the semifinals. Gerrits opened with 13 points and followed with 19 in the semifinals. Senior Madie Kaelber of Kenosha Indian Trail and senior Sara Winkel of Kiel also advanced to the semifinals with first-round totals of 14 and 13, respectively.  

Other participants were Macenzie Kraemer of Wisconsin Heights, Shemera Williams of the Milwaukee Academy of Science, Amira Erdmann of Crandon, Theresa Wichser of Brookfield Academy, Caroline Busch of Brookfield Central and Shay Frederick of Hortonville. 

The top two players per division were selected for the contest based on the best 3-point field goal percentage with a minimum of 75 attempts during the regular season.

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