GREEN BAY, Wis. – The 49th State Girls Basketball Tournament produced champions in five divisions at the Resch Center Saturday.
Top-seeded Kimberly (29-1) secured the WIAA Division 1 State championship with a decisive 47-26 victory over third-seeded Muskego (25-5) in the title game.
Kimberly maintained control of the game from start to finish and never trailed. The Papermakers' built their largest lead of the game at 21 points with a 10-0 run late in the second half and held the Warriors scoreless the final 4:51 of the game.
The Papermakers were led by Ava Van Vonderen with 15 points and nine rebounds, including 3-of-6 from beyond the arc. Haylie Dulas contributed with 13 points and four rebounds. Kimberly outscored Muskego 20-8 inside the lane, and the Papermakers’ defensive pressure forced 14 turnovers and held the Warriors to 24 percent shooting for the game.
Melena Glysch and Autumn Dibb led the Warriors with seven points apiece, and Glysch pulled down a team-high five rebounds and distributed a pair of assists.
Kimberly won its fifth State championship in 12 tournament appearances. Muskego made school history by finishing runner-up in the program’s first State experience.
In the first triple-overtime contest in tournament history, second-seeded Wauwatosa East (29-1) outlasted top-seeded Edgewood (28-2) 59-58 in the championship game to capture the WIAA Division 2 title.
Mikaia Litza delivered a standout performance for the Red Raiders, leading all scorers with 32 points and adding nine rebounds in playing the game’s entire 48 minutes. Ellie Deprey also scored in double figures with 12 points. Wauwatosa East held a 34-26 advantage in points scored in the paint.
For the Crusaders, Anna Miller scored all her team-high 16 points after a scoreless first half. She also contributed a game-high seven assists. Beanie Thompson recorded a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Erin Schauer tossed in 11 points.
The game featured 15 lead changes and nine ties to underscore the evenly matched nature of the contest. The largest lead held by either time in the game was the six-point advantage the Crusaders experienced at the 11:45 mark of the second half.
Wauwatosa East won its second State championship in the program’s fourth appearance in the tournament. In its fourth State experience, Edgewood finished runner-up after winning the Division 3 title last season.
Second-seeded Oostburg (28-2) toppled fourth-seeded Xavier (19-11) with a 49-36 win in the Division 3 championship game.
Oostburg led for all but two minutes of the game and took control of the contest in the second half with a 13-0 run to open its largest lead of the game at 49-32 with two minutes remaining to play.
The Lady Dutch were led by Ady Ketterhagen with a game-high 27 points to go with a game-high nine rebounds. The Oostburg defense held the Zephyrs to 24 percent shooting from the floor in the game.
Xavier was led by Brynn Krull with 12 points and eight rebounds, while Annika Heimann chipped in with 11 points and eight rebounds.
Oostburg captured its fourth State title in the Lady Dutch’s 11th trip to the tournament. Xavier finished runner-up for the second consecutive season in the Hawks’ fourth experience at State.
Fourth-seeded Cuba City (25-5) won the Division 4 crown with a hard-fought 53-50 victory over second-seeded St. Mary Catholic (26-4) in the championship game
The Cubans overcame an early eight-point deficit in the first half to take a 28-27 lead at halftime. An 8-0 run in the second half led to their largest lead of the game at 42-32 with 10:15 to play in the game. The Zephyrs scored 10 unanswered points to tie the game at 42-42, but the Cubans secured a narrow lead down the stretch by going 4-for-4 from the free throw line to ice the game.
Ella Vosberg led the Cubans with 14 points, six rebounds and 10 steals, which ranks as the second-most recorded in a Division 4 game in tournament history. Ashley Rowe added 15 points and Olivia Olson contributed 12. Cuba City forced 23 St. Mary Catholic turnovers, which directly led to 23 points. The Cubans also had a commanding 36-14 advantage in points in the paint.
Brityn Voss paced the Zephyrs with a game-high 18 points, including four three-pointers, while Emily Vogel tallied 13 points and nine rebounds. Lauren Ripley led St. Mary Catholic on the glass with a game-high 11 rebounds, which contributed the Zephyrs 44-29 rebound advantage.
After placing runner-up last season, Cuba City won its membership-leading 12th championship in the Cubans’ 18th State Tournament appearance, which is also more than any other school. St. Mary Catholic finished runner-up in its third State experience.
Assumption edged out Barneveld 34-30 to claim the Division 5 Championship.
A pivotal moment came in the second half when top-seeded Assumption went on a 10-0 scoring run at the end of the first half through the start of the second half to seize the lead for the final nine minutes of the game. Despite a late push by the Golden Eagles, The Royals’ made 4-of-4 free throws in the final two minutes to seal the victory.
Assumption (29-1) was led by Jordyn Jaglinski, who scored a game-high 13 points, including three key three-pointers. Sarah Shaw contributed six points, while Anna Schooley added five points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Shaw set a Division 5 tournament record with 15 steals after setting the tournament game record with 12 in the semifinals Friday.
Third-seeded Barneveld (22-8) was paced by Izabel Durst with 12 points, followed by Bryn Meyer with seven.
The Royals’ defense proved to be the difference, forcing 19 turnovers and holding Barneveld to just 1-of-3 from the free throw line. Their 46 steals set a Division 5 tournament record.
Assumption wins its fourth State championship in its eighth appearance, and Barneveld finishes runner-up in its 12th experience in the State tournament.
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