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Girls Basketball History

The WIAA began sponsoring a girls basketball tournament program in 1976.

The first champions were Madison West in Class A, Lancaster in Class B and Marshall in Class C, with Neenah, Clinton and Bloomington respective runners-up.

The tournament was held at the University of Wisconsin Field House in Madison exclusively until the tournament was played in the Kohl Center in 1998. It returned to the UW Field House for the 1999, 2000 and 2002 State Tournaments. The Kohl Center again played host to the event in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2010-12. The Alliant Energy Center in Madison became the home for the girls tournament for the first time in 2004 and was the site of the tournament again from 2006-2009. The tournament moved to its current location, the Resch Center in Green Bay, in 2013. In 2021, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Tournament was conducted at two sites. Divisions 1 and 3 were held at the Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh, and Divisions 2, 4 and 5 were conducted at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse.

The only interruption in conducting the State Tournament Series to its completion came in 2020. Following the Division 3 and Division 4 semifinals, the remainder of the tournament was canceled to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The tournament followed a three-class format until 1990-91 when a four-division format was adopted. After a two-year experimental period, the division format became permanent in 1992-93. In 2011, a fifth division was added and restructuring of the divisions qualified four teams in each division. Another change was to the game format. Beginning in 2016, games consisted of two 18-minute halves, replacing the traditional four 8-minute quarters. 

Cuba City has qualified for the State Tournament more than any other school with 17 appearances. Newman Catholic is next on that list with 13, followed by Fall Creek, Janesville Parker and Middleton with 12, and then comes Arrowhead, Barneveld, Durand, Kimberly, Monroe and Notre Dame with 11.  Milwaukee Washington, Mukwonago and Oostburg are all next with 10 State Tournament appearances. De Pere, Owen-Withee and Prentice have made nine trips to State. Algoma, Hudson, Kettle Moraine, Neenah, Watertown and Whitefish Bay have qualified eight times. Amherst, Assumption, Black Hawk, Brookfield East, Flambeau, Hartford, Merrill, New Berlin Eisenhower, Oshkosh West, Oak Creek, Portage and West Allis Hale are next with seven. Those with six appearances include Aquinas, D.C. Everest, Eau Claire Memorial, Fond du Lac, Hortonville, Luxemburg-Casco, Madison West, Marathon and Regis.

Cuba City leads in the number of State titles won with 11, followed by Barneveld and Notre Dame with six, and Milwaukee Washington is next with five. Fall Creek, Flambeau, Kimberly and Marshall have four. Algoma, Arrowhead, Assumption, Beaver Dam, De Pere, Janesville Parker, Kettle Moraine, Luxemburg-Casco, Milwaukee Vincent, Monroe, Newman Catholic, Oostburg and Prentice are next with three. 

Beaver Dam (2017-19), Cuba City (2005-07), Flambeau (2006-08), Milwaukee Vincent (2007-09), Milwaukee Washington (1994-96) and Notre Dame (2021-23) are the only schools with three consecutive State championships. Appleton North (2017-18), Aquinas (2018-19), Barneveld (1998-99, 2014-15), Columbus (2002-03), Cuba City (1990-91, 2014-15), Durand (1986-87), Fall Creek (1987-88), Janesville Parker (2000-01), Kettle Moraine (2022-23), Kewaunee (2012-13), Laconia (2023-24), Marshall (1976-77 & 2018-19), New London (2011-12), Notre Dame (2013-14), Oshkosh West (2003-04) and Pecatonica (1993-94) have won back-to-back championships. There have been 106 different programs that have won championships.

Tournament Series Results