By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

GREEN BAY – The 2015 WIAA State Girls Basketball Tournament will be held March 12-14 at the Resch Center, with five divisional championships on the line.

The WIAA is celebrating the 40th annual girls tournament, which will begin with Division 5 & 4 semifinals on Thursday, March 12. Semifinals in Divisions 3, 2 and 1 will be on Friday, with all five championship games slated for Saturday.

All of the games will be broadcast live on WOAW-TV of Wausau.

Three of last year’s champions are back to defend titles – Kettle Moraine Lutheran in Division 3, Cuba City in Division 4 and Barneveld in Division 5. Division 5 runner-up Wisconsin Rapids Assumption also returns to state, as does Division 2 semifinalist Milwaukee Pius XI and Division 4 semifinals Fond du Lac St. Mary’s Springs. Assumption and Barneveld have played each other in the past two Division 5 title games, with each winning once.

Here is a look at the state tournament schedule:

2015 WIAA State Girls Basketball Tournament
March 12-14, at Resch Center, Green Bay
Thursday, March 12
Division 5 semifinals
Barneveld (25-1) vs. Fall River (24-3), 1:35 p.m.
South Shore (25-2) vs. Wisconsin Rapids Assumption (24-3), 3:15 p.m.
Division 4 semifinals
Cuba City (26-0) vs. Fond du Lac St. Mary’s Springs (24-2), 6:35 p.m.
Fall Creek (24-2) vs. Marathon (25-1), 8:15 p.m.
Friday, March 13
Division 3 semifinals
Whitewater (26-0) vs. Kettle Moraine Lutheran (20-6), 9:05 a.m.
Hayward (24-2) vs. Appleton Xavier (23-4), 10:45 a.m.
Division 2 semifinals
Waunakee (15-12) vs. Milwaukee Pius XI (26-0), 1:35 p.m.
River Falls (14-11) vs. Cedarburg (23-2), 3:15 p.m.
Division 1 semifinals
Middleton (22-4) vs. Milwaukee Divine Savior Holy Angels (24-2), 6:35 p.m.
D.C. Everest (26-0) vs. Hartland Arrowhead (21-5), 8:15 p.m.
Saturday, March 14
Championship games
Division 5: 11:05 a.m.
Division 4: 12:45 p.m.
Division 3: 2:30 p.m.
Division 2: 6:35 p.m.
Division 1: 8:15 p.m.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)