Winners of 20 sectionals move on to state tournament

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

The 2017 WIAA boys basketball playoffs will continue Wednesday, March 8, and Thursday, March 9, with sectional semifinals in five divisions across Wisconsin.

Winners move on to sectional finals Saturday, March 11, and the 20 sectional champions qualify for the 2017 WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison on March 16-18.

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

2017 WIAA State Boys Basketball Playoffs

Division 1

Sectional 1

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Oshkosh North (24-0) vs. No. 5 Marshfield (16-8) at Appleton North, 6:30 p.m.
No. 2 Stevens Point (20-4) vs. No. 3 Eau Claire North (20-4) at Eau Claire Memorial, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Marshfield, 4 p.m.

Sectional 3

Semifinals, March 9

No. 4 Muskego (20-4) vs. No. 8 Madison East (14-10) at Janesville Craig, 7 p.m.
No. 2 Madison Memorial (21-3) vs. No. 3 Middleton (18-6) at Sun Prairie, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Sun Prairie, 1 p.m.

Sectional 2

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Kimberly (20-4) vs. No. 4 Menomonee Falls (17-7) at Manitowoc, 7 p.m.
No. 2 Bay Port (22-2) vs. No. 3 Hartland Arrowhead (19-5) at Fond du Lac, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Sheboygan North, 7 p.m.

Sectional 4

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Brookfield Central (22-2) vs. No. 4 Milwaukee Riverside (18-6) at Milwaukee South, 7 p.m.
No. 2 Milwaukee Vincent (19-4) vs. No. 6 Franklin (18-6) at Racine Case, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At West Allis Central, 1 p.m.

Division 2

Sectional 1

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 La Crosse Central (22-2) vs. No. 2 Onalaska (20-4) at La Crosse Logan, 7 p.m.
No. 1 Wausau East (16-7) vs. No. 2 Medford (20-4) at Merrill, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Stevens Point, 1 p.m.

Sectional 3

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Waunakee (22-2) vs. No. 3 Monona Grove (17-7) at Baraboo, 7 p.m.
No. 1 Westosha Central (19-5) vs. No. 10 Wilmot (8-16) at Clinton, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Middleton, 1 p.m.

Sectional 2

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Pulaski (20-4) vs. No. 3 Kaukauna (15-9) at Ashwaubenon, 7 p.m.
No. 1 Beaver Dam (23-1) vs. No. 2 Cedarburg (22-2) at Hartford, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Menasha, 1 p.m.

Sectional 4

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Pewaukee (21-3) vs. No. 2 New Berlin Eisenhower (19-5) at Brookfield Central, 7 p.m.
No. 1 Milwaukee Washington (20-4) vs. No. 2 Milwaukee Pius XI (19-5) at Milwaukee Vincent, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Brown Deer, 1 p.m.

Division 3

Sectional 1

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Prescott (21-3) vs. No. 2 Northwestern (20-4) at River Falls, 7 p.m.
No. 2 Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (20-4) vs. No. 5 Mauston (17-7) at Osseo-Fairchild, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Menomonie, 1 p.m.

Sectional 3

Semifinals, March 9

No. 2 Adams-Friendship (20-3) vs. No. 4 Platteville (16-8) at Richland Center, 7 p.m.
No. 1 Lake Mills (22-2) vs. No. 3 Beloit Turner (22-3) at Fort Atkinson, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Waunakee, 7 p.m.

Sectional 2

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Appleton Xavier (24-0) vs. No. 2 Little Chute (18-6) at Bay Port, 7 p.m.
No. 1 New Holstein (20-4) vs. No. 2 Valders (20-4) at Menasha, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Kaukauna, 4 p.m.

Sectional 4

Semifinals, March 8

No. 1 Greendale Martin Luther (21-3) vs. No. 3 Whitefish Bay Dominican (14-10) at West Allis Central, 7 p.m.

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Ripon (24-0) vs. No. 2 Waupun (19-5) at West Bend, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Whitefish Bay, 4 p.m.

Division 4

Sectional 1

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Phillips (20-4) vs. No. 2 Cameron (21-3) at Rice Lake, 7 p.m.
No. 1 Stanley-Boyd (19-5) vs. No. 3 Eau Claire Regis (19-5) at Chippewa Falls, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Eau Claire Memorial, 7 p.m.

Sectional 3

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Cochrane-Fountain City (23-1) vs. No. 2 Pardeeville (19-5) at Holmen, 7 p.m.
No. 1 Darlington (24-0) vs. No. 2 New Glarus (20-4) at Evansville, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Baraboo, 1 p.m.

Sectional 2

Semifinals, March 8

No. 1 Shiocton (19-5) vs. No. 3 Manitowoc Roncalli (11-13) at Green Bay Southwest, 7 p.m.

Semifinals, March 9

No. 5 Neillsville (17-8) vs. No. 7 Stratford (17-8) at D.C. Everest, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Waupaca, 7 p.m.

Sectional 4

Semifinals, March 8

No. 3 Ozaukee (16-8) vs. No. 4 Howards Grove (19-6) at Sheboygan North, 7 p.m.

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Milwaukee Destiny (22-1) vs. No. 2 Racine The Prairie School (21-3) at Waukesha South, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Waukesha West, 1 p.m.

Division 5

Sectional 1

Semifinals, March 9

No. 3 Mellen (20-5) vs. No. 4 Luck (19-6) at Superior, 7 p.m.
No. 1 Chippewa Falls McDonell (22-3) vs. No. 2 Clear Lake (21-4) at Chetek-Weyerhaeuser, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Spooner, 7 p.m.

Sectional 3

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Bangor (24-1) vs. No. 2 Augusta (17-8) at La Crosse Central, 7 p.m.
No. 1 Seneca (24-0) vs. No. 2 Shullsburg (23-2) at Reedsburg, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At La Crosse Logan, 7 p.m.

Sectional 2

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Marshfield Columbus Catholic (23-2) vs. No. 2 Almond-Bancroft (23-2) at Stevens Point, 7 p.m.
No. 1 Gresham (22-3) vs. No. 3 Lena (20-5) at Green Bay Preble, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At D.C. Everest, 4 p.m.

Sectional 4

Semifinals, March 9

No. 1 Barneveld (22-3) vs. No. 2 Pecatonica (20-5) at Middleton, 7 p.m.
No. 1 Hilbert (24-1) vs. No. 3 Sheboygan County Christian (19-6) at Brown Deer, 7 p.m.

Championship, March 11

At Watertown, 7 p.m.