With this week's decision by the WIAA Board of Control to vote down the proposed state tournament expansion for boys and girls basketball, the WIAA has now released the official Division and Sectional assignments for both boys and girls basketball.
More analysis and information will be forthcoming.
Boys Basketball Division & Sectional Assignments
Girls Basketball Division & Sectional Assignments
Division Requests
Of note, the West Allis Central boys basketball requested to be elevated from Division 2 to Division 1, as they have many times before, and were approved.
Chesterton Academy of St. John Paul II of Green Bay, Impact Christian Academy, St. Ignatius Chesterton Academy, and Washington Island basketball teams for both boys and girls opted out of the playoffs.
The following teams requested to move down a division via the WIAA’s process and were APPROVED:
Boys Basketball
Green Bay East
Mishicot
Riverdale
Sevastopol
Sheboygan South
Tenor
Valley Christian (Oshkosh)
Girls Basketball
Ashland
Augusta
Green Bay East
Riverdale
Salam
Sheboygan South
Wisconsin Heights
The following schools requested to move down and were DENIED:
Boys Basketball
Algoma
Ashland
Augusta
Girls Basketball
None
Tournament Performance Factor Results
The following schools met the six-point threshold or continued to meet the threshold for elevation via the WIAA’s Tournament Performance Factor. Included is a note if the school appealed, and the results of the appeal:
Boys Basketball
Aquinas - D4 to D3
Bonduel - D4 to D3 (Appealed - Denied)
Mineral Point - D4 to D3 (Appealed - Approved)
Wisconsin Lutheran - D2 to D1
Girls Basketball
Albany/Monticello - D5 to D4 (Appealed - Denied)
Arrowhead - already D1
Cuba City - D4 to D3 (Appealed - Approved)
Edgewood - D3 to D2
Laconia - D4 to D3
Oostburg - D3 to D2
Pewaukee - D2 to D1
Wauwatosa East - D2 to D1
Xavier - D3 to D2
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