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The basics
When, where: Thursday through Saturday, Resch Center, Ashwaubenon.
Tickets: $10 per session at the door.
TV: All games will be telecast live on Ch. 27.
The schedule
THURSDAY
Division 3: Marshall (24-2) vs. Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (24-2), 1:35 p.m.; Laconia (26-0) vs. Freedom (23-3), 3:15 p.m.
Division 4: La Crosse Aquinas (25-1) vs. Milwaukee Science (19-5), 6:35 p.m.; Melrose-Mindoro (25-1) vs. Colby (25-0), 8:15 p.m.
FRIDAY
Division 5: Black Hawk (26-0) vs. Fall River (24-3), 9:05 a.m.; Clayton (26-0) vs. Wausau Newman (24-3), 10:45 a.m.
Division 2: Beaver Dam (25-1) vs. Hortonville (19-7), 1:35 p.m.; Whitefish Bay (23-3) vs. Monroe (20-6), 3:15 p.m.
Division 1: Middleton (21-5) vs. Mukwonago (24-1), 6:35 p.m.; Bay Port (25-1) vs. Kimberly (23-3), 8:15 p.m.
SATURDAY
Three-point Challenge: 9:30 a.m.
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.
The teams
DIVISION 1
Middleton was given the No. 4 seeding in the Division 1 field. Coach Jeff Kind's Cardinals, ranked eighth in the state, qualified for the second time in the past three seasons and the 11th time overall, including runner-up finishes in 1993 and 2003. Middleton lost two of its first three games, to Verona and Division 2 qualifier Monroe, and three of four in a midseason stretch, to Mequon Homestead, Division 1 qualifier Bay Port and Sun Prairie. The Cardinals have won 13 straight since, beating Sun Prairie once to win the Big Eight Conference title and again in the sectional final. Sitori Tanin, a 6-foot-2 junior forward, averages 13.2 points and 11 rebounds per game, with 56 steals and 28 blocks. She holds offers from several Division I colleges, including Bradley, Drake and North Dakota State. Also, 5-11 senior forward Hannah Flottmeyer averages 10.6 points and 6.5 rebounds. Other top contributors are 5-9 junior guard Evie Coleman (9.8 ppg) and 5-10 junior forward Karina Bursac (8 ppg, 5.7 rpg).
Mukwonago earned the No. 1 seeding after taking the runner-up trophy last year. It's the team's 10th state appearance and fifth in the past seven years, including runner-up finishes in 2013, 2016 and 2017. Coach Rick Kolinske's second-ranked team lost its second game to Milwaukee King 59-58 but beat the top-ranked Generals, 62-55, in...