WAUSAU - The Black Hawk seventh-grade girls basketball team finished second place in the Division 4-5 Wisconsin State Invitational Championship Tournament hosted at D. C. Everest, Wausau East, Mosinee and Marathon on April 11-12.
It's the second straight year Black Hawk has finished second in the state tournament.
This tournament, which was organized by The Great Northwest Basketball League, brought together 80 of the top community-based seventh-grade girls basketball teams from the state. State champions were crowned in four divisions: Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and Division 4/5, based on the enrollment of the high school into which each team feeds.
Black Hawk went 3-0 in pool play. The Warriors defeated Prentice 44-21 and beat Fall Creek 43-10. Black Hawk beat Colfax 42-32. In the round of 16, Black Hawk defeated Darlington 43-6.
The Warriors defeated Wisconsin Heights 55-30 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, the Warriors beat Cochrane-Fountain City 40-27. Melrose-Mindoro defeated Black Hawk in the championship game 38-31.
The Black Hawk team is coached by Angie Butler; assistant coach; Mike Flanagan and Curt Leuzinger; team manager is Michelle Huschitt.
Black Hawk's Bailey Butler and Hannah Butler were named to the All-Tournament Team for Division 4/5.
In the other three divisions, Oconomowoc defeated Chippewa Falls to win the Division 1 Championship, Beaver Dam defeated Onalaska to win the Division 2 Championship and Platteville defeated Freedom to win the Division 3 Championship.
The Wisconsin State Invitational Championship Tournament is an annual event that pits top community-based teams against each other. The tournament is organized by size of communities, much like the WIAA state high school tournaments, so that top teams can compete on a level playing field with other programs their size.
Separate tournaments are held for fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade boys and girls.
It's the second straight year Black Hawk has finished second in the state tournament.
This tournament, which was organized by The Great Northwest Basketball League, brought together 80 of the top community-based seventh-grade girls basketball teams from the state. State champions were crowned in four divisions: Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and Division 4/5, based on the enrollment of the high school into which each team feeds.
Black Hawk went 3-0 in pool play. The Warriors defeated Prentice 44-21 and beat Fall Creek 43-10. Black Hawk beat Colfax 42-32. In the round of 16, Black Hawk defeated Darlington 43-6.
The Warriors defeated Wisconsin Heights 55-30 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, the Warriors beat Cochrane-Fountain City 40-27. Melrose-Mindoro defeated Black Hawk in the championship game 38-31.
The Black Hawk team is coached by Angie Butler; assistant coach; Mike Flanagan and Curt Leuzinger; team manager is Michelle Huschitt.
Black Hawk's Bailey Butler and Hannah Butler were named to the All-Tournament Team for Division 4/5.
In the other three divisions, Oconomowoc defeated Chippewa Falls to win the Division 1 Championship, Beaver Dam defeated Onalaska to win the Division 2 Championship and Platteville defeated Freedom to win the Division 3 Championship.
The Wisconsin State Invitational Championship Tournament is an annual event that pits top community-based teams against each other. The tournament is organized by size of communities, much like the WIAA state high school tournaments, so that top teams can compete on a level playing field with other programs their size.
Separate tournaments are held for fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade boys and girls.
