Stevens Point captured its third straight WIAA Boys Division 1 state basketball championship in convincing fashion, rolling to a 85-56 win over Arrowhead at the Kohl Center on Saturday night.

The Panthers scored the first 13 points of the game and never looked back.  Junior forward Joey Hauser finished with 33 points and 21 rebounds to lead Stevens Point (22-4).

Senior guard Trevell Cunningham had 22 points and six rebounds to lead Arrowhead.

Stevens Point became the eighth school in WIAA history to have won three straight championships.  Whitefish Bay Dominican has five straight titles (2012-16).  Randolph has four straight tournament titles (2002-05).  Stevens Point is joined by Germantown, Beloit, Marathon, Milwaukee Vincent and Racine St. Catherines to have won three in-a-row. [Read more…]

Following is the schedule for the WIAA Boys State Tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison.

Thursday, March 16

Division 3 Semifinals

Prescott (23-3) vs. Lake Mills (24-2)  1:35 p.m.
Xavier (26-0) vs. Ripon (26-0)  3:15 p.m.

Division 4 Semifinals

Cameron (23-3) vs. Darlington (26-0)  6:35 p.m.
Roncalli (13-13) vs. Destiny (23-1)  8:15 p.m. [Read more…]

Division 5 Semifinals

Young Coggs 59, Washburn 48
Hillsboro 59, Green Bay NEW Lutheran 57

Division 4 Semifinals

Mineral Point 66, Auburndale 59
Dominican 93, Eau Claire Regis 54

Friday’s Schedule

Division 3 Semifinals

Prescott (25-1) vs. Brown Deer (23-4)  9:05 a.m.
Xavier (23-3) vs. East Troy (18-7)  10:45 a.m.

Division 2 Semifinals

Rice Lake (21-5) vs. Greendale (16-10)  1:35 p.m.
West De Pere (20-6) vs. Mount Horeb (21-5)  3:15 p.m.

Division 1 Semifinals

Stevens Point (25-1) vs. West Allis Central (14-12)  6:35 p.m.
Germantown (26-0) vs. Madison East (20-6)  8:15 p.m.