The 49th Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) Boys Hockey State Tournament and the 18th Girls Hockey State Tournament opens today at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison.

The Boys schedule follows:

#1 University School of Milwaukee (25-2) vs. #8 Onalaska Co-op (24-3)  10 a.m.
#4 Verona (20-5-2) vs. #5 Eau Claire North (17-9-1)  1:15 p.m.
#2 Wausau West (23-3-1) vs. #7 Waukesha North Co-op (16-8-3)  4 p.m.
#4 Neenah Co-op (22-3-2) vs. #6 Hudson (16-10-1)  6:15 p.m.

The winners will meet in Friday’s semifinals at 4 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.  The Championship game is set for 2:15 p.m. on Saturday.

The Girls start on Friday.  The Schedule follows:

#1 Xavier Co-op (22-4) vs. #4 Sun Prairie Co-op (14-7-3)  10 a.m.
#2 D.C. Everest Co-op (20-6) vs. #3 Hudson (15-9-2)  12:15 p.m.

The girls championship game starts at 12:10 p.m. on Saturday.

The 47th annual WIAA boys state hockey tournament opens today at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Madison.

Opening day starts with four quarterfinal games.

Waukesha (24-3) vs. Arrowhead (24-2-1)  11 a.m.
Bay Port (19-9) vs. Sun Prairie (17-8-1)  1:15 p.m.
Hudson (24-2-1) vs. Eau Claire Memorial (19-7-1)  5 p.m.
Wausau West (23-3-1) vs. West Salem/Bangor (22-3-1)  7:15 p.m.

The 16th annual girls state hockey tournament opens play with semifinal action on Friday.

Hayward Co-op (19-5-2) vs. Green Bay East Co-op (21-3-3) 11 a.m.
D.C. Everest Co-op (20-4-1) vs. Sun Prairie Co-op (20-3-4) 1:15 p.m.

The girls championship game is set for noon on Saturday.  The boys championship is set for 2:15 p.m. on Saturday.

In WIAA Boys state hockey tournament quarterfinals on Thursday,

Superior 6, Fond du Lac 3

Superior (18-7-1) scored three unanswered goals in a 5-minute span of the third period to knock off Fond du Lac (22-4-2) 6-3.

Eau Claire 2, Whitefish Bay Co-op 1

Eau Claire Memorial (21-6-1) broke a 3-3 tie with a Jacob Bresser goal in the third period to give the Old Abes a 2-1 win.  Alex Geving made 29 saves for Memorial.

GB Notre Dame 7, Wisconsin Rapids 0

Defending champion Notre Dame (25-1-1) blanked Wisconsin Rapids (18-9) in its quarterfinal on Thursday.  The Tritons scored 3 in the first period and four times in the third.

Riley Christensen had a hat trick for Notre Dame..

Verona 6, Wausau West 3

Nolan Kepler tallied a hat trick to lead Verona (26-2) to a 6-3 victory over Wausau West (17-10-1) in their quarterfinal game.

Friday’s Semifinals

Verona (26-2) vs. Notre Dame (25-1-1) – 6pm
Eau Claire Memorial (21-6-1) vs. Superior (19-7-1 – 8:15pm

Saturday, March 2 Championship game 2:15pm