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WIAA girls' basketball playoff changes for 2019-20

12/06/2019, 12:15pm CST
By Norbert Durst

Girls' basketball playoff assignments for the 2019-20 season are listed in detail below. 

Here are the divisional placements and sectional assignments: 

Division 1
Division 2
Division 3
Division 4
Division 5

NOTABLE CHANGES IN DIVISIONS AND SECTIONALS

In Division 1, reigning state champion Bay Port moves from Sectional #2 to Sectional #1. Arrowhead moves from Sectional #2 to Sectional #4. The Warhawks lost to state champion Bay Port in a sectional final last season. With Bay Port and Arrowhead no longer in Sectional #2 it opens the door for sectional qualifiers Germantown, Brookfield Central and DHSA (Sectional #4 last season), among others, to reach the state tournament. 

The biggest change in Division 2 is Whitefish Bay, a state qualifier last season, moving from Sectional #4 to Sectional #2 that features three-time defending state champion Beaver Dam. 

In Division 3, there were many changes in Sectional #3 and Sectional #4. Laconia, last year's state runner-up, moves from Sectional #4 to Sectional #3, which features two-time defending state champion Marshall. Lake Mills is among the group of teams joining a now wide-open Sectional #4. 

Division 4 didn't have any major changes that jump out as impacting the playoffs. 

Reigning Division 5 state champion Black Hawk moves from Sectional #3 to Sectional #4. Last season, the Warriors were moved from Sectional #4 to Sectional #3, which helped Fall River advance to the state tournament. Eleva-Strum, Independence and River Ridge, among others, now have a much better chance of reaching the state tournament. 

Division 1

Sectional #1

Additions: Bay Port (Sectional #2), De Pere (Sectional #2), Green Bay Preble (Sectional #2) 

Subtractions: Appleton East (Sectional #2), Neenah (Sectional #2), Oshkosh North (Sectional #2), Oshkosh West (Sectional #2)

Sectional #2

Additions: Appleton East (Sectional #1), DSHA (Sectional #4), Green Bay East (Sectional #2), Neenah (Sectional #1), Oshkosh North (Sectional #1), Oshkosh West (Sectional #1), West Bend West (Division 2)  

Subtractions: Arrowhead (Sectional #4), Bay Port (Sectional #1), De Pere (Sectional #1), Green Bay East (Sectional #1), Green Bay Preble (Sectional #1), Oconomowoc (Sectional #4), Sussex Hamilton (Sectional #4) 

Sectional #3

No changes 

Sectional #4

Additions: Arrowhead (Sectional #2), Oconomowoc (Sectional #2), Sussex Hamilton (Sectional #2)

Subtractions: DSHA (Sectional #2) Waukesha North (D2), Waukesha West (D2), West Allis Central (D2)

Division 2

Sectional #1

Additions: None 

Subtractions: Fox Valley Lutheran (Sectional #2) 

Sectional #2

Additions: Fox Valley Lutheran (Sectional #1), Whitefish Bay (Sectional #4) 

Subtractions: Kewaskum (D3), West Bend West (D1)

Sectional #3

Additions: Waukesha West (D1)

Subtractions: East Troy (D3) 

Sectional #4

Additions: Milwaukee School of Languages (D3), Waukesha North (D1), West Allis Central (D1)

Subtractions: Cristo Rey Jesuit (D3), Whitefish Bay (Sectional #2) 

Division 3

Sectional #1

Additions: Saint Croix Falls (D4)

Subtractions: Stratford (D4), Viroqua (Sectional #3), Westby (Sectional #3)

Sectional #2

Additions: Campbellsport (Sectional #4), Kewaskum (D2)

Subtractions: Cedar Grove-Belgium (D4), Southern Door (D4) 

Sectional #3

Additions: Berlin (Sectional #4), Columbus (Sectional #4), Laconia (Sectional #4), Lomira (Sectional #4), Mayville (Sectional #4), North Fond du Lac (Sectional #4), Omro (Sectional #4), Ripon (Sectional #4), Viroqua (Sectional #1), Waupun (Sectional #4), Wautoma (Sectional #4), Westby (Sectional #1), Winneconne (Sectional #4)

Subtractions: Beloit Turner (Sectional #4), Big Foot (Sectional #4), Clinton (Sectional #4), Edgerton (Sectional #4), Lake Mills (Sectional #4), Lakeside Lutheran (Sectional #4), Martin Luther (Sectional #4), Poynette (D4), Racine St. Catherine's (Sectional #4), Saint Francis (Sectional #3), Saint Thomas More (Sectional #3), Shoreland Lutheran (Sectional #4), Whitewater (Sectional #4)

Sectional #4

Additions: Beloit Turner (Sectional #3), Big Foot (Sectional #3), Clinton (Sectional #3), Cristo Rey Jesuit (D2), East Troy (D2), Edgerton (Sectional #3), Lake Mills (Sectional #3), Lakeside Lutheran (Sectional #3), Martin Luther (Sectional #3), Racine St. Catherine's (Sectional #3), Saint Francis (Sectional #3), Saint Thomas More (Sectional #3), Shoreland Lutheran (Sectional #3), Whitewater (Sectional #3)

Subtractions: Brookfield Academy (D4), Campbellsport (Sectional #2), Milwaukee School of Languages (D2)

Division 4

Sectional #1

Additions: Chequamegon (Sectional #2), Phillips (Sectional #2), Neillsville (Sectional #2)

Subtractions: Augusta (D5), Saint Croix Falls (D3), Webster (D5)

Sectional #2

Additions: Montello (Sectional #3), Princeton/Green Lake (Sectional #3), Stratford (D3) 

Subtractions: Chequamegon (Sectional #1), Phillips (Sectional #1), Neillsville (Sectional #1)

Sectional #3

Additions: Dodgeland (Sectional #4), Horicon (Sectional #4), Johnson Creek (D5), Poynette (D3) 

Subtractions: Montello (Sectional #2), Princeton/Green Lake (Sectional #2) 

Sectional #4

Additions: Brookfield Academy (D3), Cedar Grove-Belgium (D3), Living Word Lutheran (D5), Southern Door (D3)

Subtractions: Dodgeland (Sectional #3), Horicon (Sectional #3), Lourdes Academy (D5) 

Division 5

Sectional #1

Additions: Loyal (Sectional #2), Webster (D4) 

Subtractions: Prentice (Sectional #2), Rib Lake (Sectional #2)

Sectional #2

Additions: Faith Christian (Sectional #4), Prentice (Sectional #1), Rib Lake (Sectional #1) 

Subtractions: Columbus Catholic (Sectional #3), Loyal (Sectional #1), PIttsville (Sectional #3) 

Sectional #3

Additions: Augusta (D4), Columbus Catholic (Sectional #2), Coulee Chirstian/Providence Academy (Did not compete in WIAA tourney in 18-19), Pittsville (Sectional #2) 

Subtractions: Benton (Sectional #4), Black Hawk (Sectional #4), Shullsburg (Sectional #4), Southwestern (Sectional #4) 

Sectional #4

Additions: Benton (Sectional #3), Black Hawk (Sectional #3), Lourdes Academy (D4), Shullsburg (Sectional #3), Southwestern (Sectional #3) 

Subtractions: Faith Christian (Sectional #2), Johnson Creek (D4), Living Word Lutheran (D4), Wisconsin School for the Deaf (not competing in WIAA tourney)

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