Jeff Pustina has resigned as the head coach at Cuba City after 32 years at the helm. Pustina guided the Cubans to nine state titles and posted a career record a 662-139. The 662 wins are third all-time in girls’ state history.
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Today marks eight years with
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Had a great three days at the State Tournament! Was great to have it back to normal and being able to see all the great supporters of girls basketball in the state. Congrats to the state champions: Kettle Moraine, Notre Dame, Waupun, Mineral Point, and Randolph.
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Mike Flanagan has stepped down as the head girls’ basketball coach at Black Hawk after 15 years at the helm. He compiled a 309-71 career record and guided the Warriors to seven state tournament appearances: 1 gold ball and 2 runner-up finishes.
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Monroe 2019 PG Sydney Hilliard, a Wisconsin recruit, became the school’s all-time leading scorer for boys and girls yesterday. She now has 1,621 points, surpassing Dave Gram's (1960 graduate) 1,616 points.
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Beaver Dam will have SIX players on its 2018-19 team with Division I offers.
Tara Stauffacher, Wisconsin recruit
Aly Van Loo, North Dakota recruit
Paige Schumann, Eastern Illinois recruit
Maty Wilke
Jada Donaldson
Paige Hodgson
McFarland 2024 W Teagan Mallegni (6-0) scored 62 points in a 79-51 victory against East Troy. The 62 points are the 2nd-most points scored in a game in state history. She added 8 rebounds, 5 steals, and 3 blocks in the win.
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Luxemburg-Casco 2019 G Jenna Jorgensen (5-9) has committed to play for coach Brad Fischer and the UW-Oshkosh Titans.
15.7 PPG | 5.3 RPG | 2.3 APG | 3.5 SPG | 1.5 BPG for the 20-5 Spartans
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We are directing positive thoughts toward Beaver Dam girls basketball coach Tim Chase. He told me he is beginning a medical leave of absence from teaching and coaching after a recent cancer diagnosis. There is a story online at .
Caron Townsend has retired as the head coach at River Ridge after 31 years at the helm. Townsend compiled a 537-195 career record, was inducted into the WBCA Hall of Fame, and guided the Timberwolves to a Division 5 state runner-up finish in 2011.
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Al Guthman has stepped down as the head coach at Owen-Withee after 48 years at the helm. He is the winningest girls’ basketball coach in state history with 710 wins.
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Black Hawk 2020 G Hannah Butler (5-7) has committed to play for coach Kelly McNiff and the UW-Platteville Pioneers.
Travel ball with
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18.7 PPG | 6.8 RPG | 2 APG | 4.5 SPG for the Warriors, winners of past 54 games. WBCA all-state
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Maty Wilke's career totals with ranks in Beaver Dam history
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1299 career points - 1st
518 rebounds - 2nd
378 assists - 4th
281 steals - 2nd
251 steals - 2nd
86-6 career record, only in-state loss was against Aquinas last season.
3 trips to state with 2 Gold Balls
Today marks nine years with . I'm grateful for those who have helped me over the years and look forward to many more years covering girls/women's basketball!
Former Xavier head coach AC Clothier has been named the new head girls' basketball coach at Hortonville, replacing Celeste Ratka who stepped down after the season.
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Undefeated teams in
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D1 - Bay Port
D2 - none
D3 - Laconia, Prairie du Chien
D4 - Aquinas, Colby
D5 - Black Hawk, Clayton
Aquinas has the state’s longest active winning streak at 45 games.
Thank you to
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for leaving the program better than what it was prior to your hiring. Appreciate that you cared about the state and built relationships while also working hard to recruit the best players in the state. Best of luck to you in your next journey!
The University of Wisconsin has made a change in its women’s basketball program and will conduct a search for a new head coach, Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez announced Tuesday.
Took this selfie so we could document a couple of Wisconsin kids right before the WNBA draft - ended the night becoming teammates. Who would have thought? 💚💙
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Beaver Dam 2024 W/F Gabby Wilke (6-2) has verbally committed to NCAA D-I University of South Dakota and head coach Kayla (Tetschlag) Karius.
16.6 PPG | 37 3PM | 5.1 RPG | 2.6 APG as a soph.. WBCA D-2 All-State.. coached by WBCA HOF coach Tim Chase
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UW-Green Bay head coach Kevin Borseth’s coaching tree is strong:
Kati Coleman, Bay Port (1st in FRCC)
Sara Rohde, Notre Dame (2nd in FRCC)
Erin Barkley, GBSW (3rd in FRCC)
Celeste Ratka, Hortonville (T-2nd in FVA)
Dawn Plitzuweit Univ. of South Dakota (1st in Summit)
Brad Lutes has been named the new girls’ basketball coach at Cuba City. He replaces WBCA Hall of Fame coach Jeff Pustina, who is now an assistant women’s basketball coach at UW-Platteville.
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Former Platteville standout Nicki (Taggart) Collen, who played collegiately at Purdue and Marquette, named HC at Baylor after previously coaching the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA.
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Angie Murphy has retired from coaching after spending 19 years as the head coach at Verona.
Murphy, a WBCA Hall of Famer as a player at Middleton, compiled a 323-126 record, guiding the Wildcats to five WIAA State Tournament appearances, including D1 state title in 2016
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UW-Oshkosh has commitments from 7 of the top 45 players from the class of 2022 by
#26
Kate Huml
#28
Mahra Wieman
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Sara Hardwick
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Avery Poole
#36
Leah Lemke
#44
Mayah Holzhueter
#45
Mallory Lindsey
Link to Top 50
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Notre Dame head coach Sara Rohde, 230-62 overall, has guided the Tritons to back-to-back state titles for the second time in her career. She now has four Division 2 state titles in the last nine years.
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Lost to the North in the Badger Conference All-Star Game, 75-72. Enjoyed coaching the South squad, fun group of competitors. Wisconsin recruit Sydney Hilliard (Monroe) finished with a game-high 26 points.
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Wausau East ends a 141-game Wisconsin Valley Conference losing streak tonight by beating Merrill 47-38. Their last league win was against Rhinelander 44-35 on March 4, 2010.
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Kimberly 2019 W/G Shea Dechant (5-7) has committed to NCAA Division II Winona State.
14.3 PPG | 5.7 RPG | 4.2 APG | 1.9 SPG for the Papermakers, a Division 1 state qualifier
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Beaver Dam 2021 G Maty Wilke (5-10) has added a scholarship offer from Michigan State.
12.3 PPG for D2 state champs
Travel ball with North Tartan-TRU
Full list of offers:
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Drake recruit Maggie Negaard (2018) became the all-time leading scorer in Stevens Point girls basketball history tonight, passing Janel McCarville who held the previous mark of 1,150. Negaard now has 1,164 career points.
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Prairie du Chien 2022 G Lily Krahn (5-10) has committed to head coach Marisa Moseley and the Wisconsin Badgers.
Travel ball with
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20.6 PPG | 58 3PM | 4.8 RPG | 3.0 APG | 2.8 SPG | WBCA D3 All-State as a jr for the 17-3 Blackhawks
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Classic Eight All-Conference list is posted. Mukwonago 2020 Angie Cera, a Milwaukee commit, and Oconomowoc 2020 Olivia Sobczak share Player of the Year honors
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Iowa-Grant 2020 G Olivia Liddicoat (5-8) has committed to play for coach Kelly McNiff and the UW-Platteville Pioneers.
17.8 PPG | 8 RPG | 3.7 APG | 3 SPG for the Panthers
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