2021 WIAA STATE GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF BRACKETS ANNOUNCED
Updated: Jan 31, 2021
By Paul Lecker
For Zaleski Sports
The brackets for the 2021 WIAA State Girls Basketball Playoffs were released Sunday.
Postseason play begins with regional quarterfinals in five divisions on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Regional semifinals are set for Friday, Feb. 12, and regional championship games are Saturday, Feb. 13.
Sectionals will be played Thursday, Feb. 18, and Saturday, Feb. 20, with the four sectional champions in each division qualifying for the 2021 WIAA State Girls Basketball Tournament. The state tournament will be held at two different sites, with the La Crosse Center hosting three division tournaments from Feb. 25-27. The other site has yet to be announced.
Five area teams are in the same Sectional 1 bracket in Division 1. Marshfield is the No. 5 seed in its regional and will play at No. 4 La Crosse Central in a regional quarterfinal Feb. 9. The winner plays at No. 1 seed Wisconsin Rapids on Feb. 12.
In another Division 1 regional, No. 4 D.C. Everest will host No. 5 Appleton North on Feb. 9, with the winner play at No. 1 Wausau West on Feb. 12. Stevens Point is the No. 3 seed and will play at No. 2 Hortonville in a regional semifinal Feb. 12.
Mosinee is the No. 1 seed in its Division 2 Sectional 1 regional and earned a first-round bye. Mosinee will host the winner of No. 5 Rhinelander at No. 4 Medford in a regional semifinal Feb. 12. In the bottom half of the same bracket, No. 6 Wausau East will play at No. 3 Lakeland on Feb. 9, with the winner moving on to a matchup at No. 2 Merrill on Feb. 12.
Three local teams are in the same Division 3 regional bracket in Sectional 1. No. 4 Colby will host No. 5 Stanley-Boyd in a regional quarterfinal on Feb. 9, with the winner moving on to play at No. 1 Neillsville on Feb. 12. Stratford is the No. 3 seed in the regional and will play at No. 2 Osseo-Fairchild in a regional semifinal Feb. 12.
Amherst is the No. 1 seed in its regional in Sectional 2 in Division 3 and will host the winner of No. 5 Tomahawk at No. 4 Northland Pines on Feb. 12.
Auburndale grabbed a No. 1 seed in its regional in the Division 4 Sectional 3 bracket. The Eagles will host a regional semifinal on Feb. 12 against the winner of No. 5 Stevens Point Pacelli at No. 4 Wild Rose. Also in the same bracket, No. 6 Pittsville will play at No. 3 Iola-Scandinavia, with the winner moving on to a regional semifinal at No. 2 Rosholt.
In a regional of the D-4 Sectional 1 bracket, Edgar is a No. 1 seed and will host the winner of No. 5 Abbotsford at No. 4 Spencer on Feb. 12. No. 3 Marathon hosts No. 6 Thorp in another regional quarterfinal, with the winner moving on to a regional semifinal at No. 2 Cadott on Feb. 12.
Athens is the No. 1 seed in its Division 5 Sectional 2 regional and will be at home for a regional semifinal against the winner of No. 5 Wausau Newman Catholic at No. 4 Mercer. In the same regional, No. 6 Owen-Withee will play a regional quarterfinal Feb. 9 at No. 3 Rib Lake, with the winner playing Feb. 12 at No. 2 seed Prentice.
In the Division 5 Sectional 3 bracket, Wisconsin Rapids Assumption earned a No. 1 seed and a first-round bye in its regional. Assumption will host the winner of No. 5 Greenwood at No. 4 Port Edwards on Feb. 12.
In the same regional, Marshfield Columbus Catholic is the No. 3 seed and will host a regional quarterfinal against No. 6 Granton on Feb. 9. The winner plays a regional semifinal at No. 2 Loyal on Feb. 12.
2021 WIAA State Girls Basketball Playoffs
Division 1
Sectional 1
Regional quarterfinals, Feb. 9
No. 5 Chippewa Falls at No. 4 River Falls
No. 5 Marshfield at No. 4 La Crosse Central
No. 6 Eau Claire Memorial at No. 3 Holmen
No. 5 Appleton North at No. 4 D.C. Everest
No. 5 Green Bay Preble at No. 4 Bay Port
No. 6 Green Bay East at No. 3 Green Bay Southwest
Regional semifinals, Feb. 12
River Falls-Chippewa Falls winner at No. 1 Hudson
No. 3 Superior at No. 2 Menomonie
La Crosse Central-Marshfield winner at No. 1 Wisconsin Rapids
Holmen-Eau Claire Memorial winner at No. 2 Eau Claire North
D.C. Everest-Appleton North winner at No. 1 Wausau West
No. 3 Stevens Point at No. 2 Hortonville
Bay Port-Green Bay Preble winner at No. 1 De Pere
Green Bay Southwest-Green Bay East winner at No. 2 Pulaski
Sectional 2
Regional quarterfinals, Feb. 9
No. 5 Appleton West at No. 4 Kaukauna
No. 5 Sheboygan South at No. 4 Oshkosh North
No. 6 Manitowoc at No. 3 Fond du Lac
No. 5 West Bend East at No. 4 Hartford
No. 5 Menomonee Falls at No. 4 Glendale Nicolet
Regional semifinals, Feb. 12
Appleton West-Kaukauna winner at No. 1 Kimberly
No. 3 Neenah at No. 2 Appleton East
Oshkosh North-Sheboygan South winner at No. 1 Sheboygan North
Fond du Lac-Manitowoc winner at No. 2 Oshkosh West
Hartford-West Bend East winner at No. 1 Beaver Dam
No. 3 West Bend West at No. 2 Slinger
Nicolet-Menomonee Falls winner at No. 1 Germantown
No. 3 Mequon Homestead at No. 2 Cedarburg
Sectional 3
Regional quarterfinals, Feb. 9
No. 5 Middleton at No. 4 Oregon
No. 5 Janesville Parker at No. 4 Milton
No. 5 Waukesha North at No. 4 Sussex Hamilton
No. 5 Waukesha South at No. 4 Mukwonago
No. 6 Elkhorn at No. 3 Lake Geneva Badger
Regional semifinals, Feb. 12
Oregon-Middleton winner vs. No. 1 Waunakee at Baraboo, 6 p.m.
No. 3 DeForest vs. No. 2 Verona at Baraboo, 8 p.m.