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2026 WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament scoreboard & recap

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MADISON – The 110th Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Boys Basketball Tournament concluded Saturday, March 21, with five championship games at the Kohl Center.

Championship Saturday kicked off with the Division 5 final which Reedsville won over Southwestern 56-48.

Reedsville (28-3) was making its first state tournament appearance since its only other trip in 1946, when it won the then all-division title as well.

Milwaukee Juneau (28-1) defeated Cambridge (20-10) 62-54 in the Division 4 championship game in the first-ever trip to state for each program.

Racine St. Catherine’s (24-4) rolled to a 61-41 win over Seymour (28-2) to take the Division 3 title game. St. Catherine’s won its seventh state title go along with others earned in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012.

Whitefish Bay (24-6) won its fourth state title with a 77-46 rout of Slinger (25-5) in the Division 2 championship game. Whitefish Bay also won state titles in 1996, 1998 and 2011, the last time it was at state.

The tournament wrapped up with Wisconsin Lutheran finishing off a perfect 30-0 season and capturing its third-straight championship with a 57-37 victory over Madison Memorial (278-3) in the Division 1 final.

Wisconsin Lutheran won Division 2 titles in 2009, 2014 and 2024, as well as the D-1 championship last season.

2026 WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament
March 19-21, at Kohl Center, Madison
Thursday, March 19
Division 3 Semifinals
No. 1 Seymour (28-1) 67, No. 4 St. Croix Central (19-10) 47
No. 3 Racine St. Catherine’s (23-4) 72, No. 2 Lake Mills (26-3) 67
Division 4 Semifinals
No. 4 Cambridge (20-9) 71, No. 1 Bonduel (25-4) 49
No. 2 Milwaukee Juneau (27-1) 72, No. 3 Eau Claire Regis (23-6) 54
Friday, March 20
Division 5 Semifinals
No. 1 Reedsville (27-3) 75, No. 4 Sheboygan Lutheran (23-7) 72
No. 3 Southwestern (24-6) 69, No. 2 Prentice (25-4) 65
Division 2 Semifinals
No. 1 Slinger (25-4) 83, No. 4 McFarland (23-6) 52
No. 3 Whitefish Bay (23-6) 64, No. 2 West Salem (24-5) 58
Division 1 Semifinals
No. 1 Wisconsin Lutheran (29-0) 68, No. 4 Appleton North (24-5) 61
No. 3 Madison Memorial (27-2) 75, No. 2 De Pere (25-4) 62
Saturday, March 21
Championship Games
Division 5: Reedsville (28-3) 56, Southwestern (24-7) 48
Division 4: Milwaukee Juneau (28-1) 62, Cambridge (20-10) 54
Division 3: Racine St. Catherine’s (24-4) 61, Seymour (28-2) 41
Division 2: Whitefish Bay (24-6) 77, Slinger (25-5) 46
Division 1: Wisconsin Lutheran (30-0) 57, Madison Memorial (27-3) 37