UW-Madison to continue hosting high school championships
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association have agreed to a seven-year contract extension to host state high school athletic tournaments on the Madison campus.
The WIAA will hold tournaments for high school boys’ basketball, football, golf, wrestling, and softball at UW facilities in Madison through the spring of 2020.
The association says that with the exception of 1936, the boys’ basketball tournament has been held in Madison since 1920, and the wrestling championships have been held there since 1949.
The WIAA state tournaments in 2011-2012 drew a paid attendance of about 237,000 people, as well as thousands of additional participants, coaches and school administrators.
State swimming, diving, and tennis tournaments will continue to be held on the UW campus but are not part of the new agreement.
Nov 17, 2012 at 4:43 p.m.
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the girls tournament will be held in Green Bay thru 2014, this is the quote from a different article about the girls tournament. "The WIAA also said the move could help highlight the girls tournament, making it more of an exclusive event that won't have to compete with many other events in Madison that weekend, such as a hockey tournamen"
Nov 17, 2012 at 9:28 a.m.
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The article says nothing about girl's basketball state championships.
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