NEILLSVILLE GIRLS BB IN SEMI-FINALS AT WAUSAU
Sunday, July 12th, 2009 -- 6:15 AM
One of the largest and most prestigious girls basketball tournaments in the state is going on this weekend in Wausau. It?s the 2009 Girls High School Elite Invitational Tournament , put on by the Great Northwest Basketball League. 89 teams competed in the event, with all but a few of those teams coming from Wisconsin. Neillsville, coached by Michael Gaier, is competing in the Division 3 field where they finished 3-1 in pool play so they were seeded 4th in the round of 16 and beat Boyceville 48-39 yesterday afternoon. Neillsville also beat Caledonia, MN in a quarterfinal game last evening 47-37 to make it to the semi-finals this morning where they will play Shoreland Lutheran at 9:20, a team they lost by 15 to in their first game on Friday. Also in the semi-finals are Oostburg and Osseo-Fairchild. . Winners will play in the championship this afternoon while the losers will play in the third place game, also this afternoon. Owen-Withee and Marshfield Columbus are playing games this morning in the Consolation Semi-finals in Division 4 and Thorp is playing a couple of games today in the Friendship Bracket in Division 4.Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.