Okay so this morning I was thinking, man, I gotta get the schedule for next year’s WV girls state hoops tourney. My niece is playing and tickets are gonna be a nightmare. Figured it had to be online somewhere, right? But man, I remembered last year it was like pulling teeth finding times that weren’t already outdated.
The Starting Point: Pure Frustration
First thing, I grabbed my coffee and fired up the laptop. Went straight to the main high school sports site for the state – you know the one, kinda official-looking but feels ancient. Searched for “2025 girls basketball tournament”. What garbage. Nothing but news blurbs about last year’s champs. Zero info about next year. Totally useless.
Hitting a Wall & Trying Random Spots
Alright, fine. Time to dig deeper. I started poking around other sites I knew sometimes had schedules:
- Checked that big regional sports news hub everyone talks about – nope, just articles and ads.
- Looked at the main statewide athletics association portal – confusing menus, found soccer, found wrestling, but basketball? Nada for 2025.
- Even tried searching the specific arena’s website where it’s usually held. Dead end. They had events listed for next month, but nothing about March 2025.
Felt like I was going in circles. Almost gave up and figured I’d have to wait months.
The Breakthrough Moment
Then I remembered that niche forum for WV high school sports parents. Bingo! Scrolled through some posts about summer leagues and spotted a comment: “Anyone else find the 2025 brackets on the ScoresZone portal yet?” ScoresZone! That was the specific tournament scheduling site they used last year. Completely slipped my mind.
The Actual Step-by-Step Hunt
Rushed back to ScoresZone. Their homepage is always messy. Ignored everything flashing at me and went straight for the tiny “Tournaments” tab up top. Clicked it. Had to filter down:
- State: West Virginia
- Sport: Basketball
- Gender: Girls
- Season: 2024-2025 (it was defaulted to current year, had to change it)
Finally! Saw “WVSSAC Girls State Basketball Championship – 2025” listed. Clicked that sucker so fast.
Victory & The Final Scoop
There it was! The full schedule, broken down by day and session. Dates (March 12-15), specific game times, even listed which schools were projected to play which days based on regions. Goldmine. Highlighted the day my niece’s team would likely play if they make it. Printed the whole session schedule too – just clicked the little print icon right on the page. Easy peasy. Done before my coffee got cold.