Schedule and players to watch for events at Kettle Moraine and Brookfield Central
The top girls basketball Thanksgiving events in Wisconsin are at Kettle Moraine High School and Brookfield Central High School on Friday and Saturday (Nov. 28-29).
You can find the schedule for both events, along with players to watch, below.
The rankings included below are the MaxPreps Preseason rankings. The first WBCA/MaxPreps Coaches Poll will be on Tuesday, Dec. 2.
The Kettle Moraine Thanksgiving Classic features 27 games across the two days. Eight of the teams advanced to the WIAA state tournament last season, including defending state champions Kimberly (D1), Wauwatosa East (D2), and Oostburg (D3). The showcase has fifteen of the 20 teams ranked in the
MaxPreps Preseason Top 10 rankings in Division 1 and 2 at the event.
Top Players to Watch Tessa Bryan (2027, D-I offers),
Rowan Counsell (2027, D-I offers),
Haylie Dulas (2027, D-I offers),
Giselle Janowski (2026, Wisconsin commit),
Ady Ketterhagen (2026, UW-Green Bay commit),
Kinsley Ketterhagen (2028, D-I offers),
Rowan Klesmit (2026, Wright State commit),
Natalie Kussow (2026, Minnesota commit),
Kyrin Lile (2026, UW-Green Bay commit),
Mikaia Litza (2026, DePaul commit),
Anna Miller (2027, Wisconsin commit),
Nyajuacni Riak (2028, D-I offers),
Ella Sweeney (2027, D-I offers),
Kaia Waldrop (2026, D-II Grand Valley State commit),
Ava Van Vonderen (2027, D-I offers)
Other Notable PlayersAspen Abel (2026),
Natalie Backhaus (2026, D-II Sioux Falls commit),
Ellie Buss (2026, D-II Maryville Unviersity commit),
Rachael Chilicki (2026, D-I Mount St. Mary’s commit),
Emma Close (2026, D-I Northern Illinois commit),
Taylor Gifford (2026, D-II Northern Michigan commit),
Libby Gilmore (2026),
Londyn Hollins (2028),
Vanessa Johnson (2026, D-II Florida Southern commit),
Riley Ketterhagen (2026, D-I UW-Green Bay commit),
Bella Klages (2026, D-I California Baptist commit),
Karina Klemz (2027),
Rita Kuepper (2027, D-I UW-Milwaukee commit),
Quinn Lodes (2028),
Audrey Meudt (2026, D-III UW-Oshkosh commit),
Sage Miskel (2026),
Grace Mitchell (2027),
Kaelyn Nommensen (2027, D-I offers),
Graycin Phillips (2026, D-II Grand Valley State commit),
Sophia Place (2027),
Hayley Quinn (2026, D-II Augustana Unviersity commit),
Presly Samz (2026, D-I Lipscomb commit),
Abigail Tassoul (2026),
Joscelyn Tewes (2026),
Beanie Thompson (2027),
Sidney Zehner (2027)
Friday, Nov. 28 - Games in west and east gyms
11:40 a.m. -
Divine Savior Holy Angels (Milwaukee) vs.
Kettle Moraine (Wales)1:30 p.m. -
Germantown vs.
New Berlin Eisenhower 2 p.m. -
Slinger vs.
Madison La Follette 4:30 p.m. - D1 No. 3
Waunakee vs. D2 No. 5
Wisconsin Lutheran (Milwaukee)6 p.m. -
River Falls vs.
Fond du Lac
6 p.m. -
Hudson vs. D2 No. 3
Whitefish Bay 7:30 p.m. - D2 No. 1
Edgewood (Madison) vs. D1 No. 5
Hartford Saturday, Nov. 29 - Games in west, middle, and east gyms
11:30 a.m. -
River Falls vs.
New Berlin West11:40 a.m. -
Racine Park vs.
Kettle Moraine (Wales)12:15 p.m. -
New Berlin Eisenhower vs.
Slinger 1 p.m. - D2 No. 10
Elkhorn vs.
Waukesha West2:30 p.m. -
West De Pere (De Pere) vs.
Hamilton (Sussex)3 p.m. -
Appleton East vs.
Hudson 3:30 p.m. -
Oshkosh West vs.
Oconomowoc 4 p.m. -
Sheboygan Falls vs.
Germantown 4:30 p.m. - D1 No. 10
Neenah vs. D1 No. 3
Waunakee5:15 p.m. -
Homestead (Mequon) vs.
Muskego 5:45 p.m. - D3 No. 5
Winneconne vs. D3 No. 8
Wisconsin Dells 6 p.m. - D2 No. 3
Whitefish Bay vs. D1 No. 1
Arrowhead (Hartland)7 p.m. - D1 No. 5
Hartford vs. D1 No. 7
Notre Dame Academy (Green Bay)
The Brookfield Central Thanksgiving Shootout has 23 games over two days.
Players to Watch Aspen Abel (2026),
Ariell Allen (2027),
Rihanna Barker (2027),
Aniya Blackmon (2026),
Kate Boinski (2026),
Hanna Bultman (2026),
Laila White (2026),
Taylor Gifford (2026, D-II Northern Michigan commit), Ady Ketterhagen (2026, UW-Green Bay commit), Kinsley Ketterhagen (2028, D-I offers), Riley Ketterhagen (2026, UW-Green Bay commit),
Nayeli Kilen (2026),
Brynn Krull (2026),
Brooklyn Love (2026),
Brooklyn Luehring (2028),
Mya Meyer (2028),
Eden Mueller (2028),
Maricella Rivera (2027),
Dylan Romero (2026),
Camryn Smith (2026),
Chelinda Spector (2027),
Amirah Taylor (2026), Kaia Waldrop (2026, D-II Grand Valley State commit),
Maddy Winter (2027)
Friday, Nov. 28 - Games in main and auxiliary gyms
9:45 a.m. -
Salam (Milwaukee) vs.
Milwaukee Reagan 12:45 p.m. - D3 No. 1
Oostburg vs. D1 No. 7
Notre Dame Academy (Green Bay) 2:45 p.m. -
Lake Country Lutheran (Hartland) vs.
Waterford 4:15 p.m. -
Brookfield Central vs.
Waukesha West 6 p.m. - D4 No. 2
Dominican (Whitefish Bay) vs. D2 No. 7
Milton7:45 p.m. -
Milwaukee Academy of Science vs.
Milwaukee School of LanguagesSaturday, Nov. 29 - Games in main and auxiliary gyms
10:15 a.m. - D2 No. 8
Pius XI Catholic (Milwaukee) vs.
East Troy11:45 p.m. - D4 No. 2
Dominican (Whitefish Bay) vs. D2 No. 4
Xavier (Appleton)1:30 p.m. -
Greenfield vs.
St. Catherine's (Racine)1:45 p.m. -
Cedarburg vs. D2 9
Union Grove3:15 p.m. -
Milwaukee School of Languages vs.
Port Washington5 p.m. –
Franklin vs.
Lake Country Lutheran (Hartland)5:15 p.m. -
Indian Trail (Kenosha) vs.
Milwaukee Academy of Science6:45 p.m. -
Golda Meir (Milwaukee, Wis.) vs.
South Milwaukee
