Led by the Ketterhagen family,
Oostburg (Wis.) won its second straight Division 3 state championship and finished as the No. 1 team in the Small Town Top 25 high school girls basketball rankings.
The Small Town Top 25 includes schools with an enrollment of less than 1,000 students in a town with a population of under 10,000.
Oostburg, a school of 328 students in a town with a population just over 3,000, is coached by Isaiah Ketterhagen. Three of his starters are twin daughters
Ady and
Riley along sophomore daughter
Kinsley. The Flying Dutchmen finished 30-0, won their fifth state championship and extended their overall win streak to 36 straight wins dating back to the 2024-25 campaign.
Senior Lexy Santel helped Breese Central go 32-3 en route to the Class 2A state title in Illinois. (PHOTO: Jimmy Simmons)
Ady led the team in scoring at 20.3 points per game while Kinsley averaged 16.7 and Riley averaged 11.3. The twins are headed to Wisconsin-Green Bay next year. Oostburg won by an average of 33 points per game with only three opponents keeping the final margin under 10.
The Wisconsin program beat out teams from Illinois, Texas, Florida and Mississippi.
Breese Central (Breese, Ill.) finished No. 2 with a 32-3 record and a Class 2A state championship. The Cougars were ranked as the No. 4 team overall in the state of Illinois.
finished 38-1 and won the Conference 2A Division 1 state championship in Texas to come in at No. 3.
Williston won the Rural state championship in Florida while
Tishomingo County (Iuka) won the Class 4A state championship in Mississippi.
Read on for a complete look at the final Small Town Top 25 for the 2025-26 season. Schools are listed with their record and MaxPreps computer rating.
Final Small Town Top 25
1.
Oostburg (Wis.), 30-0, 40.4
2.
Breese Central (Breese, Ill.), 32-3, 39.4
3.
Panhandle (Texas), 38-1, 35.5
4.
Williston (Fla.), 22-2, 35.1
5.
Tishomingo County (Iuka, Miss.), 28-2, 34.9
6.
Wall (Texas), 37-3, 34.3
7.
Washington (Okla.), 32-1, 34.0
8.
Cherokee (N.C.), 29-1, 33.7
9.
Brock (Texas), 31-6, 33.6
10.
Southern (Oakland, Md.), 22-5, 33.3
11.
Denton/Stanford/Geyser/Geraldine (Denton, Mont.), 21-0, 33.2
12.
Frewsburg (N.Y.), 22-4, 33.17
13.
Nashville (Ill.), 31-3, 33.15
14.
Lennox (S.D.), 22-3, 33.0
15.
Strafford (Mo.), 29-3, 32.7
16.
Ottawa-Glandorf (Ottawa, Ohio), 28-1, 32.7
17.
Berlin Brothersvalley (Berlin, Pa.), 26-5, 32.4
18.
St. Henry (Ohio), 27-1, 32.2
19.
Cody (Wyo.), 16-0, 32.1
20.
Pleasant Plains (Ill.), 31-3, 32.0
21.
Milford (Neb.), 28-1, 31.5
22.
Bennington (Neb.), 28-0, 31.5
23.
Sugar-Salem (Sugar City, Idaho), 25-1, 31.4
24.
Tipton (Mo.), 24-8, 31.2
25.
Silver Lake (Kan.), 27-1, 31.1
