Below is a list of Missouri state high school girls basketball championships sanctioned by the Missouri State High School Activities Association since the organization began holding the tournaments in 1973.
[1] Girls basketball in Missouri started as early as the 1920s, but was played by schools mostly in the rural areas north of current U.S. Route 36.
[2] A series of regional tournaments were held in Monroe City, Missouri from 1927 to 1933.
[2] However the advent of World War II and gas rationing caused their discontinuation.
[2] Regional girls basketball tournaments did not resume in Missouri until 1972.