Tourneys scheduled for March 7-9 at Brookings (Class A) and Rapid City (Class B)
Pairings have been finalized for the state Class A and B girls basketball tournament that run next week in Brookings and Rapid City.
The teams won state-qualifying SoDak 16 games on Thursday to advance to the state tourneys scheduled for March 7-9 at the Dacotah Bank Center in Brookings (Class A) and in the Summit Arena at The Monument in Rapid City (Class B).
Here are the first-round matchups (All times are Central):
State A Girls Basketball
No. 1 Sisseton (21-1) vs. No. 8 Mount Vernon-Plankinton (18-5), noon
No. 4 Vermillion (19-4) vs. No. 5 Mahpíya Lúta (formerly Red Cloud), 1:45 p.m.
No. 2 Sioux Falls Christian (20-2) vs. No. 7 Hanson (17-5), 6 p.m.
No. 3 Flandreau (23-0) vs. No. 6 Tea Area (19-4), 7:45 p.m.
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State B Girls Basketball
No. 1 Arlington (21-2) vs. No. 8 James Valley Christian (16-6), 1 p.m.
No. 4 Ethan (20-2) vs. No. 5 Wall (19-4), 2:45 p.m.
No. 2 Harding County (22-0) vs. No. 7 Lyman (20-2), 7 p.m.
No. 3 Centerville (21-2) vs. No. 6 Warner (21-2), 8:45 p;m.
SoDak 16 Scores
CLASS A
Flandreau 58, Hill City 32
Hanson 49, Florence-Henry 45
Mahpíya Lúta Red Cloud High School 81, Belle Fourche 49
Mt. Vernon-Plankinton 46, Aberdeen Roncalli 40
Sioux Falls Christian 62, Miller 22
Sisseton 63, Tri-Valley 52
Vermillion 60, Winner 30
Tea 62, Mobridge-Pollock 37
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CLASS B
Arlington 69, Gayville-Volin High School 57
Centerville 66, Tripp-Delmont-Armour 45
Ethan 62, Andes Central/Dakota Christian 59, OT
Harding County 58, Northwestern 25
James Valley Christian 61, Lemmon High School 50
Lyman 63, Kadoka 48
Wall 75, Colman-Egan 44
Warner 61, Herreid-Selby 47
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