The Section 8A Boys Basketball seeds and bracket have been announced, with Cass Lake-Bena and Fertile-Beltrami earning the top seeds. The seeds and bracket are below.
WEST SUB-SECTION –
1. Fertile-Beltrami
2. Red Lake County
3. Goodridge/Grygla
4. Sacred Heart
5. Northern Freeze
6. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
7. Kittson County Central
8. Stephen-Argyle
9. Climax-Fisher
10. Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
EAST SUB-SECTION-
1. Cass Lake-Bena
2. Win-E-Mac
3. Red Lake
4. Mahnomen/Waubun
5. Fosston
6. Bagley
7. Clearbrook-Gonvick
8. Kelliher/Northome
9. Blackduck
10. Lake of the Woods
PLAY-IN GAMES (Monday, March 4 at high seeds)
West Sub-Section-
#9 Climax-Fisher at #8 Stephen-Argyle (at Stephen) ON KROX RADIO
#10 BGMR at #7 Kittson County Central (at Lancaster)
East Sub-Section-
#10 Lake of the Woods at #7 Clearbrook-Gonvick (at Clearbrook)
#9 Blackduck at #8 Kelliher/Northome (at Northome)
FIRST ROUND GAMES (Thursday, March 7)
West Sub-section
Game 1 – SA/CF winner vs #1 Fertile-Beltrami 6:00 PM at UMC
Game 2 – #5 Northern Freeze vs #4 Sacred Heart 7:45 PM at UMC
Game 3 – BGMR/KCC winner vs #2 Red Lake County 6:00 PM at NCTC
Game 4 – #6 Warren-Alvarado-Oslo vs #3 Goodridge/Grygla 7:45 PM at NCTC
East Sub-section
Game 5 – Blackduck/NK winner at Cass Lake-Bena 7:00 PM at Cass Lake
Game 6 – #5 Fosston vs #4 Mahnomen/Waubun 7:00 PM at Mahnomen
Game 7 – CG/LOW winner at #2 Win-E-Mac 7:00 PM at Erskine
Game 8 – #6 Bagley at #3 Red Lake 7:00 PM at Red Lake
QUARTER-FINALS (Saturday, March 9 at Ralph Englestad Arena in TRF)
NOON – GAME 1 winner vs Game 2 winner (on KROX Radio)
1:45 PM – Game 3 winner vs Game 4 winner (on KROX Radio)
3:30 PM – Game 5 winner vs Game 6 winner (on KROX Radio)
5:15 PM – Game 7 winner vs Game 8 winner (on KROX Radio)
SEMI-FINALS (Wednesday, March 13 at REA in TRF)
6:00 PM – West sub-section championship (on KROX Radio and KROX TV)
7:45 PM – East sub-section championship (on KROX Radio and KROX TV)
CHAMPIONSHIP (Friday, March 15 at REA in TRF)
7:00 PM – On KROX Radio and KROX TV
