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(NewsDakota.com) A team from District 1 will be a representative at the State Class B Boys Basketball Tournament next weekend in Minot. 

The Milnor Bison defeated the Fargo Oak Grove Grovers 73-70 in the Region I Championship game to punch their ticket to the State Tournament. Milnor returns to the tournament for the first time since 2004, and becomes the first team in District 1 since 2009 to make it out of Region 1. 

In the third place game, the Maple Valley Raiders defeated the Central Cass Squirrels 70-55; the first time this season in which the Raiders took down the Squirrles.

As the representative from Region I, the Bison will take on the winner from Region 5 in the second game on Thursday March 9 at the Minot State Dome. Coverage of the opening round, as well as the State Semi-Finals and State Championship next Thursday thru Saturday can be heard on TED FM 98.3, KDDR-AM 1220, KDAK-AM 1600 and NewsDakota.com