Valley City, ND (NewsDakota.com) – The Class B District 1 Boys Basketball Tournament began at the W.E. Osman Fieldhouse on Friday, February 23rd with quarterfinal action.

You can catch the entire Tournament on KDDR The Tornado or KBMW.

Results will be posted below as games go final.

*STATE RANKINGS IN (Parenthesis)*

Game 1 – #1 (#9) Sargent County Bulldogs 56-47 #8 Maple River Raiders 

The Sargent County Bulldogs survived a raid by the Maple River Raiders in the first round. The game started well for the Bulldogs as they built up to a 15 point lead after leading by 12 in the first quarter 19-7. However the Raiders battled back to bring it to a 30-20 game at half. The Raiders kept riding high as they would battle it back to with in 6 as the score would be 37-31 after 3 quarters of play. The Bulldogs would see their lead shrink to 1 at one point before building the lead back up and outlasting the Raiders winning 56-47.

The leading all around scorer was the Raiders’ Carter Baasch with 17 (6/11 FG, 5/5 FT). For Sargent County Kolten Kadoun and Luke Martinson both had 14. Tee Sylling of Maple River had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

The Bulldogs advance to the Semfinals while Maple River has their season on the line on Monday February 26th.

Game 2 – #4 Oakes Tornadoes 67-64 #5 Wyndmere-Lidgerwood Warbirds 

The Wyndmere-Lidgerwood Warbirds upset the Oakes Tornadoes winning 67-64. The game started well for Oakes as they took a quick 16-11 lead after 1 quarter of play however in the 2nd the Warbirds took a 26-25 lead. They would build on that to take a 46-37 lead going to the 4th. Oakes would try to battle back but fall short by 3 as  a half court shot by Eddie Garza went off target to end the game.

The leading all around scorer was Eddie Garza with 21 (7/14 FG, 7/8 FT). Roddek Schmit had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. The leading scorer for the warbirds was  Hunter Dunn with 17 (7/7 FG, 3/4 FT).

The Oakes Tornadoes will now play Maple River on at 3:00 on Monday while the Warbirds will play the Bulldogs in the semifinals

Game 3 – #2 (#8) Hankinson Pirates 78-53 #7 Tri-State Tigers – 20 mins after Game 2

Cooper Boll sank seven three pointers and scored 24 as Hankinson rolled to a 78-53 win over Tri-State (6-15).  The Pirates shot 55.4% from the field in scoring a season high in points.  Sophomore Raeshaun Earl was 10/13 from the field for 22 points for the Pirates (17-3).

Hankinson will face Barnes County North in the second semifinal on Monday night while the Tigers face Richland in an elimination game Monday afternoon

Game 4 – #3 Barnes County North Bison 54-41 #6 Richland Colts – 20 mins after Game 3

Oliver Hanson scored 16 and the Bison (14-7) defense held Richland to just one three pointer in a 54-41 win Friday night.  Jonah Harstad added 13 points for the 3-seed, who beat the Colts (6-15) for a second time this year

The Bison face Hankinson for a spot in the District Title Game on Monday night.  Richland face Tri-State in a Monday afternoon elimination game.