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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) The 2016-17 Region 3 Boys Basketball Tourney will kick off Monday and run Tuesday and Thursday next week at the Jamestown Civic Center. The top four teams from District 5 will play the top four teams from District 6 on the first day on Monday. There will be four games on Monday, with the winners advancing to the semifinal on Tuesday night. . The Clippers of Strasburg/Zeeland are the defending champs and advanced to the State Class B Tournament, where they finished in seventh place last year. Here is the first day schedule:
3pm – D6-1 Linton-HMB (No. 6 in state) (19-2) vs. D5-4 Midkota (3-18)
20 min. after – D5-2 Carrington (Received votes in last top 10 poll) (17-4) vs. D6-3 Strasburg/Zeeland (10-12)
20 min. after – D5-1 Ellendale (17-5) vs. D6-4 Kidder County (11-11)
20 min. after – D6-2 Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter (10-10) vs. D5-3 Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier (9-13)
All games will be on TED FM 98.3/102.7 and newsdakota.com, starting about 2:45pm pregame on Monday afternoon, 3:00pm tip off. Start time on semifinal night Tuesday and championship night Thursday will be 6:00pm, 5:45pm pregame.