Valley City (Mark Potts) Pairings have been announced for the 2017 Girls Basketball Barnes County Tournament set to be played December 4, 7 and 9, 2017 at Valley City State University.
Two-time defending champion LaMoure/Litchville-Marion is the top seed for the tournament. The Loboes have defeated Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page in the championship each of the past two seasons. FSHP is seeded No. 2 for the 2017 tournament.
No. 4 Barnes County North and No. 5 Sargent Central open the tournament at 3 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 4. They will be followed by top seed LLM against No. 8 seed Maple Valley at 4:30 p.m.
In the other half of the bracket, Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page takes on No. 7 seed Griggs County Central at 6 p.m. No. 3 seed Enderlin faces No. 6 seed Milnor/North Sargent in the final game of the day at 7:30 p.m.
The second round of the tournament will be played Thursday, Dec. 7, starting at 3 p.m. The tournament concludes on Saturday, Dec. 9, with placing games starting at 3 p.m. The tournament championship is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
The tournament will be played at the W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse on the campus of Valley City State University. The Barnes County Tournament is played annually at VCSU, bringing eight area high school basketball teams together for girls and boys tournaments. The 2018 Boys Tournament will be played Jan. 9, 12 and 13.
Past results, stats and tournament records can be found on the tournament website located at www.vcsuvikings.com/bct
Major tournament sponsors include Valley City State University, VCSU Athletics, the Valley City Chamber of Commerce and the Valley City Convention and Visitors Bureau.
