{"id":215007,"date":"2020-12-16T14:27:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T20:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=215007"},"modified":"2020-12-16T14:27:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T20:27:37","slug":"changes-barnes-co-boys-basketball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=215007","title":{"rendered":"Changes, Barnes Co. Boy&#8217;s Basketball Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;\">Valley City\u00a0 (VCSU) \u00a0 \u2013\u00a0The Barnes County Athletic Association and Valley City State University have announced changes to the annual Boys Basketball Barnes County Tournament in January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;\">Instead of playing a three-day tournament in mid-January at VCSU&#8217;s W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse, the participating teams will schedule and play three regular season games that week at participating schools. The games will be non-tournament contests with all opponents and locations determined ahead of time. The games are scheduled for Jan. 11, 12 and 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;\">Events on VCSU&#8217;s campus are currently restricted to 150 people, based on the current recommendations from the ND Smart Restart Guidelines. Those attendance restrictions, the use of the W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse as a community testing and vaccination site, and VCSU athletics schedule changes due to COVID-19 were all factors in the decision to change this year&#8217;s event to a non-tournament format at different locations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;\">This is the first time since 1917 that the boys tournament will not crown a tournament champion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;\">2021 Boys Barnes County Tournament Schedule (all games played at school sites)<\/span><\/u><\/strong><b><u><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;\"><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">January 11<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/u><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;\"><br \/>\nWarwick at Enderlin<br \/>\nBarnes County North at Maple Valley<br \/>\nLaMoure\/Litchville-Marion at Wyndmere-Lidgerwood<br \/>\nSargent County at Finley-Sharon\/Hope-Page<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;\">January 12<\/span><\/u><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;\"><br \/>\nWhite Shield at Enderlin<br \/>\nFinley-Sharon\/Hope-Page at LaMoure\/Litchville-Marion<br \/>\nBarnes County North at Sargent County<br \/>\nWyndmere-Lidgerwood at Maple Valley<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;\">January 14<\/span><\/u><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222;\"><br \/>\nLaMoure at Enderlin<br \/>\nFinley-Sharon\/Hope-Page at Barnes County North<br \/>\nWarwick at Maple Valley<br \/>\nSargent County at Wyndmere-Lidgerwood<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City\u00a0 (VCSU) \u00a0 \u2013\u00a0The Barnes County Athletic Association and Valley City State University have announced changes to the annual Boys Basketball Barnes County Tournament in January. 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