Information below is from the Ranger Review article.https://www.rangerreview.com/dcc-will-welcome-48-high-school-teams-weekend?fbclid=IwAR1PiGVDXxUMiel87BMDG5o19V-HQK6L9IF_F_gARWLEL0PnKkJCzTEjYO4
DCC’s 15th Annual Summer High School Basketball Tournament is set to tip-off on Friday at noon at the Toepke Center. Forty-eight teams from across Montana and North Dakota will be competing in what has become the biggest summer high school tourney in Eastern Montana. There will also be an officiating camp that will be running in conjunction with the tournament.
Games will be played on two courts at the Toepke Center from 12-9 p.m. on Friday, 8 a.m. – 9 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday; as well as games at Dawson County High School and Washington Middle all day Friday, Saturday and on Sunday morning. All semifinals and championships will be at DCC on Sunday starting at 12 p.m. and concluding at 6 p.m. All teams will compete in three games in their four-team pools. The results from pool games will determine seeding for the playoff games which start on Saturday night.
The 24 boys teams were separated into an Upper Division and Lower Division with twelve teams each. The upper division consists of teams like DCHS, Lockwood, Beach, Malta, Wolf Point, Roundup, Scobey, Big Sandy, Poplar, Nashua, Broadview Lavina. Last year’s upper champion was Three Forks and they also went on to win the Class B State Championship in March. The Lower Division includes Trenton, ND, Circle, Park City, Plentywood, Lustre, Savage, Harlem, Jordan, Forsyth, Brockton, Miles City, Bainville and Baker. Last year Lustre Christian won the championship.
The 24 girls teams were broken down into eight teams in the Upper Division and sixteen in the Lower Division. Last year’s winner in the Upper Division was Plentywood. This year the field includes Forsyth, Malta, Lockwood, Glendive, Miles City, Baker, Froid/ Med Lake, and the Lady Thunder (ND). The Lower Division Champion from last year, Chinook, will be returning to defend their title. This year the field includes Scobey, Wibaux, Bainville, Wolf Point, Circle, Broadus, RanchDawgs, Fusion, Trenton, ND, Savage, Poplar, Fairvew, Brockton and Jordan.
A full schedule can be found at www.dawsonbucs. com starting on Thursday.
Tickets for the games this weekend will be on sale at all locations. It will be $20 for all three days, $15 for two days or $10 a day.
DCC will also be conducting an officiating camp in conjunction with the tournament. Over 25 officials from across Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota will be participating. The Dawson Basketball Officiating Camp combines both practical experience and hands-on instruction with classroom learning. Participants will officiate high school games and receive valuable evaluation from certified referees in addition to excellent education on officiating topics during daily classroom educational sessions.