Region 7 Class B Boys Basketball Tournament Heats Up
Mar. 1—HAZEN, N.D. — Only a couple of area schools came out on the losing end of the Region 7 Class B Boys Basketball Tournament here on Tuesday, Feb. 28, with the others advancing from the first round to the quarterfinals.
The Beach Buccaneers routed New England, 72-49, and that win sets up a semifinal-round matchup with area rivals Dickinson Trinity, which won a play-in game versus Parshall-North Shore, 59-53, on Feb. 27. Meanwhile, Heart River outlasted Grant County/Mott-Regent to the tune of 56-49 and set up a showdown with Beulah. On the other side of the bracket, #1-seeded Bowman County — which had a bye — will face off with the Killdeer Cowboys, who beat Hettinger/Scranton, 68-59, while Glen-Ullin/Hebron will face Hazen on their home court.
All the quarterfinal games will be played in Hazen on Monday, Mar. 6.
In the 72-49 Beach win over New England, Trey Swanson led the way for the Buccaneers with 27 points, going 6-of-8 from the line with a tre, and Shem Baker followed with 14 points — including a pair of 3-pointers. Dane Farstveet also ended up in double-digits with 11 and Justus Baker drained a pair of 3s on his way to 10. Meanwhile, New England was paced by 7 points from Teddy Kirshemann.
Heart River outlasted Grant County/Mott-Regent, 56-49 on the strength of a game-high 15 points from Austin Buckman — including two from behind the arc — and double-digit scoring from three other players: Cade Wyant drilled a trio of 3s on his way to 13; Mason Kessel paced the Cougars with 9 of his 11 in the fourth quarter; and Evan Walter poured in 10 during the game. Weston Zacner notched a game-high 14 for GCMR, while Adam Kautzman scored 12 and Raima Oyama added 9.
Glen Ullin-Hebron was unstoppable in the 78-39 win over Richardton, with Kanyan Unruh leading the way with 24 for the Bearcats and Damean Gerwing following close behind with 21. Unruh sank 6 3-pointers in the game and teammate Will Mickelson also ended up in double-figures with 14. Caisen Dohrman scored 8 to lead the Raiders.
Four players ended up in double-digits in Killdeer's 68-59 win over Hettinger-Scranton, with Cale Hansen's 15 leading the way. He was followed closely by 13 from Jaxon Reese, 12 from Jakori Dahlen and 10 from Redsky Starr for the Cowboys. On the other side of the scorebook, Hettinger-Scranton's Blake Larsen led the way with a game-high 16 and Caden Andersen added 11 to go along with 10 more from Maddox Pierce for the Black Devils.
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