The Pacesetter Region 3 Basketball Tournament for grades 4-9 will be held on Saturday- Sunday, March 25-26, in Redwood Falls at Redwood Area Community Center for the first round of the 31st Pacesetter Youth Basketball State Championships.
Girls’ teams in grades 5-7-9 and boys’teams in grades 4-68 will play Saturday, March 25. Girls’ teams in grades 4-6-8 and boys’teams in grades 5-79 will play on Sunday, March 26.
The eight region champions will be invited to play in the over-all Minnesota state championships. The Minnesota state champion and runner-up will be invited to play in the Pacesetter Great Five-State Championships at the Target Center in Minneapolis against top teams from Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Pacesetter has set regional qualifying at eight sites: Region 1 - Rochester March 25-26, Region 2 - Lake Crystal- Wellcome Memorial April 22-23, Region 3 - Redwood Falls March 25-26, Region 4 Moose Lake-Willow River April 15-16, Region 5 - Paynesville April 1-2, Region 6 - Alexandria April 15-16, Region 7 Grand Rapids and Mountain Iron-Buhl April 1-2, and Region 8 - Bemidji April 22-23.
All teams will play 3-4 games in one day in all regions, which are limited to the first 16 teams to register for each grade/gender bracket.
Teams may register at www. pacesettersports.net.
-Submitted by Jeff McCarron, Pacesetter owner/director
