The 2025-26 girls' basketball postseason for WDA Division AA teams will begin with West Region Tournament play. Two play-in games will be conducted (Feb. 26-28). Seeds 7 and 8 will host seeds 10 and 9, respectively. Winners will joins seeds 1-6 in quarterfinal play on March 5 at the Bismarck Event Center. The tournament, hosted by Bismarck Public Schools, will continue Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7 with semifinals, loser-out, state-qualifier and championship play. The top four place winners will advance to the Division AA Tournament.

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West Region Tournament Website

West Region Tournament, Games played at the higher seed

Play-in games

 Friday, Feb. 27

(7) Williston 100, (10) Dickinson 37

 (8) Bismarck St. Mary's 74, (9) Minot North 61

March 5

West Region Tournament, Bismarck Event Center

Quarterfinals

(1) Minot High 75, (8) Bismarck St. Mary's 40

(4) Bismarck High 57, (5) Jamestown 41

(2) Mandan 66, (7) Williston 63

(3) Bismarck Century 57, (6) Bismarck Legacy 53

March 6

West Region Tournament, Bismarck Event Center

Semifinals

(1) Minot High vs. (4) Bismarck High, 2 p.m.

(3) Bismarck Century 67, (2) Mandan 50

Loser-out

(5) Jamestown 61,  (8) Bismarck St. Mary's 58

(6) Bismarck Legacy 53, (7) Williston 50

March 7

West Region Tournament, Bismarck Event Center

State qualifiers

(2) Mandan 57, (5) Jamestown 44

(6) Bismarck Legacy 51, (4) Bismarck High 44

Championship

(1) Minot High 74, (3) Bismarck Century 64

Division AA Tournament, Bismarck Event Center

The Division AA state tournament will be hosted by Bismarck Public Schools and be held at the Bismarck Event Center, March 12-15. The four place winners from the West Region and East Region tournaments will participate.

Tournament Website

March 12

Quarterfinals, Bismarck Event Center

(1W) Minot High 87, (4E) G.F. Red River 37

(3W) Mandan 63, (2E) West Fargo Horace 53

(1E) Fargo Davies 58, (4W) Bismarck Legacy 54

(2W) Bismarck Century 59, (3E) Fargo Shanley 42

March 13

Semifinals, Bismarck Event Cener

(1W) Minot High 84, (3W) Mandan 73

 (1E) Fargo Davies 82, (2W) Bismarck Century 51

Consolation 

(2E) WF Horace 66, (4E) Grand Forks Red River 52

(4W) Bismarck Legacy 80, (3E) Fargo Shanley 60

March 14, Bismarck Event Center

Fifth Place

(4W) Bismarck Legacy 59, (2E) WF Horace 53

Third Place

(3W) Mandan 65, (2W) Bismarck Century 38

Championship

(1W) Minot High 72, (1E) Fargo Davies 61

The 2025-26 girls' basketball postseason for WDA Division A teams will begin with Region Tournament play, beginning Feb. 23 thru Feb. 26. The Region 3 Tournament will be held at the Minot State Dome while the Region 4 Tournament will be held at Standing Rock High School. Participating WDA teams are TMCHS (Belcourt) in Region 3 and Watford City in Region 4. The top 3 finishers in each respective region will advance in the postseason. 

Region 3 Tournament, Minot State Dome

Feb. 23

Quarterfinals

(1) South Prairie-Max 85, (8) Stanley 44

(4) Bottineau 71, (5) Dunseith 43

(2) TMCHS Belcourt vs. (7) Nedrose 48

(3) Rugby 46, (6) Des Lacs-Burlington 32

Feb. 24

Semifinals

(1) South Prairie-Max 72, (4) Bottineau 38

(3) Rugby 52, (2) TMCHS Belcourt 36

Feb. 26

Third Place

(2) TMCHS Belcourt 66, (4) Bottineau 36

Championship

(1) South Prairie-Max 69, (3) Rugby 35

Region 4 Tournament, Standing Rock High School

Feb. 23

Quarterfinals

(1) Hazen 56, vs. (8) Standing Rock 26

(4) Shiloh Christian 35, (5) New Town 32

(2) Watford City 60, (7) Beulah 29

(3) Dickinson Trinity 49 vs. (6) Killdeer 29

Feb. 24

Semifinals

(1) Hazen 48, (4) Shiloh Christian 26

(2) Watford City 59, (3) Dickinson Trinity, 49

Feb. 26

Third Place

(3) Dickinson Trinity 50, (4) Shiloh Christian 34

Championship

(1) Hazen 50, (2) Watford City 34

 The 2025-26 girls' basketball Division A state qualifying games will be held Feb. 28. The second place and third place finishers from Region 3 and Region 4 will participate in games hosted by Bismarck Public Schools.  The second place and third place finishers from Region 1 and Region 2 will participate in games played at Mayville State University. Winners advance to the Division A state tournament.

Feb. 28

Division A State Qualifiers, Bismarck Public Schools/Century Olson Gymnasium

(Region 3 #2 Seed) Rugby 29, (Region 4 #3 Seed) Dickinson Trinity 25

(Region 4 #2 Seed) Watford City 72, (Region 3 #3 Seed) TMCHS Belcourt 62

Division A State Qualifiers, Mayville State University

 (Region 2 #3 Seed) Devils Lake 52, (Region 1 #2 Seed) Central Cass 48

 (Region 1 #3 Seeds) Valley City 60 (Region 2 #3 Seed) Carrington 59

The 2025-26 girls' basketball Division A state tournament will be hosted by Jamestown Public Schools and held March 5 thru March 7 at the Jamestown Civic Center. The four region tournament championships will be joined by four state qualifying winners. 

March 5

Division A State Tournament, Jamestown Civic Center

Quarterfinals

(2) Thompson 39,  (7) Rugby 36

(3) Valley City 64,  (6) Devils Lake 44

(1) South Prairie-Max 75, (8) Watford City 25

(5) Kindred 56, (4) Hazen 54

March 6

Division State Tournament, Jamestown Civic Center

Consolation

(6) Devils Lake 57, (3) Devils Lake 55

(4) Hazen 43, (8) Watford City 30

Semifinals

(3) Valley City 60, (2) Thompson 52

(1) South Prairie-Max 65, (5) Kindred 53

March 7

Division State Tournament, Jamestown Civic Center

Seventh Place

(6) Devils Lake 76, (8) Watford City 54

Fifth Place

(4) Hazen 42, (7) Rugby 36

Third Place

(2) Thompson 79,  (5) Kindred, 53

Championship

(3) Valley City 69, (1) South Prairie-Max 62

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