The 2021 girls state basketball tournaments are a little over a week away with forty-eight teams still remaining, but only twenty-four spots available. This week, the SoDak 16 will take place in South Dakota, which will cut the number of eligible teams in half, and in doing so, set the brackets for next week.
Class AA – Friday March 5, 2021 (higher seeds play at home)
No. 1 Sioux Falls Washington vs No. 16 Brookings
No. 2 Aberdeen Central vs No. 15 Spearfish
No. 3 Harrisburg vs No. 14 Sturgis Brown
No. 4 O’Gorman vs No. 13 Sioux Falls Lincoln
No. 5 Mitchell vs No. 12 Watertown
No. 6 Rapid City Stevens vs No. 11 Pierre
No. 7 Brandon Valley vs No. 10 Sioux Falls Roosevelt
No. 8 Huron vs No. 9 Rapid City Central
Class A – Thursday March 4, 2021
No. 1 St. Thomas More vs No. 16 Miller (Wall HS)
No. 2 Winner vs No. 15 Tri-Valley (Wagner HS)
No. 3 Hamlin vs No. 14 Mobridge-Pollock (Watertown Civic Arena)
No. 4 Aberdeen Roncalli vs No. 13 Redfield (Ipswich HS)
No. 5 Sioux Falls Christian vs No. 12 Flandreau (Harrisburg HS)
No. 6 Belle Fourche vs No. 11 Parkston (Kadoka HS)
No. 7 Hill City vs No. 10 McCook Central/Montrose (Kadoka HS)
No. 8 Dakota Valley vs No. 9 Tea Area (Harrisburg HS)
Class B – Thursday March 4, 2021
No. 1 Castlewood vs No. 16 De Smet (Watertown Civic Arena)
No. 2 White River vs No. 15 Aberdeen Christian (Corn Palace)
No. 3 Corsica-Stickney vs No. 14 Timber Lake (Huron Arena)
No. 4 Hanson vs No. 13 Faith (Huron Arena)
No. 5 Ethan vs No. 12 Faulkton Area (Corn Palace)
No. 6 Herried/Selby Area vs No. 11 Menno (Huron – JVC HS)
No. 7 Viborg-Hurley vs No. 10 Andes Central/Dakota Christian (Centerville)
No. 8 New Underwood vs No. 9 Waverly-South Shore (Chamberlain Armory)
The girls state high school basketball tournaments will take place Thursday March 11 – Saturday March 13 with Class B in Huron (Huron Arena), Class A in Watertown (Civic Arena), and Class AA in Sioux Falls (Sanford Pentagon). All three tournaments will air live on SDPB-TV – B’s on SDPB-1, A’s on SDPB-2, and AA’s on SDPB-3.