By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek boys have earned the No. 4 seed for the upcoming Section 3A South Boys' Basketball Tournament.
Drawing the fourth seed gives H-BC an automatic berth in the tournament's quarterfinal round, which will take place in Worthington Saturday, March 2. The Patriots play No. 5 Murray County Central in the second game of the day at 4:40 p.m.
In another game in the upper half of the bracket on March 2, No. 1 Southwest Christian will take on the winner of a play-in game between No. 8 Edgerton and No. 9 Adrian staged on Feb. 28. The winner of that game challenges SWC at 3 p.m. on March 2.
Two play-in games are slated for the bottom half of the bracket on Feb. 28.
No. 7 Red Rock Central plays No. 10 Southwest Star Concept, with the winner meeting No. 2 Fulda at 6:20 p.m. March 2 in Worthington.
No. 6 Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster takes on No. 11 Westbrook-Walnut Grove in a play-in game. The winner meets No. 3 Ellsworth at 8 p.m. in Worthington on March 2.
The tournament's semifinals will be played in Worthington on March 7, and the finals will be played at Southwest State University in Marshall March 9.
The Section 3A championship game will be played at SSU March 14.